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Hong Kong Disneyland
Compact Disney park on Lantau Island blending classic Disney magic with Chinese cultural touches.
26 km · about 30 min drive
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Baishizhou
Guangdong, China · Asia
About Baishizhou
Baishizhou is worth a stop: 33km from Tai O.
Baishizhou is in Guangdong, China, with about 9,700 people. You drive on the right here.
Baishizhou (Chinese: 白石洲; pinyin: Báishízhōu; Jyutping: baak6 sek6 zau1) is an area of Nanshan District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. As of 2016 about 150,000 people live in Baishizhou. With an area of 0.23 square miles (0.60 km2), it has the most inhabitants, as well as the highest building and population density, ofRead more
any urban village within Shenzhen. Accounting for unregistered and undocumented residents, some estimates of Baishizhou's rental population are well above two hundred thousand.
In 2014 Charlie Lanyon of The South China Morning Post described it as "one of the last vestiges of old Shenzhen".
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Baishizhou?
Within an hour or so of Baishizhou: Hong Kong Disneyland (26 km), Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery (28 km), Mido Cafe (33 km), Tai O (33 km).
Are there any good drives near Baishizhou?
The nearest famous roads are Guia Circuit.
Where is Baishizhou?
Baishizhou is in Guangdong, China.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 9,650
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- China
- Region
- Guangdong
- Timezone
- Asia/Shanghai
- Coordinates
- 22.5369, 113.9619
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Worth the detour from Baishizhou
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery
A hillside temple above Sha Tin reached by a stairway lined with hundreds of life-size gilded arhat statues, each with a different face and pose.
28 km · about 35 min drive
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Mido Cafe
A 1950s cha chaan teng on Temple Street with mosaic tiles, steel window frames and a corner upstairs table overlooking Yau Ma Tei, the archetypal Hong Kong diner.
33 km · about 40 min drive
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Tai O
A Tanka fishing village on Lantau built on stilts over tidal creeks, with salted-fish shops, small boats and a pink-dolphin channel out to sea.
33 km · about 40 min drive
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Choi Hung Estate
A 1962 public housing estate painted in rainbow bands, with a rooftop basketball court over the car park that frames the colours against the towers.
34 km · about 40 min drive
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Ping Shek Estate
A 1970s Kowloon estate whose grey concrete stairwells and repeating balcony grids draw photographers for their brutalist symmetry, far quieter than Choi Hung.
34 km · about 40 min drive
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Australia Dairy Company
A Jordan institution serving steamed milk pudding and scrambled egg sandwiches at ferocious speed, where waiters clear your table while you are still chewing.
34 km · about 40 min drive
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Lin Heung Tea House
A survivor of old-Canton yum cha culture where dim sum still comes round on pushed trolleys and regulars compete for it, in a room of ceiling fans and communal tables.
34 km · about 40 min drive
Driving roads near Baishizhou
- 57 kmGuia CircuitA 6.2km street circuit through Macau lined by armco and walls, with the impossibly tight Melco hairpin and the fast Mandarin bend. Everyday public roads outside the November Grand Prix weekend.
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Year-round
Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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