GUANGZHOU SHORE EXCURSION: CHEN CLAN ACADEMY, SUN YAT-SEN HALL & CANTON TOWER

Ships for Guangzhou dock at Nansha, south of the city; the drive in takes about an hour or more. Guangzhou (Canton) is the old trading city of southern China and the home of Cantonese food.

The route (about 8 hours)

• Chen Clan Ancestral Hall, a family academy covered in wood, stone and pottery carvings. One of the finest old buildings in the south.
• Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, for the man who ended the empire in 1911.
• Yuexiu Park with the Five Rams statue, and the Museum of the Nanyue King, built over a 2,000-year-old royal tomb.
• A dim sum lunch.
• Canton Tower and the Pearl River for the modern city.

How these shore excursions work

• Private tour for your group only, from a few people in a van up to a full coach.
• An English-speaking local guide meets you at the cruise terminal (or at the tender pier if your ship anchors).
• We plan the day around your ship's times and bring you back well before all-aboard.
• Send us your ship name, port date and docking hours, and we fit the route to them.

Included

• English-speaking local guide
• Private vehicle with driver
• Entrance tickets and boat rides in the route you choose

Not included

• Lunch and drinks, unless we agree on a lunch stop in the price
• Tips for the guide and driver

Price

The price per person depends on your group size and the route. Tell us your ship, date and number of people and we will send a plan and a price.

More in China: all China shore excursions. Other ports: Xiamen, Qingdao, Dalian. Or see all our cruise port tours in Asia.