Qilou Old Street & Wanlvyuan Half-Day
The gentle introduction to Haikou: century-old Nanyang arcades, laoban tea, Shuixiangkou snacks, the red-brick Clock Tower, then the coconut palms of Wanlvyuan facing Haikou Bay at dusk. Bookable end-to-end by our team.
Half-Day Plan
Tea in the arcade lanes. Start with a laoban tea on Deshengsha Road (¥1–2 a cup) — regulars stay for hours. Walk the arcades of Zhongshan Road and Boai Road: the Baroque parapets, porcelain flowers and colonnades of Qilou Old Street, the oldest block over 600 years old. Lunch on Shuixiangkou Lane: Hainan pickled noodles, beef-belly rice, pig-trotter rice and fried zongzi.
Clock tower & Hairui's tomb. Walk to the water for the red-brick Haikou Clock Tower (rebuilt 1987, one of the eight classic views). Then bus 55 out to Hairui Tomb (free, 08:00–17:30) — the Ming "Blue Sky" official's granite spirit way and stone gates.
Wanlvyuan at sunset. Finish on Wanlvyuan — nearly 10,000 coconut palms on the Binhai Avenue coast, facing Haikou Bay and the CBD skyline. This is where locals fly kites and jog at dusk; stay for the light over the water, then dinner at a nearby seafood restaurant.
Book this Haikou itinerary
Hotels, volcano-park tickets, high-speed-rail seats and guides arranged by our team — free of charge, no obligation.
Walking and buses
The old street is walk-to-walk; bus 55 runs to Hairui Tomb; Wanlvyuan is buses 3/6/9/17/18/22/31/37/39/44. A taxi across the centre is ¥10–15.
What it costs
Old street, Clock Tower, Wanlvyuan and Hairui Tomb are free. Spend on tea (¥1–2), snacks (a few yuan each) and dinner — the cheapest Haikou day out.
Where to eat
Shuixiangkou Lane for noodles and rice plates; Qilou Snack Street (2 Datong Road, ~¥30 pp) for the six-floor food hall with Qiong opera.