There is no direct train in Guangzhou, so you have to transfer to Shenzhen. The traffic in Guangzhou should be more convenient than that in Beijing!
I happen to have a one-day tour schedule in Guangzhou, for your reference!
1. One-day tour of Guangzhou Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall → Guangzhou Museum (five floors) and Wuyang Statue → Liurong Temple → Ersha Island → Waterscape Square of Guangzhou East Railway Station → Yuntai Garden and Baiyun Mountain Peak Park → Guangzhou New Gymnasium → Guangzhou Daily Printing Center → Zhujiang New Town.
2. Visit Xidi Wharf → Shaji Massacre Monument, Chen Shaobai&;s former residence → Shamian Style District → Baietan Style Bar Street → Bridge → Old Customs Building (Postal Museum) → South Building → Aiqun Building → Sun Yixian Memorial Hospital → Jiefang Bridge → Haizhu Square → Beijing Road Pedestrian Street → Tianzi Wharf → Grand Marshal&;s Mansion Memorial Hall → Jiangwan Bridge → Haiyin Bridge → Zhongda North Gate Square.
3. A tour of the Martyrs Road&;s Modern Revolutionary Historic Site → Zhu Zhixin&;s Tomb → Deng Yinnan&;s Tomb → Huanghuagang Park/Huanghuagang 72 Martyrs&; Cemetery → Guangzhou Zoo → Lunch → Zhixin Middle School → Guangzhou Uprising Martyrs&; Cemetery (Monument to Heroes, Monument to Ye Shuai), Guangzhou Museum of Modern History (Guangdong Revolutionary History Museum) → Hero Square → the former site of the Kuomintang, Lu Xun Memorial Hall, (Guangdong Provincial Museum) → Lu Xun Park → the former site of Guangzhou Agricultural Movement Workshop → Grand Marshal Hall → Sanyuanli Anti-British Struggle Memorial Hall → Whampoa Military Academy.
4. Lingnan Garden Culture Tour Pearl River Park (Baozhu Building, Drunk Green Garden and North Gate Flower Square) → Tianhe Park (Yuehui Garden) → south china botanical garden (Palm Plant Area, Longdong Qilin and Medicinal Plant Area) → Guangzhou Tree Park → Lunch → Leisure Belt on the West Side of Baiyun Mountain → Sculpture Park (Sculpture Square, Guangzhou People&;s Feelings, Sculpture Hall and Ancient City Glory) → West Garden of Liuhua Lake Park → Lanhua Lake Park.
5. Guangzhou Culture and Art Tour Red Line Women&;s Art Center → Guangdong Art Museum → Xinghai Concert Hall → Guangdong Painting Academy → Guangdong Music and Quyi Garden (Rainbow Quyuan) → Lunch → Guangzhou Acrobatic Troupe → Guangzhou Ballet → Guangzhou Art Museum → Guangzhou Sculpture Academy → Sculpture Park → Guangdong Puppet Troupe.
6. One-day tour of Guangzhou New Landscape tianhe sports center → Guangzhou East Railway Station Square → Ersha Island (Xinghai Concert Hall and Guangdong Art Museum) → Ersha Island Athletes Training Base → Guangzhou Olympic Sports Center → Inner Ring Road → Beautiful scenery of Luhu Lake → Mingquanju → Guangdong University of Foreign Studies → Lunch → Hunter Villa → Oriental Paradise → New Guangzhou Gymnasium → Leisure Belt on the west side of Baiyun Mountain → Sculpture Park → Guangzhou Art Museum.
7. One-day tour of the new eight scenic spots in Yangcheng Olympic Sports Center → Guangzhou East Railway Station Waterscape Square → Zhongda North Gate.Square, Guanersha Island → Inner Ring Road → Lunch → Yuexiu Mountain → Baiyun Mountain → Guangzhou New Gymnasium → Chenjiaci.
8. One-day tour of Guangzhou Art Museum → Chenjiaci → Xiguan Folk Museum → Former site of Grand Marshal&;s Mansion → Huangpu Military Academy → Nanyue King Museum of Western Han Dynasty → Guangzhou Museum → Zhongshan Memorial Hall.
9. Guangzhou Central City Tour Airport Expressway → Guangzhou New Baiyun Airport → Guangzhou Metro → Olympic Sports Center → New Guangzhou Gymnasium → Waterscape Square of Tianhe East Station → Zhujiang New Town → Pazhou Convention and Exhibition Center → Nansha → Biological Island.
10. One-day tour of famous industrial enterprises (subject to leaving the group) Guangzhou Famous Products Exhibition Center → Guangzhou Shipyard → Zhujiang Piano Factory → Guangzhou Daily Printing Center → Swire Co., Ltd. → Qixi Computer → Guangzhou Petrochemical Complex → Honda Automobile Co., Ltd.
11. Maofeng Mountain Ecological Tour in Guangzhou Leisure Belt on the west side of Baiyun Mountain → New Guangzhou Gymnasium → Oriental Paradise → Baiyun Avenue Food Corridor → Maofeng Mountain Forest Park Causeway Bay Scenic Area → Maofeng Ancient Temple → Maofeng Jiulong River → Qinqin Farm → Guangzhou Fruit World.
12. Guangzhou Xiguan Style Tour Chenjiaci → Guangya Academy, Floating Qiushi → Renwei Temple → Wenta → Liwan Museum (Xiguan Folk Museum), Jiang Guangding&;s former residence, Xiaohuafang Zhai → Zhan Tianyou&;s former residence, Liuersan Road, Shamian Road → Shangxiajiu Road Commercial Pedestrian Street → Hualin Temple, Jade Street → Panxi-style dim sum meal.
13. The ancient city business capital Yuexiu Tour Wuxian Temple → Yide Road Dried Fruit and Seafood Food Professional Street → Shishi Sacred Heart Cathedral → Haizhu Square → Pearl River Scenic Area along the Yangtze River →→ Nanyue King Museum of the Western Han Dynasty → Liuhua Porridge City (lunch) → Yuewangjing → Zhongshan Memorial Hall → Guangxiao Temple → Beijing Road Pedestrian Street 14, Youlong Toushan Forest Park on Huangpu Day → Danshuikeng Scenic Area (Laughing Sky Paradise) → Swire Co., Ltd.
15. Panyu Leisure Day Tour Inner Ring Road (new look of the city) → South China Expressway → Xiangjiang Wildlife World → Panyu District Square → Dafu Mountain Forest Park → Baomo Garden.
16. Huadu Leisure Day Tour Hong Xiuquan Memorial Hall → Hong Xiuquan&;s former residence → Wang Tourist Area → Huadu District Square → Jiulong Lake Tourist Resort → Furong Tourist Resort → Prince Mountain Forest Park.
17. Conghua Leisure Day Tour Conghua Tianhu Tourist Area → Conghua Hot Spring Tourist Area → Bishuiwan (Liuxi Hot Spring) → Shimen National Forest Park → Liuxihe National Forest Park.
18. Two-day holiday in Conghua Liuxihe National Forest Park (Sanyatang Valley Adventure) → Shimen National Forest Park → Sanbaidong Forest Park → Guangzhou Pumped Storage Power Station Tourist Area → Huanglong Lake Forest Park → Liuxihe Drifting → Liuxi Hot Spring (Clear Water Bay) → Tianhu Tourist Area → Conghua Hot Spring Tourist Area.
19. Zengcheng Leisure Day Tour Gufengyuan → Huicheng Villa → Yingyuan → Gualv Square → Baihua Villa → Gaotan Hot Spring Tourist Area → He Xiangu Family Temple → Dafangmen Forest Park → Jinliyuan → Yudalong Garden.
20. Visit Guangzhou Flower Expo Park in Fangcun, ——, the Millennium Flower Town → Supreme Golf Country Club → Fangcun Town.Education Center → Zhujiang Piano Group → Yuehe Flower, Bird and Fish Art World → Wong Tai Sin Temple → Zuiguan Garden → Southern Tea Market → Lingnan Flower Market → Guangzhou Flower Research Center → Dinner → Baietan Style Bar Street → Pearl River Night Tour.
21. Take a night tour of the Pearl River at Tianzi Wharf (or Dashatou Wharf or Xidi Wharf), and visit the Pearl River from White Swan Pond to Guangzhou Bridge to fully understand the night rhyme of pearl water, one of the new eight scenic spots in Yangcheng.
22. Take a boat trip to Tianzi Wharf (or Dashatou Wharf or Xidi Wharf), visit the section from White Swan Pond to Guangzhou Bridge or the estuary of Huangpu Military Academy, Lianhua Mountain, Shangxiarungao Island and Neilingdingyang Pearl River, and see Guangzhou&;s yesterday, today and tomorrow through the Pearl River, the mother river of Guangzhou.
23. Tour on both sides of the Pearl River (by bus 131A and 131B) Sun Hung Garden → Guangzhou Bridge Bottom → Pearl River Plaza → Zhongda North Gate Plaza → Pearl River Swimming Pool → Binjiang East → Shichongkou → Binjiang → Caofangwei → Haizhu Bridge Bottom → Qiankou Wharf → Haizhuang Wharf → Dajitou → Nanfang Building → Aiqun Building → Jinghai Crossing → Wendenan → East.