Novotel Citygate Hongkong

We changed our booking of JJ Hotel from 4 nights to 3 nights, and decided to allocate our budget to spend one night at Novotel Citygate. The main reason was we would like to stay as close as possible to Hongkong Disneyland, but we couldn't afford Disneyland Hotel:p We booked through their accor website, a superior room including breakfast HKD 1,400 nett for one night.

We left JJ Hotel early in the morning and took a taxi to Hongkong Station (cost HKD 40). Maybe the taxi driver assumed that we were going to the airport as we had our luggage with us. So he dropped us in front of the airport express train station. We walked to MTR station from the airport express train station, and took MTR heading to Tung Chung MTR station.


Arriving at Tung Chung MTR station, we walked to Novotel through Citygate Outlets. The shops were still closed at 9.30 am when we arrived. Citygate outlets located adjacent to the MTR station, so it was very handy. Novotel's entrance located on the 3rd level, we went there to left our luggage before going to Hongkong Disneyland. The Citygate Outlets were decorated with valentine's theme.


We came back to the hotel at 10 pm after spent the whole day at Disneyland, with our kiddos both fall asleep. That time we knew that even though we paid more expensive for our room at the Novotel (compared to HKD 1,078 per night at JJ Hotel), it was the best decision to move to this hotel for our last night. After the Disney fireworks show, everyone heading to MTR station and most of them going back to Hongkong. We took this below picture from the opposite, if we had to take the full MTR with our kiddos fall asleep, it would have been a disaster:p Whilst on the other side (on our side) people going to Tung Chung station from Sunny Bay MTR station were not too many. There were plenty of seats available on the MTR. 


The room was very modern (compared to our room in JJ hotel), with a bathroom having direct access to our bed. There was a plate of cookies as a complimentary when we entered the room.



Our room had a fabulous view, we could see Tung Chung cable car station, playground from an apartment, and also the Hongkong airport. Taking the cable car was not in our itinerary, but having seen the cable car from early in the morning, made us decided to take the cable car to Lantau Island in the morning, before going to the airport.


We took their free shuttle bus to the airport, it was only 10 minutes away from Novotel Citygate to the airport. Being so close to the airport, we could manage doing shopping after our short visit to Lantau Island, before going to the airport:)


Too bad when we were there, the swimming pool was under construction. Well, maybe it was too cold to swim in the month of February in Hongkong. Overall, it was a lovely hotel, good choice if you'd like to be close with Hongkong Disneyland, without having to pay the very expensive Disneyland Hotel.


written on March 3, 2013 by @tesyasblog


tag: hotel dekat Disneyland Hongkong, hotel dekat Lantau Island Hongkong, menginap di Novotel Citygate Hongkong


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24 comments:

  1. It's my fav hotel too. Very convenient not far from aiport, ngong ping and disneyland also from shopping centre :D

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    1. Yes absolutely Deb:) Tapi kalo mau ke Hongkong sih mayan jauh ya.

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    1. Hahhaha lovely colorful macarons:)

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  3. Dear mbak Tesya,

    Thanks for your blog. Karena baca blognya mbak, saya jadi tambah semangat utk bisa liburan di Hongkong + Macau bulan Maret 2014;)

    Mbak, bolehkah saya minta itinerary + biaya selama mbak liburan di Hongkong + Macau?

    Informasi dari mbak akan sangat bermanfaat untuk saya yg sedang merancang budget utk tahun depan:)

    Thanks in advance ♡

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    1. Hai Widia, salam kenal ya... Terimakasih udah berkunjung ke blog kami. Baru beli ticket promo Mandala nih? Hehe just guessing. Boleh tlg email ke aku langsung tesyas.blog@gmail.com biar aku bisa kirim itinerary nya by email ya. Thanks..

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  4. Salam kenal mbak Tesya,

    Terima kasih banget ya mbak, blognya bikin aku yakin ajak anak-anak(10, 7, 1th) travelling ke hong kong. Bulan Januari pertengahan nanti sudah booked tiket pesawat tp belum siap dengan itenarynya karena ini perjalanan pertama saya ke luar negeri jadi buta banget.

    Bisa tolong saya dengan itenarynya mbak... Terima kasih sudah mau share dengan blognya yang bermanfaat banget ini.

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    1. Hallo Mba Upi, wah asyiknya mau liburan ke Hongkong nih. Mba, saya ga tau emailnya, Mba bisa email saya ke tesyas.blog@gmail.com? Thank you..

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  5. Mbak Tesya, untuk duras perjalanan dari Novotel Citygate brapa lama (menit/jam) untuk sampai ke Disneyland? Sepertinya cukup recommended untuk alternatif dari menginap di hotel disney ya .. Thanks. (Reza)

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    1. Hi Reza, aku baru mampir ke blog nya. Uhuy..kapan ya ke Europe ama suami hehehe..
      Perjalanan dari Novotel Citygate less than 30 mins. Hotel nya recommended, cuman sayang mahal. At least buat kami..it was expensive.

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    2. Hayo dong mbak JJS berduaan aja ke Eropa, asyik loh .. hihihi .. untuk hotel selain Novotel ato Disney, sempet notice ga alternatif lain yg sbenernya oke juga (dari sisi kemudahan, jarak, dan budget). Thanks mbak.

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    3. Iya amin Reza...doain kami ya:)
      Nah hotel yg lebih murah dari Disney ya Novotel Citygate..selain itu I have no idea...

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  6. hi. thank you for your blog. also considering this hotel on our last day in hongkong because we have an early flight. i noticed you had 2 kids and so am i.how did you book with your 2 kids? on the booking site, only 1 kid is allowed.

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    1. Hi thanks for visiting tesyasblog. Yup it stated only 1 child is allowed, but we wanted to stay near Disney but couldn't afford Disney Hotel. So we booked the room for 2 adults and 1 kid.

      My husband did the check in to Novotel by himself at 11 am, I waited at the mall with kiddos. Then we went back to the hotel with both of kiddos fall asleep after the Disney fireworks. The hotel staff didn;t say anything that we took our kiddos to the room. One of the hotel staff helped us taking our luggage to the room.

      But when it came to breakfast time, only I and kiddos had the breakfast. My husband waited at the room. So it was the story...hehe..

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  7. Halo mbak, salam kenal..
    blog mbak sangat membantu sekali dlm menyusun liburan keluarga juli nanti..
    BTW ada bbrp yg ingin saya tanyakan, apakah kl kita menginap di Novotel ini, di sekitar nya ada mall ato daerah yg bisa kita kunjungin? krn kebetulan sy pulang nya naik pswt yg jam 17.10.. Jadi mungkin enaknya ke airport jam 15an..
    Nah dari pagi berarti free sampe jam 15 itu..

    thanks before mbak..

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    1. Hai Mbak, makasih udah membaca blog kami.
      Di sebelahnya ada Citygate Factory Outlet Mba, jadi Mba bisa belanja dari mulai jam 11 saat tokonya pada buka hehe.

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  8. Selamat malam mbak,terima kasih atas sharing pengalamannya di hongkong..btw mau tanya mbak,kebetulan aku juga mau ke disneyland hongkong n sdh booking Novotel citygate utk 2 person,pdahal kami berlima (3 anak),apakah pihak hotel akan charge extra person?terima kasih

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    1. Hai Mbak, coba cek di children policy nya seperti apa.
      Waktu itu sih kami sudah malam, anak2 sudah tidur di pangkuan, mereka enggak masalahin..

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  9. Mba saya sudah terlanjur book novotel city gate utk 3 malam. Kalo utk le voctoria peak dan avenue of the star jauh banget kah? Enaknya naik apa kalo sm anak2

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    1. Hai Mbak, iya jauh banget, sekitar 1 jam kali ya kalau naik MTR (plus transit, ganti kereta dsb). Tapi enggak apa-apa, semuanya kan integrated. Naik MTR aja Mbak, stasiunnya ada di bawah mall samping Novotel.

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  10. Hi mba Tesya. Saya Yanti (Ig: yantiarts) yg message mba di Ig beberapa hari yg lalu. Thank for your advice, akhirnya saya sudah pegang tiket ke hongkong untuk bulan Juli nanti. Saya ikut itinerary mba Tesya utk pilih Disneyland di hari terakhir dan booking Novotel Citygate. Saya rencana mau ke Ngong Ping sebelum ke airport, jadwal flight airport 14.25. Apa sempat ya mbak? Untuk jadwal saya, sebaiknya saya start dari hotel ke bandara jam berapa ya? Thanks in advance

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    1. Hi Mba Yanti, wah asyik mau ke HK :) Usahakan 3 jam sebelum jam terbang sudah tiba di HK Airport, karena jalan menuju gate nya jauh. Kalau mau, Mba jalan jam 8 dari hotel ke Ngong Ping, paling sampe 9.30, jam 10 udah harus di hotel ya. Jam 11 an naik shuttle deh ke bandara atau taksi.

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  11. Mba tesya mau tanya, novetl citygate itu di dalam airport? trus kalau ke disneyland hari minggu kira2 penuh ga mba?atau mending hari kerja aja. thannks sblmnya mba.

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    1. Hai Mba, maaf ya aku baru balas2 komen lagi. Novotel di luar airport, harus naik bus or taksi kesana. Iya kalau Minggu penuh Mba, baiknya hari kerja aja kalau memungkinkan diatur demikian.

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