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HOTELS Grand Skylight Hotel, Shenzhen 深圳格兰云天大酒店

Grand Skylight Hotel, Shenzhen opened in 1989 and was renovated in 2000. Facing the verdant Zhongxin Park, it is located close to the noted commercial area and is within walking distance of the subway station. Th ere are 255 rooms in the hotel, including stan- dard rooms, deluxe rooms, administra- tive rooms, deluxe administrative rooms and suites. All the rooms are equipped with electronic locks; satellite TVs; mini bars; and 24-hour meal delivery service. Newly decorated rooms with elegant style and quality service refl ect Grand Skylight Hotel’s brand identity — exqui- EDITOR’S PICK >> GOLF CLUBS site and unique. Address: No 3024 Central , Th ere are 15 golf clubs in Shenzhen. Th e Mission Hills Golf Club, the fi rst 4A-rated tourist resort in China, has hosted the Golf World Cup annually since 2007 Shenzhen and will host it for the next eight years. Shenzhen Golf Club, Shenzhen Noble Merchant Golf Club and Sand River Golf Club are to the west of the city center, Accepted payment: MasterCard, Visa, along Shennan Th oroughfare. Chinese yuan

Motel 168 of Hongling Road, Shenzhen off ers all kinds of business Shenzhen 莫泰168连锁酒店 services, including a business center, （深圳红岭店） Shanshui Trends Hotel (Luohu), Shenzhen car rental, ticketing services, laundry, 山水时尚酒店（深圳罗湖店） parking, shopping, and a massage and beauty salon. Shanshui Trends Hotel (Luohu), Shen- Address: zhen was opened in 2005 and decorated Changhu Building, No 1098, Yanhe Road, Luohu , Shenzhen in 2006. It is located in the prosperous Accepted payment: MasterCard, Visa, Shenzhen People South Business Circle, Chinese Yuan at the cross of train station and . With convenient transportation, it is about fi ve-minute’s walk from ATTRACTIONS the Luohu port and subway station. It is convenient to reach Dongmen Shenzhen Safari Park Business Street, Huaqiang North Busi- 深圳市野生动物园 ness Street, China Shenzhen Hi-tech Shenzhen Safari Park is located in the Exhibition Fair and Shenzhen Bao’an north of Shenzhen, on the bank of the Airport. Th e hotel off ers 195 guest- beautiful Xili Lake. Th e zoo hosts ani- Motel 168 of Hongling Road, Shenzhen rooms. It has Xingyuanlai mals, plants and animal performances, is situated at the junction of Nigang Bar, Recreational Center, and is the fi rst to uncage animals in West Road and Hongling North Road Shanshui Western Cuisine Bar, meet- China. More than 300 species of ani- in Bagualing, . It is 35 ing rooms and the most professional mals live here. Many are rare. Pandas, minutes’ drive from Shenzhen Bao’an and biggest Cantonese Opera Center and rare ligers. the Sea Lion Performance Hall and the giraff es, Asian elephants, red-crowned Airport and 15 minutes’ drive from the on the mainland — Changhu Quyi Giraff es, fl amingos, zebras, kangaroos, Birds Performance Hall. Th e grand cranes, Siberian tigers and fl amingos Lohu and Huanggang ports. Near the Center. Shanshui Trends Hotel (Luohu), camels, hippopotamuses, swans, pandas “party” for hundreds of birds cannot be hotel is the Yinhu Bus Station to the are found in this park. and other vegetarians inhabit the Her- seen anywhere else. Another exciting north, the municipal committee build- With green mountains to the north as bivore Zone. Th is area has the largest performance, involving more than 300 ing, Huaqiang and Dongmen commer- its barrier, the Safari Park is like a bright swan lake in China. Visitors can fl oat human actors and about 1,000 animals, cial circles, Lohu and Huanggang ports pearl in the bustling metropolis. Th e in boats on lake to appreciate the grace- is also the only of this kind in the world. are located to the south. To the west zoo, occupying 120 hectares, has three ful swans. Pandas are also well worth Th e elephants act as the leaders of the are Shenzhen International Exhibition parts. Visitors can take buses to watch viewing. parade, with tigers, lions and other Center, Shenzhen Indoor Stadium and animals following behind and clouds of the animals strolling on the lawn. In the Animal Performance Zone, Bijia Mountain Park. Opened in 2007, pigeons hovering above. In the Adventurous Beasts’ Zone, white wonderful shows await visitors. Th e it has 420 guestrooms of various types. tigers (Bengal tigers), North China red orangutans, the closest animal to Th e Zoological Center is the largest in Th e motel off ers Internet access, inter- tigers (Siberian tigers), South China human beings, come from India. Th ey China. Visitors learn about the colorful national and national call access, VODs, tigers, bears, wolves, lions and cheetahs even serve as salesmen, cooperating animal world by viewing specimens and laundry and cooking facilities. can be found. A Chinese saying goes: with the parrots as cashiers and the and pictures, and using the multimedia Address: North Hongling Road, Futian “One mountain cannot have two tigers” elephants as porters. Every day, the touch screens. district, Shenzhen but in the Chinese Liger Hill, tigers and Hours: 8:30 am-6:30 pm Accepted payment: zoo holds about 10 performances in MasterCard, Visa, lions coexist harmoniously. Here, visi- Transportation: Take buses 101, 104, 240, Chinese yuan four halls. Th ese are the Circus Hall, tors can fi nd the only tiglon in the world the Elephants and Tigers Show Hall, 226, 361, 66 and 237.