The Litchi Bay

An impressive day tour for Guangzhou’s blooming new look, from a wealth of new skyscrapers to the Landmark of Guangzhou, and from updated Litchi Bay to dazzling Pearl River Night Cruise. Learn Guangzhou’s now from here.

1. Have a panoramic view of Guangzhou on top of Canton Tower
2. Savor local architectural touch and lifestyle around Litchi Bay
3. Explore vibrant night view of Guangzhou along Pearl River Course

After the 9 A.M hotel pick-up, let’s without any delay go touch the newest face of Guangzhou at Flower City Square. You must be wowing at the gorgeous features that make the face glow: Guangzhou Opera House, Guangdong Museum, Guangzhou Library, West Tower, Children’s Palace and Haixinsha Park of Asian Games. Yet where’s the handsome nose of the face? Dash ahead to the 600-meter-high Canton Tower. Keep your eyes and body being lifted up to the summit, you’ll see every bit of the flesh of Guangzhou.

In the second half day you’ll experience a watery landscape rather than the overland scene. Stroll in Litchi Bay and catch sight of the traditional Xiguan lifestyle: grandma fanning for herself enjoying afternoon leisure beside the Sliding Swinging Door of her house, families selling their home-made water chestnut cakes along the banks, exquisite above-the-river theater letting fly of Cantonese opera melody…Happily and unconsciously the night color shades the city. The most thrilling Pearl River Night Cruise is right here waiting for you. You’ll feel the 1-hour cruise so addicting with buffet dinner served on the ship so tasty.

Baiyun Mountain(by Round-Trip Cable Car) - Flower City Square - Litchi Bay - Shamian Island -Beijing Road

At 9 A.M. the guide will pick you up from the hotel and start off the day drip. Around 9:30 A.M. the cable car would take you up the greenery-covered Baiyun Mountain, letting the fresh morning breeze slide past your temples! You must like such a beginning, but you’ll like the next more. It’s a magical salad from which your taste bud would alter between fashion and tradition, Oriental and Western, tranquility and prosperity.

Standing on Flower City Square, you’ll be encircled by the newest city landmarks such as Guangzhou Opera House, Guangdong Museum, Guangzhou library, West Tower and Haixinsha Asian Games Park. Guangzhou has been totally renovated even beyond your imagination, which you’ll sense stronger in the following destination Litchi Bay. Lighting up your eyes are the green river, the exquisitely decorative boats, the riverside Xiguan-style Arcade Houses, the above-the river theater, decorative lighting themed on old Cantonese daily life.

1 hour later let’s taste a European taste on.Shamian Island! The over 150 varied Western-fashion buildings show a rich range of European style, say, New Baroque, Gothic, voucher gallery, Neo-classical. Only in culture-generous Guangzhou can you find such a coexistence of sharply different looks within such a short distance. Spend 1 hour or so on Shamian and leave for the last stop Beijing Road Pedestrian Street. The shopping paradise has already been ablaze with festive red lanterns. Just enjoy it! BTW: don’t forget the Relic of Millennium-old Pavements at the entrance of the time-honored street!

Give Guangzhou a whole day and it’ll show you its past glory along with the present gloss. The 5 essential spots arranged considerately will unveil the less-known historic and cultural flanks of the city before you.
1. Have fun riding up Baiyun Mountain by cable car for fresh air
2. Explore Litchi Bay for traditional Cantonese lifestyle and building
3. Visit ever-bustling Beijing Road Pedestrian Street for cute articles