Pro

close to Hong Kong, cleaner than other large cities
Con

english only for shopping time - lost spirit
In a nutshell

Its one of the cheapest shopping destination
20 Reviews Travel around the world in one day. This 480,000 square meter park has a beautiful natural landscapes and wonderful lighting at night. Inside, you can climb the 1:3 ratio Eiffel Tower, Egyptian Pyramid, Pisa Tower, Taj Mahal of India, Grand Canyon, and other famous places of interest. Every night...
5 Reviews It combines two different sections. The first part is a miniature park of China. You can find the famous Forbidden City, Terracotta Soldiers, Tibet Potala Palace, Huangshan Mountains, Yunnan's Stone Forest, and of course the Great Wall of China. This miniature park covers 300 thousand square meters,...
2 Reviews Minsk World is a military theme park with the former USSR aircraft carrier Minsk as main exhibit. Around the park are some MIG fighters and artillery pieces too. After crossing the border at Lo Wu station I went by the tourist info office and picked up a brochure. It was helpful since I showed it to...
2 Reviews Like to go on a around the world tour? Well, you can by going to Shenzhen's Windows of the World. All the world famous iconic structures (except china) can be found in this park, from the Eiffel Tower in Paris, Taj Mahal in India, Angkor Wat in Cambodia, Big Ben in London, Triumphal Arc in France,...
view.finder Says: Sometimes also referred to as Dafen Oil Painting Village (大芬油画村; Dà​fèn​ Yóu​huà Cūn​) I would recommend this visit only as an insight into the current factory-style production of replica artworks and...
1 Review and 68 Opinions To compare it to other five star hotels in Shenzhen (or even HongKong for that matter) is a bit...
view.finder Says: Not quite as polished as the website would suggest, this restaurant can be found in the upmarket Coco Park area of Futian District, Shenzhen. I saw several rats scuttling about the decking outside in the area I sat on a sunny December lunchtime. Always interesting being the...
jayjayc Says: At last, may nakilala din akong marunong mag english na based sa SZ bukod sa mga HK nationals na colleagues ko at last Oct 03, 07.. nagpunta ko CROWNE PLAZA Shenzhen with Michelle Stephens... tapos sabay dinner nadin.. imbes na dinner, napa inom.. takte kasi asked ng masarap...
cal6060 Says: If you flight Airasia either from KL or Bangkok to Macau, you can take the macau airport bus (AP1) to Praca das Portas do Cerco (Border gate to China). The bus will stop at gound level of the border gate, which is the last stop of the bus. Then you walk across the border,...
view.finder Says: Beware! Coco Park is not a park. It is a paved area of concrete dystopia.If you like shopping then you will love Coco Park. It is many top brands and many services and amenities within a small space. Somewhere to spend half a day or longer and the opportunity to try...
Shekou district is being dug up! Update
gaolei Says: The area called Taizi, Prince, Plaza was a nice little place where vendors could go to sell goods at night. Moms would take their kids to roller-blade. Now it is completely torn up and will be for 2 years. They are constructing new buildings to take the place of the...
view.finder Says: I'd imagine most people living in the busy and cosmo Shenzhen don't get out of the city much and are so taken in by all the shopping. I had the pleasure of staying in Dameisha for four days over Christmas and a short bus ride (RMB2) or walk over the hills will take you to...
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Q: I think the ferry leaves around 0800, but every website I go to has different times. Does anyone one know the time of the first...

A: Looks like the first one is 7:45. This is the revised scheduled as at Jan 15 2012 http://www.cksp.com.hk/cnews/index/pdf/20120115.pdf (the right hand column is Shekou...
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stuck in china and unable to go home to PI for the 5 day mid autumn holiday, me and other unfortunate individuals decided to do the tourist thingy. go to shenzhen's happy kingdom theme park. entrance...
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Fuyong & Shenzhen - Trip to the Pearl River Delta

In April 2006, I went on a trip to Fuyong and Shenzhen in China followed by Hong Kong. Fuyong and Shenzhen are located at the famous Pearl River Delta, an area in Guangdong province of China which is...
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I was several times in Shenzhen for my work, but was always located in the factory area close to my work. One weekend we visited the theme parks in the city and another half day we spend some time in...
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20 years ago Shenzhen is a small coastal town. Deng Xiaoping open China to the capitalism world, last April of 1979, Guangdong Province took the lead and created 3 special economic zones (SEZs),...
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