Shekou
Shekou is an area at the southern tip of Nanshan District, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China.
Shekou is an area at the southern tip of Nanshan District, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. It faces Yuen Long, Hong Kong, across the Shenzhen Bay. It has been designated as a free-trade zone by the government, alongside Qianhai, Hengqin and Nansha New Area.
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Worth seeing in and around Shekou
4 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.
- 01One Shenzhen Bay
One Shenzhen Bay is a group of skyscrapers in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. The tallest tower has a height of 341.4 metres.
3.7 km · building in Shenzhen, China · Wikipedia - 02Sea World
Sea World is a large tourist attraction and plaza in Shekou, Nanshan District, Shenzhen. Its main attraction is the large ship, Minghua, in the center of Sea World.
100 m · building in the People's Republic of China · Wikipedia - 03China Merchants Tower
China Merchants Tower is a skyscraper in Shekou, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, China. It was designed by Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill.
200 m · skyscraper in Shenzhen, China · Wikipedia - 04Nanshan Mountains (Shenzhen)
The Nanshan Mountains or Nanshan are a set of mountains in Shenzhen. The largest of them are the 336-meter Dananshan and the 150-meter Xiaonanshan.
2.7 km · mountain range in Shenzhen, China · Wikipedia
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Things to do
Most of Shenzhen's amusement parks are in Nanshan.
From Wikivoyage: Shekou, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Where to eat
Overseas Chinese Town (OCT) is famous for its numerous dining options, including some of the best Korean restaurants in Shenzhen. All are within easy walking distance from Huaqiaocheng (OCT) Metro Station, behind the InterContinental Shenzhen Hotel.
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Getting to Shekou
- Airports
- Hong Kong (HKG), 19 km · Shenzhen Bao'an (SZX), 20 km · Macau (MFM), 50 km
- Stations
- Port of Shenzhen, 3.2 km · Dengliang Station, 3.7 km · Dongjiaotou Station, 1.6 km · Haiyue Station, 3.2 km · Chiwan Station, 1.9 km
- Zhuhai (Jinwan) → Shekou71 km · quickest by road, 2h 19m · ¥42–55
- Guangzhou (Huadu) → Shekou129 km · quickest by road, 2h 27m · ¥60–80
- Jieyang (Rongcheng) → Shekou276 km · quickest by road, 4h 47m · ¥125–165
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Shekou
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 Shekou. 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 Shekou
Shekou is 8 km from Bao'an, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Nanshan Districtdistrict in Shenzhen, China1.8 km
- Yuehai Subdistrictsubdistrict of Nanshan District, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China3.6 km