10 Days in Maoming
Ten days adds lychee country around Genzi and honest side days west to Zhanjiang's maar lake and east to Yangjiang's Hailing Island for the Nanhai One shipwreck museum.
Quick Answer
Is 10 days enough for Maoming?
10 days lets you go beyond Maoming's core into neighborhoods, food markets, and one or two day trips at a relaxed pace.
Source: NihaoVisit Maoming guide
10-day Maoming itinerary at a glance
Use our full Maoming travel guide as the base and adapt it to 10 days. Keep the city's three signature attractions as the backbone; fill the rest with neighborhood walks, food markets, and an easy day trip.
Open-pit Mine & Downtown
The oil-shale mine of 1958 closed decades ago; since 2013 the roughly 10-sq-km pit has filled as Haoxin Lake. Rim walk first, downtown dinner after.
- maoming open pit park
- maoming city markets
Fangji Island
A boat from Bohe fishing port, about 8 nautical miles out, to the 1.9-sq-km island with diving coves and a hill lookout. Return ferries thin out after mid-afternoon.
- maoming fangji island
Romantic Coast & First Beach
The 5-km resort strand of the Romantic Coast, then the public China First Beach stretching about 12 km down the Dianbai shore.
- maoming romantic coast
- maoming china first beach
Lady Xian's Hometown & Diancheng
Shrine, Sui-era tomb compound and exhibit hall for Lady Xian (c. 522-602), the Li chieftain who served the Liang, Chen and Sui courts. Harbor seafood lunch, easy afternoon.
- maoming xiantai hometown
Gaozhou — Temple & Pagoda
The Lady Xian temple dates to the Ming Jiajing era (1535); the Baoguang Pagoda of 1576 rises 65.8 m of brick, among the taller ancient towers of Guangdong.
- maoming gaozhou xiantai temple
- maoming baoguang pagoda
Genzi — Lychee Country
Century-old trees in the Gongyuan orchard anchor groves that make Maoming's roughly 1.4 million mu of lychee. Season runs May to July; the rest of the year the village lanes still explain the trade.
- maoming genzi lychee orchard
Xinyi — Douzhou Old Town & Tianma Mountain
Zhenlong keeps the lanes and Qing gate tower of Tang-era Douzhou; the hills behind hold the waterfalls and meadows of Tianma Mountain.
- maoming zhenlong old town
- maoming tianma mountain
Zhanjiang Side Day — Maar Lake
West to neighboring Zhanjiang, about 1.5 hours by car — the maar lake of Huguangyan, a volcanic crater lake of about 2.3 sq km formed some 140,000 years ago, then the Republic-era arcade streets of Chikan.
- zhanjiang huguangyan
- zhanjiang chikan old street
Yangjiang Side Day — Hailing Island
East to neighboring Yangjiang for Hailing Island and the Maritime Silk Road Museum, opened in 2009 around the Song shipwreck Nanhai One — found in 1987, raised whole in 2007, its hull some 22 m long with over 180,000 artifacts recovered.
- yangjiang hailing island
- yangjiang nanhai one museum
Return & Departure
Back in Maoming for a market morning and a final round of seafood, then the HSR from Maoming Station.
- maoming city markets
Budget for 10 days in Maoming
| Tier | Per day | 10 days total |
|---|---|---|
| Backpacker | USD $50–$80 | USD $500–$800 |
| Mid-range | USD $100–$200 | USD $1,000–$2,000 |
| Luxury | USD $300+ | USD $3,000+ |
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