Xiguan Scenic Area In Guangzhou:Changshou Road etc.

Xiguan Scenic Area In Guangzhou:Changshou Road etc.

Highlights

Visit the west-east line of Guangzhou and experience what is the old Canton like

Taste different kind of the local traditional snacks

Private experienced English guide for a more personalized experience

Traditional Cantonese cuisine lunch

All entrance fees included

Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product

Stop At: Lychee Bay Scenic Area, Pantang Area, Liwan District, Guangzhou 510000 China

The Lychee Bay is one of many old canals running though Liwan and covered-up in the middle of the 20th century for sanitary reasons. Today, it is regarded as a masterpiece amongst Asian Games renovation projects and a new destination for tourists in Guangzhou. The small canal offers a highly idealized version of what Guangzhou might have resembled in the 19th century, with lychee trees growing along the waterfront. The 668-meter waterway has won praise from nearby residents and the authorities plan to continue developing such canals "in the hope to rival Paris or Venice."

Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Dongshan Department Store, ShuQianLu3Hao, Guangzhou China

"Dongshan bungalow" is generally with red brick water exterior wall, column porch, teak doors and windows and small courtyard. "Dongshan bungalow" is a unique residential building in Guangzhou, confirming the history of the coexistence of Rams City culture, but also constitute the unique city style here. This piece of bungalow is the overseas Chinese Fortis Place of residence the last century's dignitaries. In the first beginning, the overseas Chinese returning from abroad build a group of Western-style residential in the former countryside. Then many senior officials, dignitaries and military officials also came here to build house. As the consequence, Dongshan became the area for the rich and powerful people in the last century.

Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Sacred Heart Cathedral, Yide Road, Guangzhou 510120 China

After the amazing traditional Cantonese cuisine lunch, the journey goes to Sacred Heart Cathedral (Stone chamber). It is the largest Gothic stone structure building in China, and the main church of the Catholic parish of Guangzhou. Because the church is masonry by granite, it is commonly known as "stone chamber".After the Second Opium War, the French Government, under the , confiscated the Catholic Church in Guangzhou under the pretext of the Qing court, threatened the Qing government with compensation for damages, and forced the official government to rent out the former governor of Guangdong and Guangxi to build the church. It was built in 1863 and completed in 1888.

Duration: 30 minutes