Known for
Wong Tai Sin Temple, Chi Lin Nunnery with Nan Lian Garden, and the park on the site of the walled city in east Kowloon.
Temples of east Kowloon
Wong Tai Sin
Wong Tai Sin
Lung Cheung Road, Fung Tak Road, Carpenter Road
Wong Tai Sin temple, Chi Lin nunnery, Nan Lian garden and the park on the site of the walled city. Half a day in east Kowloon.
Why go
Morning, while the incense queue at the temple is short. Chi Lin is calmer just after opening.
Where to stay
People come from Tsim Sha Tsui and go back. Leave the night by the harbour.
Local guide
Fedor Samorodov · guide
These are three stops: Wong Tai Sin has the incense queue and the fortune sticks, while Chi Lin and Nan Lian Garden are linked by a footbridge and stay quiet. The walled-city park is another stop, and its paths follow the street grid of the cleared city.