Subdistrict of Foshan, China
Guicheng Subdistrict
Guicheng Subdistrict is a subdistrict of the Nanhai District, Foshan, Guangdong, China covering an area of 84.16 square kilometres (32.49 sq mi).
The subdistrict has a registered population of 186,000 and floating population of 280,000 and is the location of the Nanhai District Government, as well as being the political, economic and cultural centre of Nanhai.
How locals move
Getting around Guicheng Subdistrict the local way
- Get inFrom Hong Kong International Airport, there are direct ferries to Guangzhou that allow you to bypass Hong Kong immigration.
- Get aroundFolding bikes are permitted on the subway (but not on buses) and can be carried in the trunk of a taxi at the driver's discretion, but non-folders are not permitted on any form of public transport other than the cross-river ferries.
- Get aroundBicycles are not permitted to cross the river via the Zhujiang Tunnel or Zhujiang suspension bridge, but are permitted to go on the public ferries for ¥1 (see below).
- Get aroundThe ferry is the cheapest way of crossing the Pearl River (Zhujiang).
- Get aroundFerries were very popular in the 1980s and early 90s, carrying tens of thousands of passengers across the river each day.
- Get aroundIt is usually faster and more convenient for people to use the bridges or metro to cross the river, rather than wait for the ferries.
- Get aroundOne still-popular ferry route connects Huangsha Pier (by the seafood market next to Shamian Island) to the pier at Changdi Road on the Fangcun side.
- Get aroundFerries depart every 10 minutes from 06:00 to 22:00.
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