143 places with OSM-verified coordinates · MICHELIN Guangzhou 2026 · no Eater coverage in China
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This interactive map of Guangzhou (China) brings together 143 hand-picked places: 52 attractions, 45 restaurants, 24 cafés and 22 shops. It also includes 5 walking routes with their stops in order. For every place you get what it is, a practical tip and how to get there by public transport. It is free, works on your phone and needs no sign-up.
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Liwan · 6 stops · half a day · start before 08:00 for yum cha at Tao Tao Ju · 6 stops
Yuexiu · 6 stops · book Nanyue on WeChat the night before · closed Mondays · 6 stops
Liwan and Yuexiu · 6 stops · all free except the museum · ideal in October's dry air · 6 stops
Tianhe and Haizhu · 6 stops · start at 16:00 and finish with the 20:00 light show · 6 stops
Haizhu · 6 stops · this week the complex is in the middle of the 140th Canton Fair · 6 stops
越秀公园 · Yuexiu
Guangzhou's historic green heart: lakes, the Ming city wall and the Five Rams that are the city's emblem.
Tip: Enter by the south gate and climb Zhenhai Tower first: the rest of the park is downhill from there.
🚇 Line 2 to Yuexiu Park, Exit B
Featured in: Guía oficial de Guangzhou (gz.gov.cn) · OpenStreetMap
Show on map镇海楼·广州博物馆 · Yuexiu
A five-storey 1380 tower on the Ming wall, now the city museum and the best free lookout over the old town.
Tip: Closed Mondays. From the fifth floor look south: that's the axis running from the park to Canton Tower.
🚇 Line 2 to Yuexiu Park then a 10-min walk uphill
Featured in: Guangzhou Museum · Guangzhou Bendibao 2026
Show on map五羊石像 · Yuexiu
The 1959 stone rams that gave Guangzhou its nickname: the City of Rams.
Tip: Legend says five immortals brought rice ears here: that's why Guangzhou is also 穗, the City of Grain.
🚇 Line 2 to Yuexiu Park, inside the park
Featured in: Guía oficial de Guangzhou (gz.gov.cn)
Show on map光孝寺 · Yuexiu
Guangzhou's oldest temple: it predates the city itself. Here the Sixth Zen Patriarch had his head shaved.
Tip: Look for the two 10th-century iron pagodas in the back courtyard: the oldest still standing in China.
🚇 Line 1 to Ximenkou, Exit D, 8-min walk
Featured in: Guangxiao Temple · Guía oficial de Guangzhou
Show on map六榕寺 · Yuexiu
A temple from 537 renamed by the poet Su Dongpo when he saw six banyan trees in the courtyard.
Tip: The "六榕" calligraphy at the gate is a copy of Su Dongpo's; the original is kept inside.
🚇 Line 1 to Ximenkou, Exit D, 10-min walk
Featured in: Guía oficial de Guangzhou (gz.gov.cn)
Show on map石室圣心大教堂 · Yuexiu
A granite neo-Gothic cathedral built 1863-1888: locals simply call it "the stone house".
Tip: On Sundays there's Mass and the interior closes to tourists: go on a weekday morning.
🚇 Line 6 to Yide Lu, Exit B, 5-min walk
Featured in: Guía oficial de Guangzhou (gz.gov.cn) · OpenStreetMap
Show on map怀圣寺 · Yuexiu
One of the world's oldest mosques still in use, founded along the maritime Silk Road.
Tip: The prayer hall is for worshippers only; the courtyard and minaret can be seen from outside.
🚇 Line 1 to Ximenkou, Exit D, 7-min walk
Featured in: Guía oficial de Guangzhou (gz.gov.cn)
Show on map中山纪念堂 · Yuexiu
A blue octagonal 1931 auditorium with no columns across its 3,800 seats: Lü Yanzhi's masterpiece.
Tip: It is not free: entry costs 10 yuan and sales stop at 16:45. The park is open 06:00-22:00.
🚇 Line 2 to Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Exit C
Featured in: 广州本地宝 · ficha del Memorial, sep-2025
Show on map南越王博物院王墓展区 · Yuexiu
The intact tomb of a 2nd-century BC king found in 1983, with its jade burial suit of 2,291 plaques.
Tip: It costs 10 yuan and you must book on the museum's official WeChat; closed Mondays. The lower chamber is booked separately a day ahead.
🚇 Line 2 to Yuexiu Park, Exit E
Featured in: 南越王博物院 · 参观须知 oficial 2026
Show on map南越王宫博物馆 · Yuexiu
Two thousand years of archaeology stacked under Beijing Road: the Nanyue palace stone garden and its wooden well.
Tip: Free but still ticketed: you must book a slot on WeChat. Enter at 316 Zhongshan 4th Rd, exit at 374 Beijing Rd.
🚇 Lines 1 and 2 to Gongyuanqian, Exit F
Featured in: 南越王博物院 · 参观须知 oficial 2026
Show on map广州起义烈士陵园 · Yuexiu
A vast, quiet park laid out in 1957 over the site of the 1927 Canton Uprising.
Tip: Careful: Line 12 does not stop here yet. Only Line 1 serves it today, even if maps show two.
🚇 Line 1 to Martyrs' Park, Exit D
Featured in: OpenStreetMap · Wikipedia Guangzhou Metro Line 12 (sección central sin inaugurar)
Show on map黄花岗公园 · Yuexiu
A 1912 mausoleum for the 72 fallen of the March uprising: a strange blend of Chinese temple and triumphal arch.
Tip: The miniature Statue of Liberty crowning the pyramid is the detail nobody expects.
🚇 Line 6 to Huanghuagang, Exit A
Featured in: OpenStreetMap · Guía oficial de Guangzhou
Show on map农民运动讲习所纪念馆 · Yuexiu
A 1370 Confucian temple turned political school in 1926: red-brick courtyards and classrooms left intact.
Tip: Free entry, closed Mondays. It's three blocks from Beijing Road: pair it with the shopping street.
🚇 Line 1 to Peasant Movement Institute, Exit C
Featured in: OpenStreetMap · Guía oficial de Guangzhou
Show on map五仙古观 · Yuexiu
Where legend says the five rams landed. Note: OSM marks it as not operational, check before going.
Tip: Don't be surprised if it's shut: the Ming bell tower is visible anyway from Huifu West Road.
🚇 Line 1 to Ximenkou, Exit D, 6-min walk
Featured in: OpenStreetMap (tag "not operational", oct-2026)
Show on map广州华侨博物馆 · Yuexiu
In the former Wulian customs house: the story of the Cantonese who left and came back carrying the world.
Tip: Free and nearly empty. If you come from Buenos Aires or São Paulo, look for the Latin America section.
🚇 Line 6 to Yide Lu, Exit A, 6-min walk
Featured in: OpenStreetMap · Guía oficial de Guangzhou
Show on map流花湖公园 · Yuexiu
A 1958 artificial lake with a palm island, an aviary and grandmothers singing Cantonese opera under the trees.
Tip: The amateur opera circles start mid-morning at weekends: free, and nobody minds an audience.
🚇 Line 5 to Xiaobei plus a bus, or a 15-min walk from Yuexiu Park
Featured in: OpenStreetMap · Guía oficial de Guangzhou
Show on map沙面 · Liwan
A sandbank turned British and French concession in 1859: 150 colonial buildings and no cars.
Tip: It's free and open 24 hours: you pay nothing. Only some buildings can be entered (churches, hotels, cafés).
🚇 Lines 1 and 6 to Huangsha, Exit F, footbridge straight onto the island
Featured in: OpenStreetMap · Guía oficial de Guangzhou
Show on map沙面公园 · Liwan
The western tip of Shamian: huge banyans, the riverfront walk and the morning anglers.
Tip: At dusk the sun drops right behind Bai'etan: the island's best photo, and it's free.
🚇 Lines 1 and 6 to Huangsha, Exit F, 8-min walk
Featured in: OpenStreetMap
Show on map陈家祠 · Liwan
1894: nineteen halls covered in Shiwan ceramics, carved timber and cast iron. Today it is the Guangdong Folk Art Museum.
Tip: Yes: its official name is the Guangdong Folk Art Museum and entry is 10 yuan. Look at the roof ridges first.
🚇 Lines 1 and 8 to Chen Clan Academy, Exit D
Featured in: 广东民间工艺博物馆 · 广州本地宝 2026
Show on map荔湾湖公园 · Liwan
Four linked lakes in the heart of Xiguan: pedal boats, pavilions and the lychees that named the district.
Tip: Free and open late. On the lake sits Panxi Jiujia, the most photogenic garden restaurant in town.
🚇 Line 1 to Changshou Lu, Exit B, 12-min walk
Featured in: OpenStreetMap · Guía oficial de Guangzhou
Show on map荔枝湾景区 · Liwan
The canal Guangzhou uncovered in 2010 after half a century buried: boats, stone bridges and lanterns at night.
Tip: Come after 19:00: with the lights on and the rowing boats out it's another place. And October air is finally dry.
🚇 Line 1 to Changshou Lu, Exit B, 10-min walk
Featured in: OpenStreetMap · Guía oficial de Guangzhou
Show on map粤剧艺术博物馆 · Liwan
A Lingnan garden built in 2016 around an opera stage: pond, bridges and real performances.
Tip: Entry is free and it closes Mondays. Check the official WeChat: afternoon and evening shows are posted there.
🚇 Lines 1 and 6 to Huangsha, Exit B, 10-min walk up Enning Rd
Featured in: 粤剧艺术博物馆 · guías locales 2026
Show on map李小龙祖居 · Liwan
The Lee family's Xiguan house in Yongqingfang: courtyards, lattice screens and the story of his opera-actor father.
Tip: It is open and free to enter; it has had occasional closures, so check the day before.
🚇 Lines 1 and 6 to Huangsha, Exit B, 8-min walk
Featured in: ChinaFootprints Yongqingfang 2026 · 广州本地宝
Show on map仁威庙 · Liwan
A 1052 Taoist temple by Liwan Lake, with the most lavishly ceramic roofs in all of Xiguan.
Tip: Look at the ridge figurines: Shiwan ceramic, the same as Chen Clan but without the crowd.
🚇 Line 1 to Changshou Lu, Exit B, 14-min walk
Featured in: OpenStreetMap · Guía oficial de Guangzhou
Show on map锦纶会馆 · Liwan
The 1723 silk guild hall, moved eighty metres in one piece in 2001 to make room for an avenue.
Tip: The stone steles in the courtyards are the 18th-century ledger of the Cantonese silk trade.
🚇 Line 1 to Changshou Lu, Exit C, 9-min walk
Featured in: OpenStreetMap · Guía oficial de Guangzhou
Show on map广州十三行博物馆 · Liwan
On the exact plot of the Thirteen Factories: export porcelain and the fans that paid for the world's tea.
Tip: Free, closed Mondays. For 85 years all of China's foreign trade passed through this single block.
🚇 Lines 6 and 8 to Cultural Park, Exit B, 5-min walk
Featured in: OpenStreetMap · Guía oficial de Guangzhou
Show on map文化公园 · Liwan
A 1956 people's park by the river: exhibition hall, Chinese chess and the neighbourhood kids on skates.
Tip: The Xidi Pier cruise leaves from here: boarding is two blocks along the riverfront.
🚇 Lines 6 and 8 to Cultural Park, Exit A
Featured in: OpenStreetMap · guías de crucero del río de las Perlas 2026
Show on map白鹅潭大湾区艺术中心 · Liwan
Three museums in one white riverside slab, opened 2024: art, literature and intangible heritage.
Tip: Book via the WeChat mini-program "白鹅潭大湾区艺术中心预约": one slot covers all three museums. Closed Mondays.
🚇 Line 11 to Shiweitang, Exit B, 12-min walk
Featured in: 广州本地宝 · 2026广州景点预约汇总
Show on map八和会馆 · Liwan
The guild house of Cantonese opera performers since 1889, right on Enning Road.
Tip: The columned façade is always visible; the interior opens depending on activity, ask at the door.
🚇 Lines 1 and 6 to Huangsha, Exit B, 7-min walk
Featured in: OpenStreetMap · guías de Enning Lu 2026
Show on map广州塔 · Haizhu
604 metres of twisted lattice: the observation decks, the rooftop bubble tram and the world's highest drop ride.
Tip: It is not one ticket: the 107-108F decks, the 488 Lookout, the Bubble Tram and the Sky Drop sell separately or as combos. Open 09:30-22:30.
🚇 Line 3 to Canton Tower, Exit A; the APM and the Haizhu tram also stop here
Featured in: TravelChinaGuide · tarifario Canton Tower 2026
Show on map琶洲塔 · Haizhu
The 1600 pagoda that guided foreign ships up to Canton. Today it faces the trade fair complex.
Tip: During Canton Fair week it is the only quiet corner of Pazhou: the pagoda park stays empty.
🚇 Haizhu tram to Pazhou Pagoda
Featured in: OpenStreetMap · Guía oficial de Guangzhou
Show on map中国进出口商品交易会展馆 · Pazhou
Asia's largest exhibition complex. The 140th Canton Fair runs 15 October to 4 November 2026 in three phases.
Tip: This week: phase 1 ends 19 Oct, 20-22 is changeover, phase 2 opens 23 Oct. Hotels and Line 8 are packed.
🚇 Line 8 to Pazhou or Xingangdong; the Haizhu tram stops at Canton Fair Complex West, Middle and East
Featured in: Canton Fair oficial · 140.ª edición, oct-nov 2026
Show on map海珠国家湿地公园 · Haizhu
A thousand hectares of lychee orchards and creeks inside the city: China's largest urban wetland.
Tip: October brings the migratory birds back and the year's first dry air: the best walking of the year.
🚇 Line 3 to Datang, Exit A, 15-min walk
Featured in: OpenStreetMap · Guía oficial de Guangzhou
Show on map海幢寺 · Haizhu
The only temple foreigners were allowed to visit in 18th-century Canton: garden, bamboo and a giant banyan.
Tip: Free. 19th-century Cantonese watercolourists painted this courtyard a thousand times to sell in Europe.
🚇 Line 8 to Tongfuxi, Exit A, 7-min walk
Featured in: OpenStreetMap · Guía oficial de Guangzhou
Show on map太古仓码头 · Haizhu
Butterfield & Swire warehouses from 1904 turned into bars, a cinema and a waterside promenade.
Tip: Come at night: the lit wooden piers are the best cheap sunset on the Pearl River.
🚇 Line 8 to Fenghuang Xincun, Exit B, 12-min walk
Featured in: OpenStreetMap · guías locales de Haizhu 2026
Show on map广州艺术博物院 · Haizhu
The 2023 new home next to Canton Tower: Lingnan painting, calligraphy and golden concrete architecture.
Tip: Free and individuals need no booking; closed Mondays. Groups do have to arrange in advance.
🚇 Line 3 to Canton Tower, Exit B, 8-min walk
Featured in: 广州本地宝 · 2026广州景点预约汇总
Show on map中山大学广州校区南校园 · Haizhu
The 1924 red-brick campus, with banyan avenues and the buildings of the old Lingnan University.
Tip: Enter with your passport at the north gate. The central avenue down to the river is Haizhu's loveliest walk.
🚇 Line 8 to Sun Yat-sen University, Exit B
Featured in: OpenStreetMap · Universidad Sun Yat-sen
Show on map黄埔古港 · Haizhu
The anchorage where East India Company ships moored: the Empress of China arrived here in 1784.
Tip: This is where you eat real 艇仔粥, the boatmen's congee, at the stalls by the old wharf.
🚇 Line 8 to Wanshengwei then bus 229 to Pazhou Shijicun (Huangpu Ancient Port)
Featured in: OpenStreetMap · ruta de bus 229 verificada en OSM
Show on map海心桥 · Pearl River
The curved 2021 pedestrian bridge over the river: it links Canton Tower to Zhujiang New Town on foot.
Tip: No booking needed any more: since January 2025 it's free to cross 07:00-23:00, last entry 22:45.
🚇 Line 3 to Canton Tower, Exit B, 6-min walk
Featured in: 腾讯新闻 · anuncio de fin de reserva, ene-2025
Show on map海心沙亚运公园 · Tianhe
The stage-island of the 2010 Asian Games, right on the axis between the Opera House and Canton Tower.
Tip: At 20:00 and 21:00 the Zhujiang New Town towers run a synchronised light show: watch it from here.
🚇 APM to Haixinsha
Featured in: OpenStreetMap · Guía oficial de Guangzhou
Show on map广东省博物馆 · Tianhe
A black lacquered box with fretwork carving: inside, Guangdong's natural history and export porcelain.
Tip: Booking is name-based through the "广东省博物馆" WeChat mini-program or account: without a connected phone you're not getting in. Closed Mondays.
🚇 Lines 3 and 5 to Zhujiang New Town, Exit B1; the APM also reaches Guangzhou Opera House
Featured in: 广州本地宝 · 2026广州景点预约汇总
Show on map广州图书馆 · Tianhe
Two tilted slabs forming a glass-and-stone "Z": one of the largest public libraries on earth.
Tip: Go up to the top-floor atrium: the backlit red staircase with the Opera House beyond is the shot everyone wants.
🚇 Lines 3 and 5 to Zhujiang New Town, Exit B1, 6-min walk
Featured in: OpenStreetMap · Biblioteca de Guangzhou
Show on map广州大剧院 · Tianhe
Zaha Hadid's two granite "pebbles" from 2010: the building that changed the city's cultural profile.
Tip: The exterior is walkable any time; to see the golden auditorium you need a show ticket or a guided tour.
🚇 APM to Guangzhou Opera House, or Lines 3 and 5 to Zhujiang New Town
Featured in: OpenStreetMap · Guangzhou Opera House
Show on map花城广场 · Tianhe
The kilometre-long sunken plaza that organises Zhujiang New Town: fountains, museums and towers on all sides.
Tip: The whole mall is under the plaza: in the rain you can cross from the Library to the IFC without surfacing.
🚇 Lines 3 and 5 to Zhujiang New Town, Exit B1
Featured in: OpenStreetMap · Guía oficial de Guangzhou
Show on map天河体育中心体育场 · Tianhe
The 1987 stadium that was the home of Cantonese football: still plain Tianhe, with no sponsor in the name.
Tip: The outer ring is a free public track: half of Tianhe runs it at dusk.
🚇 Line 1 to Tianhe Sports Center, Exit B
Featured in: Wikipedia Tianhe Stadium (sin patrocinio verificado, oct-2026)
Show on map珠江公园 · Tianhe
A free botanical garden tucked between the Zhujiang New Town towers: palms, orchids and real shade.
Tip: Free, closes at 22:00. The best place in Tianhe to wait out the afternoon heat.
🚇 Line 5 to Tancun, Exit B, 8-min walk
Featured in: OpenStreetMap · Guía oficial de Guangzhou
Show on map正佳极地海洋世界 · Tianhe
A five-storey polar aquarium inside a shopping mall: belugas, penguins and Guangzhou's favourite urban joke.
Tip: Perfect rainy-day plan with kids: buy on the mall app and enter from the fourth floor.
🚇 Lines 1 and 3 to Tiyu Xilu, Exit D, inside Grandview Mall
Featured in: OpenStreetMap · Grandview Mall
Show on map星海音乐厅 · Ersha
The 1998 symphony hall on Ersha Island, with an Austrian pipe organ and the best acoustics in southern China.
Tip: Line 12 has reached Ersha since June 2025: before that it was buses only. Now it's ten minutes from Haizhu.
🚇 Line 12 to Ersha Island, Exit A
Featured in: OpenStreetMap · Wikipedia Guangzhou Metro Line 12
Show on map白云山风景名胜区 · Baiyun
The "first peak of the south": 30 km² of trails above the city, with several gates and sector-by-sector tickets.
Tip: There is no single entrance: the scenic area costs around 5 yuan and the cable car, Yuntai Garden and sculpture park are extra.
🚇 Line 2 to Xiao-gang for the West Gate, or Line 3 to Meihuayuan for the Plum Garden gate
Featured in: TravelChinaGuide · tarifario por puerta de Baiyun 2026
Show on map摩星岭 · Baiyun
Guangzhou's highest point, 382 m above sea level: in October, once the air dries, you can see as far as Foshan.
Tip: The full climb from the gate takes about two hours; the park shuttle costs around 10 yuan and saves you half.
🚇 Line 3 to Meihuayuan, Exit C, then climb on foot or by shuttle bus
Featured in: TravelChinaGuide · Baiyun 2026
Show on map云台花园 · Baiyun Mountain
The formal garden at Baiyun's foot: flower terraces, a glass conservatory and the waterfall at the gate.
Tip: It has a separate ticket (about 10 yuan) and a combo with Yunluo garden. Line 11 left it five minutes' walk away.
🚇 Line 11 to Yuntai Garden, Exit A
Featured in: TravelChinaGuide · tarifario Baiyun 2026 · Línea 11 (abierta 28-dic-2024)
Show on map白云晚望 · Baiyun
One of the classic Eight Views of Canton: the terrace where you watch the sun set over the city.
Tip: Plan your descent: the last cable car won't wait and walking down in the dark is no fun.
🚇 Line 11 to Yuntai Garden then the cable car or a trail up to the ridge
Featured in: OpenStreetMap · Guía oficial de Guangzhou
Show on map陶陶居 · Liwan
Founded 1880, Canton's most famous teahouse: dim sum trolleys, timber ceilings and a queue from seven in the morning.
Tip: Take a queue number at the door before 08:00 and order har gow and crab-roe siu mai: improvise the rest.
🚇 Line 1 to Changshou Lu, Exit D, 6-min walk to Dishifu Rd
Featured in: 老字号 cantonés (1880) · prensa gastronómica de Guangzhou 2026
Show on map莲香楼 · Liwan
The 1889 "lotus house": mooncakes, ceiling fans and dim sum still pushed around on real trolleys.
Tip: The ground-floor bakery sells the original lotus-paste cakes to take away: Canton's edible souvenir.
🚇 Line 1 to Changshou Lu, Exit D, 7-min walk
Featured in: 老字号 cantonés (1889) · prensa gastronómica de Guangzhou 2026
Show on map广州酒家 · Liwan
"First house of Cantonese flavour" since 1935: roast goose, slow soup and a banquet people still get married in.
Tip: Book ahead: during Canton Fair week the Wenchang Rd branch fills with trade delegations at lunch.
🚇 Line 1 to Changshou Lu, Exit C, 8-min walk
Featured in: 老字号 cantonés (1935) · gzr.com.cn
Show on map泮溪酒家 · Liwan
A 1947 garden restaurant on Liwan Lake: pavilions, stone bridges and dim sum among the water lilies.
Tip: Ask for a window table in the water pavilion: the most photogenic yum cha in Guangzhou, at the same price.
🚇 Line 1 to Changshou Lu, Exit B, 13-min walk around the lake
Featured in: 老字号 cantonés (1947) · prensa gastronómica de Guangzhou 2026
Show on map北园酒家 · Yuexiu
The 1928 "north garden", redesigned by architect Mo Bozhi: yum cha inside a Lingnan courtyard.
Tip: The least touristy of the grand houses: Yuexiu's grandfathers breakfast here with newspaper and flask.
🚇 Line 5 to Xiaobei, Exit D, 10-min walk
Featured in: 老字号 cantonés (1928) · prensa gastronómica de Guangzhou 2026
Show on map点都德 · Yuexiu
The chain that gave yum cha back to young people: open from 06:30 and serving dim sum into the night.
Tip: Before 11:00 the early-market price applies: the same trolley costs nearly half what it does at noon.
🚇 Line 6 to Beijing Lu, Exit A, 5-min walk
Featured in: Cadena 点都德 · prensa gastronómica de Guangzhou 2026
Show on map彩点茶楼 · Liwan
A neighbourhood teahouse in Xiguan, tourist-free, where yum cha still costs what it did ten years ago.
Tip: Nobody speaks English: point at the trolley and say "普洱" for the tea. It always works.
🚇 Lines 1 and 6 to Huangsha, Exit D, 8-min walk
Featured in: OpenStreetMap · verificado en volcado OSM oct-2026
Show on map观绿茶居 · Liwan
A tiny Xiguan teahouse: four tables, kettles of hot water and the most honest yum cha in the district.
Tip: Opens early and shuts mid-morning: arrive at 11:00 and you've missed it.
🚇 Lines 1 and 8 to Chen Clan Academy, Exit D, 7-min walk
Featured in: OpenStreetMap · verificado en volcado OSM oct-2026
Show on map蓉楼茶居 · Liwan
Another of the few surviving teahouses: a chalkboard menu, chrysanthemum tea and the regulars.
Tip: Cash or Chinese QR only: foreign cards don't work in places like this, come with Alipay loaded.
🚇 Lines 1 and 8 to Chen Clan Academy, Exit C, 8-min walk
Featured in: OpenStreetMap · verificado en volcado OSM oct-2026
Show on map惠食佳 · Haizhu
One MICHELIN star on the Binjiang West waterfront: the clay-pot crab that defines modern Cantonese cooking.
Tip: The dish is 啫啫煲, the pot that arrives hissing. Book: with the Canton Fair on, it fills up.
🚇 Take Line 6 to Cultural Park, Exit B, then cross Renmin Bridge
Featured in: MICHELIN Guangzhou & Shenzhen 2026 · 1 estrella (Wisca, Haizhu)
Show on map容意發牛雜店 · Yuexiu
Bib Gourmand for a pot of 牛杂: beef offal stewed for hours with daikon, served in a paper cup.
Tip: Order 牛腩 (brisket) and 萝卜 (daikon), nothing else: the daikon broth is what people come for.
🚇 Line 6 to Yide Lu, Exit C, 6-min walk
Featured in: MICHELIN Guangzhou & Shenzhen 2026 · Bib Gourmand
Show on map文记壹心鸡 · Liwan
Bib Gourmand on Baohua Road: whole steamed chicken, gelatinous skin and a dish of minced ginger.
Tip: Half a chicken feeds two. And it's a hundred paces from Chen Tianji and Shun Kee: the whole block is an itinerary.
🚇 Line 1 to Changshou Lu, Exit D, 8-min walk
Featured in: MICHELIN Guangzhou & Shenzhen 2026 · Bib Gourmand
Show on map陈添记 · Liwan
A two-metre alley where since 1960 they serve only fish-skin salad, congee and noodles.
Tip: Crisp fish skin and boatman's congee. You eat standing and you're out in five minutes.
🚇 Line 1 to Changshou Lu, Exit D, 8-min walk down Baohua Rd
Featured in: Clásico de Baohua Lu · prensa gastronómica de Guangzhou 2026
Show on map顺记冰室 · Liwan
Since 1920: the hand-scraped coconut ice cream invented by a Cantonese returnee from Malaysia.
Tip: Order the coconut ice cream in a cone, not a cup: the fibrous texture reads better.
🚇 Line 1 to Changshou Lu, Exit D, 8-min walk
Featured in: 老字号 de Xiguan (1920) · prensa gastronómica de Guangzhou 2026
Show on map宝华面店 · Liwan
竹升面 noodles kneaded with a bamboo pole and whole-prawn wontons: the whole block smells of broth.
Tip: Order wonton noodles 干捞 style (dry, sauce apart): that's how you eat them while the heat lingers.
🚇 Line 1 to Changshou Lu, Exit D, 7-min walk
Featured in: Clásico de Baohua Lu · prensa gastronómica de Guangzhou 2026
Show on map源记肠粉 · Liwan
Steamed rice rolls made in front of you, with sweet soy: the two-yuan Cantonese breakfast.
Tip: Order it with beef and a Chinese cruller inside: that's the version the locals ask for.
🚇 Line 1 to Changshou Lu, Exit C, 6-min walk
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Show on map西关世家 · Liwan
Xiguan cooking in a courtyard house by Liwan Lake: slow soup, crisp pigeon and steamed rice.
Tip: Ask for the slow soup of the day: the Cantonese 老火靚湯 changes with the weather, and October's is the damp-clearing one.
🚇 Line 1 to Changshou Lu, Exit B, 12-min walk
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Show on map新联肠粉 · Liwan
A white-tiled shop on Enning Rd where the rice rolls leave the steamer every forty seconds.
Tip: It's on the Yongqingfang street: eat here and walk into Bruce Lee's house when it opens.
🚇 Lines 1 and 6 to Huangsha, Exit B, 6-min walk
Featured in: OpenStreetMap · guías de Enning Lu 2026
Show on map黄记化州清汤牛杂 · Liwan
Beef offal in clear broth, Huazhou style: less sauce, more soup, and a constant queue of locals.
Tip: Add tofu skin to the bowl: it soaks up the broth and makes the queue worth it.
🚇 Line 1 to Changshou Lu, Exit B, 8-min walk
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Show on map向群饭店 · Liwan
A neighbourhood diner famous for Liwan's best clay-pot rice, with the scorched crust at the bottom.
Tip: Order the cured-sausage version: October is when Canton's 腊味 season starts.
🚇 Lines 1 and 8 to Chen Clan Academy, Exit D, 9-min walk
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Show on map珍珍美食店 · Liwan
A corner joint with a packed chalkboard: wontons, noodles and the cheapest 云吞 you'll eat in Xiguan.
Tip: No English menu and no photos: use your phone translator, the signal is good here.
🚇 Lines 1 and 8 to Chen Clan Academy, Exit B, 7-min walk
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Show on map大可以饭店 · Yuexiu
A 1938 classic that survived everything: roast duck over rice, melon soup and prices from another decade.
Tip: One of the few 老字号 genuinely still running: many on the classic list have already closed.
🚇 Line 1 to Ximenkou, Exit A, 8-min walk
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Show on map荔银肠粉 · Yuexiu
The Cantonese rice-roll chain that opens at 06:30: paper-thin rolls and fish congee for breakfast.
Tip: The best stop before queueing at the Nanyue Palace museum, which opens at 09:00.
🚇 Line 6 to Beijing Lu, Exit B, 4-min walk
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Show on map阿婆牛杂 · Yuexiu
"Granny's": the most-photographed beef offal stall on Beijing Road, queued at all hours.
Tip: Chinese QR only. If you haven't loaded Alipay with your foreign card yet, now's the time.
🚇 Line 6 to Beijing Lu, Exit A, 3-min walk
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Show on map阿婆牛杂(海珠) · Haizhu
The Haizhu branch, next to the university: same recipe, a third of the queue.
Tip: University territory: at 19:00 it's full of students and the prices are canteen-level.
🚇 Line 8 to Sun Yat-sen University, Exit D, 6-min walk
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Show on map华辉肠粉 · Yuexiu
A Cantonese rice-roll chain rooted in Dongshan: congee, rolls and steamed buns from dawn.
Tip: Good if you're near Huanshi Rd: the fast breakfast before heading up Baiyun.
🚇 Line 5 to Taojin, Exit A, 6-min walk
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Show on map银记肠粉店 · Yuexiu
A rice-roll institution since 1958: the roll so thin you can see through it.
Tip: Pair it with boatman's congee: roll plus congee is the full Cantonese breakfast for under 25 yuan.
🚇 Line 5 to Wuyangcun, Exit B, 5-min walk
Featured in: 老字号 cantonés (1958) · verificado en volcado OSM oct-2026
Show on map竹升面 · Haizhu
Bamboo-pole noodles on the Haizhu bank: the springy texture machines can't reproduce.
Tip: Jiangnanxi is Haizhu's eating street: if you arrive hungry, walk two blocks before choosing.
🚇 Line 2 to Jiangnanxi, Exit B, 7-min walk
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Show on map猫记艇仔粥 · Haizhu
At the old Whampoa wharf: boatman's congee with peanuts, fish skin and spring onion, as it always was.
Tip: Come mid-morning on a weekday: at weekends the wharf fills with city day-trippers.
🚇 Line 8 to Wanshengwei then bus 229 to Pazhou Shijicun (Huangpu Ancient Port)
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Show on map炳胜品味 · Tianhe
The Zhujiang New Town flagship of the Bingsheng group: roast goose, steamed fish and luxury Cantonese without the ceremony.
Tip: Two houses of the group hold a 2026 MICHELIN star (Bingsheng Mansion and Bingsheng Private Kitchen); this is the accessible sister.
🚇 Lines 3 and 5 to Zhujiang New Town, Exit B1, 7-min walk
Featured in: Grupo Bingsheng · MICHELIN Guangzhou & Shenzhen 2026 (estrellas en otras sedes)
Show on map炳胜品味(天河东) · Tianhe
The other Bingsheng table in Tianhe: a long Cantonese menu, fast service and rooms that book themselves out.
Tip: At lunch it's all office workers; between 14:00 and 17:00 you walk in with the same menu.
🚇 Line 3 to Shipaiqiao, Exit A, 8-min walk
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Show on map炳胜海鲜酒家 · Haizhu
Bingsheng's mother house on Binjiang East: fish of the day, live tanks and the usual goose.
Tip: Line 10 (opened 2025) gets you there in ten minutes; before that it was a compulsory taxi.
🚇 Lines 6 and 10 to Donghu, Exit B2, 12-min walk along the waterfront
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Show on map点都德(天河) · Tianhe
The Tianhe branch of the yum cha chain: the easiest option if you're staying in Zhujiang New Town.
Tip: Book on the app or take a number early: with the Canton Fair on, Tianhe breakfast is chaos.
🚇 Lines 3 and 5 to Zhujiang New Town, Exit D, 6-min walk
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Show on map点都德(东山) · Yuexiu
The Dongshan branch, in the villa district: the same menu with half the crowd.
Tip: After yum cha walk ten minutes to Xinhepu: the loveliest brick-house district in Guangzhou.
🚇 Line 5 to Taojin, Exit B, 5-min walk
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Show on map广州酒家(东山) · Yuexiu
The Dongshan branch of Guangzhou Restaurant: the same roast goose and the house bakery at the door.
Tip: The street counter sells half a goose packed to go: the best hotel-room dinner money buys in Canton.
🚇 Line 5 to Taojin, Exit D, 6-min walk
Featured in: 老字号 cantonés (1935) · gzr.com.cn
Show on map广州酒家(滨江) · Haizhu
The Haizhu riverside branch: a big hall, morning trolleys and a water view from the first floor.
Tip: Ask for a high table by the window: at eight in the morning the river still carries mist.
🚇 Lines 6 and 8 to Cultural Park, Exit B, then cross Renmin Bridge
Featured in: 老字号 cantonés (1935) · gzr.com.cn
Show on map陶陶居(海珠) · Haizhu
Tao Tao Ju's Haizhu branch: the same 1880 menu with a far shorter queue than in Xiguan.
Tip: If your day plan is Canton Tower, have breakfast here: you're two stations away.
🚇 Lines 3 and 8 to Kecun, Exit C, 8-min walk
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Show on map红艺素·素食点心茶楼 · Liwan
Vegetarian yum cha: meat-free dim sum built from mushroom, taro and gluten, in a Xiguan teahouse.
Tip: It solves the traveller's commonest Canton problem: almost everything has pork or bone broth.
🚇 Lines 1 and 6 to Huangsha, Exit D, 9-min walk
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Show on map顺德一品粥 · Liwan
Shunde congee with thin-sliced raw fish cooked in the hot bowl: the Cantonese congee hotpot.
Tip: Textbook late Cantonese dinner: congee hotpot is eaten after 21:00 and shared.
🚇 Line 1 to Huadiwan, Exit C, 9-min walk
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Show on map粥旺庄 · Liwan
A late-night congee diner in Haizhu: clay pots, noodles and the workers' cheap dinner.
Tip: After the night walk at Taikoo Warehouse, this is what's still open and worth it.
🚇 Line 11 to Shachong, Exit B, 6-min walk
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Show on map六婶西关小厨 · Yuexiu
Home-style Xiguan cooking in a small room: salt-baked chicken, steamed ribs and seasonal soup.
Tip: Order salt-baked chicken for two: the Hakka dish the Cantonese adopted as their own.
🚇 Line 1 to Ximenkou, Exit B, 9-min walk
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Show on map云山粥城 · Baiyun
Congee at the foot of Baiyun, for before or after the climb: generous, cheap and hot.
Tip: If you're heading up Baiyun early, congee here costs a third of what it does inside the park.
🚇 Line 3 to Tonghe, Exit B, 12-min walk
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Show on map荔银肠粉(东山) · Yuexiu
The Dongshan branch: steamed rice rolls and pork-and-century-egg congee from 06:30.
Tip: The 皮蛋瘦肉 congee is the one you'll like even if you think century egg isn't for you.
🚇 Line 5 to Taojin, Exit C, 7-min walk
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Show on map云腾砂锅粥 · Liwan
Chaozhou-style clay-pot congee: crab or prawn congee in an earthen pot, to share at night.
Tip: It's ordered by weight of seafood and takes half an hour: order it the moment you sit.
🚇 Line 1 to Changshou Lu, Exit A, 7-min walk
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Show on map牛杂店和烧鹅店 · Liwan
Two shopfronts side by side in southern Liwan: one with hanging goose, one with the offal pot boiling.
Tip: Ask for roast goose over rice and point at the leg: the lower part has the crispest skin.
🚇 Line 1 to Kengkou, Exit A, 7-min walk
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Show on map平安堂凉茶 · Tianhe
凉茶: the bitter herbal brew Cantonese drink standing, in one gulp, to "clear the heat".
Tip: Ask for 廿四味 for the real bitterness, or 五花茶 if you want to survive: they hand you a sweet plum after.
🚇 Line 3 to Shipaiqiao, Exit B, 6-min walk
Featured in: OpenStreetMap · tradición 凉茶 (patrimonio inmaterial de Guangdong)
Show on map邓公凉茶 · Baiyun
A 凉茶 shop at the foot of Baiyun: copper pots, dried herbs hanging and porcelain cups.
Tip: The classic stop coming down from Baiyun: one herbal tea and on you go. Nobody sits, you drink standing.
🚇 Line 11 to Yuntai Garden, Exit B, 10-min walk
Featured in: OpenStreetMap · tradición 凉茶 de Guangdong
Show on map南信牛奶甜品专家 · Liwan
The Shangxiajiu double-skin milk house since 1943: double cream, buffalo milk and a queue on the pavement.
Tip: Order the ginger-curdled milk too: milk that sets on ginger alone is Canton's prettiest kitchen trick.
🚇 Line 1 to Changshou Lu, Exit D, 6-min walk
Featured in: 老字号 de Xiguan (1943) · prensa gastronómica de Guangzhou 2026
Show on map百花甜品 · Yuexiu
糖水 since 1989 on Wenming Rd: black sesame soup, mango pomelo sago and the usual late queue.
Tip: Wenming Rd is THE dessert street of Guangzhou: walk the whole block sharing two at a time.
🚇 Line 6 to Beijing Lu, Exit D, 7-min walk
Featured in: 老字号 de Wenming Lu (1989) · prensa gastronómica de Guangzhou 2026
Show on map明记甜品 · Yuexiu
Baihua's neighbour on Wenming Rd: the other half of the eternal argument over who makes better 糖水.
Tip: Try the black sesame soup at both and pick a side: the cheapest experiment in town.
🚇 Line 6 to Beijing Lu, Exit D, 7-min walk
Featured in: 老字号 de Wenming Lu · prensa gastronómica de Guangzhou 2026
Show on map沙湾甜品食馆 · Yuexiu
Shunde-style double-skin milk: buffalo milk set twice, with the top skin untouched.
Tip: Order it hot: Cantonese consider it heresy to drink it cold in October.
🚇 Line 1 to Ximenkou, Exit A, 8-min walk
Featured in: Tradición 沙湾 (Shunde) · verificado en volcado OSM oct-2026
Show on map芬芳甜品(同福路) · Haizhu
A sweet-soup house on Tongfu Rd: sesame, taro and red bean served in white china bowls.
Tip: 糖水 is Cantonese night food: you have it after dinner, not instead of dessert.
🚇 Line 2 to The 2nd Workers' Cultural Palace, Exit B, 6-min walk
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Show on map赵记传承·中式甜品 · Yuexiu
Author-made Cantonese desserts: double-skin milk, mango pomelo sago and almond tofu, old technique.
Tip: Mango pomelo sago was invented in Hong Kong but here it's made with Guangdong mango.
🚇 Lines 2 and 6 to Haizhu Square, Exit B, 6-min walk
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Show on map广州酒家利口福 · Tianhe
The bakery arm of Guangzhou Restaurant: egg tarts, wife cakes and the city's best-selling mooncakes.
Tip: Ask for an egg tart straight from the oven: say "刚出炉吗?" and if yes, wait the five minutes.
🚇 Lines 3 and 5 to Zhujiang New Town, Exit A, 6-min walk
Featured in: 老字号 cantonés (广州酒家, 1935) · gzr.com.cn
Show on map成珠小凤饼 · Haizhu
The 小凤饼 biscuit a maid invented by accident in 1746, which Canton has never stopped eating.
Tip: Also called 鸡仔饼. Buy the small tin: the Cantonese souvenir that survives the flight home.
🚇 Lines 6 and 8 to Cultural Park, Exit C, then cross Renmin Bridge
Featured in: 老字号 cantonés (成珠楼, 1746) · prensa gastronómica de Guangzhou 2026
Show on map皇后饼店 · Yuexiu
A neighbourhood Cantonese bakery: pineapple buns, wife cakes and egg tarts straight from the oven.
Tip: The pineapple bun has no pineapple: the name comes from the crackled crust that looks like the rind.
🚇 Line 11 to Liuhua, Exit B, 5-min walk
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Show on map广隆蛋挞王 · Tianhe
An egg tart counter in Tianhe where a tray leaves the oven every ten minutes and never lingers.
Tip: The Cantonese version uses shortcrust, not puff: denser than the Portuguese one and less sweet.
🚇 Line 3 to Wushan, Exit B, 10-min walk
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Show on map英姐鲜奶 · Yuexiu
Fresh buffalo milk set to order: the neighbourhood version of double-skin milk, no queue, no pose.
Tip: Five minutes from Chen Clan: the perfect stop after two hours of roof-watching.
🚇 Lines 8 and 11 to Caihong Bridge, Exit A, 6-min walk
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Show on map仁信冰室 · Yuexiu
A classic 冰室: the 1950s Cantonese ice room, with curdled milk and butter toast.
Tip: The ice room is the ancestor of the Hong Kong 茶餐厅: condensed-milk coffee was born here.
🚇 Line 6 to Beijing Lu, Exit C, 5-min walk
Featured in: OpenStreetMap · tradición del 冰室 cantonés
Show on map陈国璋茶文化馆 · Liwan
A Fangcun tea house where pu'er is tasted seriously: tiny cups, water at exactly the right heat.
Tip: You sit, you taste, and you buy nothing if you'd rather: that's the Fangcun custom, nobody minds.
🚇 Line 1 to Fangcun, Exit B, 10-min walk
Featured in: OpenStreetMap · mercado del té de Fangcun
Show on map恩宁公啡 · Liwan
Specialty coffee on Enning Road inside an arcade house: slow filter and a view onto Yongqingfang.
Tip: Sit upstairs: the first-floor window looks straight onto Yongqingfang's moon bridge.
🚇 Lines 1 and 6 to Huangsha, Exit B, 7-min walk
Featured in: OpenStreetMap · guías de Enning Lu 2026
Show on map% Arabica · Tianhe
The Zhujiang New Town branch of the Kyoto chain: white bar, single-origin latte and a constant queue.
Tip: It's inside K11: with the Canton Fair on, it's the only café around with a free table at noon.
🚇 Lines 3 and 5 to Zhujiang New Town, Exit B1, inside K11
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Show on mapM Stand · Yuexiu
The Shanghai specialty chain that landed in the old town: concrete, plants and a correct espresso.
Tip: Wi-Fi and sockets: the logical place to sort out your museum WeChat booking before you go.
🚇 Line 1 to Peasant Movement Institute, Exit A, 5-min walk
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Show on map猫屎咖啡 · Liwan
A deep-armchair café-library near Shangxiajiu: the district's air-conditioned refuge.
Tip: If one of October's last showers catches you, it's the best waiting room in Liwan.
🚇 Lines 6 and 8 to Cultural Park, Exit D, 6-min walk
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Show on mapSilly Dog Coffee · Yuexiu
A small old-town café with pavement seating: flat whites, dogs and neighbourhood regulars.
Tip: In October you can finally sit outside without melting: three weeks ago it was impossible.
🚇 Line 1 to Peasant Movement Institute, Exit B, 6-min walk
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Show on map1906 · Yuexiu
A café in the courtyard of the old 1906 campus, among red brick and old-town banyans.
Tip: A hundred paces from the Lu Xun museum: the exact break between two old-town visits.
🚇 Line 6 to Beijing Lu, Exit C, 6-min walk
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Show on mapPerma Bakery · Tianhe
A Zhujiang New Town bakery with an open oven: baguettes, focaccia and tables beside K11.
Tip: Opens early: the quick breakfast before queueing at the Guangdong Museum at 09:00.
🚇 Lines 3 and 5 to Zhujiang New Town, Exit B1, 5-min walk
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Show on map日照工场 · Yuexiu
A roastery and café in Zhujiang New Town: Yunnan beans roasted on site and a tasting bar.
Tip: Order the Yunnan: China has grown coffee since the 1990s and almost nobody abroad has tried it.
🚇 Lines 5 and 10 to Wuyangcun, Exit C, 6-min walk
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Show on mapCoffeeology · Tianhe
A bar-style café in Zhujiang New Town looking at the Opera House: cold brew and outdoor tables at dusk.
Tip: Sit outside at 19:30 and wait for the towers' light show: it starts at 20:00.
🚇 APM to Guangzhou Opera House, 4-min walk
Featured in: OpenStreetMap · verificado en volcado OSM oct-2026
Show on map上下九商业步行街 · Liwan
A kilometre of 1920s arcade houses packed with shops: Canton's historic shopping street.
Tip: Look up: the ground floor is all chains, but the upper storeys of the 骑楼 are still 1920s.
🚇 Line 1 to Changshou Lu, Exit D
Featured in: OpenStreetMap · Guía oficial de Guangzhou
Show on map北京路商业步行街 · Yuexiu
Guangzhou's number-one shopping street, with a thousand-year stretch of roadway exposed under glass.
Tip: The archaeological window in the middle of the street shows eleven layers of paving, Tang to now.
🚇 Line 6 to Beijing Lu, Exit A
Featured in: OpenStreetMap · Guía oficial de Guangzhou
Show on map盛贤大沙头旧货市场 · Yuexiu
The Dashatou second-hand market: cameras, watches, old electronics and the south's best junk fair.
Tip: Always haggle and only pay for what you can test plugged in: there are no returns here.
🚇 Lines 6 and 10 to Donghu, Exit A, 6-min walk
Featured in: OpenStreetMap · verificado en volcado OSM oct-2026
Show on map正佳广场 · Tianhe
420,000 m² with a polar aquarium inside: the mall that made Tianhe the city's retail centre.
Tip: Perfect rainy-day plan: from here you can cross indoors to Teemall and Parc Central.
🚇 Lines 1 and 3 to Tiyu Xilu, Exit D
Featured in: OpenStreetMap · Grandview Mall
Show on map太古汇 · Tianhe
Guangzhou's luxury mall: Mandarin Oriental above, Fang Suo below and the brands nobody else carries.
Tip: The name is still TaiKoo Hui, no rebrand: the underground link from Shipaiqiao avoids the street.
🚇 Line 3 to Shipaiqiao, Exit D, direct link
Featured in: OpenStreetMap · verificado en volcado OSM oct-2026
Show on map方所 · Tianhe
An 1,800 m² bookshop under TaiKoo Hui, designed like a crypt: books, design and Chinese designer clothing.
Tip: The contemporary Chinese design section is the best souvenir purchase you'll make in Guangzhou.
🚇 Line 3 to Shipaiqiao, Exit D, level MU35 of TaiKoo Hui
Featured in: OpenStreetMap · verificado en volcado OSM oct-2026
Show on map广州K11购物艺术中心 · Tianhe
A museum-mall in Zhujiang New Town: art installations between the shopfronts and a rooftop farm terrace.
Tip: Free entry to the basement exhibitions: the free rainy-day plan of Zhujiang New Town.
🚇 Lines 3 and 5 to Zhujiang New Town, Exit B1
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Show on map天环广场 · Tianhe
Two rippling glass "koi" between Teemall and Grandview: Tianhe's most-photographed mall.
Tip: The open top-floor terrace is free and has the clearest Tianhe view at dusk.
🚇 Lines 1 and 3 to Tiyu Xilu, Exit D
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Show on map清平市场 · Liwan
The wholesale market of Chinese medicinal herbs: roots, fungi, dried seafood. Live animals are no longer sold.
Tip: The pavement stalls moved indoors in 2006. Come between 09:00 and 11:00, when the real trade happens.
🚇 Lines 1 and 6 to Huangsha, Exit E, 10-min walk
Featured in: Registro oficial de Guangzhou vía guías locales 2026 (traslado a interior, 2006)
Show on map茶叶城(芳村) · Liwan
China's biggest tea market: thousands of stalls of pu'er, oolong and white tea, with free tasting at each.
Tip: House rule: they will sit you down and pour tea with no obligation. Drink, thank them, move on: that's normal.
🚇 Line 1 to Fangcun, Exit B, 12-min walk
Featured in: OpenStreetMap · mercado mayorista de té de Fangcun
Show on map万菱玩具精品批发中心 · Yuexiu
Ten floors of wholesale toys, gifts and costume jewellery on Yide Rd: the world's Christmas factory.
Tip: It's wholesale: many stalls have minimum orders. Ask "可以零售吗?" before you choose.
🚇 Line 6 to Yide Lu, Exit B
Featured in: OpenStreetMap · verificado en volcado OSM oct-2026
Show on map海印布艺城 · Yuexiu
Four floors of fabric, buttons and trimmings: where the tailors of the whole province buy.
Tip: There are tailors in the building who'll make you a shirt in 48 hours: ask on the third floor.
🚇 Lines 6 and 10 to Donghu, Exit C, 8-min walk
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Show on map广州岭南花卉市场 · Liwan
Southern China's largest flower market: orchids, lucky bamboo and the roses Canton exports.
Tip: It starts before dawn and is winding down by 10:00: to see the real wholesale action, come at 07:00.
🚇 Line 5 to Jiaokou, Exit A, then a bus west
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Show on map动漫星城 · Yuexiu
An underground anime and manga city beneath Gongyuanqian: figures, cosplay and claw machines.
Tip: You enter straight from the platform without surfacing: in the rain it's downtown's best plan.
🚇 Lines 1 and 2 to Gongyuanqian, Exit I
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Show on map荔湾广场 · Liwan
The wholesale bead and costume-jewellery market of Shangxiajiu: four towers of beads and silver.
Tip: Floors 1 and 2 are the bead floors: if you make jewellery, this is a year's material in one trip.
🚇 Line 1 to Changshou Lu, Exit D, 4-min walk
Featured in: OpenStreetMap · verificado en volcado OSM oct-2026
Show on map山海城海味市场 · Yuexiu
The 海味 market: dried abalone, fish maw, mushrooms and everything that makes a Cantonese banquet soup.
Tip: Mind customs on the way home: many animal-derived products cannot leave China.
🚇 Line 6 to Yide Lu, Exit A, 4-min walk
Featured in: OpenStreetMap · verificado en volcado OSM oct-2026
Show on map同仁堂 · Yuexiu
The Chinese medicine pharmacy founded in 1669 that supplied the Qing court: today, a Tianhe branch.
Tip: The packaged chrysanthemum and goji teas are the easiest gift to get through customs.
🚇 Lines 5 and 10 to Wuyangcun, Exit A, 3-min walk
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Show on map1200bookshop · Yuexiu
Guangzhou's 24-hour bookshop: shelves to the ceiling, sofas and a bed for broke travellers.
Tip: Open all night: the only place downtown to kill hours before a dawn flight.
🚇 Line 6 to Beijing Lu, Exit B, 3-min walk
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Show on map扉艺廊 · Yuexiu
A small gallery in Dongshankou tucked into a brick building: contemporary art and local design.
Tip: Dongshankou is the independent Chinese design district: walk Guimei and Xinhepu streets.
🚇 Lines 1 and 6 to Dongshankou, Exit D, 5-min walk
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Show on map东山口书城 · Yuexiu
A neighbourhood bookshop in Dongshankou: Chinese literature, design magazines and a great bargain table.
Tip: Pair it with the Republican villas of Xinhepu: the prettiest afternoon walk in Yuexiu.
🚇 Lines 1 and 6 to Dongshankou, Exit C, 4-min walk
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Show on map北京路天河城 · Yuexiu
Teemall's Beijing Road branch: trending Chinese brands and a food court with kitchens from across China.
Tip: The Chinese clothing brands (Bosie, Urban Revivo, Peacebird) are here and cost half what they do abroad.
🚇 Line 6 to Beijing Lu, Exit A
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Show on map高德置地广场 · Tianhe
Four plazas (spring, summer, autumn, winter) over Huacheng Square: brands, bars and river terraces.
Tip: The autumn plaza terraces are where to have a drink now that the heat has broken.
🚇 Lines 3 and 5 to Zhujiang New Town, Exit B1, 5-min walk
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