Few places in Hong Kong are livelier than Temple Street, heart of a market whose appeal is enhanced by the fact that it's at its busiest at night. 

The market's popularity with visitors has driven prices up, so the bargains are not what they were, though most of the food and other stalls are still aimed at locals rather than tourists. 


If you want to buy mainly clothes, shoes, leather, watches and everyday items then plump for the shops hidden in the streets behind the stalls rather than the stalls themselves. 

The market livens up after about 8PM and continues in a frenzy of light, colour and crowds until around 11, though it and other markets in the parallel streets are also open during the day. There are fortune-tellers, street doctors, impromptu performances of Chinese opera and people playing mahjong (listen for the familiar clack of the counters). The famous Jade Market is close by, but shuts earlier in the day, at around 3PM.