AreaNanshan and Shekou: Shenzhen Bay, the Ferry Port and Nantou Old Town
NANTOU OLD TOWN (XIN'AN OLD COUNTY SEAT) · NANTOU GUCHENG
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VERIFIED2026.09.23Nanshan and Shekou: Shenzhen Bay, the Ferry Port and Nantou Old Town · 22.546°N 113.916°E
No ticketingClosure day
The ground Shenzhen was administered from for most of the last seventeen hundred years, and since 2020 a redeveloped design quarter built on top of it. The rampart is real: Nanshan district's cultural bureau dates the surviving walled town to 1394, when it was the garrison seat of the Dongguan Guard, and Guangdong province listed the wall as a provincial protected monument in July 2002. The south gate still stands at its original height, 10 m wide and 4.5 m high, with the two characters Ningnan cut in seal script into the stone above the arch.
AdmissionNo ticketingShops and museums priced separatelyVerified · source published 2026-01Source ↗
HoursStreets open; museum Tue-Sun 10:00-17:00Verified · source published 2026-01Source ↗
ClosedMuseum closed Mondays, except major public holidaysVerified · source published 2026-01Source ↗
IDNone published
LandmarkNantou Old Town (Xin'an Old County Seat) (南头古城南城门 / 南头古城博物馆)
Address深圳市南山区南头街道较场路2号（museum）；古城在南头天桥以北（Nantou Subdistrict, Nanshan District）Verified · source published 2026-01Source ↗
EntranceMetro Line 12 to Nantou Ancient Town station, or Line 1 to Taoyuan and a short bus ride; buses stop at Nanxin Shennan Tianqiao and Nantou
Last verified 2026-09-23
How to book
None for the streets or the museum
Paying on site
No entry ticket. Shops and restaurants take WeChat Pay and Alipay, both of which accept foreign cards; metro gates take foreign contactless cards since 10 September 2026.
Language
Museum enquiries 0755-26611170. The 1820 digital exhibition and the branch exhibitions are Chinese-first; English labelling is partial.