Shantou Travel Tips
Fast Facts
Brief Introduction
Location: East of Guangdong Province
Area: 2,064 square kilometers (about 510, 026 acres)
Population: 5,391,028
City Flower: Kingcup and Orchid
Dialing Code: 0754
Postal Code: 515000
Useful Phone Numbers
Fire: 119
Police: 110
Ambulance: 120
Traffic Accident: 122
Weather: 121
Consumer Complaint: 12315
Taxi Complaint: 0754-8239988
Tourist Bureau: 0754-8293456
Tourist Complaint: 0754-8297616
Money Change
Addresses of the Branches of Bank of China
No.54, Jin Huan Road
N0.20, South Long Yan Road
No.38, Zhong Shan Road
No.97, Shan Zhang Road
No.48, Jin Xin Road
No.8, Jin Sha Road
No.18, Wai Ma Lu Road
Post Offices
No.147, Wai Ma Lu Road
No.79, Middle Jin Sha Road
No.27, Zhu Chi Road
No.126, East Zhong Shan Road
Express Mail Post Office: 1st floor, Post Center, No.50, Jin Huan Road
Hospitals
Shantou Central Hospital: No.114, Wai Ma Lu Road, Jinyuan District
The Second People's Hospital of Shantou: No.52, Wai Ma Lu Road, Jinyuan District
Shantou Jinping District People's Hospital: No.21, Jin Yuan Road
Shantou Longhu District People's Hospital: No.18, Rong Jiang Road
Bookstores
Chaoyang Book City: No.115, Chang Ping Road
Xin Hua Bookstore: No.55, Tian Shan Road
No.72, Jin Sha Road
No.26, Li An RoadFamous University
Shantou University: No.243, Da Xue Road
Shopping
The city has various special local products such as beautiful potteries and porcelains, exquisite embroideries, vivid stone sculptures, colorful shell carvings and elegant drawnwork. You can also delight your taste buds with the abundance of mandarin oranges, pomegranates, lychees and bananas, which are widely grown in this area.
Shantou Tourist Shopping Center: No.4, Ying Chun Road, Jinping District
Friendship Tourist Shopping Center: Zhong Shan Road, Chenghai District
Being one of China's five special economic zones, the city is well known for its flourishing commerce. Therefore, shopping there is very convenient and enjoyable. Jinping District is the trading center of the city. The commercial circle, formed by the busiest city roads like Jin Sha Road, Chang Ping Road, Hai Bin Road and Jin Xin Road, can meet almost all of your needs with their great number of malls and supermarkets. You can also wander along shopping promenades along An Ping Road, Li An Road, Bo Ai Road and Huaqiao New Village Road to find specific items you want. 'Brand Street', located between Jin Yuan Road and Xin Xia Road, is delightful with stores having been built in the European architectural style. Here you can purchase clothes, cosmetics, leatherware, jewelries and craftworks with world famous brand names.
Supermarkets
Wal-Mart: underground 1st floor, Nanguo Shopping City, Middle Chang Ping Road
Lotus Supermarket: No.35 block, Fengze Zhuang, Chang Ping Road
South of Tong Yi Road, Chenghai District
Shopping Centers
Parkson Mall: 1st-5th floor, East Nanguo Shopping City, Middle Chang Ping Road
Guangsha Shopping Square: East Asia (Dong Ya) Shopping Center, Dong Xia Road, Jinping District