Golden beach
Crescent-shaped.
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A crescent-shaped bay on the south coast of Hong Kong Island with one of the city's longest beaches, 292 m of golden sand and calm water, framed by green hills and luxury apartment towers looking out to sea. The bay was turned into a beach in the 1910s, and the famous Repulse Bay Hotel was built here in 1920; it has been a summer escape for city residents ever since, and the beach was later extended artificially. Its best-known landmark is an apartment building with a huge square hole in the middle, said to let the dragon pass from the mountain to the sea according to feng shui beliefs. The beach has lifeguards in the swimming season, changing rooms, and restaurants and cafés on the front. The beach is free, and buses from Central get there in about half an hour. Come on a weekday morning, as summer weekends are crowded, and combine it with nearby Stanley in one trip.
Crescent-shaped.
And its dragon legend.
By the sea.
South coast of Hong Kong Island
By bus from Central in about half an hour. The beach is free, and you can carry on to nearby Stanley.