The Peninsula Hong Kong Hotel
Written by Vacation Idea.com Travel Editors.
Opened during the glamorous 1920s, the Peninsula Hong Kong is a Grande Dame of East Asia, featuring a luxurious spa, elegant restaurants and a fleet of Rolls-Royce limousines to take your around the city.
The hotel is located on Salisbury Road, Tsimshatsui, overlooking Victoria Harbour. The Kowloon district is home to numerous shops, businesses and museums such as the Hong Kong Museum of Art, the Space Museum and the Hong Kong Cultural Center. Hong Kong's business district on Hong Kong Island can be reaches via the subway system or by Star Ferry.
If you are in Hong Kong on a shopping excursion, you will not have to look far - the Peninsula Shopping Arcade features over 80 shops and boutiques, selling jewelry, leather goods and costom-tailored clothing.
The Peninsula Hong Kong hotel has 300 rooms, 132 of those in the new tower completed in 1994. The rooms are furnished in classic European style with Oriental influences and offer all the modern amenities both business and leisure travelers can use, including complimentary high speed Internet access, four phones and silent fax machines.
In addition to the shopping arcade, the hotel has a swimming pool with a terrace terrace, the Peninsula Spa, business center, banquet and meeting rooms. A unique feature at the Peninsula Hong Kong is the soundproofed Floor Music Room with a grand piano available to hotel guests.
The hotel has a wide variety of dining and entertainment options. Restaurants at the Peninsula Hong Kong serve cuisine ranging from French, Mediterranean and Swiss to authentic Cantonese and contemporary Japanese.
The restaurant with the best views is Felix, which serves Pacific Rim cuisine. Designed by Philippe Starck, the restaurant is located on the 28th floor and offers spectacular views of Hong Kong.
Plan this Vacation
If you are flying to Hong Kong, the hotel has chauffeur-driven Rolls-Royce limousines available for airport transfer and private hire. The hotel tower has twin helipads and helicopter flights can be arranged through the Concierge.
Doubles start at around US $310. For reservations, call 852-2920-2888 or book online.
Peninsula Hong Kong Hotel, Salisbury Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong, SAR, China, 852-2920-2888, hongkong.peninsula.com
