Hong Kong Travel Wanchai - Walking Trail @Bowen Road Walking Trail, Lover’s Rock & Wan Chai 寶雲道步行径,姻緣石及灣仔

Hong Kong Travel Wanchai - Walking Trail @Bowen Road Walking Trail, Lover’s Rock & Wan Chai 寶雲道步行径,姻緣石及灣仔 (2017 0507)

Length: 3km (Bowen Road Walking Trail) no including Wan Chai Trail

Getting There:

MTR Wan Chai Exit A3 cross Johnson Street toward Queen’s Road East>

Tai Yuen Street Market太源街市 - This famous “Toy Street” has a huge variety of toys that will appeal to young children, adult toys collectors, and parents shopping for toys on a budget>

Queen’s Road East> Wan Chai Market灣仔街市>

Queen's Road East 皇后大道東> Board Bus 15 at Wan Chai Market灣仔街市>

Alight at Hong Kong Adventist Hospital 港安醫院 (Stubbs Road 司徒拔道)

And walk backward to Bowen Road> Pass Hong Kong Adventist Hospital 港安醫院 (Stubbs Road司徒拔道, opposite side of the road)>

Walk down sloop to the circle, Bowen Road sign>

Opposite District East Water Filter Station> 東區濾水廠>

Bowen Road - The road was named after George Ferguson Bowen, the 9th Governor of Hong Kong, from 1883 to 1885. >

Bowen Road Fitness Trail>

City Boundary 1903 Pillar (One of the Boundary Stone of the then City of Victoria)>

Shelter>

Playground & Court (Below the Sloop)>

Lovers' Rock 姻緣石- The 9-metre-high granite monolith is said to have the power of giving happy marriages for those who worshiped it, Some worshipers even tie wine bottles to a nearby tree when they pray. It is also a nice place to view Victoria Harbor's scenery.

Entrance Steps>

Base of Rover Rock’s Temple

Steps up>

Lover Rock’s 姻緣石

Side track going down hill to Shiu Fai Terrace 肇輝臺 and connect to Kennedy Road 灣仔堅尼地道 via trail>

Orchid Valley 蘭谷 (Bowen Road Park & Public Bathroom公共廁所)>

Drinking Water Station>

Park Road Sign>

Shelter湾坊亭>

Historical Landmark

Down Slop> Wan Chai Gap Road>

Wan Chai Green Trail湾仔自然径>

Bamboo Grove竹林苑> Cross the Road>

Wan Chai Gap Road>

Cross Kennedy Road> Kennedy Street Sitting-out Area 堅彌地街休憩處> onto Stone Nullah Lane 灣仔石水渠街> St. James' Settlement Wanchai Integrated Family Service Center 聖雅各福群會灣仔綜合家庭服務中心>

Wan Chai Pak Tai Temple (Yuk Hui Kung) 北帝古廟(玉虛宮) - It was built by locals in 1863, a martial deity, and houses a 3 metres (9.8 ft) Ming Dynasty statue of Pak Tai built in 1603, as well as a number of antique bells cast in 1863. It is decorated with a large number of lotus lanterns>

Blue House Cluster

Yellow House> - The Yellow House is home to three-storey-high shophouses built in the 1920s. Together with Blue House, it is home to the Hong Kong House of Stories, which hosts exhibitions that introduce visitors to the community and showcase the history and architectural features of the Blue House Cluster.

Orange House 橙屋> The Orange House is a four-storey domestic building built in the 1950s that was once used as a timber yard. Built of reinforced concrete, it is the perfect example of a typical 1960s tenement house

Blue House 藍屋 (Museum - Local 4-story landmark known for its blue color & balconies, with an exhibit space on ground floor.) >

Hong Kong House of Stories 香港故事館 - Heritage museum

Queen's Road East 皇后大道東> Old Wan Chai Post Office 舊灣仔郵政局 (Heritage Building - The oldest surviving post office building in Hong Kong. This L-shaped building, was erected in 1912-1913, and was opened on 1 March 1915 as the Wan Chai Post Office. It is a simple pitched-roof structure with attractive gable ends and moldings.)>

Hung Shing Shrine 湾仔洪圣古庙 (Estimated to be built between 1847 and 1852, is the deity who provides protection at sea, worshipped by fishermen, farmers and sea traders. Over the years, land reclamation has ‘pushed’ the temple farther inland.)