High Speed Rail from Hong Kong to Beijing: How to travel in style across 4 cities
The train journey traverses eight cities in nine hours, and there are plenty of sights and grand luxury hotels to enjoy along the ride. Check out our recommendations in Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Beijing
A helicopter tour of Beijing’s Great Wall and a yacht cruise around Hong Kong’s Victoria Bay – with canapés and bubbly – are just some of the luxury highlights you can enjoy on a train ride between Hong Kong and Beijing.
The Beijing-Hong Kong High Speed Rail, which was launched in September 2018, connects Hong Kong to China’s capital – via Changsha, Wuhan, Zhengzhou, Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Shijiazhuang – on the nine-hour journey. And there are plenty of sights and attractions to check out (and grand luxury hotels to check in to) along the way.
Here are our recommendations for four of the cities on the route – Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Beijing.
HONG KONG
Sail around Victoria Harbour in style with The Peninsula Hong Kong
The Peninsula Hong Kong is arguably the city’s best-known hospitality landmark, and is famous for its lobby afternoon tea and luxuriously furnished suites with enviable views of Victoria Bay. Go on its Symphony of Lights yacht cruise, which sails around the harbour at dusk for about an hour before pausing for the city’s nightly laser show.
Tuck into three Michelin-star Cantonese cuisine at The Langham’s T’ang Court
Sample refined Cantonese fare at The Langham Hotel’s T’ang Court, a three Michelin-star establishment since 2009 that is patronised by major gourmands. Signatures are the double-boiled fish maw soup, smoked sliced cod fish with honey syrup and braised noodles with whole fresh abalone.
Soak up city views from the Island Shangri-La
