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What are some interesting places in Guangzhou? Recommended tourist attractions in Guangzhou (

1. Baiyun Mountain

is located in the north of Guangzhou, and is one of the famous mountains in South Guangdong. It is called "the first show in Yangcheng" and consists of more than 3 peaks. You can overlook the whole city and the Pearl River in the distance. Whenever it is sunny after rain or in late spring, the mountains are surrounded by white clouds, from which the name of the mountain comes.

Baiyun Mountain has been a famous scenic spot since ancient times, and "Purunyuan Spring", "Looking at Baiyun Evening" and "Jingtai Guizeng" are all listed as "Eight Scenes of Yangcheng". In recent years, the Peak and Shanbei Park have been opened, and a garden-style villa hostel, Shuangxi Villa, Songtao Garden and Bird Watching Garden have been built. Every year, on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, many people go to climb Baiyun Mountain.

There are also sports and entertainment items such as alpine grass skiing, 14-meter slide and triangle hang gliding on Baiyun Mountain.

Transportation: There are many ways to get to Baiyun Mountain. You can take the shuttle bus to Baiyun Mountain on Yuehua Road. You can also take bus No.11 to Lianquan Road in Shahe and walk up the mountain. You can also take bus No.24, 199, 223, 36, 285 and 54 to Yuntai Garden first, and then take the cable car (with a total length of 1672 meters) up the mountain. The traffic on Baiyun Mountain is convenient. You can drive from Luhu to the Peak Park in the south, huangpo Cave and Shanbei Park in the west, the south gate of Baiyun Mountain in the southeast and Meihuayuan Avenue in the east.

Tickets: 5 yuan, Shannan Gate; Yuntai Garden 1 yuan; Xinghai Garden 3 yuan; The ropeway goes up and down in 25 yuan; Slide 2 yuan.

Tip: There is a Luming Literature restaurant in Luhu Park in the south of Baiyun Mountain, which is built by the lake. The environment is very good and there are many seats. When you eat in it, you have to order some special dishes of this restaurant, such as Jujube Deer Back, Baiyun Pig's Hand and Market Chicken.

It's best to leave early in the morning for Baiyun Mountain, when the air is particularly fresh and the scenery is beautiful.

2. Guangxiao Temple

is located in Jinghui Road, which is an ancient and grand temple in Lingnan area and a national key cultural relics protection unit. It was originally the former residence of Jiande, the third generation of South Vietnam in the Western Han Dynasty. In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, it was named Wangyuan Temple, and in the Song Dynasty it was renamed Guangxiao Temple. The East and West Towers, which were built in the Five Dynasties, have excellent smelting technology, and the West Tower is considered as the earliest existing tower in China.

Guangxiao Temple has a long history. As a folk saying goes, "There is no Yangcheng, there is Guangxiao first". As early as the Song Dynasty, "Guangxiao Bodhi" has become one of the "Eight Scenes of Yangcheng".

Guangxiao Temple has a rigorous architectural structure, magnificent halls and numerous cultural relics. For example, the Daxiong Hall, which was built in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the washbowl spring dug by Dharma in the Southern Dynasty, the thin hair training and stone sutra building in the Tang Dynasty, the Thousand Buddha Tower in the Southern Han Dynasty, the Six Ancestors Hall and the Sleeping Buddha Hall in the Song and Ming Dynasties, as well as inscriptions, Buddha statues, terminalia chebula trees and bodhi trees, are all precious Buddhist relics.

transportation: you can get there by bus No.4, No.31, No.36 and No.12.

Tickets: 4 yuan

3. Xiangjiang Wildlife World

is located in Panyu District, which is divided into a bus tour area (the bus tour time is 2 minutes) and a walking tour area, and there are rare birds and animals from all over the world, including "Four Elephants", elephant turtles, white-lipped deer and cheetahs. In addition, there are five wonderful animal performances in the park every day, among which the program performed by the American White Tiger is the signboard here.

transportation: take bus No.247 from Dashatou, Guangzhou, bus No.282 from Guangzhou Railway Station and bus No.288 from Zhannan Road. There is a direct bus to the zoo at Exit C of Prince Kowloon subway station in Hong Kong.

Tickets: all tickets for 11 yuan/person (note: Xiangjiang Wildlife World tickets are subject to the "one-ticket-through" system, that is, the performances in the park are free to watch). Tickets for 12 yuan/person (note: you can take the small train in the park) are preferential: free tickets for people under 1.1m in height or over 7 years old, and half tickets for people aged 1.1m to 1.4m or 65-69. Each ticket is limited to one free child, those who exceed the limit buy half a ticket, and the elderly over 65 show their ID cards when checking tickets.

opening hours: 9: ~ 17: 3, all year round. The time of animal performance is announced at the waiting area of the bus zone, the entrance of the pedestrian zone and the performance venues. If the weather is bad, the park or some performance venues will be closed.

Tip: There are several restaurants in the park, and Daniu Dessert Gallery milks milk twice a day, so you can not only have the freshest milk to drink, but also watch the live milking performance. If you want to taste the crocodile, you can go to the crocodile restaurant, where there are fresh alligators flown in from Thailand; In the rainforest-style food street, you can eat handmade snacks such as Lamian Noodles and dumplings.

4. Xiqiao Mountain

Xiqiao Mountain is located in the southwest of Nanhai District, Foshan City, and is a national-level scenic spot.

Xiqiao Mountain is an extinct volcano that has been silent for hundreds of millions of years, with beautiful natural scenery. There are 72 strange peaks and 36 strange caves, as well as lakes, springs, waterfalls and deep pools. Xiqiao Mountain is called "solid reservoir" because of its deep forest and thick moss, which stores extremely rich water resources. The whole Xiqiao Mountain, including Shiyan, as the "beacon of Pearl River civilization" has a civilization history of more than 6, years, and the people of the ancient Xiqiao Mountain have created a splendid "double-shouldered stone tool" civilization; By the Ming and Qing Dynasties, a large number of scholars had lived in seclusion here, which made Xiqiao Mountain the "Famous Mountain of Neo-Confucianism in South Guangdong". Xiqiao Mountain is also the birthplace of "Nanquan Culture", where a great master Huang Feihong was born. Xiqiao Mountain has simple folk customs and ancient charm. When you come here to travel, you can also watch the marriage, production customs and various folk entertainment activities of the people in the mountains.

Transportation: Xiqiao Mountain is only 45km away from Guangzhou, the provincial capital, and there are buses to Xiqiao Mountain every half hour from Fangcun Station and Guangfo Station in Guangzhou. Guangzhou Liuhua Hotel has four groups of off-shore special tourist lines to the Baiyun Cave in Xiqiao Mountain every day. If you are driving from Guangzhou, it is most convenient to take Guangfo and Fokai Expressway, and it takes only 3 minutes to reach Xiqiao Mountain.

Tickets: 4 yuan, Xiqiao Mountain National Forest Park; Baiyun Cave 15 yuan; 1 yuan, Huang Feihong Lion Art Martial Arts Hall; Wong Tai Sin Sacred Garden 15 yuan

Opening hours: 7: 3-18:

Tel: 757-85579217

5. Yuexiu Park (Yuexiu Mountain)

named after the Yuexiu Mountain in the park, is the largest park in Guangzhou with a total area of 6, square meters, including three artificial lakes and seven hills.

Yuexiu Park is famous for its beautiful scenery and numerous cultural relics. The main scenic spots and historical sites include seamen's pavilion, Guangfu memorial pavilion, Nanming Shaowu monarch and minister's tomb, Nanming Wangxing general and his wife and concubine's tomb, zhenhai tower, Ming Dynasty city wall ruins, Sifang fort, stone archway, Sun Yat-sen monument, Yuexiu building ruins and Wuyang stone statue. The park is surrounded by mountains and rivers, with a water area of more than 5, square meters. Three artificial lakes, Beixiu, Dongxiu and Nanxiu, have beautiful scenery. Dongxiu Lake and Nanxiu Lake are good places for painting and sketching. Beixiu Lake is a good place for boating and fishing because of its low shade.

In addition, there are Yuexiu Stadium which can accommodate more than 3, people, Yuexiu Swimming Pool which can hold international competitions, and cultural and entertainment places such as Jinyin Playground, Flower Pavilion and Guangzhou Art Museum.

transportation: take bus No.2, No.5, No.6, No.1, No.12, No.22, No.21, No.24, No.33, No.58, No.63, No.11, No.122 and No.127 and get off at Yuexiu Park Station.

Tickets: 8 yuan

Opening hours: 6: -21:

As soon as you leave the street in Guangzhou, shops are connected and paved, and they become a city in rows, thus forming many commercial streets with their own characteristics. Yide Road is a famous dry seafood street. The cotton market in the railway station and Gaudi Street are places where clothing wholesalers gather. Shangxiajiu, Shifu Road Pedestrian Street and Beijing Road Pedestrian Street are busy civilian shopping streets; Hualin Temple Jade Street specializes in jade, sour branches and mahogany furniture; There are antiques, old books, flowers, birds, fish and insects in Wende Road Cultural Street. Buy electrical appliances to Hai Yin Electrical Appliances City; Buy cloth to Hai Yin cloth market ... go shopping in "one street", where you can shop around in the bustling crowd and among the ancient and peculiar arcades, but you can also blend into Guangzhou's street culture and truly experience the fun of shopping.

Guangzhou is not only the world of wholesale markets, but also the world of small stalls and shops. As a modern city, Guangzhou has many luxurious shopping malls. Tianhe Square in the new urban area is the proudest shopping center for local people, which integrates shopping, rest, entertainment and catering, providing a good shopping environment. The nearby CITIC Plaza is also the first choice for high-end shopping.

Of course, when shopping in Guangzhou, don't forget some special products of Guangzhou, such as herbal tea, soup, Guangdong embroidery, Guangcai and Guangdiao, which will remind you of the days you spent in Guangzhou.

Tip: You must shop around and bargain when shopping in Guangzhou. There must be more than one thing you want. You must buy cheap and good things to appreciate the fun of shopping in Guangzhou. Moreover, while wandering in various shopping streets, you can experience the cultural customs of Guangzhou while buying your favorite goods. It is said that the culture of Guangzhou must be experienced in shopping.