Guangdong Travel Tips

Getting Guangdong & Away
Guangdong is well connected to the rest of China by bus, plane and train. The easiest entry/exit point to/from the province is Kong Kong via MTR.

Getting Around Guangdong
Guangdong is crisscrossed with a vast network of rail and raod lines, making travelling around the province very easy. Trains run north through Shaoguan and onwards to Hunan province, east to Sahntou and Fujian province, and west through Zhaoqing to Guangxi procince, while the newly-run high-speed railway between Guangzhou and Wuhan makes your travel to Hunan and Hubei provincies more economically,easily and quickly, Hydrofoils also run between the Pearl River delta region and Kong Kong. Frequent buses run to all these locations and more, but are less comfortable than trains. For real speed, there are flights between all major cities in the region.

Tips to Some Major Cities in Guangdong Province

-To/From The Airport in Guangzhou
Guangzhou's Baiyun International Airport is 34 km north of the city. There are airport shuttle buses (Y13 to Y32, one hour, every 15 to 30 minutes 7 am to 10 pm) leaving from a half-dozen locations around Guangzhou, including the Guangzhou east train station, and Citic Plaza south of the east train station, where in-town check-in service should be available by press time. A taxi to/from the airport will cost about Y140.

-Getting Around Guangzhou
Greater Guangzhou, as defined by the Huangcheng Expressway, extends some 20 km east to west and more than 10 km north to south. Since most of the interesting sights are scattered throughout the city, seeing the place on foot is not exaxtly practical. The metro is the speediest and cleanest way to get around.

-Getting Shenzhen & Away
By air: Shenzhen airport is now China's fourth-busiest. There are flights to most major destinations around China.

By baot: There are 9 jetcat departures daily between Shekou Port and Hong Kong between 7:45am and 9am (50minutes). Seven of these go to the Macau ferry pier in Central, one heads for the China ferry terminal in Kowloon, and one for Tuen Mun at 2:30pm (30minutes). The same number of boats leave Kong Kong for Shekou from 7:45am to 8:30am. Chikong Passenger Transport runs hourly ferries (30minutes, 7:45 to 8:15) from Shekou to Hong Kong International Airport. There is one departure to Kowloon's China ferry terminal from the Fuyong Ferry Terminal at 4:30, and five to Skypier in Hong Kong Airport between 8:15am and 6:30 pm (1 hour). You can also reach Zhuhai from Shekou every half-hour between 7:30am and 9:30 pm.

By Bus: Intercity buses leave from Luohu bus station under the shopping center. There are regular services to Chaozhou 5-6hrs), Guangzhou (2hrs), Humen (1hr), Shantou (4hrs),Hong Kong (15minitues-1hr,depending on your point of departure from Shenzhen), Xiamen (8hrs) and Guilin (11hrs).

By train: There are frequent bullet trains (Y80 toY100, 52 minutes) between Guangzhou and Shenzhen. The MTR offers the most convinent transport to Shenzhen form Kong Kong.