Popular Themed Parks in Shenzhen

As other large cities in the world, there are many large themed parks in Shenzhen. If you are interested to see miniaturized (or miniature) landscape of famous attractions in the world, you can go to Window of the World or Splendid China Folk Village; if you are interested in military Science, Minsk Aircraft Carrier World in the city would be a great choice; if you are interested in exciting amusement facilities, Happy Valley is a must visit place in this city. The above mentioned places are all popular themed parks and main attractions in Shenzhen.

Window of the World

Add: No.9037 Shennan Road, Nanshan Districy, Shenzhen 518053, China
Opening hour: 9:00 am to 10:30 pm
How to get there: Window of the World is sited near downtown and the transport is quite convenient. Take Metro Luobao Line and get off at Window of the World Station, or take Bus 04, M388, 222, 223, 230, 232, 234, 245, M413, 323, 324, 327, 329, 369, etc. and then get off at Window of the World Station

It is theme park featuring miniature-scale famous landmarks of the world. Every scenic spots in the Window of the World Park is rebuilt in miniaturized view according to different proportion of famous attractions in the world. And the park is divided into World Plaza, Asia Area, Oceania Area, Europe Area, Africa Area, the American Area, the World Sculpture Garden and the World Street eight areas according to the regional structure of the world and different content. As large-scale cultural tourism scenic area, you can see most of the miniaturized of main attractions in the world. Here you can see miniaturized essence of the world with thousands of years of human civilization. There are historic sites and scenic spots, natural scenery, the world wonders, local-style dwelling houses, various sculptures and so on, as well as garden art, folk customs, folk songs and dances, large-scale performances and high-tech participatory entertainment programs.

It is 0.8 km away from HappyValley, 34.3 from OCT, 1.8 km from the Splendid China Folk Village.

Happy Valley

Add: Overseas Chinese Town, Nan Shan District, Shenzhen 518053, China
Opening hour: 9:00 am to 9:00 pm
How to get there: Take Metro Luobao Line or Shekou Line, then get off at Window of the World Station, then walk for five minutes and you will get there;
Take Tourist (sightseeing) Buses from Luohu Station to arrive directly in Happy Valley;
Or take Bus 20, 21, 26, 32, 42, 43, 54, 59, 66, 70, 72, 78 etc. and then get off at Window of the World Station

Happy Valley provides a variety of amusement facilities for all ages, such as roller coasters, a massive water park and a variety of live performances. There are different themed areas in the park, like Spanish Square, Gold Mine Town, Shangri-la Snow, Sunshine Beach, Typhoon Bay, Happy Times, Happy Times, etc. Try to go on a weekday to avoid long lineups for rides. It would be very crowded at weekends and public holidays of China.

East Overseas Chinese Town (OCT East)

Add: Huaqiao Town Area, Nanshan District, Shenzhen 518053, China
Opening hours: 9:00 am - 10:30 pm daily

Oct East is the integration of large-scale comprehensive national eco-tourism demonstration area in China. It consists of different themed area in the park, mainly including the Large Valley Ecological Amusement Park, Cha Xi Leisure Park, Yun Hai Valley Sports Park, Huaxing Temple, theme hotels and so on. Among them, Large Valley Ecological Amusement Park and Cha Xi Leisure Park are main attractions in it. If you have gone to Happy Valley or Ocean Park in HK, it is not necessary to go to Large Valley Ecological Amusement Park again. They are almost the same with all kinds of exciting amusement facilities. Cha Xi Leisure Park is more for natural view with hill, plants and water. It is recommended to go.
Splendid China Folk Village

Add: Overseas Chinese City, Shennan Avenue, Nanshan District, Shenzhen 518000, China
Opening hour: 10:00am - 6:00 pm
How to get there: Take Metro Line Luohu and get off at Oversea Chinese Town Station

Splendid China Folk Village is a large-scale cultural themed park located beside the beautiful Shenzhen Bay. It is the largest miniature scenic area in the world with the most abundant miniaturized view of main attractions in China. The main area of this park looks like a huge map of China. And scenic spots here are distributed according to its position in the map of China. These sites can be divided into three categories: ancient buildings, landscape attractions and folk dwellings and customs. And there are more than fifty thousand pottery figures placed beside scenic spots in the park. You will have a chance to see miniature view of terracotta warriors, Great Wall, the oldest stone bridge in China - Zhaozhou Bridge, the largest imperial palace - Forbidden City, Yingxian Wooden Pagoda, Huangguoshu Waterfall, etc.

Minsk Aircraft Carrier World 

Add: Jinrong Rd, Shatoujiao, Yantian District, Shenzhen, China
Opening hour: 9:00 am - 19:30 pm

Minsk Aircraft Carrier World is a military themed park located in Dapeng Bay, Shatoujiao, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province of China. Here you will be able to see the huge former Soviet (now Russian) aircraft carrier Minsk, redesigned as a tourist attraction.

The attraction was constructed with the main body of Minsk Aircraft. It is adjacent to the Chung Ying Street. And the park area consists of b Minsk aircraft carriers by the sea and a Minsk Square on land. Nearly 30000 square meters of the aircraft area is opened to the public for sightseeing, where tourists can participate in military entertainment, such as combat simulation demonstration, space simulation launch, naval gun, aircraft carrier war movie, etc. Minsk Square is combined with the Front Square, Back Square and Aircraft Carrier Building. There are projects like artillery base, tanks base, the aviation, surface-to-air missile base and other theatres. There are plenty of English language signs and articles inside the attraction.

The above places are all popular themed parks in Shenzhen and each of them needs to take about half day or a whole day for sightseeing. They are all best places to go or things to do in Shenzhen . But one or two or them has similar view, so you do not have a visit all of them. You should consult with your trip advisor regarding to your interest, they will offer great suggestions to what to see.