Hotels in Hong Kong

Hong Kong has the tightest land constraints of anywhere here, and it shows in the rooms: a standard double is small by any international measure, and the price you pay buys location and view rather than space. Read the stated room size rather than assuming from the star rating, because the difference between categories is often measured in a few square metres.

The city is split by a harbour, with the business district and the older streets on the island side and a dense hotel and shopping quarter facing it from the peninsula. The crossing takes minutes by metro or by ferry, so both sides are practical — the peninsula is generally cheaper and has the famous view back across the water.

Transport is fast, cheap and reaches the airport in about half an hour, which removes most of the usual reasons to prefer one district. Prices rise around the largest trade fairs and fall in the hot, wet late summer.