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New Territories, Hong Kong — Area Guide & Where to Stay
The New Territories cover more of Hong Kong than Hong Kong Island and Kowloon combined, largely rural ground leased by China to the British in 1898.
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Where to stay in New Territories
How the choice of base plays out on the ground.
Rooms are sparse across the New Territories. The New Territories run to countryside for the most part, and a stay here trades the density of Kowloon or Hong Kong Island for a landscape that takes time to get to know. Tsuen Wan is the practical anchor.
Travellers with only a day or two skip this ground altogether, which is exactly why rooms in it stand well apart from the crowded areas.
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Tsuen Wan
Tsuen Wan pairs with the New Territories as its town anchor, which matters in ground that is largely rural and slow to cross. Lodging is scarce in this area; reserve in advance.Find hotels in Tsuen WanSlow days in the country beyond KowloonThe rural interior
The New Territories hold the largest and least built of the three areas of Hong Kong, and the interior rewards a stay measured in days rather than hours. Beds are limited here, so book early.Find hotels in The rural interiorHotel links are affiliate links: booking through them may earn us a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never affects how places are ranked. How this works
About New Territories
What are the main landmarks in New Territories?
No single monument stands for the New Territories. What the area offers instead is landscape, spread across ground that makes up the largest of the three parts of Hong Kong alongside Hong Kong Island and Kowloon. Diversity of ground carries it.
Rural country covers most of it, and travellers pressed for time pass it by rather than work out what lies where.
What is the history of New Territories?
The date is the anchor: China leased this ground to the British in 1898, which is how the name New Territories came into use at all. Everything else followed that lease. The area entered Hong Kong as its third and largest part, set beside Hong Kong Island and Kowloon, and it has stayed the least built of the three.
Rural it largely remains.
Where is New Territories?
The New Territories take in the largest of Hong Kong's three areas, the ground beyond Kowloon and away from Hong Kong Island.
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What is the best area to stay in New Territories?
Tsuen Wan: A town base for crossing the New Territories. The rural interior: Slow days in the country beyond Kowloon.
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Updated September 2026