Mentioning that you are traveling to Guangzhou to most northerners, you will almost expect a remark calling the place "cultureless". Due to specific environment, Guangzhou has its unique way of lifestyle, liberal ideas, distinctive cuisine and tremendous wealth. Until now, Guangzhou still unveils many republic-era sights that help travelers understand modern Chinese history.

Founded in 214BC, Guangzhou is a mixture city of new and old. Boasting oldest temples, old parks, old operas, it is not only an imperial tomb of a southern kingdom and complete preservation of colonial villas and church on Shamian, but also a showcase of futuristic architectures and autopilot metro on Zhujiang New Town.

With brilliant sightseeing resources, travelers usually come to Guangzhou to shop and eat. Guangzhou accommodates countless huge markets specializing in almost any made-in-China products. You can go to shopping malls and purchase items, such as Chinese tea, herbs, garments, watches, electronics and toys. You will be appalled to see the real prices of those China-made products.

It is busy and crowded during the day, though, you can easily escape the crowd and head to surrounding villages, in which some of them date back to the Song Dynasty (960-1279AD), or get bird view at Nansha, especially at Sunflower Garden. Opened to the public in April of 2002, it is the first and largest sunflower themed park in China. Over 20 varieties of sunflowers are introduced to the park from Japan and European countries. Besides, there are a lot of rare flowers from all over the world gathering here and blooming in different seasons. In the garden, there are various flower zones and joyful playground. If you book a hotel in Nansha, you can also enjoy the service of hotel pickup.

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