Location: Dongguan
Top Things to do in Dongguan
Top 8 Free Things to do in Dongguan, Guangdong
Dongguan is a prefecture-level city in central Guangdong Province of South China. An important industrial city in the Pearl River Delta, Dongguan borders the provincial capital of Guangzhou to the north, Huizhou to the northeast, Shenzhen to the south, and the Pearl River to the west. It is part of the Pearl River Delta megacity with more than 44.78 million inhabitants at the 2010 census spread over nine municipalities (including Macao) across an area of 17,573 square kilometres (6,785 sq mi). Dongguan's city administration is considered especially progressive in seeking foreign direct investment. Dongguan ranks behind only Shenzhen, Shanghai and Suzhou in exports among Chinese cities, with $65.54 billion in shipments. It is also home to one of the world's largest, though largely empty, shopping malls, the New South China Mall. Although the city is geographically and thus culturally Cantonese in the Weitou form and as well as culturally Hakka in the prefectures of Fenggang and Qingxi, the majority of the modern-day population speaks Mandarin due to the large influx of economic migrants from other parts of China.
Restaurants in Dongguan
1. Irene’s Bar
2. Qifeng Park
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 129 reviews
Reviewed By wackyruss2015 - Dongguan, China
Qifeng Park is located right down the street where we live at the Green Return Garden in DongCheng. This park is INCREDIBLE and I feel like I'm Indiana Jones every time my family and I enter this jungle of a park! At night bats swoop down from the trees to catch mosquitos. After it rains you can find ENORMOUS snails slithering about. You an feed bright orange and yellow koi fish at the huge pond. There is a HUGE temple straight out of some Kung Fu Movie. We even found a SECOND temple complex hidden on one of the side roads that has a HUGE reclining Buddha like in Bangkok!!!! The Red Lantern at the top of the hill is incredible. This park has it all. It's like exploring ancient temples in a jungle.
3. Shuilianshan Forest Park
4. Dongguan Central Square
5. Songshan Lake Park
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 149 reviews
Reviewed By swetchatempalle - Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
I went for a business trip for two weeks with a weekend in between to get around and see the place. The fact that I could not visit Hong Kong for leisure trip during the weekend disappointed me. But, the visit to this lake gave all the memories I could make from my trip. Despite the fact that it was kind of hot and sunny (max temperature of 27 and minimum probably 18) as the the time I visited was during 3rd and 4th weeks of November, I still could enjoy. So, the best thing is you can rent different kinds of bikes, even motor bikes near the lake entrance. But, if you are aware enough of the surroundings, there are guys offering free parking for the car which is monitored by themselves if you rent bikes from them. There is about 20km and so that you can ride on the bike around the lake. The lake is very beautiful and the surroundings are filled with plants and different big trees. So, you will keep passing through the cool shade provided by those big trees. On the roads inside, the four wheeler is banned, so going on bike pretty safe. There are toilets available fairly across the whole perimeter. The best part on the way is the fresh food. You can get fresh fruits and root vegetables like pineapple, carrot, sweet potato and banana. The street was good. I could happily enjoy the Paratha stuffed with omelette. It was tasty for Indian taste buds. You can variety of noodles as well like rice noodles, potato and glass noodles. If you want to have fresh bananas, make sure you try there coz all those fruits and vegetables are cultivated next to lake using the water. You won't believe my words about the food until you taste that by yourself, it is that great. The rent for a normal bike is about 2 pounds. I am not sure about the small motor bikes. Very relaxing and pretty location. There is water skiing as well, I don't know about the price as I don't know how to swim. The Huawei factory in the lake premises is so big and attractive. The buildings look like they are of European style. There are some under construction buildings and so it coudl be dusty at some places. You might want to take the nose mask. Take a hat with you to avoid suntan on the face.
