Beihai 北海
External list positioning: coastal tourism, Southeast Asian/Russian cruise clientele
External list positioning: coastal tourism, Southeast Asian/Russian cruise clientele; Beihai's three calling cards are Silver Beach, Weizhou Island, and the Old Street's arcade buildings (qilou).
What to eat
Beibu Gulf (Gulf of Tonkin) seafood such as sandworms, mantis shrimp and flower crabs; pig's trotter noodles, Vietnamese rice noodle rolls, Qiaogang sweet soups, and stir-fried ice; head to Qiaogang Style Street and Beihai Old Street.
Getting around
Fucheng Airport (approx. 24 km from downtown, airport shuttle bus); D-series trains via Beihai Station / Hepu Station; within the city, mainly buses and taxis (no rail transit).
Top things to do in Beihai
Ranked picks — headline sights first, with tickets and timing at a glance.
1 Beihai Silver Beach
AttractionA quartz-sand beach stretching about 24 km, famed for its long flat shore, fine white sand, clean warm water and soft waves—hailed as 'the finest beach under heaven'
2 Weizhou Island
AttractionChina's largest and youngest volcanic island, a national 5A-level scenic area (Nanwan Crocodile Mountain Scenic Area), and a natural museum of volcanic geology
3 Guantouling Hill
AttractionBeihai's only forested hill park in the urban area, main peak about 120 m above sea level, surrounded by the sea on three sides
4 Jinhaiwan Mangrove Scenic Area
AttractionA mangrove wetland eco-zone on the city's outskirts, a 4A-level scenic area
5 Beihai Old Street (Zhuhai Road)
AttractionA long qilou (arcade) street built up gradually after Beihai opened as a port in 1876, about 1.44 km long, one of China's best-preserved qilou old streets
6 Qiaogang Style Street
AttractionThe core block of Qiaogang Town, formed in 1979 to resettle overseas Chinese returned from Vietnam, now Beihai's late-night food capital
7 Hepu Han Dynasty Culture Museum
AttractionA site-type museum themed on artifacts unearthed from Han tombs, located within the Hepu Han Tombs protected area
8 Beihai Ocean Window
AttractionA large indoor oceanarium themed on coral and marine science education
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