Hong Kong and Macau_ City Guide (Lonely Planet, 14th Edition) - Andrew Stone [193]
The small village of Cuiheng (Cuìhēng; ), 33km north of the border with Macau, is the site of the Dr Sun Yat-sen Residence Memor-ial Museum (Sūn Zhōngshān Gùjū Jìniànguǎn; 0760-550 1691; Cuiheng Dadao, Cuiheng; admission free; 9am-5pm), where the revolutionary hero and founder of the Republic of China was born in 1866. A solemn place of pilgrimage for Chinese of all political persuasions, the museum recreates the house where Sun grew up, and the village compound includes a remarkable collection of period furniture. To get there, take bus 10 in Zhuhai on Yingbin Dadao. Alight at the terminus and change to bus 12. Or pay Y100 (one way) for a taxi from Gǒngběi.
Two kilometres northwest of Gǒngběi is a ‘been there, done that’ icon of Zhuhai, New Yuan Ming Palace (Yuánmíng Xīnyuán; 0756-861 0388; www.ymy.com.cn; cnr Jiuzhou Dadao & Lanpu Lu; adult/child Y120/80; 9am-9pm; 1, 13, 60 or 99). This massive theme park is a reproduction of the original imperial Yuan Ming Palace in Beijing, destroyed by British and French forces during the Second Opium War.
Next door is Chinese Medicine Valley (Zhōngyàogǔ; 0756-866 1113; cnr Lanpu Lu & Baishi Lu; adult/child Y99/49), a resort where you can soak away your fatigue in pools filled with Chinese herbs, or just settle for a traditional massage. For a true hot-spring experience, the Ocean Spring (Hǎiquánwān; 0756-726 7788; Pingsha, Zhuhai; admission Y168-252; 8.30am-1.30am) resort in Dǒumén () has a huge oceanside open-air pool and rooms with their own hot-spring tubs.
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INFORMATION
Bank of China ( 9am-5pm Mon-Fri, 10am-4pm Sat & Sun) Yuehai Donglu branch (Zhōngguó Yínháng; cnr Yingbin Dadao & Yuehai Donglu); Lianhua Lu branch (Zhōngguó Yínháng Fēnháng; 41 Lianhua Lu) ATMs here and elsewhere are linked to the most common international money systems.
China Travel Service Guangzhou Gongbei (CTS; Zhōngguó Lǚxíngshè Guǎngzhōu Gǒngběi; 0756-889 9228; 33 Yingbin Dadao; 8am-8pm) This helpful office, next to Zhuhai Overseas Chinese Hotel, sells discounted tickets to a number of tourist sights.
Post office ( 8am-8pm) Jingshan Lu branch (Yóujú; 57 Jingshan Lu); Yuehai Donglu branch (Yóujú; 1043 Yuehai Donglu)
Public Security Bureau (PSB; Gōng’ānjú; 0756-887 2872; 1038 Yingbin Dadao)
Visa offices Gongbei Port (2nd fl; 8.30am-12.15pm, 1-6.15pm & 7-10.30pm); Jiuzhou Port ( 8.30am-7pm) These offices issue Zhuhai-only visas valid for three days (Y160 for most nationalities, Y469 for British). US citizens must get a visa in advance in Macau ( Click here) or Hong Kong (Click here). The border at Gongbei Port is open from 7.30am to midnight.
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TRANSPORT – ZHUHAI
Distance from Macau ferry pier 2km
Direction from Macau ferry pier North
Travel time from Macau ferry pier 20 minutes by bus
Distance from Hong Kong’s Macau ferry pier in Central About 65km
Direction from Hong Kong’s Macau ferry pier in Central West
Travel time from Hong Kong’s Macau ferry pier in Central 70 minutes by high-speed ferry
Boat Jetcats between Zhuhai and Hong Kong (Y165, 70 minutes) depart seven times a day between 8am and 5.30pm from Jiuzhou Harbour ( 0756-333 3359, in Hong Kong 2858 3876) for the China ferry terminal in Kowloon, and nine times a day from 9am to 9.30pm for the Macau ferry pier in Central. Keep the ferry ticket and once you’re in Zhuhai you’re entitled to a free shuttle to Gongbei coach station between 8.50am and 7.50pm; the bus leaves every 30 minutes. High-speed ferries operate between Jiuzhou Harbour and Shenzhen’s port of Shékǒu (Y95, one hour). There are departures every half-hour from 8am to 9.30pm. They leave from Shékǒu at the same frequency between 7.30am and 9.30pm. Local buses 3 (stopovers at Tángjiāwān and