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Lantau

As Hong Kong's biggest island, Lantau is already partly on the well-trodden tourist path with attractions like Disneyland, the Big Buddha and the Ngong Ping Cable Car ride. However, its lesser-known charms are best reached by ferry or winding roads.

Mui Wo is a small community on the shores of Silvermine Bay, with a gentle arc of beach that serves sun-worshippers in summer and clam-diggers during the low tides. With one main street, a handful of restaurants, and quirky inns that dot the coast near the Silvermine hotel, it's like a small-town in the countryside where time seems to slow to a crawl.

Tai O, a rustic fishing village, is sometimes called "Hong Kong's Venice" for its ramshackle array of stilt houses over the water. Though out of the way, it attracts visitors with its photogenic charm and traditional yields of salted fish and shrimp paste. It's also the launching site for excursions to see Chinese white dolphins in the neighbouring Pearl River waters.

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