Conserve and Revitalise Hong Kong Heritage - New Feature: “Traversing Northern Metropolis: Open-Top Bus Heritage Tour” — Journey Through the Lands of Walled Villages, Travelling Between Past and Present (2570)

Overwhelming response! Three more tour days added | Registration opens : 16 November, 10am
A mainly audio-guided tour: view selected declared monuments and graded historic buildings from the bus

This year’s Heritage Fiesta takes you aboard an open-top bus for a closer look at the Northern Metropolis (NM) from a brand-new height! The Commissioner for Heritage’s Office, in collaboration with Citybus, presents the “Traversing Northern Metropolis: Open-Top Bus Heritage Tour”, offering three themed routes on designated weekends. The free tours will take you through selected declared monuments and graded historic buildings in the NM with audio commentary throughout, allowing you to rediscover this land area from a perspective rarely enjoyed in daily life. Along the way, ancestral halls, study halls and walled villages with countryside and new towns interweave. You can experience NM’s unique landscape featuring co-existence between past and present and integration of urban and rural areas blend as one. Every passenger will receive an exclusive brand-new and limited edition souvenir inspired by this year’s theme and the open-top bus heritage tour.

We have launched bus tour places on three days (First round : 21, 22 and 29 November 2026) for public registration. Due to overwhelming response, we are pleased to add three additional days (28 November, 5 December and 6 December 2026 ). Details are as follows -

Event Details — Pre-registration is required

Dates and Themed Routes:	New🆕 : 28 November (Sat)	Route 1 : Ping Shan & Ha Tsuen Line・Scholars and Sentinels (Boarding point: Opposite Exit H, Yuen Long Station｜Approx. 60 mins per ride)
	New🆕 : 5 December (Sat)	Route 2 : Sheung Shui & Lung Yeuk Tau Line・ Into the Walled Villages (Boarding point: Near Exit B2, Sheung Shui Station｜Approx. 40 mins per ride)
	New🆕 : 6 December (Sun)	Route 3 : Sheung Shui & San Tin Line・Old Houses, New Lives (Boarding point: Near Exit B2, Sheung Shui Station｜Approx. 40 mins per ride)
Departure Time:	Every 30 minutes from 10 am to 5 pm (a total of 15 tours daily on event days)
Group Size Per Tour:	50 persons (first-come, first-served, while places last) Places are limited. Each person may register only once per route, and each registration may include up to two participants.
Fee:	Free of Charge
Registration Arrangement:	45 departures are available across the 3 service days, each with 50 places. Registration is first-come, first-served until all places are taken, so you can choose your preferred route and time and get your result instantly. Please decide your route and departure in advance.
Registration Platform:	Citybus online platform (link)
Registration Period:	10 a.m. on 16 November to 5 p.m. on 20 November (Registration will close early once full)
Result Notification:	Instant confirmation and confirmation email; participants should present the confirmation email (printed or electronic copy) when boarding
On-board Audio Guide:	Cantonese / Putonghua / English

Note: From 10 a.m. on 6 November to 5 p.m. on 10 November, we have launched bus tour places on three days (First round : 21, 22 and 29 November 2026 with a total of 15 sessions per day) for public registration.

Enquiries

Please contact Citybus for enquiries about event details:

Telephone: 2136 8888 (customer service hours: 8 am - 8 pm daily, with recorded information available outside these hours)

Email: enquiry@citybus.com.hk

Itinerary Highlights: Three Themed Routes (All routes return to the departure points)

Route 1 : Ping Shan & Ha Tsuen Line・Scholars and Sentinels

Boarding point: Opposite Exit H, Yuen Long MTR Station
(Take the stairs down to street level and cross the road)

Journey time: Approx. 60 mins

Highlights: From ancestral halls and study halls to the first government secondary school in the New Territories — discover how generations of the Tang clans and local communities kept learning alive, in the spirit of “scholars”. Then meet two former police stations with missions: one now trains guide dogs and the other has become a heritage gallery. Their roles in watching over the community remain unchanged, serving as its “sentinels”.
En route: Tang Ancestral Hall, the Guesthouse and Yau Kung School in Ha Tsuen (declared monument), Former Lau Fau Shan Police Station (currently Former Lau Fau Shan Police Station - Hong Kong Guide Dogs Academy, Grade 3 historic building), Old Ping Shan Police Station (currently Ping Shan Tang Clan Gallery cum Heritage Trail Visitors Centre, Grade 2 historic building) and selected spots along the Ping Shan Heritage Trail, Former Yuen Long Public Middle School* (now TWGHs C.Y. Ma Memorial College, Grade 2 historic building).

Route 2 : Sheung Shui & Lung Yeuk Tau Line・Into the Walled Villages

Boarding point: Near Exit B2, Sheung Shui MTR Station
(Follow the footbridge ramp down to street level)

Journey time: Approx. 40 mins

Highlights: From ancestral hall, Tin Hau Temple and Lo Wai of the Tang clan at Lung Yeuk Tau to study hall and ancestral hall of the Liu clan in Sheung Shui, see how two great clans each settled as close-knit communities and feel the fabric of the walled villages where worship, education and everyday life have been woven together over centuries.
En route: Selected spots along the Lung Yeuk Tau Heritage Trail, including Tang Chung Ling Ancestral Hall, Tin Hau Temple, Lung Yeuk Tau, and Entrance Tower and Enclosing Walls of Lo Wai (all declared monuments), Liu Ying Lung Study Hall* (Grade 1 historic building), Liu Man Shek Tong Ancestral Hall* (declared monument).

Route 3 : Sheung Shui & San Tin Line・Old Houses, New Lives

Boarding point: Near Exit B2, Sheung Shui MTR Station
(Follow the footbridge ramp down to street level)

Journey time: Approx. 40 mins

Highlights: The Hau clan’s ancestral halls and the Man clan’s mansion still stand in splendour and refinement today, while Lady Ho Tung Welfare Centre which once served the rural communities, continues its mission in a new role. These old houses have not merely survived; they have found “new lives” in today’s communities.
En route: Hau Mei Fung Ancestral Hall (declared monument), Lady Ho Tung Welfare Centre (currently Sik Sik Yuen Lady Ho Tung Welfare Centre Eco-Learn Institute, Grade 2 historic building), Tai Fu Tai* (declared monument), Hau Ku Shek Ancestral Hall (declared monument)

*Note : Passengers may alight at this stop to visit the building, then wait at the same stop for the next bus (approx. every 30 mins). Seats are not reserved for re-boarding passengers who may need to stand on the lower deck. Please check the buildings’ opening hours, bus arrival time at the stop and the last bus time (see event leaflet for further details).

Points to Note

The tour is primarily an on-board audio commentary (Cantonese / Putonghua / English), allowing passengers to take in the overall character of the historic buildings along the route from the open-top bus, with some declared monuments and historic buildings visible along the route.

Please present your confirmation email when boarding. Any seats still vacant at departure may, at the organiser’s discretion, be offered to walk-in visitors on a standby basis, but this is not guaranteed.

Please read this document for details of the special arrangements in inclement weather.

Photos and videos will be taken during the event for publicity purposes. If you do not wish to be photographed or filmed, please inform our staff on site.

Participants must observe the Terms and Conditions of the “Traversing Northern Metropolis: Open-top Bus Heritage Tour” (T&C) and Citybus’s Conditions of Carriage, and confirm at the time of registration that they have read the T&C and “Personal Information Collection Statement”. In case of any dispute, the Commissioner for Heritage’s Office and Citybus reserve the right to make final decision.