Hong Kong is made for a family break

Bearing that in mind, The Peak on Hong Kong island is a good place to get your bearings if you arrive here on a family break. A tram takes you up from the Central business district so steeply that if you put it down, your bag will slide down the floor to the back of the carriage (WARNING! Children find this fun!) At the top you do emerge to a shopping mall but head 50 yards up a path past the shops, and there's a stunning view: a harbour teeming with boats large and small, fringed by a forest of skyscrapers and hemmed in by lush, green mountains. There is a nature trail, a playground, Madame Tussauds and a number of restaurants that cater well for children.
 

When you come back down again there's something mesmeric about a port in full flow. The iconic old green and white Star ferries still ply between Hong Kong island and Tsim Sha Tsui, as they have for more than a century. Catch one at 8pm and free with your journey you get a spectacular choreographed light show played out by the main harbourside skyscrapers. Perhaps before doing that you can picnic at Cyberport Waterfront Park. It’s got a wonderful view of Hong Kong and who doesn’t love a picnic, young or old and a run around a green space next to the water?