Guangzhou City Tour for Travellers from Hong Kong by Bullet Train
Description
This tour is suitable for those who come visit Guangzhou from Hong Kong by high speed train in the morning and back to Hong Kong in the evening in one same day, without staying a night in Guangzhou. There's high speed train commuting between Hong Kong and Guangzhou so makes it easy to drop a visit to Guangzhou even you have your accommodation and limited time in Hong Kong. We will pick you up at Guangzhou south or east train station(the bullet train stations) to start the tour, visit the major sites in downtown Guangzhou and at the end of the tour, drop you off at the same train station for your return train back to Hong Kong. This is a tailor-made private tour only for you (your group), highly flexible and the itinerary could be customised based on your interest or special request. The tour incorporates both driving and walking, sightseeing as well as trying some local food. We will follow up with you to firm up the itinerary after you book this tour on Viator/Tripadvisor.^_^.
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Itinerary
Your local English speaking tour guide and private car driver will pick you up at Guangzhou East Train Station(in downtown city, 1.5 hours bullet train from HK West Kowloon) or Guangzhou South Train Station(south outskirt not in downtown city, 1 hour bullet train from HK West Kowloon), holding a sign with your name written on it, and start the tour straight away from there.
Visit the grand magnificent western architecture of a catholic cathedral built by French in the 19th century, the local people call it with a nickname "Stone House". Available to view inside and it's open to the public for free for some rituals or religious activities.
Colonial area in Guangzhou by British and French in the 19th century after the First Opium War in Qing Dynasty, an artificial island next to Pearl River with many western style architectures used to serve for diverse purpose over 100 years ago like consulates, banks, hospital, church, police station and so on. This is the only place in Guangzhou where you can find unique art and architecture with exotic atmosphere, and now there are always many brides and grooms taking marriage photos taking advantage of the beautiful background with professional photographers. It also witnessed many first time records in Guangzhou like the first western restaurant with train compartment dining hall, the first five-star hotel in China(White Swan Hotel).
A 1000 meters long local pedestrian shopping street in the old downtown of Guangzhou with "Qilou" Cantonese style architecture, various stores and shops selling shoes, clothes, fruit, toys, local food, jewellery and so on with many Chinese element decorations. Vehicles are forbidden in this street area for an ideal and leisure walking experience for local pedestrians. Reasonable price and local people like to do shopping here, not touristy place.
Have a stroll in a nice park with beautiful landscape in the old part of the city, to see some important sites including the old landmark of Guangzhou-the Five-Ram Statue and cultural heritages and historical relics like the 600 years old city wall of Ming Dynasty, the five stories ancient building Zhenhai Tower(now serves as Guangzhou museum), Sun Yat-sen Monument (commemorating the father of Democratic China), Yuexiu Hill Football Stadium(the lucky place of home field to one of the two Guangzhou football teams)
Visit Chen Clan Academy(also named as Chen Clan Ancestral Hall) which was first built in 1893 in late Qing Dynasty by the biggest and most popular Chen Families who share the same and most prevalent surname "Chen" in Guangzhou. It has survived the devastating Cultural Revolution in 1960s-1970s and been restored and renovated as the most famous Guangdong folk art museum in Guangzhou, travellers would be deeply impressed by the many refined and delicate items like wood carving, porcelain and pottery, brick carving, iron casting, Chinese painting, Chinese calligraphy, embroidery and so on from old to modern
The authentic and original tomb site and mausoleum of the 2nd King of Nanyue Kingdom in Han Dynasty over 2000 years ago. It has been discovered and unearthed in 1983 and being built into a museum open to the public for visiting. You can step into the shabby ancient tomb site through narrow tunnels to see the tomb structure and remains, and afterward to visit the museum above which displays numerous antiques dug up from the site, like ancient armors, musical instruments, jades, mummies and so on. Your guide will brief you about relevant history and culture around that era for this Nanyue Kingdom occupying Guangdong and most of Guangxi territory, the southern part of China.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
We could pick up customer at Guangzhou South train station, Guangzhou East train station or any hotel in downtown Guangzhou(hotel location is limited in Tianhe, Haizhu, Yuexiu and Liwan District). Contact us if you require a special pick up location, thank you.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- If you are not from China visa exempted country, you need to acquire China visa before you book this tour, as coming into Guangzhou from HK is considered entering China
Reviews(23)
Great day with an excellent Damon guide. I recommend this tour which allows to discover many aspects of the city of Canton
Thank you for utilizing our private tour service, it's my honor and pleasure to help you achieve wonderful experience in Guangzhou.^_^. All the best, Damon from Guangzhou Local Tours
Very nice day with many discoveries. Damon is an excellent guide. I recommend.Thank you
Thank you for utilizing our private tour service, it's my honor and pleasure to help you achieve wonderful experience in Guangzhou.^_^. All the best, Damon from Guangzhou Local Tours
Damon is a very friendly and efficient guide. After asking us about our interests, he concocted a tailor-made tour of the city of Canton. The program was well balanced and organized. The driver was also a good professional. The explanations in the guide were clear, interesting and provided. We learned a lot from him. Thank you Damon! We recommend it warmly. 👍
Thank you for utilizing our private tour service, it's my honor and pleasure to help you achieve wonderful experience in Guangzhou.^_^. All the best, Damon from Guangzhou Local Tours
Be prepared for the immigration process at West Kowloon station as it is complicated and takes a long time to complete. The day itself was excellent. Our guide Damon was very knowledgeable and incredibly well organised. His English was brilliant.
Thank you for utilizing our private tour service, it's my honor and pleasure to help you achieve wonderful experience in Guangzhou.^_^. All the best, Damon from Guangzhou Local Tours
My friend and I certainly got lucky the day we chose Guangzhou Local Tours for a full day tour of the city. Damon was our guide - mid. 30s, university educated, personable and professional, speaks excellent English. A story teller, Damon has an impressive depth and breadth of local knowledge including history and cultural traditions., He met us inside the railway station (we had exchanged photos and arranged a meeting place on What’s App beforehand . I recommend this.) He had a driver and car waiting for us outside. Having a driver freed up Damon and it also meant the driver was always at a pick-up point waiting for us . The day was divided into seeing both the old and the new with a break to enjoy a delicious Cantonese specialty - a Dim Sum lunch in a restaurant in a busy shopping centre . (An optional extra but well worth it) The old GZ is charming . We saw, eg. Chinese opera in the park; locals at leisure, people playing games; a sculpture park in an old Arts Village , and the fascinating British French Concession island now preserved as a heritage area . In sharp contrast, we also saw the new GZ - big and bold , with a WOW factor due to the brilliant architecture of the Canton Tower, Opera House, the city’s impressive Library, the fantastic Guangzhou Circle/Gold Coin office. (On a personal note: in my late 70s, I appreciated Damon care, offering a hand when needed to make sure I stayed safe on steps and stairs.) Our day ended with Damon escorting us into the train station to wave us off. Do yourself a favour and book Guangzhou Local Tours An unforgettable day with Damon in GZ awaits.
Thank you for utilizing our private tour service, it's my honor and pleasure to help you achieve wonderful experience in Guangzhou.^_^. All the best, Damon from Guangzhou Local Tours
Outstanding tour with Xaq. From helping us choose sites that were meaningful to us, ensuring our safe arrival from and return to Hong Kong and making sure that we were comfortable throughout the tour he did it all! I highly recommend Xaq
Thank you for utilizing our private tour service, it's my honor and pleasure to help you achieve wonderful experience in Guangzhou.^_^. All the best, Xaq from Guangzhou Local Tours
Excellent day out with Damon who had discussed with us prior to the day of our tour what we were interested to see. He picked us up at Guangzhou station with a driver and although Chen Ancestral Hall and the Yue King’s tomb/museum were closed this day, he suggested we see the newest part of Guangzhou and had a delicious dimsum lunch too
Thank you for utilizing our private tour service, it's my honor and pleasure to help you achieve wonderful experience in Guangzhou.^_^. All the best, Damon from Guangzhou Local Tours
Damon is knowledgeable and shared many stories about the history of Guangzhou. We had a delicious dim sum lunch and overall a wonderful day with him as our guide. If you have only 1 day and would like to see and learn more, Damon is the go to guide!
Thank you for utilizing our private tour service, it's my honor and pleasure to help you achieve wonderful experience in Guangzhou.^_^. All the best, Damon from Guangzhou Local Tours
Great food and sightseeings tour with Damon! Highly recommend to hire him to show you around and share with you his city, Guangzhou.
Thank you for utilizing our private tour service, it's my honor and pleasure to help you achieve wonderful experience in Guangzhou.^_^. All the best, Damon from Guangzhou Local Tours
What a great to see Guangzhou in a day. Our guide Damon was so knowledgeable and took us to a lot of amazing sites. Lunch was absolutely fantastic and we got try things we haven’t tried before. This is a great city and we will be back for sure to explore more. He even surprised us with a little gift! Highly recommend.
Thank you for utilizing our private tour service, it's my honor and pleasure to help you achieve wonderful experience in Guangzhou.^_^. All the best, Damon from Guangzhou Local Tours
