The Marco Polo Hong Kong has a definite Wow factor, one of three Marco Polo hotels incorporated in Harbour City the largest shopping centre in Hong Kong. The hotel foyer is shared with the entrance to the Armani shop and all around is top level designer brand names.

Rooms
The room was beautiful, large, very well decorated and spotlessly clean. We had a small kitchen/ pantry with storage shelves, a safe, a fridge which contained cans of juice, alcoholic drinks, snacks and chocolate, a kettle with complimentary tea and coffee. Behind the door in the kitchenette was a hanging rail. Next to the kitchen was a bathroom with bath, shower, sink and toilet and a good selection of very good quality complimentary toiletries. The bedroom had two very large twin beds, a dressing table, television, lamps, two very comfortable armchairs, telephone and internet access.

Price
I booked the holiday as a package online through lastminute.com it cost £650 each which I thought was fantastic value. That included flights with Qatar airlines and 7 nights in the hotel on a room only basis. The prices in the hotel were quite expensive. After a night out and a few too many drinky poos we raided the cans of juice in our fridge, to discover the next morning on the price list that the four cans of pop had cost us £8 at £2 each. Lol the same can in the Seven Eleven around the corner was 30p. We stocked up on our own supplies for the rest of the week and turfed all their costly juice out of the fridge and filled it with our own.

Café Marco - Breakfast
Every morning we had breakfast in Café Marco. An ultra modern, spotlessly clean and beautifully decorated café on the second floor. You enter the Café from the lift and are seated immediately. Waiting staff offer you tea or coffee. To say the buffet style breakfast is multinational is an understatement. In the corner to the left a chef prepares and cooks everything for the great British fry up along with a selection of German sausages. Next to this are the toast machines and then the Chinese breakfast selection with dim sum (filled dumplings). A large island in the centre has everything else, a huge range of pastries, bread, fruit and cereal. Breakfast is £12 per head and you can eat as much as you like.

Turn right when you go out the front doors of the hotel and you are two minutes walk from the Star Ferry, the Cultural Centre and breathtaking views of Victoria Harbour. A few minutes walk along the front will take you to the harbour viewing deck a great vantage point to watch the nightly light show, and the avenue of stars.

If you turn left then cross the road into Peking Road, go ahead a few blocks it will bring you out onto Nathan Road, the main road through Kowloon, which is lined with shops, cafes and food stalls. A good walk along here will take you to Kowloon Park, Temple Street market and the biggest plus away from the hawkers who will pester you relentlessly near the harbour. Nathan Road has all the high street names such as The Levi store, Benetton and Quicksilver. If you're a little less adventurous about the food, you'll find MacDonald's, The Spaghetti House and KFC there too. Kowloon Station is also along Nathan Road.