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China/Shenzhen

Nearby Attractions

Real admission fees for popular attractions, with the nearest subway station for each.

Window of the World

Theme Park

A miniature-landmarks theme park with over 130 scaled-down replicas of world monuments — the Eiffel Tower, Pyramids, Taj Mahal — spread across landscaped grounds, plus nightly fountain and light shows.

🚇 Shenzhen Metro Line 1/Shenzhen Metro Line 2/Shenzhen Metro Line 8 · Window of the World
Admission feeCN¥220

Closed: None — open every day

Full-day ticket ¥220. Night-only ticket (entry after 19:30, fountain/light show included) ¥120. Discounts for seniors 65-69 (half-price) and 70+ (free); under 1.2m free.

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OCT Loft (Overseas Chinese Town Creative Park)

Creative Art District

A former state electronics-factory complex converted into Shenzhen's main contemporary-art and design hub, packed with galleries, indie studios, and cafes — the city's answer to Beijing's 798.

🚇 Shenzhen Metro Line 1 · Qiaocheng East
Admission feeFree

Closed: None — the district is open 24/7; individual galleries keep their own hours

Free to walk around the district; individual galleries and special exhibitions may charge their own entry fee.

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Shenzhen Museum

History Museum

The city's main history museum, at the Civic Center campus, tracing Shenzhen's path from a small fishing county to a Special Economic Zone megacity — genuinely useful context given how young and fast-changing this city is.

🚇 Shenzhen Metro Line 2/Shenzhen Metro Line 4/Shenzhen Metro Line 8 · Civic Center
Admission feeFree

Closed: Closed Mondays (open on public holidays; closed the first weekday after a holiday instead)

Free entry; no advance reservation required as of July 2024.

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Ping An Finance Centre Observation Deck

Observation Deck

'Free Sky', the glass-walled observation deck on the 116th floor of Ping An Finance Centre — one of the world's tallest buildings — 541m above street level, with 360-degree views over the Futian CBD skyline.

🚇 Shenzhen Metro Line 1/Shenzhen Metro Line 4 · Convention & Exhibition Center
Admission feeCN¥200

Closed: None — open every day

Standard adult ticket ¥200 at the tower; some online travel platforms list higher or discounted bundle prices — check the current rate before booking. Children 1.2-1.5m ¥100; under 1.2m free with an adult.

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Dafen Oil Painting Village

Art Village

A village of thousands of resident painters hand-copying famous Western and Chinese artworks to order — at its peak this single village genuinely produced a large share of the world's exported oil paintings, and visitors can watch the work happen in open studios lining the alleys.

🚇 Shenzhen Metro Line 3 · Dafen
Admission feeFree

Closed: None — open every day (individual studios keep their own hours)

Free to walk around; a guided oil-painting workshop session costs roughly ¥30-50 per canvas, plus ¥10 for framing.

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Splendid China Folk Village

Folk Culture Theme Park

Two adjacent theme parks sold on one ticket: miniature scale models of China's most famous landmarks (Great Wall, Terracotta Army, Potala Palace), plus a folk-culture village with recreated ethnic-minority architecture and daily costumed dance shows.

🚇 Shenzhen Metro Line 1 · Overseas Chinese Town
Admission feeCN¥220

Closed: None — open every day, 10:00-22:00

Full-day ticket ¥220. Separate evening cultural-show ticket ¥99. Discounted ¥110 ticket for children/seniors under certain height/age thresholds; free for children under 1.2m and seniors 70+.

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Lianhuashan Park

Urban Park

A hilltop city park whose 106m summit gives a 270-degree panorama over the Futian CBD skyline — a bronze statue of Deng Xiaoping, who launched Shenzhen's Special Economic Zone, stands near the top, and the lawns below are a popular kite-flying spot.

🚇 Shenzhen Metro Line 3/Shenzhen Metro Line 4 · Children's Palace
Admission feeFree

Closed: None — open every day, roughly 06:30-23:00

Free entry, no advance reservation required.

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Dongmen Pedestrian Street

Pedestrian Shopping Street

Shenzhen's oldest and busiest commercial street, a maze of clothing shops, malls, and street-food stalls near the historic Luohu core — the closest thing the city has to an 'old town,' even though nearly every building standing today was rebuilt in the 1990s-2000s.

🚇 Shenzhen Metro Line 1/Shenzhen Metro Line 3 · Laojie
Admission feeFree

Closed: None — public street, always open (individual shops keep their own hours)

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