Lovers' Rock — Attraction in Hong Kong

One of the interesting things to see along the Bowen Road fitness trail is the famous Lover's Rock. This is a 9-metre tall granite monolith that is believed to be an energy source for providing happy marriage to those who worship the at the giant boulder.

You will find Lover's Rock up a zigzag staircase around 20 metres above Bowen Road. You need to look for the silver plated sign and red coloured shrines on the hillside. Just walk up the staircase. You will first pass an ancient rock temple, keep going to the very top where the staircase ends. That is the Lover's Rock.

In addition to seeing the Lover's Rock, there are very good views of the Wanchai and Happy Valley area from this location. When sky conditions are favourable, you can see well all the way to Victoria Harbour and...

Lovely stroll on the Bowen Jogging Trail up to Lover’s Rock. Warning for people who starts at Wan Chai Trail Head, there is a kilometre up hill as you can see in the last photo, if you put a treadmill on an incline at 15 then that’s about the steepness of this hill. On the trail there’s scenery of Happy Valley and surrounds. Later part of the trail there’s buildings over grown with trees and shrubs, looks abandoned from how unkept it looked although i could be wrong. This place definitely does not lack character. There’s a steep flight of stairs up to reach Lover’s Rock, with lots of idols and incense burning by locals at the location. A bit eerie on...

This attraction is just a religious place where people worship different Chinese gods. It is very smoky there and the environment is not pleasant. You have to be prepared to walk for about 30 stairs to the top. Elderly and infants are not recommended. If you really want to go there, go to the Bowen trail and when you pass through Shiu Fai Terrace, you will see a big red stone standing before you. There will also be porcelain statues of gods and goddesses. But believe me, it certainly does not...