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Take self-guided tours into Hong Kong's clan history and an erstwhile enclave of outlaws with the Discover Hong Kong • Heritage Walks app!
Powerful clans, walled villages, a fishing community and a lawless enclave - the Heritage Walks app guides you into Hong Kong's colourful history on four off-the-beaten-track walking trails. AR technology reveals points of interest and you can avoid roaming charges as all the info is available offline. A sister app of the award-winning City Walks, the Heritage Walks app is the closest you'll get to time travel without the aid of a mad scientist.
Featured walking trails:
- Three religions and a Den of Ill Repute - Wong Tai Sin & Kowloon City
- Windows into Clan Life - Yuen Long
- A Community Bound by the Sea - Shau Kei Wan
- In the footsteps of the Tong Clan - Fanling
- Find your location ('Locate Me') on the map anytime
- AR function helps you learn about the attractions and find nearby restaurants, shops, MTR exits and free Wi-Fi hot spots on the routes by using your phone to scan your surroundings.
- All maps and info are available offline, so you can enjoy the app's content and features without suffering death by roaming charges.
- Detailed descriptions and photos of points of interest so you can understand what you are seeing and/or impress your travel companions with your local expertise
- My Passport - receive a souvenir stamp upon completion of the walk
- Share your travel experience and the stamps with your friends via e-mail, Facebook and RenRen.
Remarks:
- The app starts off with the 'Three Religions and a Den of Ill Repute'(Wong Tai
Sin & Kowloon City) walking trail. You can also download the remaining trails in the app. - Compatible with iPhone 4 or above.
- Support English, Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese.
- Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
- When you click any of the hyperlinks in this app, an Internet connection is initiated. When connected to the Internet via cellular data, data roaming charges might apply and an alert message will pop up to remind you. There are no roaming charges when using Wi-Fi.
A brand new app which is equipped with an Augmented Reality (AR) function guiding you through four themed walks where you're sure to encounter the city's vibrant living culture and enjoy the diversity of east-meet-west city.
The latest Discover Hong Kong • City Walks App, with AR (Augmented Reality) function lets you explore all of the nooks and crannies of Asia's world city. It guides you through four (4) themed walks where you're sure to encounter the city's vibrant living culture and enjoy the diversity of this east-meet-west city. Once you download this app and turn on the AR function*, you will find a lot of featured restaurants, shops, MTR entrances/exits and WiFi hotspots on the walks.
The four (4) themed walks include:
- Adventure in Architecture - Central & Western District
- Travel Through Time - Garden Road Leisure Walk
- Savour the Cosmopolitan Flavours - Tsim Sha Tsui
- Experience Living Culture - Yau Ma Tei & Mong Kok
- Find your location ('Locate Me') on the map anytime.
- You can get more insights into the attractions by listen audio commentaries.
- Alert message with vibration will pop up when you are walking near to the attraction.
- Upon completion of the walk, you will get a memorable stamp.
- You can share your travel experience and the memorable stamps with your friends via email or social media platforms such as Facebook and RenRen.
#Continues use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
The Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) in conjunction with Cathay Pacific Airways, brings you the Discover Hong Kong • AR app that's loaded with features so you can experience everything Hong Kong has to offer.
Discover Hong Kong with Augmented Reality (AR)
The Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) in conjunction with Cathay Pacific Airways, brings you the Discover Hong Kong • AR app that's loaded with features so you can experience everything Hong Kong has to offer. The app utilises the latest innovative Augmented Reality (AR) technology which means that as your phone's camera scans its surroundings, the app recognises what the camera is seeing and provides images, information and directions depending on where and what you're looking at. You don't need an Internet connection to use this app, as all the maps and information are available offline, meaning no extra roaming charges on your phone bill*.
Plan Your Trip from Home
- Get the latest info on the city's unique attractions, the 'must sees', the city's great outdoors, family fun, fascinating culture and heritage and latest hot events.
- The app lists over 7,000 shops and restaurants including those belonging to the HKTB's Quality Tourism Services Scheme (QTS).
- There is a wealth of info on 200 restaurants featuring various cuisines with recommendations from celebrities and chefs, Michelin starred and Best of the Best award-winning restaurants.
- Turn on the AR function and it will show your current location in the city, point out various nearby spots of interest such as attractions, restaurants, food districts and shops, as well as provide you with directions to your destination.
- Search for restaurants by district or cuisine type. You can also filter your search by award-winning restaurant or HKTB's recommendation.
- Search for shops by district or shop type.
- Check out what's on in Hong Kong for the latest hot events in town.
- Shows distances and information on how to get there for easy navigation.
- It comes in English, Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese.
- It features high res image for Retina Display (iPhone 4 only)
- It supports multitasking
A Sightseeing Virtual Tour Guide-immerse yourself in a virtual tour with 720-degree panoramas of Hong Kong's top attractions.
The Hong Kong Tourism Board has produced an exciting download that will be available on both the Apple iPhone and iPod touch. This superb software application is loaded with features including the impressive 720° virtual tour that allows viewers to get a completely immersive experience in several key Hong Kong attractions. The application also allows users to view video, read about tourism sites, locate their own position through GPS and the location of the attraction they want to visit in Google maps, while also offering Cantonese phrases to make getting around Hong Kong smooth and simple.
This app introduces you to four types of classic Hong Kong food: Congee, Rice Noodles, Noodles and Rice. Well-known gourmets and celebrities recommend 40 restaurants, helping you to experience the true Hong Kong!
Discover Hong Kong • Local Delicacies is a guide to finding the best rice, congee, noodles and rice noodles dishes in Hong Kong. Well-known gourmets and celebrities from Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan and South East Asia were invited to recommend their favourite restaurants. This app contains their 40 recommendations along with some useful Cantonese phrases, restaurant contact details and street maps. So download this application now to experience the true Hong Kong!
Match delicious Chinese cuisine with an affordable and perfect wine that will surely take your culinary adventure to a new level!
This handy Chinese cuisine and wine-pairing guide is an application for all Chinese food and wine lovers! In this application, you can see wine experts' suggestions on matching the perfect wine with other 20 Chinese cuisines as well as finding delectable and affordable wines. So take this opportunity to have a wonderful wine and food adventure that is sure to turn you into a connoisseur!
Join in the joyful celebrations involving thousands of people at the Bun Festival and experience the atmosphere with this free application!
Have you got what it takes to be the world's fastest bun stamper? The Hong Kong Cheung Chau Bun Festival is fast approaching and the local baker needs your help to get his tasty buns stamped and off to the Festival! Are you ready for the challenge?
The Hong Kong Cheung Chau Bun Festival occurs during the fourth month of Chinese Lunar calendar. This week-long festival includes a large street procession featuring costumed children, lion dances and other fabulous festivities. One of the major events takes place at midnight, when competitors scramble up the white bun studded tower in a contest to grab the highest buns that signify good luck.
The Dragon Boat Festival is one of the Hong Kong's major traditional festivals. Share some of the noisy affairs and excitement by downloading this application!
Can you lead your dragon boat team to be the champions in this year Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival? Your team needs inspiration and they need your drumming heroics. By beating out routines in time to the music you can drive your dragon boat on to victory!
The Dragon Boat Festival (Tuen Ng) falls on the fifth day of the fifth moon during the Chinese Lunar Calendar. Today, the festivities are celebrated with dragon boat racing, an annual international event that draws huge crowds. The Dragon Boat Festival is both a traditional festival and mega sports event rolled into one!
The Mid-Autumn Festival is an enchanting and mesmerising Chinese festival experience. Get a taste of it with this action-packed game!
A great touch and drag iPhone game! Try this fun game and learn more about Hong Kong's Mid-Autumn Festival as well as the city's vibrant living culture.
The Hong Kong Mid-Autumn Festival is on the fifteenth day of the eighth month of the Chinese Lunar calendar. It is one of the most charming and colourful annual events that celebrates, among other things, harvest time with the biggest and brightest moon of the year. During the festival, people eat sweet cake, called a 'Moon Cake', that's made of ground lotus and sesame seed paste, egg-yolk and other ingredients. Along with the cakes, shops sell coloured Chinese paper lanterns in the shapes of animals, fruits and planes. Families usually go outside to high vantage points to watch the full moon and light their lanterns.
This Hong Kong Wetland Park's iPhone app showcases the diversity of wetland ecosystem and different facets of the Park to promote wetland conservation. It presents infotainment elements with multimedia for navigation through the Park and detailed information at points of interest.
The Hong Kong Wetland Park has launched its first iPhone app to showcase the diversity of wetland ecosystem and different facets of the Park to promote wetland conservation. It presents infotainment elements with multimedia for navigation through the Park and detailed information at points of interest. There is also rich information about the wildlife and game in which you will enjoy the fun of interactivity.
Remarks:
1. PCCW Wi-Fi provides free service only to visit the Hong Kong Tourism Board's official website and to download mobile apps developed by the Hong Kong Tourism Board.
2. Please remember TO TURN OFF DATA ROAMING to avoid unnecessary charges.


