Bao'an
Bao'an District is one of the nine districts comprising the city of Shenzhen, Guangdong province.
Bao'an District is one of the nine districts comprising the city of Shenzhen, Guangdong province. It is one of the districts formerly lying outside the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone.
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Worth seeing in and around Bao'an
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Shenzhen University
Shenzhen University is a municipal public research university in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. The university is funded by the Shenzhen Municipal People's Government.
5.3 km · comprehensive university located in Shenzhen · Wikipedia - 02Window of the World
The Window of the World is a theme park located in the city of Shenzhen in China. It has about 130 reproductions of world attractions and landmarks.
9 km · miniature park · Wikipedia - 03Zhongzhou Holdings Financial Center
Zhongzhou Holdings Financial Center is a 300.8-metre supertall skyscraper in Nanshan district, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. Construction started in 2009 and was completed in 2014.
5.9 km · building in Nanshan District, China · Wikipedia - 04Shenzhen Bay Sports Center
Shenzhen Bay Sports Center, nicknamed Spring Cocoon for its shape, is a multiuse stadium in Shenzhen, China. It is used mostly for table tennis, swimming and soccer competitions.
7.3 km · building in Shenzhen Bay Sports Center, China · Wikipedia - 05China Resources Tower
China Resources Tower, colloquially known as the Spring Bamboo, is a 392.5-metre supertall skyscraper in Houhai, Nanshan, Shenzhen, Guangdong. Construction started in 2012 and the building topped out on July 1, 2016.
7.1 km · skyscraper in Shenzhen, China · Wikipedia - 06Hanking Center
Hanking Center is a skyscraper in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. It is 358.9 metres tall.
5 km · skyscraper in Shenzhen, China · Wikipedia - 07Shenzhen Bay Park
Shenzhen Bay Park is a seaside urban park spans much of the coastline of Nanshan and Futian districts in Shenzhen, China. Covering an area of 108.07 hectares, it is one the most visited urban park in Shenzhen, with an estimated 12 million visitors annually since first opening in 2011.
8.4 km · Urban park in Shenzhen, China · Wikipedia - 08Happy Valley Shenzhen
Happy Valley Shenzhen is a theme park in Nanshan District, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. Opened in 1998, it is the first of the Happy Valley theme park chain.
9.3 km · theme park in Nanshan, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China · Wikipedia - 09Tencent Binhai Towers
Tencent Binhai Mansion, or Tencent Seafront Towers, are twin skyscrapers in Houhai, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, China. Construction of the buildings started in 2012.
5.7 km · Headquarter building of Tencent · Wikipedia - 10OCT Tower
OCT Tower is a skyscraper in Overseas Chinese Town, Shenzhen, China. It is 300 meters tall and has 60 floors.
9.8 km · building in Nanshan, Shenzhen, Guangdong, People's Republic of China · Wikipedia
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Getting to Bao'an
- Airports
- Shenzhen Bao'an (SZX), 13 km · Hong Kong (HKG), 27 km · Macau (MFM), 54 km
- Stations
- Port of Shenzhen, 5.9 km · Shenzhen University Station, 5.8 km · Bao'an Center Station, 500 m · Window of the World Station, 8.9 km · Daxin Station, 3.4 km
- Zhuhai (Jinwan) → Bao'an80 km · quickest by road, 2h 26m · ¥46–60
- Guangzhou (Huadu) → Bao'an117 km · quickest by road, 2h 30m · ¥55–75
- Jieyang (Rongcheng) → Bao'an276 km · quickest by road, 4h 44m · ¥125–165
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Bao'an
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Bao'an. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inShenzhen's main ferry terminal, , is in this district, providing service from Hong Kong, Macau, and Zhuhai, including direct service from Hong Kong International Airport that allows you to skip Hong Kong customs and immigration.
- Get inThe ferry terminal is connected to a Line 12 metro station Taiziwan.
- Get aroundThe Chiwan neighborhood (with some of the district's main historic sites) is served by a free minibus which goes from Chiwan metro station past Tianhou Temple and the Tomb of the Young Song Emperor.
- Go nextWestern Shenzhen – mostly industrial, but has more parks and hiking than Nanshan Central Shenzhen Hong Kong, Macau, or Zhuhai by ferry from Shekou
From Wikivoyage: Shenzhen/Nanshan, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Bao'an
Bao'an is 19 km from Shenzhen, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Bao'an Districtdistrict of Shenzhen, China2.1 km
- Nanshan Districtdistrict in Shenzhen, China6.3 km
- Shekouneighborhood in Shenzhen8 km