The purpose of your visit to Guangzhou is likely to determine where you stay. Business people increasingly choose the upcoming Tianhe District, close to Guangzhou East Railway Station and the city's growing thicket of office skyscrapers. Visitors are more likely to choose a hotel on the oasislike Shamian Island, in the heart of the city. Though traffic is still hellish, getting around is easier now than it has been in years past. Recently completed expressways and a growing underground-train system have vastly reduced cross-city travel time.