Hong Kong Travel: Tsim Sha Tsui ~ Canton Road Route

Tsim Sha Tsui: Highest concentration of Shopping Spots and Cultural Centres in Kowloon Pennisula.

Start Tsim Sha Tsui (TST) shopping journey at Tsim Sha Tsui MTR station exit A1.

No.1 Shopping Route: Canton Roadà Habour City à 1881 Heritage

Exit A1 is located next to Haiphong Road, only 5 minutes walk, then you may come to the most concentrated shopping area in Kowloon side - Canton Road.

Canton Road contains many high fashion brands such as YSL, Gucci, Louis Viutton’s flagship store…etc. The largest shopping mall in Hong Kong- Habour City and a redevelopment building 1881 Heritage are also located on this road.

Haiphong Road

Haiphong Road : Although only 5 minutes walk to Canton Road, you may find there is a lot of retails and local snack shops where you may spend much more time than you expected.

Retails in Haiphong Road

Canton Road : This area offers you non-stop shopping opportunities from the largest shopping mall Harbour City, to the tourist attraction 1881 Heritage. Along with Canton Road, you will find many distinctive boutique shop-fronts, you can enjoy doing shopping from one high fashion brand to another on this super brand street.

Canton Road

Queue up outside Louis Vuitton store, special edition for free? on sales more than 50% off? Nonono.... Good economy in Hong Kong? Well, when you pass through them, you will find most of them are speaking Mandarin instead of Cantonese. Then you will admire how rich people from China were.

Harbour City : With an area of 2 million square feet, this shopping mall comprises of four sections: Marco Polo Hongkong Hotel Arcade, Ocean Terminal, Ocean Centre, and Gateway Arcade. Provdes visitors a one-stop shopping and entertainment experience with 700 shops of all kinds, more than 50 F&B outlets, three star hotels and 2 cinemas.

Shops in Harbour City

1881 Heritage : 1881 Heritage was the residence of the third highest ranking government official as well as a base for the Marine Police in the early 1880s. It contains 5 historic structures including the Main Building, the Stable Block, the Time Ball Tower, the Main Building of the Former Kowloon Fire Station and the Accommodation Block of the Former Kowloon Fire Station.

In 2003, a susidiary of Cheung Kong Holdings, the Flying Snow Limited, has won the 50-year land grant at a tendered price of $352.8 million to redevelop this historical architecture (originally The Former Marine Police Headquarters Compound) as a heritage hotel with food and beverage outles and luxurious jewelleries and watches boutiques. 1881 Heritage fully embraces the present: invigorating the historic elements by infusing them with modern day standards and contemporary uses.