None easily walkable with luggage. Suggest to take the hotel's own shuttle bus from AEL station, see their timetable at:

cosmopolitanhotel.com.hk/location_shuttle.ht…

their shuttle doesn't operate until 8am. but i arrive earlier. i have very little luggage. Which hotel is the closest and how far is the walk?

thanks

Can you afford HK$3.40?

From the AEL HK Station near IFC, walk to the United Chinese Bank Building at 31-37 Des Voeux Road Central. Take bus #10 and alight at the stop at Morrison Hill Road before Leighton Road and walk to your hotel.

Just to answer your question : the Regal is the nearest to Cosmopolitan, but it'll involve a brisk 20min walk (assuming you don't get lost)

The area will not be on any tourist maps, so get on Google Maps or something. Cosmopolitan Hotel is to the south-west of Regal. Find your way onto Hysan Avenue (reference : Lee Gardens Plaza with a big Gucci store) and onward to Leighton Road (reference : a Crowne Plaza Hotel being built on your left)

Alternatively, a taxi ride might cost around HK$35-40.

Cosmopolitan and her sister hotel, Cosmo, are at a very odd location between Wan Chai, Causeway Bay and Happy Valley. Other than hotel shuttles and taxis, your best bet would be public buses so bus #10 is a good suggestion. If I were you, if the hotel shuttle is not available for some reason, just take a taxi. It should cost around HK$30 which is very reasonable.

Really? I went on the Airport Express bus around 7 or so a few months ago. Don't know if they changed a rule though...

Thanks I think i take the taxi in that case.

The airport shuttle bus operates around 7 but the hotel shuttle for the hotel I'm staying in starts at 8.

I see... well then the taxi is a good choice then! Especially since you are flying so far and are arriving in the morning...jetlag?