Guangdong (广东省) · 12 places · 10 cities
12 places in Guangdong, grouped by city. The last column is the gate: 1 of them are open at all hours, and the others close, often earlier than the light does.
Most common here: City park (4), Geopark (3), Theme park (3). See all provinces, or the background on parks.
3 places
Shenzhen (深圳市)
| Place | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| OCT East (深圳东部华侨城)Nine square kilometres between hills and coast, opened in 2007, in two parts: a valley of rides and a tea-plantation valley with a built village in it. | Theme park | 9:30 to 18:00 |
| Window of the World (深圳世界之窗)Four hundred and eighty thousand square metres holding 130-odd world landmarks at about one to fifteen. Opened in 1994, and still the fullest example of a form China built a great deal of in that decade. | Theme park | 9:00 to 22:30 |
| Wutong Mountain (深圳梧桐山)Recorded as Shenzhen’s highest ground at 944 m, with the city, Hong Kong and Mirs Bay in view from the top. Wild rhododendron flowers across the slopes in March and April. | City park | Open at all hours |
1 place
Foshan (佛山)
| Place | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Xiqiao Mountain (西樵山)An extinct volcano of 344 m with a seated bronze Guanyin 62 m high on it. Stone Age workshops found on the slopes make it one of the earliest worked sites in the Pearl River delta. | Mountain and forest | 7:30 to 17:30 |
1 place
Guangzhou (广州)
| Place | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Baiyun Mountain (广州白云山)Thirty-odd peaks over 21 square kilometres inside Guangzhou, rising to 382 m, with the city and the Pearl River below. Cloud settles on it after rain, which is how it got the name. | City park | 6:00 to 22:00 |
1 place
Guangzhou (广州市)
| Place | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Yuexiu Park (广州越秀公园)Eighty-six hectares in the middle of Guangzhou, holding the Five Rams sculpture that serves as the city’s emblem and the Ming watchtower that now houses the city museum. | City park | 6:00 to 22:00 |
1 place
Huizhou (惠州)
| Place | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Luofu Mountain (罗浮山)A Daoist mountain of 1,296 m where Ge Hong made his elixirs and wrote the Baopuzi in the fourth century. Chongxu temple, which he founded, has stood for some 1,600 years. | Mountain and forest | 7:00 to 18:00 |
1 place
Jiangmen (江门市)
| Place | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Kaiping Diaolou and Villages (开平碉楼与村落)UNESCO CULTURALUNESCOEighteen hundred fortified towers still standing, built largely in the 1920s and 1930s with money sent home by emigrants, which is why the styles are borrowed from everywhere. Inscribed in 2007. | Geopark | 8:30 to 17:30 |
1 place
Shaoguan (韶关)
| Place | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Danxia Mountain (丹霞山)UNESCO NATURALThe landform called danxia is named after this mountain. Red sandstone weathered into pillars and cliffs; Yangyuan Stone stands 28 m. The main peak, Bazhai, is 618 m. Rafts on the Jin river pass the rock profiles the mountain is known for. | Geopark | 8:00 to 18:00 |
1 place
Zhanjiang (湛江市)
| Place | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Huguangyan (湖光岩)UNESCO GEOPARKA maar lake formed by a flat-ground explosion 140,000 to 160,000 years ago, and described as among the best preserved anywhere. The water clears itself: fallen leaves break down, and it neither dries in drought nor overflows in storm. | Geopark | 7:30 to 18:00 |
1 place
Zhaoqing (肇庆)
| Place | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Zhaoqing Star Lake (肇庆星湖（七星岩+鼎湖山）)Two parts. Seven karst hills stand in a lake in the pattern of the Plough, with a thousand years of cliff inscriptions along the water; Dinghu hill behind became China’s first nature reserve in 1956. | City park | 7:30 to 17:30 |
1 place
Zhuhai (珠海市)
| Place | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Chimelong Ocean Kingdom (珠海长隆海洋王国)Billed as the largest ocean theme park in the world, opened in 2014 on Hengqin. Its whale shark tank is listed as the largest aquarium by volume on record. | Theme park | 10:00 to 20:00 |
Which Ones Need a Whole Day
A city park is an hour before dinner. A geopark can be a full day with a shuttle and a cable car, and the gate closes earlier than the park does. Tell our local team where you will be and they will say which of these fit the day you have.