Lakes, Golf and Hot Springs: The Best Places to Kick Back Around Shenzhen

Lakes, Golf and Hot Springs: The Best Places to Kick Back Around Shenzhen

Looking for a way to kick back and start the New Year in Shenzhen off right? Imagine dipping into a nearby bubbling hot spring, or gathering around a barbeque pit with friends, or relaxing at a resort, or a sunny day on the golf course. Here are five options to dream about and then go do.

 

Shiyan Lake Resort and Hot Springs 石岩湖温泉度假村 View In Map
Shiyan Lake Resort and Hot Springs comprises 3.9 square kilometers of natural beauty and bubbling hot springs and is located just forty kilometers northwest of central Shenzhen. Featuring simple yet elegant Spanish architecture ornamented by numerous abstract sculptures, the resort is a place of both beauty and quiet tranquility. In addition to its luxurious hot springs and saunas, the resort offers 300 well-appointed rental villas, a romantic café and restaurant run by famous Chinese and Western chefs, top-notch karaoke rooms for large, medium, and small-size groups, a massive dance hall and a shopping mall. The resort further contains a horse track, standard-size swimming pool, English-style billiards room, bumper cars, videogame arcade, fishing club and Taigong fishing area, a fireworks field, barbecue pit, as well as tennis courts and soccer fields – both now under construction – and a number of other venues for leisure activities.

Add: Shiyan Reservoir, Shiyan Town, Bao’an District, Shenzhen
地址:深圳市宝安区石岩镇石岩水库内
Tel: 0755 2716 4148
Getting there: Take bus No. 392 or 661 to Shiyan Lake Resort

Golden Sands Bay (Jinsha Wan 金沙湾) View In Map
Located within the mesmerizing scenery of Dapeng Bay and only a stone’s throw from Ping Chau Island in Hong Kong, Golden Sands Bay is one of eastern Shenzhen’s premier seaside getaways. Here, emerald mountains shade the 2.5 kilometer-long stretch of bay, and green trees provide a cool respite from the heat of the sun. Golden Sands Bay offers a number of seaside villas built in a variety of exotic styles, a beachfront amusement park, a seafood restaurant, the Kikunami (Tingtao) music bar, beach volleyball courts and a barbecue pit extraordinaire, as well as a number of other venues to eat, drink and be merry.

Add: Dapeng Town, Longgang District, Shenzhen
地址:深圳市龙岗区大鹏镇 
Tel:  0755 8431 3188
Getting there: Take bus No. 364, 818, 833 or 988 to Dapeng Coach Stop (Dapeng Qichezhan)

 

Longgang Botanical Gardens  龙岗植物园 View In Map
Longgang Gardens is located south of Niuao Reservoir in the Longgang district of the town of Longgang. It sits on 3,202 acres of unblemished splendor. The scenery here is simply fantastic: ringed on all four sides by green mountains, the gardens encircle a shining lake dotted with two islands. The gardens feature between 3500-4000 different plants, including tropical species from China and beyond, ornamental varieties noted for their loveliness, those with great scientific or economic value, and nearly a thousand others precious, rare or strange enough to be selected.

Add: Zhiwuyaun Lu, Longgang District, Shenzhen
地址:深圳市龙岗区植物园路 
Tel: 0755 8470 1308, 8482 2301
Getting there: Take bus No. 903 to Dalangcun

Xili Lake Resort  西丽湖度假村 View In Map
Scattered along the slopes of the green mountains bordering Xili Lake, the eponymous resort boasts a rustic style, 441 top, medium and lower-end rooms in a 1230-bed hotel, villas for rent, places to eat, play and shop, and all in a well-known, incomparably beautiful location. To the east lies Qilin Mountain, topped by ten thousand trees decked in brilliant green. Exotic plants and flowers grow all about and the various buildings and pavilions perfectly complement one another in both structure and location. A long esplanade also encircles the lake – all of it creating a deeply poetic ambience, almost as if one had stepped into the painting of some fairyland. Atop Xili Tower, the surrounding panorama is most spectacularly revealed, and while there, why not dine at the revolving restaurant on the top floor? Its awesome view is paired with delicacies from around the world.

Add: Xili Lakeside, Xili Lu, Nanshan District, Shenzhen
地址:深圳市南山区西丽湖畔
Tel: 0755 2662 6888
Getting there: Take bus No. 66 to Xili stop

The Shenzhen Golf Club 深圳高尔夫俱乐部 View In Map
Conveniently located in central Futian, the Shenzhen Golf Club was the first established in all of China. It offers 27 holes designed to meet international standards, as well as all the facilities a golf enthusiast might require. With verdant green trees scattered about its courses, the Shenzhen Golf Club provides a beautiful backdrop for a day on the links. In addition to the serenity found on its greens, the Shenzhen Golf Club also boasts excellent Chinese and Western-style food in its cafeteria and a number of entertainment venues on its grounds, all for the purpose of increasing the comfort and enjoyment of its guests.

Add: Shennan Dadao, Futian District, Shenzhen
地址:深圳市福田区深南大道
Tel: 0755 8330 8888
Getting there: Metro line one, Xiangmihu Station 

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