Dongguan

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Dongguan (东莞 Dōngguān) is located in China's Guangdong Province, about 100 km from Hong Kong.

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The city is about one hours drive away from Shenzhen and Guangzhou's Baiyun airports. You can catch a train or bus from these cities.

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The best way to get to Dongguan from Hong Kong is by ferry. This allows you to avoid the queues at the busy customs checkpoints on the border between Hong Kong and mainland China.

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Dongguan has an exhibition center that houses many exhibitions and conferences.

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People watching

cheap pedicures and massages

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Dongguan is well known for its Huanghe Fashion Town located in the Humen District along Renming Road, Renyi Road, Jinglong Road and Yinglong Road. The district houses one of China's largest clothing and textile wholesale markets, which extends over an area of about one square kilometre. Many of the products sold there are exported to Hong Kong and the rest of the world. Everybody can enjoy low wholesale prices, even when buying in small quantities.

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Dongguan Nancheng District, the oldest bar China Groove is where you can find imported beers and different kind of pizza, live band plays every night and catters for foreigners since 1998 up to present. for reservation call tel: 0769-22817939

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There are several high end hotels in the Dongguan area. The DongCheng International (http://www.dcgj-hotel.com) is centrally located and is within walking distance of the Walking Street outdoor shopping and restaurant area.

The Sofitel Royal Lagoon Hotel is more secluded and is set back away from the main road. It has a resort type feel and even has it's own water park. It is located near Qifeng Park - a nice area to walk around- and a 36 hole golf course is adjacent to the property.

In Humen Town (one of the towns in Dongguan City), two hotels of note are the Grand Noble and the Richwood Garden Hotel . The Grand Noble (http://www.gnhotel.com) is the first 5-star business hotel to open in Dongguan. It is centrally located and convenient to shopping and dining options. In-house restaurants feature Cantonese, Japanese, American, and Italian foods.

The Richwood (http://www.richwoodgardenhotel.com), while a bit out of the way, is spectacular in design and construction. The Richwood's restaurants, particularly the Chinese and Southeast Asian restaurants, are also some of the best in the area.

• Hyatt Regency Dongguan, : Song Shan Lake Central District, Science and Technology Industrial Park, Qinyuan Road (in the business district), : +86 769 2289 1234, : info.regencydongguan@hyattintl.com, Website: http://dongguan.regency.hyatt.com. 5 star hotel with 350 rooms and suites, a 2,500 sq-metre Convention and Exhibition Centre, a 1,800 sq m freeform swimming pool and a spa.

An excellent 5 star hotel is the Crown Prince Hotel in Huangjiang (http://www.crownprincehotel.com). Certainly worth a visit with excellent facilities, and even its own 'opera' house presenting superb show extravaganzas (do not be mislead by the 'opera' title). WikiPedia:Dongguan