Guangzhou Historical Day Tour By Metro & Boat

Name: Guangzhou Historical Day Tour By Metro & Boat
Brand: Viator
Price: 139 USD
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5.0(4)7 hoursEnglishBook 12 hours aheadGuangzhou, China

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This tour will let you know the history of the city of Guangzhou with a local guide by public metro, who will show you the history and the cultural attrations. Please bring your passport for the tour. At 9:30am, we will meet you outside Exit B1 Yuexiu Park station on metro line 2 in Guangzhou. Then you will start to explore Guangzhou with a local guide. Using public transport makes for easy exploring while providing real insight into city life. See the Five Rams statue, visit the Museum of the Mausoleum of the Nanyue King, enjoy a Pearl River day cruise, and more. A dim sum lunch, selected entrance fees and transport included. The tour concludes at Canton Tower. Note: Museum of Nanyue King Tomb closes on Mondays, Academy of Clan Chen closes on Tuesday, we will arrange to visit YongQingFang instead. The Nanyue King Tomb limits the number of daily visitors into the tomb site. While we cannot guarantee access into the tomb site itself, you still can view it from the upper level.

Included

Local guide
Lunch
Transport by public metro
River boat

Not included

Entrance fee for Canton Tower
Gratuities

What you'll do

Yuexiu Park
No.988 Jiefang North Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou, China
At 9:30am, we will meet you outside Exit B1 Yuexiu Park station on metro line 2 in Guanzhou. Then you will start to explore Guangzhou with a local guide. Firstly you will visit the nice Yuexiu Park where you will view the old city wall and 5-Ram Statue.
1 hourAdmission included
Museum of the Western Han Dynasty Mausoleum of the Nanyue King
No.867 Jiefang North Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou, China
Afterwards, you will visit the Tomb Museum which was excavated in 1984. There are original king tomb, the exhibitions, and documents in the museum. Close on Mondays. We will arrange to visit YongQingFang instead of it is closed.
1 hourAdmission included
Chen Clan Ancestral Hall
No.34 Enlong Li, Zhongshan 7th Road, Guangzhou, China
Next, you will head to the Chen Clan Academy, which was built in 1894. As a folk art museum today, there are brick carvings, iron carvings, wood carvings etc. in the Cantonese houses. Closed on Tuesday, we will arrange to visit YongQingFang if it is closed.
1 hourAdmission included
Shamian Island
North Bank of Baie Bond, Liwan District, Guangzhou, China
Then you will go to Shamian Island, a small island in the Pearl River, which used to the British and French colony 200 years ago. It is nice to wander around the old street between the Western architectures. Depending time, you will have included Cantonese dim sum lunch.
1h 30mAdmission included
Canton Tower
No.222 Yuexiang West Road, Haizhu District, Guangzhou, China
Later, you will take a day cruise on the Pearl Rive, which offers you an opportunity to view the buildings beside the river. Then we will head to Canton Tower, which was built in 2010 with a height of 600 meters. If you wish, you can buy a ticket(excluded) to take the lift to the observation floor to view the entire city. Your trip then concludes at the tower square, where you can take a metro or cab back to your hotel by your own.
1 hourAdmission not included
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