Thinking of going to Quangzhou next year with airasia promotion.. Anyone have been there ? Kindly share your experience of what to see and do.. Accomodations ?

Thanks in advance

mana tempat quangzhou?

one of china's state?

Guang Zhou is a very nice places to visit. Back packer are advise to be more carefull because crime rate there is quite high. For who ever who is going, please do it 1 month before or after the Olympic, because normally you wont have room that time anymore, and also thier 10 days labour day off May1-10, dont go during that time the airasia time dont simply book ya

which hotel is best recommend cheap n clean???

i'm planning to go to guangzhou this june.any1 can tell me nice place to visit?how about weather there?tq

airasia?

http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=644359

go to the safari.... ~RM75 - very worth it
totally smoked taronga zoo (AUS) and any zoo in msia... (in my opinion)

Ya anyone been to guangzhou b4??
I heard bout the shopping there.
Anyone got any pics to show pls??

I will be going there in early Dec.. Via backpacking style form Macau > Zhuhai >Shenzhen >Hong Kong > Macau

It's good to plan longer period to Pearl river delta (Those cities above) rather than staying at Guanzhou alone...From my research, Guanzhou hv reasonable attractions which actually better than Hong Kong/Macau/Zhuhai/Shenzhen..such as few ancient temples, Sun Yat Sen memorial, Baiyuan mountain & the outskirt include Foo Shan (Wong Fei Hong birth place) & Dongguan (Largest mall in the world -well empty?)...probably more photos by visiting virtualTourist.com

woah. backpacker. Thanks=> will check it out cz planning to go too!

I just came back from China and I stayed in 2 hotels during my stop in GZ for 4 days 3 nights.

Five Rams City Hotel (五羊城酒店)
screw it..one of the worst hotel..it feels like those Jalan Pudu motel..prostitutes walking around..and they freaking shut down the centralised aircon just because the weather has turned cool a little..and it was still freaking 25-28 degree...and there's also offices IN the hotel..right infront of my room it was a freaking optical products supplier office..

Furama Hotel (富丽华酒店)
3 star as stated in their website, much better than Five Rams. Decent room...

There's not many interesting place you can go really, for petaling street style shopping there's 2 places you can go.

Shang Xia Jiu Lu (上下九路)
(I'm not the blogger, just that I thought its good coz he has some good pictures and its great that he posted public transport route guide..)
Plenty of shops..cheap cloths and shoes..you can even get a pair of shoes as cheap as RMB19..that's about 10 bucks here. Just browse around there's also a row of shops selling cheap jade jewelry. RMB10 for any set of jewelry...

This is also where I tried my first fried scorpion and fried worm. If you are at the center of Shang Xia Jiu Lu, you may spot a lorong full of food stalls (with a big signboard)..not super delicious but they sells pretty interesting chinese food which we don't see in Malaysia..

Beijing Lu (北京路)
similar to Shang Xia Jiu Lu but sells higher class stuff..you can see MANY sports shops in China..there's a 3 storey Yishion outlet in Beijing Lu as well..
http://www.edwinwang.com/Beijing-Lu-Road-Guangzhou.shtml

Next, for tourist spots
Pearl Delta River (珠江)
there's night river cruise service there, good to take picture but you get pretty bored after awhile..

Bai Yun Shan (白云山)
not much comment

Yuexiu Park (越秀公园)
Dull and boring, just a place with a 5 ram statue to take picture.

Anyang Yin Xu (安阳殷墟博物苑)
A must visit but I missed it. Its known as the 100 greatest archeological discoveries of China. This is where they discover letters and symbols carved on bones and tortoise shells.

Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall (中山纪念堂)
Dull and boring as well, I'm not too much of a memorial park person..

Chen Clan Temple/Museum/Academy (陈家祠)
Also known as 陈氏书院 which we have one in KL too but this one is WAY much bigger..a little boring..as usual...

In China there's plenty of tourist spots like memorial hall, or some famous icon's houses which are very similar to each other. Its not advisible to visit more than 2 as they can be very boring because they're very very similar..garden/house structures/pool..everywhere is the same..and of coz..they charges for admission too..

There's more places for you to visit but as I've always said..they're boring and most of them are not worth visiting..just google around..

The best thing about China is the food is cheap..and its season for hairy crab (大闸蟹). .not forgetting their McD grill chicken burger, don't quite remember the english name for it but its really awesome!

good luck!

This post has been edited by Mr. Philip: Oct 22 2008, 09:52 PM

thank you sharing

I was in Guangzhou 'bout 1-2 years back; food's relatively cheap 'cause of the exchange rate. Dollar-to-dollar; it's 'bout the same price or slightly cheaper as our food. The real highlight of Guangzhou I feel; is the food, food and food. Oh right; shopping things are really cheap there as well. I bought a decent loafers for RMB30. Lasted me 6 months only though.

Nothing really much to do in Guangzhou. I visited the botanical garden where they make sculptures out of trees and plants. I think that was really the highlight of Guangzhou as there's nothing really much else there. Most of our time there was spent in touring the other cities like Shenzhen and some other ones whose name elude me now...

I think the zoo in Guangzhou is one of their real attractions. They spent alot of $$$ in doing it up; and it's very apparent. You can even take a train and go smack right through the animal enclosure; gives you the feel of a safari.

Just a rule of thumb though; most of the "tourist attractions" are commercialized and not worth the hype. Try to go for off-the-track ones. I visited a countryside sunflower farm; that was quite nice, but was spoilt by some stupid Chinese typical "commercialization" whereby they tried to turn it into a mini amusement park as well.

The river cruise is not bad; but nothing spectacular. Just lights on a river cruise and it's normally quite packed. The seafood restaurants next to the river though; are really nice. Plenty of interesting things there. Hermit crabs, silkworms, maggots, crocodile head. It's pricey by chinese standards; but affordable due to conversion rate. If you're feeling like splurging lar.

The food in Guangzhou is amazing though. Don't judge the price of a restaurant in China by their appearance. You'll be surprised that those aircond restaurants serve RMB10-15 dishes. And generally; the more packed the restaurant is by locals, the better the food.

Oh right; the weather there fluctuates; but generally it's cooler than in Malaysia lar. I went there during Spring if i'm not mistaken and the average temp was around the 20-24s. Just remember to drink lots of water and Vit Cs 'cause the air quality sucks shit. Viz on a good day is not more than 2kms. However; public transport is really good there. And their LRT system definitely beats ours to a pulp. You can take a bus everywhere. If in doubt however; take a cab. Cabs are cheap there; just make sure they use a meter. They generally do though. It's safer to take a cab than walk; in some places even, due to China mad driving styles. I saw a bus make a U turn from the middle of 4-lane road in the city.

Anyway; be careful with your belongings in Guangzhou and avoid deserted areas as petty crime is high and the police don't bother much.

This post has been edited by glozz: Oct 27 2008, 11:08 AM

Hi, has anyone been to Guangzhou and stayed in a reasonably affordable hotel? Are there any hotels which are less than RM100 per night? Or are there any packages where if you were to stay for more than 10 days, a promotional price will be given? Can Anyone help?

Lotsa hotels even at 3 star <RM100 there. no need book, can walk in & negotiate.

How long do you plan to stay exactly?

For really mid term stay (like more than one month) there are some special services where people "rent" their apartments for such occasion.
I had to use this in Shenzhen last year when I first arrive, hotel is too expensive for mid term and I personally preferred to have really my "own" place instead of an hotel room.

I am not sure for Guangzhou but I am pretty sure there is such service.

If less than a month, I don't think hotel will bother giving you anything else than maybe a small discount if you negotiate well.

This post has been edited by Gormaz: Aug 10 2010, 11:59 PM

Hi Stimix,
I will be using Macau> Zhuhai> Guangzhou > Changsha.

Will stay in macau one night, next day catch a bus to Guangzhou, from there connect to Changsha by train. Can you or anybody know how long from Macau to Guangzhou by using bus?? I m backpacking.

I actually taking the express bus from Zhuhai to Guangzhou. RMB 75/pax. The jopurney took me 2.5hrs due the jam after Pearl river delta bridge. If no jam probably 2hrs.

From Macau probably 2.5-3hrs depending on the jam too

my next trip to Guangzhou will be in April next year.
going for my yearly shopping trip.