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OCT East

Shenzhen

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Some 20km east of downtown Shenzhen is OCT East, a theme-park-meets-resort set in attractive mountainous surrounds. Think Universal Studios plus Chinese Disneyland, with a mock Swiss village, a golf complex, a scenic tea valley and luxury hotels thrown in. A railway loops around the site.

Sightseeing Bus 1, which leaves from Window of the World, with stops at D¨¬w¨¢ng D¨¤xi¨¤ (Shennan Lu), has its last stop at the park. A taxi from Luohu train station is about ?80. OCT East is a little way inland from Dameisha, one of Shenzhen's biggest and best beaches.

Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

  • Peak Tram Hong Kong's Peak Tram going up an incline

    Peak Tram

    24.58 MILES

    This cable-hauled funicular railway has been scaling the 396m ascent to the highest point on Hong Kong Island since 1888. A ride on this clanking tram is¡­

  • Winter sunrise over Hong Kong from the Peak, at Victoria Peak

    Victoria Peak

    25 MILES

    Standing at 552m, Victoria Peak is the highest point on Hong Kong Island. It is also one of the most visited spots by tourists, and it¡¯s not hard to see¡­

  • Lai Chi Wo

    Lai Chi Wo

    6.31 MILES

    Part of Hong Kong Global Geopark, 400-year-old Lai Chi Wo is Hong Kong's best-preserved Hakka walled village and has an intact woodland. With 200 houses,¡­

  • Man Po Daoist Temple, Hong Kong

    Man Mo Temple

    24.38 MILES

    One of Hong Kong¡¯s oldest temples and a declared monument, atmospheric Man Mo Temple is dedicated to the gods of literature (¡®Man¡¯), holding a writing¡­

  • Temple Street Night Market, Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon

    Temple Street Night Market

    22.17 MILES

    When night falls and neon buzzes, Hong Kong's liveliest market rattles into life. Covering multiple city blocks from Man Ming Lane in the north to Nanking¡­

  • Nan Lian Garden, Diamond Hill, Kowloon

    Chi Lin Nunnery

    19.57 MILES

    One of Hong Kong's most arresting and tranquil escapes, this Buddhist complex, originally dating from the 1930s, was rebuilt completely of wood (and not a¡­

  • Skyline in Central Hong Kong Left to right: Bank of China Tower, Cheung Kong Centre, Bank of China building, HSBC headqurters, Standard Chartered Bank.

    HSBC Building

    24.41 MILES

    This remarkable building, designed by British architect Sir Norman Foster in 1985, has stood the test of time ¨C more than 30 years on, its magnetism can¡­

  • High Island Reservoir East Dam

    High Island Reservoir East Dam

    17.94 MILES

    Handsome architecture, the South China Sea, and 140-million-year-old volcanic rocks make this one of Hong Kong's most breathtaking places. High Island¡­

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Nearby Shenzhen attractions

1. Lai Chi Wo

6.31 MILES

Part of Hong Kong Global Geopark, 400-year-old Lai Chi Wo is Hong Kong's best-preserved Hakka walled village and has an intact woodland. With 200 houses,¡­

2. Kang Yung Study Hall

8.68 MILES

This graceful study hall in the Hakka village of Sheung Wo Hang (ÉϺ̿Ӵå) was a private school in the 18th century and once had students from as far away as¡­

3. Dafen Oil Painting Village

10.2 MILES

This folksy urban village of narrow lanes and alleys is a pleasure to visit in itself, but what makes Dafen simply unmissable is the hundreds of art¡­

4. Sunrise Art Center

10.23 MILES

Built from the vestiges of a century-old Hakka home, this idyllic courtyard gallery was created by Chen Qiuzhi, a contemporary ink artist from Anhui¡­

5. Tsz Shan Monastery

10.93 MILES

Spanning 46,000 sq metres, Tsz Shan is state-of-the-art antiquity that cost HK$1.5 billion and took 12 years to build. At a glance, it's a graceful Tang¡­

6. Fung Yuen Butterfly Reserve

12.3 MILES

Butterfly lovers will enjoy this reserve in a forested ravine behind Fung Yuen village just 2km northeast of Tai Po town. There are theoretically 180¡­

7. Luen Wo Market

12.32 MILES

Located northeast of Fanling MTR station, Luen Wo Market (currently closed for restoration) was founded in 1951 by landowners so farmers from the¡­

8. Fung Ying Sin Temple

13.04 MILES

This brightly coloured Taoist temple perched on a hillside opposite Fanling MTR station is one of Hong Kong's most important Taoist temples. It was¡­