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Zhuhai

Zhuhai is a resort city located on the west bank of the Pearl River estuary, near Macau on the east shore of Zhongshan Island, of the central coast of southern Guangdong, China, on the southeastern edge of the Pearl River Delta.

Zhuhai
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The place

Zhuhai is a resort city located on the west bank of the Pearl River estuary, near Macau on the east shore of Zhongshan Island, of the central coast of southern Guangdong, China, on the southeastern edge of the Pearl River Delta. Its name literally means "pearl sea", which originates from the city's location at the mouth of the Pearl River meeting the South China Sea. Zhuhai borders Jiangmen to the west, Zhongshan to the north and Macau to the southeast, and has a bridge connecting to Hong Kong.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Zhuhai

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.

  1. 01
    Grand Lisboa

    Grand Lisboa is a 47-floor, 261-metre-tall hotel in Sé, Macau. It is owned and operated by Sociedade de Jogos de Macau and was designed by Hong Kong architects Dennis Lau and Ng Chun Man with the interiors created by Khuan Chew, Design Principal of KCA International.

    9.8 km · building in Macau, China · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Ruins of St. Paul's

    The Ruins of Saint Paul's are the remnants of a 17th-century Catholic religious complex in Santo António, Macau. They include what was originally St.

    9.1 km · church in Macau · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Historic Centre of Macau

    The Historic Centre of Macao is a collection of over twenty locations that witness the unique assimilation and co-existence of Chinese and Portuguese cultures in Macau, a former Portuguese colony. It represents the architectural legacies of the city's cultural heritage, including monuments such as urban squares, streetscapes, churches and temples.

    10 km · UNESCO World Heritage site · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Roman Catholic Diocese of Macau

    The Diocese of Macau is a Latin Church exempt ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church, in contrast with the Diocese of Hong Kong, which is, de jure, part of the Ecclesiastical Province of Guangdong. The territory of the Diocese of Macau encompasses Macau, a special administrative region of China.

    9.5 km · diocese of the Catholic Church in China · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    St. Dominic's Church

    Saint Dominic's Church is a late 16th-century Baroque-style church that serves within the Cathedral Parish of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Macau. It is in the peninsular part of the city at the Largo de São Domingos, near the Leal Senado Building.

    9.4 km · late 16th-century Baroque-style church in Macau, China · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Amizade Bridge

    The Amizade Bridge is a four-lane, two-way bridge in Macau that connects Macau Peninsula near the Reservatório and Taipa Island. Built after the Macau–Taipa Bridge, it is the second one that connects the peninsula and Taipa across the Zhujiang River Estuary.

    9.5 km · bridge in Macau · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Igreja da Sé

    The Cathedral of the Nativity of Our Lady also Sé Catedral da Natividade de Nossa Senhora and Igreja da Sé is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Sé, Macau. It is the current cathedral of the Diocese of Macau.

    9.5 km · cathedral of the Diocese of Macau · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Senado Square

    The Senado Square, or Senate Square, is a paved town square in Sé, Macau, China, and part of the UNESCO Historic Centre of Macau World Heritage Site. It is an elongated triangular shaped square and connects Largo do São Domingos at one end and Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro on the other.

    9.6 km · square in Macau · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Guia Fortress

    The Guia Fortress is a 17th-century colonial military fort, chapel, and lighthouse complex in São Lázaro, Macau. The complex is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Centre of Macau.

    8.9 km · building in Macau, China · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Leal Senado Building

    The Leal Senado Building was the seat of Portuguese Macau's government. It is located at one end of the Senado Square in São Lourenço, Macau, China.

    9.6 km · building in Macau, China · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

See

What Wikivoyage says to see

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  1. 01
    Fisher Girl

    Lovers' Road (Bus 9 or 99 or the sightseeing bus).

  2. 02
    Guyuan Museum of Art
  3. 03
    New Yuanming Palace
  4. 04
    Zhuhai Museum
  5. 05
    Former residence of Su Zhaozheng
  6. 06
    Martyrs Cemetery

From Wikivoyage: Zhuhai, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Do

Things to do

Swim, sunbathe or go diving. At a number of islands which are approximately 50 minutes away by ferry (see Zhuhai Islands Section for more details).

From Wikivoyage: Zhuhai, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Eat

Where to eat

Cantonese cuisine is commonplace, but street food stalls and restaurants featuring food from all over China are also easily found. Seafood is a local specialty. = = Gongbei Seafood (If you are standing at the border facing North, follow the street running West parallel to the border around 100 meters past the border area and several of the hotels, and then take any side street North and wind your way into a large…

  1. 01
    Macanese Vegetarian Buffet
  2. 02
    Azur Restaurant
  3. 03
    Jenny's Cafe
  4. 04
    Shishen Seafood City Gongbei Branch
  5. 05
    Shishen Seafood City Tangjia Branch

From Wikivoyage: Zhuhai, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Go there

Getting to Zhuhai

Airports
Macau (MFM), 14 km · Hong Kong (HKG), 36 km · Zhuhai Jinwan (ZUH), 36 km
Stations
Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal, 8.7 km · Zhuhai railway station, 6.9 km
  • Shenzhen → Zhuhai
    59 km · quickest by road, 2h 10m · ¥40–55
  • Guangzhou (Huadu) → Zhuhai
    137 km · quickest by road, 2h 38m · ¥65–85
  • Zhanjiang → Zhuhai
    348 km · quickest by road, 5h 49m · ¥160–210
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Zhuhai

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 Zhuhai. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inThis visa is available at the Gongbei and Hengqin (Lotus Bridge) land entry points from Macau, as well as at the Jiuzhou ferry terminal.
  • Get inFrom Hong Kong International Airport (), one option is to take the Airport Express to Kowloon Station (at the cost of HK$90), then hop on the free Airport Express transit bus K2 to the China-Hong Kong Ferry Terminal (中港城码头; Zhōnggǎng Chéngmǎtóu) to take a ferry to Zhuhai.
  • Get inAnother option from Hong Kong is to catch a ferry from the HKIA Skypier to Macau and then cross into Zhuhai via the Gongbei border gate.
  • Get inTo catch the ferry from the airport, go directly to the ticket counter without passing through Hong Kong immigration or customs; see Hong Kong International Airport#By ferry for details.
  • Get inThe ferry journey takes about 50 minutes and runs hourly (usually).

From Wikivoyage: Zhuhai, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Kinmen (Quemoy)TW

    10 ways of moving, 12 sources

    547 km
  2. 02
    Matsu IslandsTW

    9 ways of moving, 34 sources

    780 km
  3. 03
    Orchid Island (Lanyu)TW

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    821 km
  4. 04
    Sa PaVN

    8 ways of moving, 27 sources

    998 km
  5. 05
    Taketomi and the Yaeyama islandsJP

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    1,098 km

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Around it

Next door to Zhuhai

Zhuhai is 9 km from Macau, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Macaucity and special administrative region of China10 km
  • Macau Peninsulathe most populous and historic part of Macau, with an area of 8.5 km²; geographically connected to Guangdong province at the northeast through an isthmus 200 m wide8.8 km
  • Xiangzhou Districtdistrict in Guangdong, People's Republic of China3.5 km
  • Santo Antóniocivil parish in Macau8.7 km
  • Nossa Senhora de Fátimacivil parish in Macau7.8 km
  • Sécivil parish in Macau9.6 km