Nathan Road, Hong Kong

The celebrated Nathan Road is a vertiginous canyon of shops, a sea of neon at night and packed with people at all hours of the day. Multi-layers of boutiques, jewelers, camera shops, souvenir shops, tailors, electronics shops, restaurants, nightclubs, pubs and eateries line both sides of the road as well as the surrounding streets and alleyways. Meander through all of them if you have the time, you are bound to get some very good deals.

To target designer wear, walk along Canton Road and Salisbury Road. Explore Granville Road and Cameron Road for porcelain, embroidery and factory outlets. Mody Road for souvenirs.

The streets branching off Haiphong Road for small boutiques and market stalls and for the more exotic, stroll through Chungking Mansions on Nathan, lots of ethnic shops, curry houses and dark passages there.

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Nathan Road is one of the most famous streets of Hong Kong, and over the years has become quite a landmark for Hong Kong. Its the main thoroughfare in Kowloon that goes in a south - north direction starting at Tsim Sha Tsui, and going to Mongkok.

Hong Kong is known worldwide for its colourful neon signs, and Nathan Road is the place to go!
Its a very long and wide street, and where-ever you are, you can see all the striking neon signs, all in an electric atmosphere you feel when walking down the streets in Hong Kong.
The street is lined with many shops, and restaurants and is very popular with tourists as well as the locals.

Hong Kong is famous for its Neon Signs in and around Nathan Road. Even by day, these signs are so brightly coloured that they look extremely impressive. Being that they are there to advertise things, that is no surprise, but the sheer number of them and size and colour makes for some great pictures.

Whilst the Neon Signs by day look good, they really come alive once night falls and the lights get turned on. They are probably one of the best known views of Hong Kong, with the signs being in Chinese, some in English, and no doubt others being in other languages still. With all that Neon, they hardly need street lights!

One of the major streets in Kowloon, one can find many delicious restaurants, luxurious hotels, and high-fashion shopping. A lot of the major hotels are located on this street in Tsim Sha Tsui, and it runs just east of Kowloon Park. Be prepared to bump into a lot of people on the sidewalks and crosswalks!

Take a stroll along any major streets (especially Nathan Street) at night and marvel at the galaxy of neon lights that seems to extend endlessly into the horizon and feel the vibe of the throngs of people crowding what is possibly the most densest place on Earth.

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Nathan Road is the main road in Kowloon, Hong Kong and goes from Tsim Sha Tsui to Mong Kok. It is famous for its shops, restaurants and tourists.

It was started in 1861 as the first road built in Kowloon after the land was ceded to Great Britain. It was originally named Robinson Road but was confused with a road of the same name on Hong Kong Island. Its name was changed to Nathan Road in 1909 after Sir Matthew Nathan, the 13th Governor of Hong Kong.

The shop signs are unique in the way that they are placed out over the road. This helps produce a wonderland of lights at night.

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Real most cosmopolitan avenue in Hong Kong. Great at night when neon lights shine in most diverse, wild and flashy colors – in multiple characters and languages, immagine that… and Nathan doesn't feel sleepy. There may be lonely wanderers after midnight, groups of party people returning home, or other men… on unusual businesses, yet that's the globalized world and things are both nice and brutal to some.
When you get hungry… there will be always some shops open. If you want to dine out, evening will the busiest… as well as for shoppers. Make sure you buy wise, and don't be naive.

As we walk that road daily near our stay we learned where most likely you'll be met with men selling fake brands of otherwise 'luxurious' things. And where you'll be handed countless fliers of restaurant, saying they serve the best of their kind of food… where women will tell you to follow them and promise you to get nice real massage – and the other kind of 'massage' not worth to mention. Or countless touts to make you best suits and dresses. Well, myriad of services and things! Be wise, again. You may get yourself even in troubles. Don't let being caught in those 'tourist traps'.

But other than that, yes, Nathan road… it's like magnet, drawing masses of strangers together, feed their drive for consumption and for nice facade… it's eye catching and multicultural, highly populated and comes in all colors and hues you ask for. Your camera will love it.

for people looking at shopping i strongly recommend NOT shopping here. alot of shops are overpriced and the goods are bought at your risk. but the nightlife here is well worth seeing. for lovers of indian food i encourage you to try some of the places in chungking mansion. though it looks grotty and rundown, the mansion has its own charm about it and is well worth a visit at least once. budget travellers will welcome such a place in upmarket hong kong. touts can be over bearing here especially the ones selling tailored suits and copy rolex's. buy at your own risk.

Ah...everybody who's been gone in HK was in here! The street is packed with visitors who want's to buy electronics and anything...you can also see the big department stores by just walking and walking until you get to the harbour! A nice street full of glittering billboards lights!