Sacred Heart Cathedral, Guangzhou
Sacred Heart Cathedral
Sacred Heart Cathedral
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Get away from all the noise in Guangzhou and experience the calm atmosphere exuded by this impressive twin-spired Roman Catholic cathedral.
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How to get there
- Yide Lu • 5 min walk
- Haizhu Square • 8 min walk
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Ailton007
Seattle, WA783 contributions
Feb 2021 • Couples
Closed for CNY but impressive to look at. Great area for walking, we also saw the mosque nearby and spent some time in a cafe next to the cathedral.
Written February 15, 2021
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EtaTandela
Jakarta, Indonesia288 contributions
Dec 2019 • Couples
It's a beautiful church and you can join the mass, that have English session Mass on Sunday, your should check the schedule first.
A great architecture design
A great architecture design
Written October 28, 2020
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Jydeoo
Lagos, Nigeria2,184 contributions
Oct 2019
Attractive, pious and ancient. This is a Roman Catholic Church, built of stone. It is a tourist attraction for both Chinese locals and foreigners. The stain glass windows tell amazing stories.
Written June 2, 2020
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KodoDrummer
Yekaterinburg, Russia64,074 contributions
May 2020
The church was closed during my visit, but there were over 100 people here, mostly taking photographs. A solemn place of worship. It appears that most of the renovations and restorations are complete.
Written May 16, 2020
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LadureeFan
Richmond, VA910 contributions
Dec 2019
Stunning church, aka the Notre Dame of East Asia. Worth a visit -- one of only 4 all granite gothic churches in the world. Church service in progress when we visited so we couldn't really walk freely thru the entire church. Free entry.
Written January 4, 2020
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magicberry
Singapore, Singapore412 contributions
Dec 2019
Interesting visit to this historic cathedral in mainland China. There was a briefing about the Cathedral and the origins of Christmas to the Chinese visitors inside when we visited. Do explore the tiny garden behind but be prepared for the stench coming from the public toilets.
Written December 29, 2019
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PushExplore
Singapore, Singapore4,782 contributions
Nov 2019
The Sacred Heart Cathedral is quite a tourist attraction in Guangzhou. You will always find a lot of tourists and locals exploring this area.
Written December 18, 2019
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Ng K
Singapore, Singapore59 contributions
Dec 2019 • Family
Visited the church on a beautiful sunday afternoon. It was packed w people but certainly worth visiting.
Written December 5, 2019
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Sunny-0412@yeah.net
35 contributions
Dec 2018
This is also the must-visit scenic spot of guangzhou, there are few European buildings in guangzhou, I was in the WeChat small program Canton Laowai saw this scenic spot, inside is not good, but outside is really super beautiful
Written November 21, 2019
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Ai Hong L
Klang, Malaysia10 contributions
Oct 2019
Old and western built like cathedral. A lot of visitor. A marvellous building. western architectural in few centuries.A nice and wonderful palce
Written November 1, 2019
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Any updates on what time the mass is celebrated in English
Lenoj Anthony
Mumbai, India343 contributions
Hi
The mass is at 3:30 in the afternoon that's at Sacred Heart ,if you want to catch the morning mass then you can visit Our lady of Lourdes at shamian islands which is at 11 am and of you want to go for evening mass then you can go to St Anthony's chapel at Tianhe at 6 pm
Hope this is helpful
Deasy Poernomo
Bandung, Indonesia
Hi...
2 November is all souls' day in Catholic.
Anyone knows what time is the mass for this all souls' day in Sacred Heart Cathedral...?
Thanks before
Ryan M
Singapore, Singapore1 contribution
When is the service schedule, time and day ?
Mark D
Penang Island, Malaysia1,301 contributions
Hi "Ryan M":
The Cathedral, which is really worthy of a visit [1-2 hours is suggested] is open daily from 8:30 until 5:30. Mass is conducted in English on Sundays (in other languages on different days)... but, there has been a recent accord between the Government of China and the Holy Roman See... which may result in different arrangements.
I hope that this information has been useful.
樂Fun H
54 contributions
I have attended the mass at the Cathedral on 30 Sep at 3.30pm, anyone knows what is the song's name performed by the solo singer? Really mesmerized by it.
May I know what time is the best time to avoid many people around there during December 23-27? For photoshooting.
Chinnookwinds
Stowe, VT33 contributions
We were there before noon. There were people there, but not overwhelmingly so. Of course we went in mid-April and a non Catholic holiday, so that might be a factor.
Bobby B
Budapest, Hungary66 contributions
What metro stop is this Cathedral closest too?
Katarina R
Lund, Sweden66 contributions
Haizu suare at Pearl River
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- Hotels near Sacred Heart Cathedral:
- (0.13 mi) Yide Hotel (Yide Road)
- (0.17 mi) Tianxing Hotel Guangzhou
- (0.24 mi) Landsea Apartments (Guangzhou Haizhu Square Beijing Road Pedestrian Street)
- (0.22 mi) Insail Hotels (Haizhu Square Beijing Road Branch Guangzhou)
- (0.22 mi) Xiaowu Hotel Guangzhou Yide Road Metro Station
- Restaurants near Sacred Heart Cathedral:
- (0.22 mi) Seafood Jie CaiGuan
- (0.23 mi) Cheng Xing ChangFen
- (0.24 mi) SuHe JiuBa
- (0.25 mi) DiYiMian (ZhangDi Road)
- (0.53 mi) Dian Dou De (Ju FuLou)