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ATTRACTIONS Road, Zhujiang New Town Lingnan style art on display at Tel: (020) 38049767 Guangzhou Tower Chimelong Paradise Gail’s Place 水云轩 广州塔岭南艺术展 长隆欢乐世界 You'll swear you’re back in Ohio: Souvenirs, dining and a fantastic bird’s- With almost 60 diff erent attractions, Chicken quesadillas, huge cheese burg- eye view of the city are now available Chimelong Paradise really deserves its ers, taco salads, even homemade apple to visitors to the Guangzhou Tower name and is proud to be the amusement pie. Th is place has got the soundtrack — currently the highest building in park whose rides are the best in China. from the commercial alternative radio Guangzhou — where, since Oct 28, an Many rides, such as the ten-looped station playing your favorite MTV hits. exhibition for premium Guangzhou roller coaster, ranked as the best in Asia And best of all, it delivers anywhere traditional arts and craft s has been and second in the world, the motor- in Guangzhou for free. A little-known on display. Th e exhibition includes bike launch coaster and the half pipe, secret: though Gail speaks very little ivory, jade, bone and wood carvings, are thrilling. Th e park also provides English, she was born and raised in -style embroidery, enamel, visitors with all sorts of performances Cleveland. opera costumes and furniture, as well as such as magic tricks, songs and dances, Hours: 11 am-11 pm padauk lanterns. Altogether the show acrobatics and fancy car parades. Th e Address: 96 Hengfu Lu, , at includes 36 pieces made by national- end of Taojin Lu Restaurants level master craft smen. international super theater and the most Tel: (020) 83592080 advanced IWERK 4-D Th eater provide When: until March 22 a new experience in watching fi lms. Dongjiang Seafood Restaurant Address: 31/F of Guangzhou Tower Hours: 9:30 am-6 pm, Monday to Friday; 东江海鲜餐厅 Ticket: 50 yuan (tickets for Guangzhou 9:30 am-7 pm, Saturday and Sunday Tower to the 31st fl oor) Address: Yingbin Lu, Panyu district EDITOR’S PICK >> OUTDOOR TREKS IN A massive restaurant multiplex cover- Transportation: Take Metro and ing fi ve fl oors with a seating capacity Small Paintings, Big World: stop at Hanxi Chimelong station As you plan your trips outside Guangzhou, here are three exciting getaways: of 3,000 — and you’d better believe it exhibition by Li Jinming Tel: (020)84796600 actually draws that many customers. 小作品，大世界 • Cycling around the Hakka enclosed houses (pictured) South China Botanical Garden Dongjiang provides pure Guangzhou Small Paintings, Big World presents Lying in northeast Guangdong, Meizhou city is considered the most Cantonese cooking, with an entire about 100 works by Chinese painter Li 华南植物园 important dwelling place of the Hakka people. It is famous for the seafood market on the fi rst fl oor. But Jinming presenting a pictorial history of it’s also a great place for dim sum. Great modern China. Many of the paintings Th e South China Botanical Garden is Hakka enclosed houses, which accommodate dozens, even hundreds of located about eight kilometers to the for a large group of friends bring them are from Li’s personal collection and north of Guangzhou and covers about families. Each house has its own style, including the enclosed dragon- by the busload, if you like. Th e fi sh are being presented to the public for the fi rst time, including his fi rst oil painting 741 acres. Initially built in 1929, it is the dishes are awesome. style house — one of the fi ve major Chinese dwelling styles. Address: dating from 1961 and his only purely oldest and largest South Asian tropical 2 Qiaoguang Lu, , Transportation: Take a bus to Meizhou and then a sightseeing bus to the attractions. close to Huaxia Hotel abstract painting entitled Garden. botanical garden in China. It is also the Tel: The complete trip will take less than fi ve hours. Then do a cycling tour from one village to (020) 83184901 When: 10:30 am-6 pm, until Nov 19 botanical garden containing the most another. Address: L. C. Yilang Gallery,11 species in China. Long Dong Magic Accommodation: You can stay in hotels or hostels. Some Hakka enclosed houses off er Guigang San Ma Lu, Dongshan Kou Forest is one of the most popular sites accommodation. Tel: (020)37625069 at the garden and was chosen as one • Hiking around Kaiping’s “castles” of the eight top scenic spots in Guang- NIGHTLIFE zhou in 1986 by local people. It consists Kaiping City in south-central Guangdong is famous for its diaolou, of two peninsulas (the Palm Garden or castle-like multiple-storey towers, which were built in the 1920s and and the Relic Garden) and one man- Baby Face made lake. Th e Palm Garden is green 1930s by returning Chinese immigrants. Th e unique architectural style Part of a family of nightclubs in Zhuhai, all year round while the Relic Garden of the 3,000-plus diaolou has earned them a World Heritage Site des- Beijing, Chengdu and Shanghai, Guang- has four distinctive seasons. zhou’s Baby Face has set a new level for ignation. Diaolou somewhat resembles medieval castles and served as local nightlife chic. Located on a boom- Hours: 7:30 am-5:30 pm Address: 1190 Tianyuan Lu housing and protection against bandits in times of upheaval. ing strip of clubs along Changdi Da Ma Lu, all trying hard to out-do each other Tel: (020)85232037 Transportation: Take a bus to Kaiping and then a sightseeing bus to the attractions. The with ever-increasing levels of opulence trip takes about three hours. and outlandishness, Baby Face sems to Accommodation: There is food and accommodation in every county and town. Or you have them all beaten. Th e dance fl oor can stay with local families. moves like none other in Guangzhou. • Camping on Zhanjiang beaches Th e beautiful people can’t get any more Taotaoju Restaurant 陶陶居 beautiful. And the DJs know how to set Zhanjiang city is located on the eastern coast of the Leizhou penin- the groove and keep it there. Sure it’s all a Th is is one of Guangzhou’s best-known tad pretentious, but what good club isn’t? sula in southwest Guangdong. It’s a place of sun, beaches, pristine coral traditional Cantonese restaurants, reefs and pearls. More than two-thirds of China’s cultivated sea pearls located in a historic building in the Address: 83 Changdi Da Ma Lu, Yuexiu heart of the city’s district. You district come from the waters around Zhanjiang. Th e harbor is home to more can’t get any more traditional Guang- Tel: (020) 83355771 than 520 species of fi sh, 547 types of shellfi sh and 28 varieties of shrimp. zhou cuisine than this. It’s a great place Xiguan Huge Houses Tang Club 唐会 On Donghai, Nansan and Techeng islands, you can walk along the soft for dim sum (pictured) and seafood. 西关大屋 You haven’t lived in Guangzhou until Th e place in Guangzhou where “party” sandy beaches under the shadow of coconut trees and enjoy the blue Liwan, called Xiguan in the past, is you’ve eaten dim sum in a true local meets “artsy”. Locals and foreigners fl ock known for its Huge Houses. Th ose sky and sea. place like Taotaoju. It is also a popular here to be entertained by live bands and spot for banquets and parties. DJs. Th ey accept local cards, which is buildings were the homes of business- Transportation: Take a bus to Zhanjiang and then another to the attractions. It takes men and rich merchants. Th ey are Address: 20 Dishi Fu Lu, Liwan district lucky as beers come in at a relatively about eight hours. heft y 40 yuan. made of woods and green bricks, and Accommodation: The food and accommodation in Zhanjiang is cheap because the beach- Tel: (020) 81396111 Address: their front gates are decorated with es were developed years ago and the facilities are relatively old. You can bring your own 1 Jianshe Liu Ma Lu camping equipment, or you can rent camp sites and equipment at the beaches for about 40 WHAT’S ON Tel: (020) 83841638 granite. Th e typical layout of a house is yuan per person each night. three rooms with two corridors. Th ey Oils record the ancient city Elephant & Castle Bar are symmetrical with the hall is in the 大象堡酒吧 middle. Here visitors can also fi nd ingling is located in the middle of the RESTAURANTS 百年广州—冯少协油画展 Founded in the 1990s, Elephant & Cas- numerous Cantonese restaurants, tea mountain range, with a height of 382m. Passengers fl ying into Guangzhou tle (E&C) is one of the most popular houses and shops selling local snacks. White Cloud Mountain is an histori- are now greeted by 30 large paintings Paris Jie 巴黎街 pubs among foreigners in Guangzhou. cally famous attraction of Guangzhou. from Feng Shaoxie, deputy president Transportation: Take Metro Line 1 and Paris is a city surrounded by the per- Decorated in an old-fashioned British At the top of the mountain you can iferique boulevard, the unoffi cial limit of the Guangzhou Museum of Fine stop at Changshou Lu station, or take bus Arts. Feng’s paintings are based on style and featuring a small open court- 2/3/6/82 and stop at Baohua Lu station. look down on the whole city. Famous and ring of the city of love. Paris Jie yard, it has the comfortable atmosphere poets of diff erent dynasties, such as Su crosses the periferique and brings a photos taken by Westerners traveling part of this spirit to its clients. In 2010, to Guangdong in the late 18th century of a London corner pub. E&C screens Shi, Yang Wanli and Wang Shizhen, live soccer on match days and even has White Cloud Mountain 白云山 the fi rst Paris Jie was established in and are now in the British National came to visit the place and wrote poems its own team, which has been crowned Guangzhou by three French dreamers. Library collections. Th e exhibition has People like to use the words “pearl sea about the mountain. Th e mountain is champion of the Guangzhou amateur Paris Jie is the place to fi nd the fi nest been on display since last November and white cloud” to describe Guang- of a rectangular shape, with a south-to- soccer league for expats several times. French food and to have a leisurely in London, Hong Kong, Beijing and zhou’s landscape. About 7.5 kilometers north length of 7 km and an east-to- Th e pub also off ers billiards and other north of Guangzhou’s city proper, west length of 4 km. stroll around. Washington. Hours: games for customers to enjoy. White Cloud Mountain range consists Address: 11 am-3 pm (lunch), 6 pm-11 pm When: Baiyun district (dinner), Monday to Saturday ; 6 pm – 11 Until Dec 21 Address: 363 Huanshi Dong Lu, near of more than 30 peaks and covers an Tel: (020)87714736 pm, dinner only on Sunday Address: Zone A and B of Arrival Lounge, Baiyun Hotel area of 28 sq km. Th e main peak, Mox- Address: No 110 Bao Lin Yuan, Hua Jiu Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport Tel: (020)83593309