 Guangzhou is located on the Pearl River | ||
| Guangzhou | ||
| province | Guangdong | |
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| Residents | 13.080.500 (2014) | |
| height | 21 m | |
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Guangzhou is a city in the province Guangdong.
Districts
background
The former canton (until 1918) has developed into a 10 million city and is located in the south of China.
getting there
By plane
Traveling to Guangzhou by plane has become much easier in recent years, even if the old airport was almost in the center of the city and you were there quickly, the new Baiyun Airport is located in the northwest of the city and can be reached in around 40 minutes . A modern building, built for 50 million passengers and already too small after 2 years of operation, so that the next stage of expansion can be started. Lufthansa and Air France serve Guangzhou as well as Finnair on a daily basis. Flights to Beijing and Shanghai are available every hour.
The easiest way to get into the city is with the airport bus. Airport buses (approx. 15-20 RMB, depending on the destination) run on various routes to the city center and some suburbs. As a foreigner, you usually have to pay a budget price for a taxi, which can be between 150-250 RMB.
By train
You can arrive in Guangzhou by train from all directions. Trains run especially from Hong Kong (every hour) and Shenzhen (at peak times every 10 minutes), which speed through a unique and huge factory area (especially around Dongguan) to Guangdong in a maximum of 2 hours. The top speed is 200 km / h and is even displayed in the train compartment. From Hong Kong you can travel for HK $ 230, from Shenzhen it is much cheaper with approx. 70-95 RMB. However, you will then have to assert yourself at the ticket offices. You will then arrive at the East Railway Station in Guangzhou, which is located in the new and rapidly growing Tianhe District. From the train station, most places can be reached by taxi for 20-40 RMB.
Exit with the high-speed train 1 Guanghzhou South(廣州 南 站) can be reached in 47 minutes 2 West Kowloon Terminal in Hong Kong. It stops at six on-the-go stations, including in Shenzhen at the 3 North Station(2 ° 36 '37 "N.114 ° 1 '49 "E)(深圳 北 站). The border control for entry into the People's Republic takes place in Kowloon.
By bus
You can take the bus to Guangzhou directly at Hong Kong Airport. For around HK $ 240, it takes around 3 hours to get to the center of Guangzhou. Disadvantage: You have to leave the bus twice with all your suitcases to go through Hong Kong and Chinese immigration.
In the street
Guangdong Province has an increasingly dense highway network. However, traveling by car is not relevant for tourists, as foreign driving licenses are not recognized in the PRC.
By boat
There are ferry connections from Hong Kong that are served several times a day.
mobility
Subway
The Canton subway network currently (2013) consists of eight lines, including a short-haul underground gondola (connected to Line 3) and the suburban train-like Guangfo Line, which connects Guangzhou with Foshan, and covers the main ones Districts for foreign visitors. A further expansion is planned or under construction.
Trains run until around 11 p.m., if you want to go further out or change trains should not leave much later than 10 p.m. During the day the trains run every 3 minutes, in the evening 5-8 minutes. The subway is clean, quick and efficient. All signs are also in English, so that you can find your way around. Fares 2 to 10 RMB depending on the distance. Tickets are available at the ticket office, or machines that accept and exchange 1 RMB coins or 5 and 10 RMB notes. You receive a plastic chip that you hold up to a scanner at the entrance (turnstile) and insert it into a slot at the exit. One-day and three-day tickets are now also available.
buses
Guangzhou has a dense network of buses that run every minute. There are also electrically powered buses that draw energy from the power lines over the streets. Fare 1-2 RMB, rarely 3 RMB for longer routes. There are no tickets to buy. The money is thrown in small boxes by the bus driver and there is no change!
taxi
Taxis are available everywhere in the city and are sensationally cheap by German standards. If you don't speak Chinese, write down / print out your destination and show it to the driver. The cars have taximeters that show 10 RMB when you get on. For each kilometer driven, RMB 2.60 is added. Still, you will hardly be able to get trips over 30 RMB if you don't want to go far into the suburbs. Tip: The new airport is about 100-130 RMB for a 35-40km journey. It is highly recommended to have the business cards given to you everywhere, as these have the Chinese address printed on them. With this you can almost always make it clear to the taxi driver where to go.
Ferries
Ferries run on the Pearl River for a few RMB. Relaxing alternative, and nice view of the city. Signage in Chinese only.
Tourist Attractions
Guangzhou is certainly not a city that has too many sights. Guangzhou's charm lies more in the fact that you can experience a unique ancient China. If you go to the backyards of the old houses and the small alleys, you can see life as you suspected it 100 years ago. Also worth seeing is in the evening, when you walk along the Pearl River, tourist ships glide by brightly and colorfully illuminated, you can see the various plays of light on the skyscrapers. A walk on Er Sha Dao, a former expat island, where apartments for the upper middle class have been built today, is particularly recommended.
- Yuexiu Park. In it is a sculpture of the 5 billy goats, one of the landmarks of Guangzhou, as well as the Zhenhai Tower and a monument in honor of Sun Yat-sen.
- Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall
- Ancestral temple of the Chen family
- Heart of Jesus Cathedral from colonial times
- Huaisheng Mosque. The oldest Chinese mosque.
activities
- Sports
Badminton is popular. There are many ways to book a court for a match all over the city.
- Excursion
Baiyun Mountain 白云 山 is the destination in Guangzhou. At the weekend, half the city makes a pilgrimage to this elevation in the north of the city to escape the city's smog.
shop
Guangzhou, an Eldorado for shopping. This is the center of professional buyers from all over the world, but the whole of China also uses the huge clothing markets here, where you can get the fashion of tomorrow, today and yesterday. Right next to the main train station, there is the BeiMa market, a multi-storey building , where clothes are carted from A to B with huge handcarts, small shops selling young Chinese saleswomen the latest fashions on huge mountains.
kitchen
nightlife
As in many Asian cities, you can have a wide variety of entertainment in the nightlife in Guangzhou: from clubbing to karaoke, from dignified dinners to English pubs.
The famous bar scene is behind the Holiday Inn on Huanshi Dong Lu or around the Garden Hotel, where there are some bars with live music.
Good clubs are:
Babyface: There are locations all over China: 2 floors, a lot of foreigners, electro to house. Hei Hei Club: super pimpy, super full, great for shaking. C-Union: a bit remote, extremely many foreigners, good for There is a large outdoor area for chilling out, but also good for shaking honey at a late hour: Hip Hop Club
accommodation
There are hundreds of options to stay in Guangzhou, from youth hostels and very inexpensive hotels from 100 RMB to the absolute top class, such as the White Swan Hotel on the Pearl River or the Garden Hotel in the center, which cost well over 100 USD.
You can get good (4 star) hotels for around 500 RMB per night.
Hotel prices multiply during the Canton Fair (April / September). If you can, avoid this time.
Learn
Work
security
Canton is a very safe city, as a foreigner you may be looked at curiously, but not harassed (exceptions probably confirm the rule). The usual precautionary measures for large cities apply - do not carry more cash with you than necessary, avoid crowds, etc.
health
Practical advice
trips
Web links
- http://www.gz.gov.cn/ - Guangzhou Official Website
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