Beihai Travel Guide - Brief Information on Beihai

Beihai in Chinese Pinyin: běi hǎi
Beihai in Chinese Writing:    

Beihai in Chinese Pronunciation:    Click the button to learn how to say Beihaiin Mandarin Chinese. Or you can download it to your hand device to play it to a conductor when buying a train ticket to Beihai.

Beihai Overview:  Beihai is located at the southern end of Guangxi and the northeastern bank of the Beibu Gulf. As early as 2000 years ago, Beihai was active in China's foreign economy and port trade. Even from the Han and Tang times, it was one of the famous starting ports of the marine silk route, establishing its stutus as an important port city in southern China in modern and contemporary history. Beihai has a good geographical surrounding. Backed by the great southwest region of China, it faces the Southeast Asia, with Guangdong Province, Hainan Island, Hong Kong, Macao and Vietnam closed by.The Beibu Gulf on the border of Beihai is one of the four noted fishing grounds in China. The city benefits from the sea not only in fishery but also in pearls farming. It is the hometown of the world famous Southern Pearls.
 

Map of Beihai:  Here is a rough map of Beihai showing where Beihai is located on the map of China.

 

Beihai Climate & Weather:  Beihai has a sub-tropical maritime monsoon climate with  20:09 hours sunlight and typhoon as the main meteorological disaster.

Language in Beihai:   Most people speak Han dialects, including Cantonese, Hakka dialect and Min dialect.

Beihai Transportation:

By Air: There are direct flights from Shanghai city on every Tuesday, Thursday and,Sunday. It is operated by Juneyao Airlines which is based in Shanghai city. The Flight takes off at 5:30 pm from Shanghai Pudong airport and arrives at 8:50pm.

By Bus:  There are a couple overnight buses from Guilin and at least one from Liuzhou going via Nanning. From Nanning there are a dozen buses going to Beihai on a daily basis, with the best bet being the Landong Long-Distance Bus Station in eastern Nanning along the express way.

Water Transportation:   There is a boat to Haikou and buses to other nearby cities such as Nanning, Zhanjiang, Liuzhou and Guangzhou.

Beihai Food:  Restaurants and bars are plenty in Beihai.  Besides Yue, Cuan, Xiang, Lu, Zhe cuisines etc. Muslim, and western-style food are also available. In Beihai, you can enjoy pure western-style food and also can taste traditional snacks.

Fresh seafood in Beihai is available in the fresh seafood stalls close to the beach. Customers can choose from varieties of fishes, shrimps, shellfishes and crabs bred in the ponds. A good way to enjoy seafood is to sip on wine while watching sea surface and bathing in the sea breeze.

Major Beihai Tourism Resources: For tourism industry, Beihai has beautiful beach, islands and mangrove forests. The Silver Beach is known as the "First Beach in China". Beihai Silver Beach is approved by the State Council as one of 11 State Tourism and Holiday Zones.

Tourist Attractions:  Silver Beach, Underwater World, Wenchang Pagoda.

Travel Agencies:  There are 1 licensed tour operators which can offer travel services to international travelers. Please refer to all these Beihai travel agencies.