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The shiny new Rosedale has small but well laid-out rooms with broadband connection and kitchenette. There’s also a small gym. Causeway Bay’s department stores and Victoria Park’s many facilities are nearby.

Don’t be put off by the initials. For value, views and location, the always-popular YMCA, next door to the posh Peninsula, can’t be beaten. The well-furnished rooms are spacious, equipped with fax/laptop ports, satellite and cable TV. A large swimming pool, sauna, gym and indoor climbing wall round off the facilities. Family suites are terrific. A few excellent up-market dorm beds, too.

Rooms are comfortable but hardly special. However, the hotel’s central waterfront position, and full range of facilities including gym, pool, spa and 24-hour movie channels, put it in the luxury category.

Roll out of bed in these well decked out but small studio and one- or two-bed apartments and you’re beside the Escalator, bars and restaurants. Homely, with smart fittings and Chinese decorative touches.

A cheap alternative to city living, magical Cheung Chau’s only major hotel offers fine sea views next to good beaches with windsurf and kayak hire. Great coastal walks are around the headland. Furnishings are nothing special, and the exterior is 60s municipal.

The fittings are tired and the rooms small, but The Wesley’s saving grace is its very competitive long-stay packages in a central location. Deals include free local calls, maid service, kitchenette, and use of swimming pool and gym at the sister hotel in Quarry Bay.

Definitely the poor relation of the Grand Hotel Group’s hotels, the Wesley’s saving grace is its central location and low rates. That said, the fittings are tired and the rooms small. There’s no pool or gym and only a modest café.

Right in the increasingly smart centre of Wanchai, the Wharney offers decent surroundings, a revamped gym and pool, sauna, business centre and a couple of restaurants. Rooms are well appointed but on the small side.

A lovely getaway. All rooms come with own terrace and sea views. There’s a small sandy beach and an 18-hole golf course, which hosts the Macau Open. Or practise your swing with a bucket of balls on the ocean driving range. Yes, these ones float.

Overlooking the Pearl River on sleepy Shamian Island, this large but lovely hotel is the place to find peace in Guangzhou.