Skyline
A 600-metre tower cinched at the waist like a sleek hourglass, glowing in shifting colour over the Pearl River. Go up an hour before sunset.
Twist of Light · Canton Tower · Guangzhou
Stone Church#Culture
Granite Gothic · Sacred Heart Cathedral
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Twin Gothic spires built entirely of carved granite — one of only a handful of all-stone cathedrals on earth, the locals call it the Stone House.
It sits in Guangzhou, and rewards going slowly rather than ticking it off. Best morning light through the windows.
Good to know
- Best time — Morning light through the windows
- Arrive early for the light
- Allow more time than you think
- Keep a few yuan in cash, just in case
Photo: Shujianyang · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Colonial Lanes
A leafy sandbank of pastel European mansions and old banyans, walled off from the city's roar by two narrow canals.
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Folk Art
A Qing clan academy encrusted with ceramic roof-ridge figures, wood and brick carving — Cantonese folk craft at full volume.
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City Emblem
The city's largest park, climbing a banyan-shaded hill to the Five Rams statue of Guangzhou's founding myth.
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