Park and lookout
Lianhuashan Park
Hillside park in central Shenzhen: Kite Square, the bronze statue of Deng Xiaoping on the summit, the wall with his 1984 inscription and the lookout over Futian's skyscrapers.
Shenzhen, China
Shenzhen Audio Guide
Walk the city born of reform with 32 audio stops narrated by experts. From Nantou's Ming wall to the lookout on the 116th floor, every place explains how a county of fishermen and rural markets became the factory and laboratory of modern China.
- ~7h of audio
- 7 routes · 32 audio stops
- Offline mode
- English
Coming soon
- 7Landmarks
- 32Audios
- ~7hOf narration
Photo: Charlie fong, CC BY-SA 4.0
7 audio guides in Shenzhen
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Skyscraper and lookout
Ping An Finance Center
Nearly 600-metre skyscraper in Futian, Shenzhen: stainless-steel facade, the antenna dropped in 2015, the glass floor of the Free Sky lookout and the views over Hong Kong.
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Stranded ocean liner
Shekou Sea World
Former French liner turned hotel and stranded ashore in Shekou: the Minghua ship, Deng Xiaoping's calligraphy, the statue of Nüwa and the Sea World Culture and Arts Center.
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Village of painters
Dafen Oil Painting Village
Oil-painting village in Shenzhen: the entrance sign, the gallery street with Van Gogh copies, the studios of the back alleys and the Dafen Art Museum.
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Ming walled city
Nantou Ancient City
Ming walled city of 1394 in Shenzhen, former capital of Xin'an county: the South Gate, the Dongguan Guild Hall, Baode Square, the Wen ancestral temple and the wall in Zhongshan Park.
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Electronics market
Huaqiangbei
Shenzhen's electronics district: the Electronics Building, SEG Plaza and its component market, the pedestrian street of market towers and the Huaqiangbei Museum.
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Historic market
Dongmen Pedestrian Street
Pedestrian streets of the old Shenzhen Xu, the market that named the city: the Siyue Academy, Ye Ting's headquarters, mainland China's first McDonald's and the bronze relief of the old market.
Shenzhen Audio Guide
What to see in Shenzhen with the EarGuide audio guide
Shenzhen is read in two times. The first is old: the walled city of Nantou, raised in 1394 as the seat of Xin'an county, from which Shenzhen and Hong Kong emerged, and the old rural market of Shenzhen Xu, today the Dongmen pedestrian street, which lent its name to the metropolis. The second begins with reform: in 1983 the liner Minghua was stranded on the beach at Shekou as a hotel for China's first reform zone; the military factories moved in 1979 gave way to the electronics market towers of Huaqiangbei, and the Hakka village of Dafen became the world's largest oil-painting factory. In Futian, the bronze of Deng Xiaoping on the summit of Lianhuashan Park looks straight at the new centre, where the Ping An Finance Center raises 599 metres of stainless steel with a lookout on the 116th floor.
With the EarGuide Shenzhen audio guide, every place reveals its history through professional narration prepared by guides who know the city and reform-era China inside out. Unlike a free walking tour or a conventional guided visit, you set the pace, the order and the stops. No groups, no timetables, no internet connection.
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No internet needed
Download the routes before you head out and explore without using data.
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Smart geolocation
The narration starts by itself when you reach the point of interest.
Frequently asked questions
Questions about the Shenzhen audio guide
How much does the Shenzhen audio guide cost?
The EarGuide app is free. The Shenzhen audio guide includes 7 independent routes with a little over seven hours of professional narration spread across 7 sites and 32 audio stops, and it is found inside the app itself.
Do I need an internet connection to use the audio guide?
No. EarGuide works entirely offline. Download the routes over WiFi before you set out and you can use the audio guide with no connection and no data use throughout your walk around Shenzhen. The map shows your GPS position in real time even without coverage.
What languages is the Shenzhen audio guide available in?
The Shenzhen audio guide is available in Spanish and English, with professional narration prepared by guides and experts in the history of Shenzhen and of reform-era China.
How long does the full tour take?
The audio guide brings together 7 independent routes with a little over seven hours of narration in total, from 45 to 75 minutes per route. They are designed to be spread over two or three days: you can do them separately or string together the ones that are close by in a single walk.
Is the audio guide better than a free walking tour or a guided visit?
They are different experiences. The EarGuide audio guide lets you walk Shenzhen without timetables or groups, pause and resume whenever you like, and replay any explanation as often as you need. It suits independent travellers, families and anyone who prefers to understand the city at their own pace, with no prior knowledge of China.
Which landmarks and points of interest does it include?
The Shenzhen audio guide covers 7 main sites: Lianhuashan Park and the statue of Deng Xiaoping, the Ping An Finance Center, Shekou Sea World and the Minghua ship, the Dafen Oil Painting Village, the Nantou Ancient City, Huaqiangbei and Dongmen Pedestrian Street, with stops that range from Nantou's Ming wall to the lookout on the 116th floor.
Can I do it all on foot?
By area. Lianhuashan Park, the Ping An Finance Center and Huaqiangbei are in Futian, a few kilometres from one another, and Dongmen lies somewhat farther east, in Luohu. Shekou Sea World and the Nantou Ancient City are in Nanshan, to the west, and the village of Dafen, in Longgang, to the northeast, so it is best to reach them by metro.
Can I use a purchase in the other EarGuide apps or on another phone?
Yes. Purchases belong to your EarGuide account, not to one app or one phone. A city unlocked in the EarGuide app is also unlocked in that city's own app, and the other way round, on both iPhone and Android. Just sign in with the same account on the other device. The store's “restore purchases” button only covers the app the purchase was made in, so signing in is what carries it across.
Download the Shenzhen audio guide free
The Shenzhen audio guide is inside the EarGuide app, free and ready to use offline. Carry it in your pocket and explore the city at your own pace.
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