Airport

Zhuhai Sanzao Airport (ZUH) has been in operation sine June 18, 1995. It is a modern civil airport with very advanced facilities. Located at the southwest tip of Sanzao Island in the western part of Zhuhai, the airport faces the sea in three directions and is about 40 kilometers (about 25 miles) from the city center.

Nowadays, this airport has over 30 domestic routes connecting Zhuhai with several major cities in China, including Beijing, Shanghai, Xian, Chengdu, Chongqing, Changsha, Haikou, Xiamen, and others.

Bus Station

Long-distance bus

As the development of highway and freeways, especially the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Zhuhai Freeway, long-distance bus becomes a very important option for going to Zhuhai. There are mainly three long-distance bus stations in Zhuhai, having buses headed for Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Foshan and many other cities within Guangdong Province. Nowadays, it takes less than two hours from Zhuhai at the southern tip of the Pearl River Delta to any other places in this area. For example, it just takes about one and a half hours from Zhuhai to Guangzhou by the freeway. In addition, buses bound for cities in other provinces are also available. Guilin, Nanning, Fuzhou, Xiamen, Chongqing, Nanjing, Changsha, Nanchang, Kunming, and Haikou are frequent destinations.

The following is some detailed information on the three main long-distance bus stations in Zhuhai:

Zhuhai Long-Distance Bus Station:

This is the largest state long-distance bus station with a large number of buses bound for cities in or out of the province. Buses bound for Guangzhou generally depart every half an hour between 7:00 and 19:00. And buses headed for Shenzhen depart every 25 minutes or so during the operating time from 7:20 to 20:15. The interprovincial buses are usually run towards cities in provinces of Guangxi, Hunan, Jiangxi, Fujian, Sichuan, Hainan, etc. Buses here sometimes are in poor condition however with low prices. For instance, the bus headed for Guangzhou charges only CNY 35 per person, cheaper than that of the buses in the other two stations.

Address: No.59, Zijing Road, Xiangzhou District
Bus Routes: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 13, 201, 206, 207

Qiguan Long-Distance Bus Station:

It is a long-distance bus station having buses mainly headed for Guangzhou at an interval of half an hour. The operating time is from 7:45 to 19:00. Also, it has buses bound for Zhongshan, Dongguan, Shantou, and other cities within the province.

Address: Shuiwan Road, Gongbei, Xiangzhou District
Bus Routes: 10, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 601

Note: Qiguan Long-Distance Bus Station has a branch in Zhuhai Hotel at the Jingshan Road. The buses here run towards the same destinations as the main station but operate 15 minutes later. This branch station can be reached by the public buses Nos. 2, 3, 13, 20, 21, 23, 26, 40, 43, 60, 202, 206, 207, and 605.

Gongbei Long-Distance Bus Station:

This station is in a comparatively large scale. Every day, there are buses headed for Guangzhou at an interval of 10 to 15 minutes during the operating time between 6:00 and 20:30. The charge is CNY 55 per person. Buses bound for Shenzhen depart every 10 or 15 minutes from 7:00 to 20:30 and charge CNY 75 per person. Besides, there are buses at longer intervals running towards other cities within Guangdong or cities in Guangxi, Henan, Hunan and Fujian.

Address: No.1, Lianhua Road, Gongbei, Xiangzhou District
Bus Routes: 1, 2, 4, 10, 11, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 601

Note: A ticket office is set up at the east side of the Gongbei Port Square, selling tickets for the buses of Gongbei Long-Distance Bus Station bound for cities in Fujian Province, including Fuzhou, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Wuyishan and so on.

City bus

Generally speaking, public bus is an economical and ideal choice for traveling around Zhuhai. The public bus network in Zhuhai is excellent. Nearly 100 bus routes extending around the city cover most tourist attractions of Zhuhai. The large numbers of advanced buses in good condition really bring you convenience. The waiting booths at the stops of the bus routes are unique in China. They are gardenlike constructions, providing passengers a pleasant environment.

The starting time of the first buses varies from 5:40 to 8:30 in the morning, with most between 6:00 and 7:00. The finishing time of the last buses varies from 17:15 to 0:35 the next day. Usually, the buses such as No.2 or No.8 running in the central area of the city operate late even till midnight. A number of buses depart at an interval of 3 to 15 minutes. However, buses with long routes generally depart at longer intervals.

Most of the buses have no conductor, so you'd better prepare some loose change before getting on one. The charge is CNY 1 per person for an ordinary bus and CNY 2 per person for an air-conditioned one. For the far areas in Doumen and Jinwan Districts in the west part of Zhuhai, the charge of public buses started from the central Xiangzhou District is often up to CNY 7 per person.

Ship Port

Zhuhai is an important harbor city along the southern coast of China. With such excellent condition of many islands and ports, it is called 'City of a Hundred Islands' and enjoys developed water carriage, facilitating the transportation of both cargoes and passengers. The following is information on the three main passenger ports:

Jiuzhou Port

Focusing on enormous passenger transport, Jiuzhou Port is a sea transport hub of south China and even the Asia-Pacific Region. It has direct sea routes every day to Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and many other ports within or without Guangdong Province. Now, ships have become the fastest and most convenient vehicle for traveling between Zhuhai and Hong Kong or Shenzhen. It takes just an hour or so from Zhuhai to these two cities.

Ships from Hong Kong to Jiuzhou Port depart every one hour between 7:30 and 21:30. It takes about one hour and ten minutes and costs HKD 165 (about CNY 161) per person for the tourist class, HKD 175 (about CNY 171) per person for the first-class cabin, and HKD 205 (about CNY 201) per person for the VIP cabin. The return ships from Jiuzhou Port to Hong Kong operate between 8:00 and 21:30 at an interval of about one hour. The charge is CNY 150 per person for the tourist class, CNY 160 per person for the first-class cabin, and CNY 190 per person for the VIP cabin.

Passenger ships between Jiuzhou Port of Zhuhai and Shekou Port of Shenzhen depart every half an hour during the operating time every day. The ships operate from 7:30 to 18:00 in Shenzhen Shekou Port while from 8:00 to 18:00 in Zhuhai Jiuzhou Port. The operating time extends to 18:30 between April 1 and August 31 however shortens to 17:30 from October 16 to January 15 the next year. The whole journey takes about one hour and costs CNY 70 per person.

Address: No.599, South Qinglu Road, Xiangzhou District, Zhuhai
Bus Routes: 3, 4, 12, 23, 25, 26, 99, Sightseeing Bus 02

Doumen Port

This is another important passenger port of Zhuhai, operating a sea route to Hong Kong. A passenger ship from Hong Kong to Doumen departs every day at 8:35 and makes the return voyage to Hong Kong at 16:30. The whole journey takes less than two hours and costs HKD 160 (about CNY 156) per person from Hong Kong to Zhuhai while CNY 138 per person from Zhuhai to Hong Kong.

Address: Baijiao Town, Doumen District, Zhuhai
Bus Route: 304

Wanzai Port

Wanzai Port provides a sea route to the adjacent Macao. Ships between Wanzai Port and the No.16 Yuetong Port of Macao depart from both sides about eight times between 8:30 and 16:30. The journey takes only ten minutes and costs HKD 12 (about CNY 11.7) per person from Macao to Zhuhai while CNY 15 per person from Zhuhai to Macao.

Address: South Nanwan Road, Wanzai, Xiangzhou District, Zhuhai
Bus Routes: 5, 14, 30, 60

Taxi

Zhuhai's over 1,000 taxies traveling around the city can really bring you convenience. As a coastal city of China, the price in Zhuhai including the taxi fare is somewhat higher than that in inland areas. A Zhuhai taxi charges CNY 10 for the first three kilometers (about 1.9 miles), and CNY 2.4 for each extra kilometer (about 0.6 mile). And CNY 0.6 will be added for the waiting time of every one minute. If you take a taxi in the early hours after midnight, the charge will increase to CNY 13 for the first three kilometers.

Most of the tourist attractions of Zhuhai are near each other in the east Xiangzhou District, so a taxi is a good choice. However, some places in the west area of Zhuhai are a little distant from the urban east area; a taxi consequently is expensive. In addition, it is hard for you to find a taxi in the distant west to the east area of the city.