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A hugely sprawling grid of right-angled streets, Beihai is so positioned on a broad peninsula that the main seafront, unexpectedly enough given its location on China's southern coast, is to the north of town. The centre is marked by a roundabout at the intersection of north-south orientated Sichuan Lu, and Beibuwan Lu, which crosses it at right angles.
Arrival points
are widely spread across the city from here: the
train station
is 4km south at the end of Sichuan Lu; the
ferry port
and ticket office is 2km west along the seafront on Haijiao Lu, connected to the roundabout by a #2 bus; while the
long-distance bus station
is 1.5km east of the roundabout on Beibuwan Lu (bus #7).
Taxis
cost A?10 to hire; expect twice this to get between the train and ferry terminal.
For
accommodation
, try the good-value
Taoyuan Dajiudian
(A?75-100), set down a lane opposite the bus station on Beibuwan Lu; or the rather more atmospheric colonial-style
Beihai Binguan
(tel 0779/2020131; A?150-700), a short walk west of the bus station on Beibu Lu. There are
places to eat
either at the hotels or nearby, and some cheap, hole-in-the-wall
seafood
restaurants beside the ferry terminal.
Leaving
, there are afternoon
ferries to Haikou
(seats A?48 through to private cabins at A?138 per person), daily trains to Nanning, and buses to Wuzhou, Liuzhou, Nanning and Guangzhou. Other useful information
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