{"id":89484,"date":"2026-10-02T00:16:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T16:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=89484"},"modified":"2026-10-02T00:16:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T16:16:17","slug":"5-of-the-best-things-to-do-in-hong-kong-this-weekend-october-2-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=89484","title":{"rendered":"5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend, October 2-4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">The National Day \u201c<span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">golden week<\/span>\u201d break is upon us, and with it comes the familiar dread: packed MTR carriages, huge crowds and a slow-moving tide of visitors.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">But as always, there are several ways to escape the hordes, whether that is trying experimental gelato, practising poolside yoga or checking out an exhibition of Hong Kong\u2019s beloved neon lights.<\/p>\n<h3 type=\"h3\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"eh0yk8h0 css-17x7qa9 e1pqa4re1\">1. Ciao! Gelato Fest 2026<\/h3>\n<div class=\"image-inline-container e1a5rv550 css-1llrc1m e1yqhwb40\" data-qa=\"Component-renderMap-StyledDiv\">\n<div class=\"image-inline caption e1fvabeq0 css-19sk4h4 ea9pn0s0\" data-qa=\"Component-Container\">\n<figure class=\"image-inline caption ea9pn0s1 css-d3pq8q e1gf69pb0\" data-qa=\"ArticleImage-ArticleImageContainer\">\n<div data-qa=\"ArticleImage-handleRenderImage-ImageContainer\" class=\"css-bjn8wh e1gf69pb3\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ciao! Gelato Fest returns to PMQ, with more than 30 flavours created for the event. Photo: Instagram\/kai.s_gourmet\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/img.i-scmp.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/fit=contain,width=1024,format=auto\/sites\/default\/files\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/10\/01\/d920dcd2-bcf0-42ed-be19-bedc0bad6127_2497492f.jpg\" title=\"Ciao! Gelato Fest returns to PMQ, with more than 30 flavours created for the event. Photo: Instagram\/kai.s_gourmet\"\/><\/div><figcaption data-qa=\"ArticleImage-DescriptionContainer\" class=\"css-1bj5zno e1gf69pb1\">Ciao! Gelato Fest returns to PMQ, with more than 30 flavours created for the event. Photo: Instagram\/kai.s_gourmet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The city\u2019s first large-scale Italian gelato festival is back at PMQ for another edition, bringing together 20 brands from Hong Kong, Macau, Italy and Portugal, with more than 30 flavours created specifically for the event.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Skip the safer flavours and try less conventional options such as garlic, porcini, foie gras from brands like Edenly Gelato, I Scream Gelato and Kai\u2019s Gourmet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/article\/3369409\/5-best-things-do-hong-kong-weekend-october-2-4?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Day \u201cgolden week\u201d break is upon us, and with it comes the familiar dread: packed MTR carriages, huge crowds and a slow-moving tide&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":89485,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[3569,5231,1144,1666],"class_list":["post-89484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-hong","tag-kong","tag-october","tag-weekend","wpcat-33-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=89484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89484\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/89485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=89484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=89484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=89484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}