Ou Cuo Beach


From the attractive old town area of Ou Cuo, a concrete road leads 800m south to a superb, yet little frequented, sandy beach with small rocky islands visible in the distance. The only facilities are toilets and a tap.

Just across the scrubby dunes to the east, an even longer beach (泗湖沙灘 Sìhú Shātān) leads to the more developed seafront park at Houhu.

Bus 3 stops on the edge of quaint Ou Cuo village. Bus 8 drives to Houhu.


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