Weizhou Island is an island located in the waters of the Gulf of Tonkin south of Beihai City in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, and is China's largest and geologically youngest volcanic island. The island is located in the middle of the Gulf of Tonkin, bordering the city of Beihai, Guangxi Province in the north, looking east to the Leizhou Peninsula, neighboring the island of Xiyang in the southeast, facing Hainan Island across the sea in the south, and facing Vietnam in the west. Weizhou Island is currently under the jurisdiction of the Yinhai District of Beihai City, with the establishment of Weizhou Town. Weizhou Island is 6.5 km long in the north-south direction and 6 km wide in the east-west direction, with a total area of 24.74 square kilometers, and the highest elevation of the island is 79 meters. However, it is not the largest volcanic island in China. (The largest volcanic island in China is Zhanjiang Scammoniac Island, with an area of about 56 square kilometers.)
2More than 2,000 families live on Weizhou Island, with a population of more than 16,000 people, more than 75% of whom are Hakka people. A separate Weizhou Town was established on top of Weizhou Island, which is part of the Haicheng District of Beihai City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Famous buildings on the island include the Temple of the Three Grandmothers, the Temple of the Holy Mother of God and the Catholic Church. Weizhou Island is an island formed by volcanic eruptions, with sea erosion, sea deposits and dissolved rocks, especially in the southern part of the island, which is characterized by an eroded volcanic harbor. Weizhou Island was established as a provincial tourist resort in 1994. It is now also a National Geopark of China.
3 Underwater World
Beihai Underwater World is located in the Beihai Seaside Park, is a large-scale comprehensive marine museum that mainly displays marine creatures and integrates viewing, tourism, and science education for young people, and is divided into two areas, A and B. There are rare manatees (sea cows) and other marine animals, and there is a large number of marine animals in the area. There are rare manatees (mermaids), whale skeletons, lobster specimens, specimens of the Millennium Turtle and peculiar subtropical fish and other more than 2,800 exhibits and nearly 1,000 kinds of marine life; there are also aquariums, turtle pools, seal pools, 360-degree all-around view of the undersea tunnels, dive shows, fish-feeding performances and sharks **** dance show and other exciting programs, people can not catch up.
Area 4A is the original Beihai Aquarium, which has a history of more than 20 years and is ranked with Qingdao Aquarium as the earliest and largest aquarium in China. Now Area A is mainly a freshwater fish exhibition area, where there are horseshoe crab pools, coral corridors, east corridor viewing area, tropical fish viewing area, turtle pools, koi area, middle corridor viewing area, west corridor viewing area, crocodile fish pools, sea animal taxidermy hall and other pavilions.Area B is a marine life area, which is the largest undersea sightseeing attraction in the Southwest China region.
There is a total height of more than three floors of the giant fish pool, equipped with heavy-duty diving equipment divers for the deep diving show, there are dozens of thousands of coral reef fish colorful, colorful and eye-catching; the most exciting is the staging of the underwater tunnel of the shark **** dance, the seabed, and the sunken city of the Inca Empire, the ancient Maritime Silk Road of porcelain, the shipwrecks of the Second World War, the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, more than 300 kinds of fish, etc. from the Pacific Ocean. Indian Ocean, more than 300 kinds of fish, etc.; In addition, Area B also has the Polar Museum, marine animal showgrounds, film and television halls, shopping malls and other ancillary services.
5 Ocean Window
"Beihai Ocean Window" is located in China's rich and beautiful Beibu Gulf coast, covers an area of 2.1 hectares, building area of 18,100 square meters. Scenic area by the mysterious sea, ancient sea, time tunnel, coral sea, the corner of the sea, dream sea, marine resources hall, the maritime Silk Road, Zheng He went to the West China Sea, geography discovery, marine theater, coastal landscape, mangrove ecological zone, shellfish culture, pearl culture, 4D dynamic theater **** sixteen major themes. High taste of marine cultural connotations, acrylic glass construction of the giant deep-sea round cylinder and shocking four-sided permeable cylinder tunnels and many other domestic firsts.
Beihai Ocean Window utilizes sound, light and electric high-tech technology to display the ocean landscape, with international advanced health technology, high taste of the marine cultural connotations, acrylic glass construction of the giant deep-sea cylinder and shocking four-sided permeable cylinder tunnel and many other domestic firsts.
6This is a large-scale comprehensive marine exposition hall integrating health care, culture, high-tech, art and science education; it is a marine exposition garden leading the marine science and technology fashion, exploring the magical mysteries of the ocean, spreading the taste of marine culture, and enjoying the infinite scenery of the ocean.
7 Qingxiu Mountain
Qingxiu Mountain, also known as Qingshan, Taichengling, because of the verdant forests, the mountain is named. It is 189 meters above sea level, covering an area of nearly 78 hectares, lush forests on the mountain, covering the sky, the wind blowing through, sending out waves of sound, the formation of a famous scene of Castle Peak - Castle Peak Pine Waves.
Qingshoushan Scenic Area, including Phoenix Ridge, Phoenix Wings Ridge and Qingshoushan, elevation eighty-two meters to one hundred and eighty-nine meters, pleasant climate, strange mountains and flowers, blooming in all seasons, the ancient poem day: "the green mountain four times often does not grow old, the wanderer Tianyi Jue spring is good, I bring the spring on the mountain to the mountain, the mountain flowers piece of the spring open." In ancient times, Qingxiu Mountain has been Yongnan famous summer resort.
8 Qingxiu Mountain is the key development of Nanning City scenic area, in addition to the protection and restoration of the original monuments such as Dongquan, Fetching Green Rock cliff carvings, ShiXiangZao, etc., but also a number of new attractions. Such as the Thai garden is Nanning City and Thailand's Khon Kaen Municipal Government cultural exchange program in the mutual construction of the garden tourist attractions, it is designed by Thai architects, the garden is completely Thai style, visitors can go here to experience the exotic flavor. The newly-built gate of Qingxiu Mountain is extraordinary and unique in style, adding a lot of bright colors to the scenic area. Qingxiu Mountain is changing day by day to welcome visitors from all directions.
9 Best time to visit:
April to November. At this time, there is plenty of sunshine and the sea is warm. Weizhou Island is even the best time to enjoy sunrise, seascape, island tour and seafood.December to March is the off-season of Beihai tourism. December to March is the off-season for tourism in Beihai, when the sea winds are strong and the water temperature is low, making it unsuitable for water activities; the sea vessels to Weizhou Island are often out of service due to the weather; and it is not a good time to taste seafood. But purely for the sake of avoiding the cold, Beihai is still a good place to go in winter with fewer people.
Food and lodging
Come to Beihai can not eat food:
Beautiful Beibu Gulf is rich in seafood treasures. Located in the subtropical Beihai, advantageous geographical environment so that the produce here is particularly rich. Reform and opening up has attracted outsiders from all directions and brought a variety of eating habits, making Beihai food culture more colorful.
2 Setsui shrimp
Setsui shrimp, also known as "crawling shrimp", "pop shrimp", the reason why there is such a strange name, because when it is away from the water, there is always a stream of water will flow out of the body, as if babies urinate, so it got a fairly Unseemly name. This shrimp is lurking in the sludge on the seabed during the day, at night before coming out to feed on the beach, in which it crawls on the mud flats, leaving traces of the tail fan rake like, so also called "shrimp rake". China's coastal production of shrimp, but the number of relatively small, so even a gourmet have not tasted its flavor, to the Beihai, such blessings can not be missed! Setsui shrimp flood season in October to April of the next year, before the 4 breeding season is the golden season, this time the setsui shrimp, not only fat, and fresh meat, the South like to take the shell of the meat jiaojiao sauce, vinegar and other condiments to eat.
3 Plum scented fish
Plum scented fish is not the species of fish, in fact, this dish in the type of fish there is no stereotypes, as long as it is the head of a large, fresh fish can be used to make the production of Plum scented fish and water fish and shrimp in much the same way, the difference lies mainly in the Plum scented fish fish on the requirements of the "big fish", and salt should be "big fish", "big fish", and "big fish", and the salt should be "big fish". The main difference is that the fish required to be "big fish", and the salt used should be "hard". In the curing time is also relatively to be a little longer, to be a layer of fish on the skin similar tofu milk a kind of mold, is considered to be enough "fire". Due to the relatively large individual Mei Xiang fish, so after marinating, the skin of the fish is very salty, but its meat is just right. The fish tastes delicious and is a good choice for wine and dinner.
4 Hotel Accommodation Recommendations:
General small hostels are concentrated in the Cape Road, where many local fishermen live, 5-10 yuan per bed, the price of holidays slightly up. There are more mid-range hostels, mostly concentrated near the bus terminal, opposite the passenger transport center, on both sides of the Beibuwan Square. Non-air-conditioned rooms cost 15-40 yuan per room, and air-conditioned rooms 60-100 yuan per room.
5 Beihai Triumph International Business Hotel
Beihai Triumph International Business Hotel is located in Beihai City, Beibuwan Middle Road, next to Beibuwan Square in the center of the city, diagonally across from the Passenger Transportation Center, the traffic is very convenient. The hotel is surrounded by shopping malls, McDonald's, KFC and other supporting facilities. Meanwhile, the hotel has all kinds of guest rooms, including deluxe sea-view rooms, deluxe city-view rooms, etc. It has a double-decker 360°rotating restaurant, which is an ideal residence for guests' business and traveling.
6 Beihai Holiday Boutique Hotel
Beihai Holiday Boutique Hotel is a boutique business hotel located on the bustling Beijing Road, which integrates guest rooms, catering, conference and leisure, and is close to the largest shopping supermarket RT-Mart in Beihai. The style of the hotel is clean, simple, fashionable and comfortable, and it is the only hotel in Beihai that has comfortable thickened soft mattresses, and provides 24-hour hot and cold water, free broadband Internet access and free domestic long-distance. The hotel is in an elegant environment, in the middle of the downtown business prime location, shopping, dining, entertainment venues, land, sea and air transportation are all convenient.
7 Beihai Sufubi Gallery Hotel
Beihai Sufubi Gallery Hotel is an art-themed boutique hotel, the hotel is located in Beihai Yintan National Tourist Resort, zero distance to integrate into the large-scale seaside villa life community, unique quiet and leisure. The hotel consists of seven separate buildings, five of which are beachfront villas with guest rooms and galleries. The hotel lobby and independent poolside coffee bar are rich in Balinese garden style, and the ancient boat wood furniture, walkways and leisure platforms are permeated with subtropical marine culture elements. The hotel's four independent and linked galleries are art spaces carefully created for each guest, whose paintings, sculptures, photographs, ceramics, classical furniture, antique ship wood, stone appreciation and many other works of art, one by one, guests show the "Oriental charm", "Southern flavor", "Western impression", "Western American impression", and so on. "Western impression", "North Sea past" and other Eastern and Western art and regional humanities style. Interpretation of the hotel's "let the journey and art walk, so that the quality of residence more rich" concept and unique humanistic care for guests.
Transportation and shopping
1Transportation: Airplane
Beihai has opened flights to and from Beijing, Shanghai, Xi'an, Guangzhou, Changsha, Guilin, Shenzhen, Hong Kong and other major cities in the domestic and international markets, Beihai Fucheng Airport is 24 kilometers away from downtown, the airport is about a 30-minute drive from the downtown of Beihai, and it costs 30-40 yuan by cab. The airport is 24 kilometers away from downtown. Airport Bus: The Civil Aviation Bus starts and ends at the entrance of Beihai Civil Aviation Building (Beibuwan West Road), and costs 10 RMB for a one-way trip, taking 30 minutes. From the Civil Aviation Building to the airport there are two fixed buses at 5:00 a.m. and 6:45 a.m. The other schedules depart 2 hours before the departure of airplane flights, and 1.5 hours before the departure of Beihai - Haikou flights, and go directly to the airport without stopping to pick up passengers in the middle of the journey; the frequency of buses from the airport to the city depends on flights, and they can stop to drop off passengers according to the need in the middle of the journey. The buses from the airport to downtown are subject to flights and can stop and drop off passengers as needed.
3 Train
Beihai has round-trip trains with Nanning, there are no trains originating from other cities, and you usually take a train to Nanning first, then transfer to Beihai. The trip from Nanning to Beihai takes about three hours.
Local Transportation
4 Buses
Beihai's buses are clean, comfortable and uncrowded, but have fewer routes. Fares are usually 1-2 RMB, with coins on board. At Beibuwan Plaza, you can take the No. 3 bus*** to Silver Beach, Qiaoport International Pier, and the bus terminal.
Other
5 cab: Beihai city cab, Xiali, Kia cheap, starting price of 5 yuan, after two kilometers 1.4 yuan / km; Santana, Fukang, Chery, Jetta starting price of 7 yuan, after two kilometers 1.8 yuan / km. Generally, if you are only in the city, the fare is not more than 10 RMB. If you are not very familiar with the road in Beihai, it is recommended that you do not let the driver play the meter, negotiate the price to the destination will be more suitable.
6 Pedicabs and "motorcycles": there are many rickshaws in the city, and a ride on a rickshaw, along the way, you can also enjoy the scenery, usually cost 2-5 yuan. In addition to rickshaws, there are also local "motorcycles" that cost 2-4 yuan, or about 8 yuan if you are traveling from Beibuwan to Yintan.
7Airport Transportation: The airport is about half an hour's drive from downtown Beihai, and a taxi costs about 80 yuan. Airport bus (bus) one-way 10 yuan, the airport to the city bus depending on the flight, the middle of the bus can be stopped according to the need to drop off passengers, the terminal is located in the city center of Beihai Civil Aviation Building in front of the door (Beibuwan West Road); downtown Civil Aviation Building to the airport there are 5:00 a.m. and 6:45 a.m. two fixed buses, and the other frequency for the aircraft flights departed two hours before the departure of the non-stop buses in the middle of the car car people.
Traffic from the train station: Beihai Railway Station is located in the city center on Beijing Road, and you can take the No. 2 bus to Beibuwan Plaza, Passenger Transportation Center and other major areas in the city.
8 local shopping introduction:
Beihai is the hometown of the South Pearl, the pearls produced here are known as "" West Pearl is not as good as the East Pearl, East Pearl is not as good as the South Pearl "" the name of the pearl in the best quality. Beihai has several larger pearl farms, producing saltwater pearls, the larger sales malls in Beihai City Pearl Company's South Pearl Palace, Beihai City Aquatic Market, Jinzhong Jewelry, Tourism Commodities Market, etc. In July 2000 in Fugui Road, a new home also opened a pearl hall, the price tag is lower.
The Beihai Sopinlin bordering the Gulf of Tonkin is one of the four major fishing grounds along the coast of China, with more than 600 kinds of economic fish, more than 10 kinds of shrimp, and very rich in seafood. Most of the seafood is made of sun-dried, and is most concentrated in the Beihai Aquatic Market, which consists of more than a hundred individual stores. When purchasing, you should be sure to kill the price, usually up to 40% or 50% off. Because seafood is a perishable product, it is essential to look, smell and taste carefully when buying.
Precautions
1. Mobile and Unicom cell phones can be used on Weizhou Island in Beihai, and there are signals on the boat ride, but they are sometimes weak, so it's best to get things done before you leave, so as not to miss out on anything.
2, eat seafood should not drink beer, kidney and joint damage. Seafood should not be eaten with persimmons, grapes, pomegranates, green apples and other fruits, easy to stimulate the intestinal tract to cause vomiting. Many northern people are not adapted to the stimulation of raw seafood, it is best to prepare some digestive drugs. After eating seafood, you can drink a cup of local tea, remove the fire to clear the stomach and intestines, soothing and refreshing.
Hunan Haihang Le Tour International Travel Agency recommends you to visit Beihai, a beautiful place with picturesque landscape.