How do you combine Guangzhou and Shenzhen?
Yes. Guangzhou and Shenzhen combine well on one trip. As a rough guide, allow 3 days in Guangzhou and 3 days in Shenzhen, around 6 days in total.
How the two connect
Guangzhou and Shenzhen are only about 105 km apart, close enough to combine on the same trip without long transfers, and easy to do as a day trip in either direction. The nearest airport to Guangzhou is Foshan Shadi Airport (FUO), about 19 km away; for Shenzhen it is Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport (SZX), about 29 km away, so you can fly into one and out of the other.
Suggested days
- Guangzhou
- 3 days
- Shenzhen
- 3 days
- Together
- 6 days · about 105 km apart
These are starting points, not fixed rules. Add a day to whichever place matches your interests, and build in the travel time between them.
Explore both places
Tours and day trips from Guangzhou
- Private Flexible Guangzhou Layover Tour of Old and New Highlights
- Private Guangzhou Full Day City Tour with Old and New Highlights
- Gulong Gorge Skywalk Glass Bridge and Waterfall View Tour
- Private Tour to Gulong Canyon with Glass Bridge and Water Falls from Guangzhou
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Day suggestions are a planning guide based on each place's size and profile, not fixed itineraries. Distances are great-circle figures derived from place coordinates; airport data from OurAirports. How Head Your Way compiles its data.