Waterfront

Lychee Bay

Address: Huang Sha Da Dao 175
Area: Guangzhou, China
Districts: Liwan

Mon: 08:00–21:00
Tue: 08:00–21:00
Wed: 08:00–21:00
Thu: 08:00–21:00
Fri: 08:00–21:00
Sat: 08:00–21:00
Sun: 08:00–21:00
Hours: Last entry is listed as 21:00.
Price: Admission is free; CNY 0.
How to visit: This is an open-air walking area along the Xiguan waterways. It can be combined with a walk through Pantang and the historic Xiguan streets.
Hours: Free entry
Hours: About 60 min

Why it is worth the detour

A scenic area with historical relics and cultural activities in Guangzhou.

Lychee Bay is a picturesque area in Guangzhou known for its historical architecture and cultural events, such as Cantonese opera competitions. It offers a glimpse into the city's rich history and traditional cuisine.

What else is close by

The nearest places we have written up, with straight-line distance from here.

50 m
Wenta Pagoda
No surviving record securely identifies who built this small waterside tower, but Pantang tradition says villagers raised it to improve the community’s scholarly fortune and examination success. Nearby stonework once connected the site with a royal flower garden of the Southern Han period, although those inscriptions later disappeared.
150 m
Chen Lianbo Mansion
This canal-side mansion belonged to banker and merchant leader Chen Lianbo, whose adjoining private landing allowed guests to arrive by launch. Its rooms hosted the Liwan Club, where commercial elites mixed business with politics before Chen’s armed Merchant Corps came into violent conflict with Sun Yat-sen’s government in 1924.
250 m
Liwan Museum (Chen Lianzhong Residence)
Silk merchant and HSBC comprador Chen Lianzhong built this hybrid mansion with European arches, columns and a Chinese garden beside the old waterways. Now incorporated into Liwan Museum, it stands beside a reconstructed Xiguan mansion whose interiors explain how wealthy merchant families actually lived behind their imposing doors.
250 m
Renwei Taoist Temple
A living Taoist temple in Xiguan, still in use, with the dense Cantonese roof carvings the Chen Clan now only displays as a museum.
450 m
Longjin West Road Qilou Block
Numbers 55–67 form an unusually intact Republican-era row of four-story qilou shop-houses, their sheltered pavement carried beneath residences and Ionic-style columns. The block records the transformation of Longjin from a waterside settlement into a modern commercial road after its expansion around 1930, while its ground-floor businesses still preserve the arcade’s original everyday purpose.
650 m
Cantonese Opera Art Museum
Cantonese opera museum at 127 Enning Road, with its own halls and collection.