Shenzhen Travel Guide: Top 10 Must-Visit Attractions in Shenzhen
Shenzhen Bay Park
– Features: Shenzhen’s longest coastal leisure belt, with a 15-kilometer trail connecting 12 themed parks. You can walk, cycle, enjoy sea views and city scenery, and there are also large flower fields.
– Recommended activities: Enjoy the lupine flower sea from March to April, view the sunflower fields from November to December, watch the lights of Shenzhen Bay Bridge and the green mountains of Hong Kong across the water in the evening at the ‘Sea-viewing Boardwalk’, and ride the ‘Bay Glory’ Ferris wheel.
Ping An Finance Centre Cloud Sightseeing Floor
– Features: Located on the 116th floor of Shenzhen’s tallest building, featuring a 360° circular observation deck with panoramic views of Shenzhen and Hong Kong, newly added “AR City Tour”.
– Recommended activities: Visit around 10 AM for portrait photography, experience the “Sky Walk” project, walking on the outdoor suspended walkway.
Dapeng Fortress
– Features: Shenzhen’s only national-level historical and cultural village with over 600 years of history, where you can experience the Ming and Qing dynasty coastal defense culture.
– Recommended activities: Visit Qing Dynasty official residences such as ‘General Liu Qilong’s Residence’, participate in intangible cultural heritage handicraft experience at 3 PM, learn to make Dapeng cool hats or traditional sachets.
OCT-LOFT Creative Culture Park
– Features: A creative cultural park transformed from old factory buildings, full of artistic atmosphere, gathering numerous designer shops, cafes, and art galleries.
– Recommended activities: Visit free exhibitions at ‘OCT Contemporary Art Terminal’, explore the ‘Tile Museum’, browse the creative market on Saturdays, and relax at ‘Mountain Pool Coffee’.
Xichong Beach
– Features: The ‘Maldives of the East’ on Dapeng Peninsula, with fine sand and clear sea water, it is Shenzhen’s most beautiful starry sky camping spot.
– Recommended activities: Paddle boarding on Beach No. 4 during the day, staying in a starry sky tent at night, watching the sunrise in the early morning, and you can also rent professional stargazing equipment for stargazing.
Shenzhen Safari Park
– Features: The country’s first free-range zoo, rich variety of animal species, with the new “Panda Manor” pavilion opening in 2025.
– Recommended activities: At 9 AM, watch the ‘Horn of Africa’ animal migration show, at 2 PM participate in ‘Koala Interaction’, and dine at the ‘Flamingo Restaurant’.
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Tanglangshan Country Park
– Features: An urban backyard garden with an altitude of 430 meters. The “Meilin Back Mountain” trail is a classic hiking route, offering panoramic views of Shenzhen Bay and Longhua.
– Recommended activities: From April to May, go to ‘Butterfly Valley’ to observe rare butterfly species, rest at ‘Taoran Pavilion’ on the mountainside, and enjoy watching squirrels jumping among the branches.
Huaqiangbei Pedestrian Street
– Features: The world’s largest electronics market, newly added ‘Metaverse Experience Area’ after renovation, full of technological atmosphere and local hustle and bustle.
– Recommended activities: Visit the ‘Huaqiangbei Museum’ to learn about the history of the electronics industry, overlook the electronic shops from the observation deck on the top floor of ‘Sega Plaza’, and taste Chaoshan kway teow and other delicacies in the ‘Women’s World’ food street.
Guangming Grand View Garden
– Features: An agricultural theme park covering 500 mu, where you can experience rural life and taste local specialty cuisine.
– Recommended activities: Experience milking cows, picking Sunshine Rose grapes, and tasting freshly roasted Gongming goose, stuffed tofu and other delicacies.
Gankeng Ancient Town
– Features: A fusion of Hakka round houses and Jiangnan water town characteristics, it is a living museum of Hakka culture.
– Recommended activities: Watch the “Hakka Mountain Opera” performance at 10 AM, learn to make Hakka rice cakes in “Phoenix Valley” in the afternoon, and visit the “Twenty-Four Histories Academy”.
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