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Beihai 3-Day Citywalk Guide
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Beihai 3-Day Citywalk Guide
🏖️ Day 1: Silver Beach & Old Town
Morning:
- Beihai Silver Beach — "World's Finest Beach," quartz sand white as silver, free
- Beach Park — Giant stainless steel "Tide" sculpture
Lunch:
- Silver Beach seafood stalls — boiled prawns, steamed grouper, garlic oysters
Afternoon:
- Beihai Old Street (Zhuhai Rd) — Century-old arcade architecture, Chinese-Western fusion
- Colonial buildings — Former consulates, churches, trading houses
- Beibu Gulf Square — City center, South Pearl Soul sculpture
Dinner:
- Old Street sweet soup — mung bean paste, turtle jelly, ginger milk curd
- Seafood congee
🌋 Day 2: Weizhou Island
Full day:
- Weizhou Island (ferry ¥150-180, island fee ¥98) — China's largest and youngest volcanic island
- Crocodile Mountain Volcano Park — Volcanic rock formations, sea caves, lighthouse
- Drip Screen — Red cliffs with water cascading like beaded curtains
- Shiluokou Beach — Best sunset viewpoint
- Catholic Church — 1853 Gothic stone church
Lunch:
- Island fishing family — banana-fed pork, seafood noodles
Dinner:
- Nanwan Seafood Market — buy fresh, have stalls cook it
🐚 Day 3: Mangroves & Qiaogang
Morning:
- Jinhai Bay Mangroves (¥80) — Sea forest, egret habitat
- Beachcombing — Dig sipunculid worms, collect shells at low tide
Lunch:
- Qiaogang Town — Vietnamese-Chinese fusion: spring rolls, crab noodles, sweet soup
Afternoon:
- Qiaogang Cultural Street — Chinese-Vietnamese heritage
- Beihai Ocean Window — Coral reef displays, ¥138
Dinner:
- Qiaogang seafood — salt-pepper mantis shrimp, grilled oysters
🍜 Must-Eat List
- Qiaogang sweet soup — Vietnamese-style desserts
- Crab noodles — Qiaogang specialty, crab roe mixed noodles
- Vietnamese spring rolls — Brought by returned overseas Chinese
- Sipunculid worms — Beihai specialty, steamed with garlic
- Salt-pepper mantis shrimp — Full of rich tomalley
- Seafood congee — Sweet and warming
🚗 Getting Around
- Air — Beihai Fucheng Airport (BHY), direct from Beijing/Guangzhou/Shenzhen
- HSR — Beihai Station, ~1h from Nanning
- Weizhou Island — Ferry from Beihai International Port, 1-1.5h
- Local — Bus + taxi; Silver Beach and Old Street are close
🏨 Where to Stay
- Silver Beach area — Seaview hotels, ¥200-500
- Weizhou Island — Guesthouses, ¥100-400
- Old Street area — Convenient, ¥150-300
💡 Tips
- Best season: Oct–Apr (warm escape) / May–Sep is hotter
- Book Weizhou ferry in advance during peak season
- Budget: ¥1000-2000 per person
- Cheaper than Sanya
- Rent electric scooters on the island (¥50-80/day)