Beihai
Beihai is a prefecture-level city in the south of Guangxi, People's Republic of China.
Beihai is a prefecture-level city in the south of Guangxi, People's Republic of China. Its status as a seaport on the north shore of the Gulf of Tonkin has granted it historical importance as a port of international trade for Guangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, Guizhou, and Yunnan. Between 2006 and 2020, Beihai was predicted to be the world's fastest growing city. Beihai has a large shipyard, but most of the money generated in the city is derived from trade.
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Worth seeing in and around Beihai
One place 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.
- 01Roman Catholic Diocese of Beihai
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Beihai/Pakhoi, Chinese: 北海) is a diocese located in the city of Beihai in the ecclesiastical province of Guangzhou in China.
2.6 km · diocese of the Catholic Church in China · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Old Street
The street is famous for its old colonial buildings, which are rotting away.
- 02Beihai Jinhaiwan Mangrove Forest Ecotourism Area
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Things to do
Silver Beach (a few km outside town). Beach with grey-white quartz sand which is well worth visiting. Do not expect clear blue water, as the quartz sand makes the water appear quite murky, even though it is considered to be safe for swimming. If you have the chance to stick around the beach after dark, you will be in for a wonderful sight.
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Where to eat
There is seafood everywhere and it is very cheap, about half the price of Shanghai or Hangzhou. When ordering anything with meat in a restaurant there is a chance of getting rat meat although you ordered beef. There are two big seafood markets in Beihai, Donghai Market and Nanzhu Market. The price in Donghai Market is much more reasonable, but the quality is a little bit lower than Nanzhu Market.
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Getting to Beihai
- Airports
- Zhanjiang Wuchuan (ZHA), 152 km · Nanning Wuxu (NNG), 157 km · Haikou Meilan (HAK), 221 km
- Zhanjiang → Beihai135 km · quickest by road, 2h 37m · ¥65–90
- Nanning (Jiangnan) → Beihai169 km · quickest by road, 3h 11m · ¥85–115
- Haikou (Meilan) → Beihai221 km · quickest by ferry, 10h 31m · ¥267–674
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- Get inThere is a ferry from Haikou to Beihai harbour (+86 779 3904011) which leaves daily.
- Go nextTake a ferry to the scenic Weizhou Island, China's biggest and youngest volcanic island with some of the most beautiful beaches of China's south coast.
- Go nextFerries leave from the International Passenger Terminal (北海国际客运港) three times a day for ¥150-180.
- Go nextThere is ferry to the island of Haikou, capital of the island province of Hainan.
- Go nextThis ferry leaves also from the International Passenger Terminal.
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