Guangzhou is a short journey by train or road.
Hong Kong is just across the border
Zhuhai and Macau can be reached by hovercraft ferry from Shekou.
Dongguan, a little known city of 11 million people is just twenty minutes north. Check the space age city centre and the Ming Dynasty gates. Visit the Opium War Museum and the great suspension bridge over the Pearl River at Humen
Huizhou is 40 minutes by freeway bus to the north east. Visit the East Lake designed by 12th century poet/administrator Su Dongpo
