Shamian Island
AreaXiguan: Shangxiajiu, Chen Clan Academy, Shamian, Lizhiwan and Bai'etan
SHAMIAN ISLAND · SHAMIAN
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No ticketing
A 0.3 km² sandbank in the Pearl River that Britain and France took as concessions in 1859-61 after the Thirteen Hongs burned — four-fifths British, one-fifth French — and built up as a grid of consulates, banks and churches under banyans. More than 40 of the buildings are listed; the island is a national heritage site and a residential-consular district, not a theme park. Two churches you can enter, the White Swan Hotel (1983) at the south end, riverside promenades on three sides, and the calmest kilometre in central Guangzhou.
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AdmissionNo ticketingPublic streets and park, no ticketing; open around the clockVerified · 2026-07Source ↗
AddressShamian Island (Shamian Street, Shamian North/South Streets), Liwan — bounded by the Pearl River and the Shaji CanalVerified · 2021-09Source ↗Navigate ↗
EntranceLines 1/6 Huangsha, Exit F, over the footbridge to the west bridge (since October 2024 an underpass from Exit F also crosses to the island); or Lines 6/8 Wenhua Gongyuan, Exit E, to the east bridge
Last verified 2026-09-16
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