Outer city of Guangzhou consists of new developing areas and rural areas outside the Guangzhou metropolitan area. These include districts of Panyu, Huangpu, Nansha, Huadu, Nangang, and part of Tianhe and Baiyun.

For your convenience, the distance from Shamian, Guangzhou is included for the major destinations.

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You will find the city information on the main page. One important note when travelling in the outer city is that there is a 50% surcharge when the travel distance is over 35km. Toll roads and bridges are almost unavoidable when travelling to these areas. The tolls will be added to your taxi fares.

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  • '''Huangpu Military Academy''' (____?_Z____ ''huang-p?-j?n-xiao-jiu-zh?'') is located on Changzhou Island. It was founded in 1924 by Sun Yat-sen, along with the Chinese Communist Party at the time. Many famous Chinese war heroes were trained here. (Admission \15) (25km)
  • '''Huadu Square''' (___s__? ''hu?-d?-gu?ng-ch?ng'') is a park-cum-recreation square located in the north part the city and near the government office buildings of Huadu District (___s__). The square incorporates, among other attractions, an outdoor theater, large fountain, outdoor dance area and statues. There is a large grass area that is similar to a Western style meadow, and also an area of subtropical forest and ornamental flower beds. (35km)
  • '''Xiangjiang Wild Animal Safari Park''' (___]____?_____E ''xi?ng-ji?ng-y?-sh?ng-dong-wu-shi-jie'') is in Panyu district. (20km)
  • '''Grand World Scenic Park''' (___B___E__? ''gu?ng-zh?u-shi-jie-da-gu?n'') [http://www.chinagzgws.com/asp-bin/EN/index01.asp] 888 Daguanyuan Nan Lu (_V__?____??___H888__). 8:30AM-5:30PM. [Bus 548, 224, 245] (21km)
  • '''Lianhua Shan (Lotus Mountain)''' (?___R ''lian-hu?-sh?n'') features an impressive quarry from which red sand stones were mined about 2,000 years ago, a pagoda from 1612, and a barrack from 1664. The obligatory statue of Guanyin, the Buddhist Goddess of compassion, at the side of the Buddhist temple is also not to be missed. From Guangzhou, take bus 308 or 302 and exchange bus at Panyu (___[). The bus takes about 2 hours and costs \14. There is a ferry service from Guangzhou at Tianzi Pier (_V__??) at Beijing Lu Nan (_k___H__) for \25. The boat leaves at 8:15AM and returns at 3:15PM (Admission \30). (41km)
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