The Site of Nanyue Kingdom Palace — Attraction in Guangzhou City

Must visit whilst in Guangzhou. You will be surprised that Guangzhou has a 2000 year old archaeological site right in the middle of the city. Besides the actual burial tomb you get to learn about the Southern Yue kingdom (2000Bc) which lasted to the middle Han dynasty. There are separate rooms for artifacts arranged by theme such as burial funery including human sacrifices, war implements, lots of jade, crafts of all kinds. There is even a temporary exhibition on ‘pillows’ through the Chinese ages - very interesting and beautiful. A little bit of outdoor walking. The whole place is air conditioned. Tips 1 take line 2 (blue) to Yuexiu park, exit E and turn right and walk 100 m. 2 bring your passport. 65 and above is free 3 Download Google translate. There are no English headsets and limited English plaques. Lots of good and detailed explanations in Mandarin. 4 come at opening time as it is very popular with locals. 5 Expect to spend at least 60 mins and there are no...

Subway: Subway Line 2 (Blue Line - beside the orange line; after 纪念堂 station) , Yuexiu Park Station Exit E (地铁二号线，越秀公园站E出口), exit at Xinde Business Building after going out just turn right than walk less than 3 mins you will reach the museum.

Opening hours: Open all year round, closed for maintenance on February 28 and August 31. Monday to Thursday: 9:00- 17:30 (ticket sales and admission stop at 16:45), Friday to Sunday: 9:00- 21:00 (ticket sales stop at 20:00; admission stop at 20:10)

Ticket price: Full ticket 10 yuan, half ticket 5 yuan; Free ticket: People over 70 years old, Guangzhou citizens over 65 years old, Guangzhou primary and secondary school students, disabled people, soldiers *Please buy the ticket at weixin in advance, you also can buy the ticket in front of the counter for those didn't have weixin account)

Address: No. 867 Jiefang North...

Great historical site to visit while in guangdong. The place showcased the history of guangdong and showed why the city was named the city of wells in the past. Insightful and educational. All the exhibits’ explanation was in Chinese and i thought that’s not really tourists friendly. But I saw some Caucasians using the headsets for the explanation. I believed if you cannot understand Chinese, headsets with prerecorded commentary are available.

Quite a big area and apparently, the entire place is still work-in-progress. Entry is free just that foreigners will need to register at the counter with their passports. One can spend about 2-3 hours at this tourist spot depending on how detailed you want to see and understand. Will recommend this site for history...