Shenzhen Organised Day Tour

My wife and I have a one day organised tour to travel to Shenzhen from Hong Kong in May 08 to see Terracotta Warriors etc and shopping at LoWu. After reading other threads on the forum we are now having second thoughts regarding this tour. Can anyone reassure us that it will be ok being an organised tour and is it worth the trip.

Thanks in advance for your advice

Shenzhen Organised Day Tour

If your main objective in going to Shenzhen is to shop I don鈥檛 believe these tours allow enough time. We recently spend 6 hours shopping at LoWu and could have easily spent more time but had to be back in HK at a certain time.

Shenzhen Organised Day Tour

Terracotta Warriors in Shenzhen...I don%26#39;t think so.

Can%26#39;t see any advantage at all in an organised tour if your main objective is just to shop at the LoWu Commercial Centre. Just jump on a train and go. We went a fortnight ago no problems. If you need a visa, plan to be at the border by 10am latest in case of queues and leave by 4pm latest. Bit of advice, take a bite to eat and something to drink, the food places we saw were a turn-off. Alternatively, you could have a buffet lunch for around RMB$250 at the Shangri La Hotel which you will see in the distance as you walk out of the station.

Woops I note from another post, visas no longer obtainable at the border. Looks like you%26#39;ll need to make prior arrangements for this.

There are some warriors in Shenzhen. Not the main body obviously but there are thousands of them and they are turning up everywhere these days. I fully endorse everyone else%26#39;s opinion about the tour though, go yourself, do what YOU want to do, and come back when you feel like it.

Shenzhen has a couple of life-size replicas of the terra cotta warriors, or you can see the miniature version of the first couple of pits of warriors discovered at Splendid China.

If you think a day%26#39;s shopping is worth the current expense and hassles involved in getting mainland visas, okay, otherwise spend your visa money visiting a few more HK markets (now much more competitive with the strong AU$) or take a trip to Macau instead.

Hi, Just got back from Hong Kong yesterday. We went to Lo Wu shopping last Saturday and we got a 5 day visa at the border however in the HK papers it was reported this week that no visas will be issued at the border anymore as all visa were going to be issued through a central office due to Olympic security.Make sure you double check this. This will have a huge impact on Lo Wu.

It was easy on the train and I would not take a tour. Just go first class on normal train from East TST.Its quite an effort at the border but still only took us about 15 minutes to get through and Lo Wu is staight outside the station. Lo Wu and very confronting. Everyone yells out to you and touts try to engage you all the time. Once we learnt to ignore them they went away ,but it does seems rude. My teeen age daughter got wonderful buys there but if you are bigger than size 12 you will find it difficult. Just before we left HK we found a very cheap market with fixed prices as cheap as Lo Wu anyway. It was situated on Jardine Cresent opposite Causeway bay station. Just a little alley way market.

Also if you are going to HKwear comfortable sandals I found walking shoes too hot as you walk miles.

We were keen to do this tour in Janauary until we found there are only a couple of warriors in a small museum.

I agree, Jardines Crescent market is really good at Causeway Bay, only small but very cheap prices. Same with the other markets (ladies,temple,fa yuen. Depends what you are looking for I guess.

Hong Kong is so easy to get around, I wouldn%26#39;t do any organised tours at all.

Pat

Can anyone tell me if the Jardines Crescent market is near the Marco Polo Hong Kong hotel? If not, what is the easiest way to get there?

Hi,

Jardine Crescent is opposite an exit from Causeway Bay Underground station and on a street which leads to Times Square Shopping Centre, not sure where Marco Polo is but everywhere is close using the underground railway.I liked the market because the prices were shown and I was sick of bargaining.It seems to be mostly locals there and no body hassles you. My daughter got shoes in a side shop there for 69HK$(We had seen %26amp; bought the same ones at Ladies market the night before for double the price) but she is lucky because she is tiny.She also bought tops,tights,scarves. Not great quality but fine for a teenager.If you are looking for more quality items City Gate opposite Tung Chung station has brand name outlets with things in bigger sizes but I found Australia was just as cheap really.Enjoy your stay.