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The Excelsior Hong Kong $177.74 The Excelsior Hong Kong > HKG > 281 Gloucester Road > Causeway Bay > > >Situated on the waterfront of Victoria Harbour and opposite the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club and Noon Day Gun, The Excelsior is conveniently located in the heart of the entertainment and commercial district of Hong Kong Island, making it the hotel of choice of business and leisure travellers. The hotel's position on the waterfront of beautiful Victoria Harbour is five minutes by motor vehicle from the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre , ten minutes from Central the financial and banking district of Hong Kong and forty minutes from the Hong Kong International Airport. The hotel is also adjacent to the MTR (underground railway) station, tram, bus and minibus routes. A step away from the hotel's entrance lies a proverbial "Ala ddin's Cave" of shops which open daily until 10pm. Apart from the World Tradee Centre and Sogo Department Store, the hotel is also in direct proximity Times Square and Lee Garden Shopping Arcade which houses over a hundred well known brands. The largest hotel on Hong Kong Island, The Excelsior features 886 guest rooms and suites, a fully equipped business centre and an extensive portfolio restaurants and bars offering international cuisine and live enter entertainment. The hotel is also equipped with a wireless network and 'fibre to building' broadband installation that provides fast and secure Internet connections at speeds of up to 10Mbps in all function rooms, restaurants, and guest rooms. All guest rooms and suites are well equipped to meet the needs of business or leisure travellers alike. The spacious Executive Lounge is available for guests staying on the Executive floors. The hotel also features a well equipped gymnasium, steam and sauna rooms and two air conditioned indoor tennis courts. Recognised as "One of the five most stylish hotels in Hong Kong" by Conde Nast Traveller UK, The Excelsior is the hotel of choice of business and leisure travellers. The Excelsior, Hong Kong is wholly owned and managed by Mandarin Oriental Ho tel Group.> |
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Noon Day Gun - A fascinating item
Causeway Bay, one of the most iconic vicinities in Hong Kong, is located to the East of the Wan Chai and central districts of the Hong Kong Island. In the modern age, it is one of the city's main shopping districts and a popular social spot among young people, as it includes independent and unusual fashion boutiques, and most of these are on the street instead of in shopping malls like the spacious Times Square. There are also a number of tourist attractions such as the large Victoria Park, which contains a tennis court, bike track and a playground; Fashion Walk at Times Square and the market near Jardine's Crescent. But the key attraction for a long time has been the Noon Day Gun situated on the waterfront facing the Excelsior Hotel built in 1901 by Hotchkiss of Portsmouth. The story behind this naval cannon's firing is a very interesting one.
Jardine and Matheson, one of the most prominent companies of Hong Kong in the early 1900s, had an obsessive employee who had fired the gun with the purpose of saluting a sailing ship belonging to the company. But gun salutes were theoretically the Governor's sole privilege and firing wasn't allowed without his permission. So after this incident occurred ,which enraged him to a great extent, he decided that the gun be fired at noon everyday as well as on midnight on New Year's Eve. So ever since then, a gunner fires a shot followed by the chime of eight bells indicating the end of the forenoon watch. Noon Day Gun which was mentioned in a humorous song called "Mad Dogs and Englishmen" by Noel Coward , can be easily accessed using a tunnel running through the World Trade Centre's basement car park, and it is open daily from 7am to midnight.
This 3lb cannon, one of the few remnants of the regal past in Causeway Bay, carries a more rational story behind it as well. It is that this gun is fired daily at noon in order to help set the time of ships' clocks accurately, which are essential for launching longitude and west-east distances at sea.
Almost all the tourists arriving in Hong Kong staying at Hong Kong hotels make sure to visit the Noon Day Gun at least once. A much preferred hotel Hong Kong such as the Langham Place Mongkok Hong Kong will delight you with the top-notch accommodations it provides.
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