Hong Kong Park

The Hong Kong Park opened in 1991 and is located in the Supreme Court Road and Cotton Tree Drive, Central, of the Hong Kong Island.

Formerly the site of Victoria Barracks, a British Army garrison this park is a welcome green lung linking Central and Admiralty. A partly outdoor restaurant is surrounded by water features.

Other attractions are aviary, tropical plant house, and Museum of Tea Ware. Visual Arts Centre is another house here that exhibits studio facilities for artists.

Hong Kong Park features a dancing fountain at its entrance; Southeast Asia's largest greenhouse with more than 2,000 rare plant species, including desert and tropical jungle varieties; an aviary housing 800 exotic birds in a tropical rain-forest setting with an elevated walkway; various gardens; a children's playground; and a viewing platform reached by climbing 105 stairs.

The most famous building on the Hong Kong Park grounds is the Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware.

Since the marriage registry is located at the edge of the Hong Kong Park , the gardens are a favorite place for wedding photographs, especially on weekends and auspicious days of the Chinese calendar.

Hong Kong Park is open daily from 6:30am to 11pm, the greenhouse and aviary are open daily 9am to 5pm, and the Museum of Tea Ware is open Wednesday through Monday from 10am to 5pm.

Admission to all is free.

To reach the Hong Kong Park , take the MTR to Admiralty Station (exit F), then follow the signs through Pacific Place and up the set of escalators to Island Shangri-La Hotel and Hong Kong Park.