Zhuhai Shenzhen New Year leisure trip
A girl is no longer under the control of her mother. Although we had a pleasant cooperation on the summer tour to Western Europe and the National Day tour to Sichuan, we have never reached an agreement on where to go for the Spring Festival. She wants to go to Erbin to enjoy the Ice and Snow World, and I want to go to Yunnan and Guilin to keep warm and enjoy the scenery. Unfortunately, I was too busy working overtime before the Spring Festival to study the travel guide, and I only booked the round-trip ticket at 1:30 am two days before the holiday. I am short of money and have to travel on a budget. I searched for a flight to Zhuhai at 11:35 on New Year's Eve for two people, which is only 1,120 yuan including tax. I can return to Shenzhen at 5 pm on the 3rd and redeem my China Southern Airlines miles for free. Zhuhai 3 nights at Xiangzhou District Yijingwan Hotel Zhuhai Yijingwan Hotel (Qilvlu Road Seaside Swimming Pool Branch) Sea View Room with King Bed and 2 breakfasts for 2,270 yuan, Shenzhen 3 nights at Futian District Chegongmiao Yifei Hotel Shenzhen Chegongmiao Yifei Hotel Sea View Room with King Bed and 1 breakfast for 1,739 yuan.
Day 1, Zhuhai Chimelong Zhuhai Chimelong Ocean Kingdom
After getting off the plane at 13:00, I decided to take a taxi to Chimelong Ocean Kingdom. Ctrip allows you to buy tickets at any time. Ticket prices increase during holidays. Adults are 450 yuan and teenagers are 360 yuan, a total of 810 yuan. The luggage storage at the service desk was 50 yuan per piece, and two 20-inch suitcases cost 100 yuan, which was a real pain. You should check it in directly at the park. The large locker costs 50 yuan and should be able to hold two 20-inch suitcases and two backpacks.
I got a map at the door. I resisted animal performances so I didn't watch all the theaters. I highly recommend the 8pm fireworks show, the 5D theater, and the underwater circle. There are also roller coasters and rapids, which look very fun, but there are basically no queues on New Year's Eve. After watching the fireworks show at 8 o'clock, I bought a plush polar bear, waited for the bus for half an hour, and watched the night view along the way for 1 yuan. I checked into the hotel at 11 o'clock in the evening.
Food: A serving of Vietnamese pho costs 58 yuan in the park. It has a lot of beef and is very delicious.
Accommodation: It is very comfortable to live on Qinglu Road. There is a sea view outside the window and the beach is across the building.
Day 2 Qi'ao Island
Breakfast can be enjoyed in the outdoor restaurant with a sea view. Downstairs is the Lovers' Road Beach, Love Pier, and Zhuhai Lovers' Road Beach. Love Post Office Zhuhai Love Post Office is very close. I bought a 7-day Didi Qingju shared bicycle card for 5 yuan. It is so addictive and convenient for me who loves cycling! All seaside attractions are available for you to stop and go. You can brush your teeth 20 times a day, with a maximum of 90 minutes at a time. I rode my bike to see the Fisher Girl Statue, the Zhuhai Fisher Girl Statue, the Sun Moon Shell and the Sun Moon Shell Grand Theater, and almost rode to Qiaoao Island.
I took the bus to Qiaoao Island and rented an electric bicycle for an afternoon for 90 yuan. I went to Baishi Street and the archway. It was very easy to drive around the island. I watched the sunset at Qisha Bay, listened to the sound of the waves, and was in a daze. It was super healing.
When we came back in the evening, we got off at Haitian Park to watch the fireworks flying all over the sky by the sea. It was so beautiful. Fireworks in Zhuhai are set off in designated areas near the beach. Cars are not allowed to pass through the seaside lanes at night. Everyone carries fireworks through designated entrances and exits. Sand can also be used to extinguish fires. The city management feels very clean, tidy and orderly. There was no obstruction at the beach, so the fireworks effect was particularly good.
Eat: Highly recommended: Guchuntang (Jida Branch) Guchuntang Dessert Shop! This chain store has been in Zhuhai for decades. Its signature durian and mango are amazing. The Xianglu Bay seaside store is 3 yuan more expensive than the one in the city. A dessert costs more than 20 yuan. In the evening, I went to Yuanlin Road in Jida Street to look for food. The Qiangji Zhanjiang Chicken Rice Restaurant (Jida Branch) and the Qunchang Branch (Signature Pork Offal Noodles Shop) recommended by my classmates were not open, so I had a bowl of pork bone and beef brisket soup noodles at the original noodle shop next door. It was very fresh and the beef was especially flavorful. 20 yuan per person.
On the third day, I rode my bike to Fuhuali Shopping Mall, did some handicrafts, opened pearl clams, made my own silver jewelry, and killed time by strolling around. I rode my bike to Huafa Shopping Mall and strolled around, but there were no handicrafts. But I saw the Macau fireworks by the bridge along the way, which was quite beautiful.
Eat: Mushroom World Wild Mushroom Stone Pot Chicken (Zhuhai First Store) Mushroom World Wild Mushroom Stone Pot Chicken, the Chinese famous mushrooms and sheep liver mushrooms are particularly delicious, I finally tasted the Jianshouqing, the Hainan Wenchang Chicken is very tender and tasty. The two of them spent 600 yuan on the meal. Blueglass yogurt is extremely effective for people with constipation, and it feels like it can empty the body.
On the fourth day, if you live on Lovers Road in Zhuhai, you must make a taxi reservation in advance! 10:40 Xiangzhou Port Passenger Terminal. The ferry ticket from Xiangzhou Port to Guishan Island is 150 yuan. I took a taxi at 10 o'clock, but no one took the order for 20 minutes. The car I took turned around in the tunnel and arrived at 30 o'clock. When I arrived at the pier, it was already 43 o'clock. I missed the time and lost 20% of the ticket refund fee. I was so sad. It was not as good as riding a shared bicycle for 20 minutes for 5 kilometers. I had to change my ticket to the 13:20 ferry and had to wander around the nearby Zhuhai Museum for 2.5 hours.
After arriving at Guishan Island, we took the East Line around the island for 60 yuan per person per hour to check in at 5 scenic spots, staying at each for 10 minutes. The photos taken at Aimin Road are really good. You can climb up to the Guishan Ship Memorial Park to have a distant view. You can go to the beach to take photos of Gui Xiaobai and the lighthouse. It was cloudy and we couldn't watch the sunset.
Food: I bought 8 taels of live shrimp for 88 yuan, 4 snakemouth clams for 25 yuan, 3 scallops for 20 yuan, and 2 jin of Guishan clams for 36 yuan at Guishan Island Seafood Market, a total of 160 yuan. Yipinhui Restaurant processes seafood, charging a processing fee of about 20 yuan per pound for each dish. The steamed Shekou clams with garlic vermicelli are super delicious. There is no time to order sea urchin fried rice. Take the 18:30 boat directly to Shenzhen Shekou Port Zhuhai Cruise Shekou Wharf.
Shenzhen Sea World Sea World has many handmade stalls to visit.
Eat: Cai Lan PHO (Sea World Store) Cai Lan Vietnamese Pho, you can add free noodles, the beef is very tender.
Accommodation: Shenzhen Chegongmiao Yifei Hotel It is recommended to stay in Nanshan District, Shenzhen, near the Science and Technology Park, where the main attractions are and close to the airport.
On the fifth day, we went to Nantou Ancient Town in Shenzhen. There are many small shops to visit and a lot of food to eat. There are not many people in the morning and at noon. The bread is delicious, the Taiwanese snack fried mushrooms are also good, and the sugar soup is not too sweet. The black technology store is fun to visit, with lots of new and interesting gadgets. In the evening, I went to Shenzhen Talent Park and Shenzhen Bay Talent Park to see the night view.
Eat: Jindaoyuan Clay Pot Porridge (Head Office) Jindaoyuan Seafood Clay Pot Porridge, one pound of crab roe + half a pound of abalone. My daughter didn’t enjoy it enough and finished the porridge! The original flavor of BeBeDonut in the outdoor plaza of Mixc World is very delicious. Although the pistachio yogurt is expensive, it is average.
Day 6: Take the bus to Zhongying Street at noon. Zhongying Street buys imported snacks. Make an appointment in advance through WeChat public account. Use mainland China ID card. Non-Shenzhen residents can only go once a month. If you stay for a day, remember to turn on Hong Kong roaming. If you are too close, the signal may drift away at any time. There are many duty-free shops, and the prices in the big ones are the cheapest. It is more cost-effective to settle with Alipay at the real-time exchange rate of Hong Kong dollars.
My daughter bought a lot of imported snacks and some Chinese patent medicines from Hong Kong and Singapore for maintaining the stomach and intestines. It was quite fun shopping.
Eat: Yuqingchi’s traditional silk stocking milk tea, super delicious! The egg waffles are good too. There is a beef brisket shop in the middle of the alley next door that has been open for 20 years. It is also very delicious. The beef brisket melts in your mouth and the radish is especially flavorful. The curry fish balls are more expensive than other shops, but the imported curry sauce they use is indeed first-class at a first-class price.
In the afternoon, I took the subway to Shenzhen Mixc World and saw the Gentle Monster giant sculpture. There are several specialty doll shops on the fourth and fifth floors, with many varieties of Jellycat. Teddy Tales Lina Bear and Big Blue Whale don’t have any physical stores, and the little bears are so cute that I can’t wait to take them all home! I visited a store that sells custom leather bags, GB David, which sells very beautiful leather goods.
Eat: Bin Ma Dessert (Vanxiang Tiandi Store) Bin Ma Dessert, pretty good.
Day 7: Checked out and took the subway to Yifangcheng Shopping Center (Baoan Branch). Yifangcheng has a large locker on the second floor below ground, which can hold two 20-inch suitcases and two school bags. It costs 5 yuan per hour, which is very cost-effective. I went upstairs to do some handicrafts and burn a glass Christmas tree to kill 2 hours.
Eat: Cream Story Italian Handmade Ice Cream (Bao'an Yifangcheng Store) Cream Story cookie ice cream is better than Haagen-Dazs, and the jasmine white tea flavor won some world award.