Guide to China Attractions

China Attractions

River Viewing Pavillion Park

River Viewing Pavillion Park is much more peaceful and interesting than its bland name suggests. The park features a four-story Qing dynasty pagoda built between 1886 and 1889. It provides a fantastic unobstructed view of a large portion of the Brocade river as well as the Chengdu skyline. Entrance to the park itself is free. Like everywhere else in Chengdu, tea drinking, card slamming, and Mahjong foursomes leave you wondering, "When do these people actually work?"

The river-viewing pagoda is known as the Tower of Magnificence. It is included in a confined section of the park that is also dedicated to the Tang Dynasty poetess Xue Tao. Entrance to this area is Y20, but the fee is worth it. If you speak Chinese, but do not have student ID, tell them you are a student. If they ask for your ID, just say, "If I am not a student, then how am I speaking Chinese?" (At least this worked for me!) The student price is only Y10.

Very few travellers have the time to come here, and since the park isn’t very centrally located, even many expats aren’t familiar with it. Obviously locals aren’t interested in paying Y20 either. By putting up the entrance fee, you have the opportunity to relax in one of the quietest hideouts in urban Chengdu. The gardens in this section are extremely diverse, serene, and well-kept and finding a shady spot is not a problem. Climb the pagoda and bring a book. The opportunity to enjoy a moment as quiet as this one in a Chinese urban setting is very rare.

Xue Tao was born in Shaanxi province, and wrote her first poem at age 6. She came to Chengdu with no money after her parents died when she was 16 years old. She was quickly able to make a living for herself as a poet. She apparently loved bamboo, so this section of the park includes a bamboo garden featuring over 200 species of bamboo from all over Asia (according to one Chengdu resident). The Xue Tao commemorative hall includes beautiful murals with vibrant neon colors not often seen in China.

The park is open everyday from 6:00 am until 9:00 pm. The Xue Tao Shrine and Tower of Magnificence are open from 8:00 am until 6:00 pm everyday.

Directions: The park is located southeast of the city center adjacent to Sichuan University. You can catch the no. 35 bus which runs on the north side of the river along Binjiang Lu by walking south on Renmin Lu from Tianfu Square. When you see the park, get off the bus, and walk along the river to the next bridge that allows you to reach the park’s southwest gate. A taxi from downtown should not cost more than Y10-12.

Take bus No. 19, 335, 35, 3 to get there.

Tacos - Mexican

Tacos is the only option for Mexican cuisine in Nanjing. In fact, the restaurant focuses more on "Wolrd Cuisine" than it does on Mexican cuisine, which includes Chinese interpretations of many Western dishes. Tacos, pizza, steak as well as Chinese food are all on the ...

If you are desperately seeking authentic foreign food, go somewhere else. If you are in need of a quick fix of Mexican food, try Tacos.

There is another Tacos location at:

228-3 Guangzhou Lu (广州路228-3)
+86 (0)25 8323 1981, 8323 1397

Paulaner Brazilian Barbeque

There are a number of Brazilian style barbecue restaurants in Ningbo. Paulaner Brazilian BBQ is located on the first floor (second if you are Chinese), directly opposite the KFC alongside the Tianyi fountains. The restaurant is reasonably priced, and includes a salad bar with some Chinese dishes. Hordes of meat and some seafood choices are then served on skewers at the table. Lunch is 48 RMB per person, and dinner is 58 RMB. Drinks are also reasonably priced. Some staff members can speak English, so don't worry about ordering if you can't speak Chinese. Paulaner BBQ also offers pleasant live music each night.

Sichuan Cuisine Restaurant

Wuxi Roast Duck

Jianghan Road

Jianghan Road is very popular in Wuhan. It is longer in total (One hundred seventy-seven meters) than the famous Nanjing Road in Shanghai.

Over 200 stores and shops housed in traditional buildings sell a complete selection of clothes, appliances, food, commodities...

Jianghan Road is very popular in Wuhan. It is longer in total (One hundred seventy-seven meters) than the famous Nanjing Road in Shanghai.

Over 200 stores and shops housed in traditional buildings sell a complete selection of clothes, appliances, food, commodities, and other luxury goods. Five squares decorated in different styles are arranged along this street with greenery, springs, cafes, and bars. Along the street are buildings that housed old banks, stores and statues. Every aspect of the street contributes to retelling the history of Wuhan. Amenities such as pay phones, electronic screens, mailboxes and car parking are available for your convenience and enjoyment.

How to Get There: You can take the tourist special line of Bus 401 from the Wuchang Railway Station or Bus 533 from the Hankou Railway Station. Otherwise take No.1 or No.2 trolley buses; or the No.1, No.2, No.24 or No.45 buses.

Street Food

Some of Wuxi's best and most interesting foods can be bought right on the street. This is the ultimate “fast food”, the true flavors of China, great for a lunch on the run or a leisurely snack as you enjoy a day of shopping.

Street vendors te...

Street vendors tend to be very mobile, because some of them operate without permission or proper licensing in parts of in the central business district. As you purchase a snack from a vendor, you will surely notice a nervous expression come across their face at the site of an approaching policeman. He or she will often have little choice, but to quickly hop on their trike and pedal away. However, a lot of them are quite legal and permanent.

There are street sellers down most of the small alleys off the main streets with a variety of offerings. Probably the best place to find a wide selection is along Hou Xi Xi, the narrow street which runs at right angles to Zhong Shan Lu right in the middle of the city.

Captain Hostel and Sunshine Bar

The bars with views of the river and the Pudong skyline are generally a little too expensive and showy for my taste. These locales are great for a big night out once in a while, but never my first choice. However, the Sunshine Bar, on top of the Captain Hostel, breaks all of the rules of Bu...

The Sunshine Bar is set back about one block from the Bund, but the bar’s porch allows for a perfect view of the water and Pudong. Set on top of an affordable and clean hostel, it caters to a crowd with a similar budget, not the rich western crowd that simply goes out to “be seen” (à la Bar Rouge). The beers and mixed drinks are about 40RMB. Sunshine’s food menu offers tasty, albeit slightly greasy pizzas among other standard fare. Still, it is not the food, or even the cheap drinks, that keep people coming back. It’s the atmosphere. In keeping with the ship theme of the Captain Hostel, the interior of the bar produces the cozy feeling of a ship’s cabin. The porch is simple with wood picnic table seating and heaters for cool nights. For a low key night or a beautiful Saturday afternoon Sunshine Bar should be your first choice.

Take Metro Line 2 to Central Henan Rd station. Follow Henan Rd south to Fuzhou Rd. Take a left on Fuzhou Rd toward the Bund. The Captain Hostel is on the left side of the street; just walk in and head to the top floor!

The Movie Sets

Now here we have a tourist attraction that is a little unusual. While it's a notable change from temples, rock-cut stairs, and gardens, it remains so very Chinese. You will probably witness a movie being made, take a ride on a boat, horse, or even a camel, and definitel...

There are three movie sets:

“The Three Kingdoms” (三国城), “The Water Margin City” (水浒城), and “The Tang City” (唐城).

You could easily spend a couple of hours at each.

Getting there:

The K 82 bus goes to the movie sets from the Railway Station, or you can pick it up along the route. The bus costs 2 yuan, like all ‘K’ buses, but on this bus there is a conductor selling tickets. The trip takes about half an hour and the Three Kingdoms set is its final stop. You can get off earlier if you wish to visit one of the other sets first.

Entrance Fees:

To see just the Three Kingdoms – 55 yuan

To see just the Water Margin City – 50 yuan

To see both of these – 90 yuan

To see all three sets – 120 yuan

Obviously the package deal will save you money, but make sure to allow yourself enough time and that your legs are up to a fair bit of walking. You could also hire an electric cart to transport you around, but you may not be able to see as much close up that way.

Here are some of the things you can see at the Three Kingdoms:

Battleships in life-size and mini-size. You can take a ride here too!

Movies being made along with the tired actors who spend their days making them.

And as always there are ample explanations for everything you see.

Brazil Barbecue Restaurant

First Branch: No. 109, Xiang Gang Road, Hankou (汉口香港路). +86 (0)27 8575 1593

Second Branch: No. 155, Hanjiang Street, Hankou (汉口汉江路). +86 (0)27 5130 6678

This is the only place in Wuhan to sample authentic Brazilian barbecue. More than twenty kinds...

First Branch: No. 109, Xiang Gang Road, Hankou (汉口香港路). +86 (0)27 8575 1593

Second Branch: No. 155, Hanjiang Street, Hankou (汉口汉江路). +86 (0)27 5130 6678

This is the only place in Wuhan to sample authentic Brazilian barbecue. More than twenty kinds of barbecued treats prepared by Brazilian chefs along with 40 types of Brazilian food and sweets are available. The ambiance here is friendly and peaceful enough with graceful waitresses.

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Longxian Palace & Shentang Valley Ⅳ

Shentang Valley

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Shentang Valley

The Shentang Valley is located in Fangezhuang Village, Huairou District, about 60 kilometers (37 miles) from urban Beijing. Its landscape is a combination of steep mountains, clear waters, craggy peaks and unusual rock formations. The air here is pristine. The ancient Hongluo Temple is nearby as is the magnificent Mutianyu Great Wall. The centerpiece of this scenic area is a deep green lake.

About seventy-five percent of the valley is covered by greenery, and this brings its temperate climate and excellent air quality. Temperatures are mild during the spring and summer months. It is still warm enough, however, for visitors to swim, boat or frolic in the natural clear springs.

Longxian Palace & Shentang ValleyⅢ

The scenery around the cave is also beautiful with range upon range of green hills. It changes its coat along with the alternation of four seasons. In spring, the birds sing sweetly and brilliant flowers emit fragrance. In summer, it puts on a green coat. In autumn, it is rich in fruits and the red leaves can be found everywhere in the mountains. In winter, the palace decorated with white snow appears more enchanting.

Admission Fee:
CNY 40
Opening Hours:
08:00-18:00
Bus Route:
Take Bus No.917 (Tianqiao Long Distance Bus Station-Donghugang) (天桥长途汽车站-东湖港), and get off at Yidu (一渡), then you could take a small bus to the Longxian Palace (龙仙宫).

Longxian Palace & Shentang ValleyⅡ

The palace was formed seventy million years ago. After a long chemical deposit, all kinds of chemical precipitates takes on a variety of shapes, including stone curtains, stalagmites, flowers, grapes, lotus and edible fungus. In addition, there is a vivid 'Dragon Egg', wonderful waterfalls, golden jellyfishes, clear crystals. The natural 'Dragon Egg' is an olivary crystal, 63 centimeters (2 feet) long, 43 centimeters (1.4 feet) wide, and 33 centimeter (1.1 feet) high. It is very similar to an egg in color and shape. The most stunning are six stalagmites in a palm shape and a fossil in a squirrel shape, which are rarely seen in Northern China.

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$150 Per Day

Guangzhou

Day 1 Arrive in Guangzhou

Arrive in Guangzhou in the morning, you will be met and transferred to hotel, then visit Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall. The Memorial Hall is a very famous historical scenic spot. It is in memory of Sun Yat-sen, the great revolutionary forerunner. After that proceed to visit the Ancestral Temple of the Chen Family. It is a unique site for offering up sacrifices to worship ancestors of 72 Chen families in Guangdong. This ancestral temple is also the largest, best preserved and best decorated ancient architecture existing in Guangdong province.

Day 1 Arrive in Guangzhou

Day 2 Guanzhou Tour

After breakfast, you will go to Yuexiu Park first, the largest and the most famous park in downtown Guangzhou. There are three artificial lakes and seven hills of Yuexiu Mountain. Then you will visit Temple of Six Banyan Trees, which is one of the four best Buddhist temples in Guangzhou and located on the Liurong Road (meaning the Six Banyan Trees Road). The Nanyue King Tomb Museum is a must-see Guangzhou attraction, which dates back to 2,000 years ago, is the earliest large scale painted stone chamber tomb ever found south of the Five Ridges. Buried with the tomb owner in a jade shroud are a gold seal and a lot of exquisite jade adornments. It has become a world famous museum. After the day tour you will be transferred to airport for your next destination.

$53 Per Day

Pingyao Highlights Walking Tour

Pingyao Highlights Walking Day Tour

With our guide to know the Ancient Pingyao better!

Our guide will meet you at your hotel lobby at 08:00 or 08:30, then show you the ticket office to get the ticket for the museums we will visit later.

Pingyao Highlights Walking Day Tour

With our guide to know the Ancient Pingyao better!

Our guide will meet you at your hotel lobby at 08:00 or 08:30, then show you the ticket office to get the ticket for the museums we will visit later.

First we will visit the 700 years old City wall, We will climb up from south gate and have a walk on the wall. We are not sure how many km we can walk, because of the renovating of the wall. Normally we will walk from south gate to the Yunlu Exit.

Then visit the Confucius temple, there is a old building named Dacheng Hall which is over 840 years old. From outside, we can see the big wood joints to lift the big roof around the building which is named Dougong. Due to this design, there are less columns inside the hall for giving the big space for the statues and the prayer. We have chance to see the Confucius statue and learn the philosophy of Confucius. If you like, you can pray for you and your children to get better study.

There is the Paper Cutting master named Wentao nearby the exit of Confucius temple. She is very smart and create the new style paper cutting with much more details and good wishes on it. Her products are made by hanks. It is worth to visit and buy as a souvenir from Pingyao. From the table standing and wall hangings. Please remember, take the red one because of red is the traditional and happy color. But the white one is the best. It is really difficult to choose, because of all of them are really nice.

Then you can have coffee break or tea break if you need at Chummy coffee, after this, visit the City god temple (ChenghuangMiao) which is most beautiful temple inside the wall. Because of the roof is covered by the colorful glazed tiles. There is not only city god and also the three money gods, Now you know why pingyao was the financial center.

Next we will visit the Ancient government building, to see the pingyao politics center in the ancient time. It is the complete building with officials bed room, kitchen and private garden. Follow the guide to look the official’s life from the 250km far away from the hometown.

Have a stroll in the alley to the Rishengchang exchange bank, which is the first bank all of china.You can not miss it.

After lunch, walk to the Ming and Qing street, this is the shopping street full of the stores on the both side of street. You can find alot things here , from post card to lacquered boxes, and wall panels. One more place to see, it is the Armed escort agency also named security and transport service for the business man before the bank founded.

Inlcusions

1.private english speaking tour guide servcie

2.bottle water for the tour

$310 Per Day

3- Day Popular Tour In Zhangjiajie

Day 1    Zhangjiajie National Forest Park

Full day trip to Zhangjiajie National Forest Park,take Bailong Elevator up Yuanjiajie,Bailong Elevator is the said to be the worlds tallest full-exposure outdoor lift,double-deck sightseeing elevator.Yuanjiajie is the inspiration for Hallelujah Mountain in AVATAR , Where you will also find the aptly named First Bridge under Heaven, Lover Peaks and so on.

Continuing to Tianzi Mountain, it takes you 40 minuts from Yuanjiajie to Tianzi Mountain by public bus, after arriving in Tianzi Mountain, you will have a bird’s-eye view of all the mountains and valleys of the Wuling Mountains. Visit Western Sea, Helong Park, Viewing Terrace etc.Take Tianzi cablecar down and check in hotel for a rest.
Accommodation: Wulingyuan Downtown

Day 2    Baofeng Lake & Glass Bridge

After breaking in the hotel, we head to Baofeng Lake where is the masterpiece of nature and human beings’wisdom. Baofeng Lake is pure just like a big crystal among Bao feng mountain Range.When you cruise, you can hear authentic song from Tujia minority people,you can fully understand the harmony and peace between human beings and nature.

Transfer to Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon, have a walking on the Glass Bridge, Glass Bridge is the highlight of Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon, located in Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon, Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon Glass Bridge is the highest and longest transparent glass bridge with a length 430 meters and a width 6 meters. It is 300 meters above the ground level and it can bear 800 persons standing on it at the same time. (need to book the tickets in advance)
Accommodation: Wulingyuan Downtown

Day 3    Tianmen Mountain

Full day to explore Tianmen Mountain,take the longest cablecar in the world up Tianmen Mountain,have a walk on the mountain plank road built along the face of cliffs. You will feel like walking in a fairy land when the mist is still heavy.The must-visit scenic spots are: Tianmen Cave, Glass Road, Tianme Temple.

See you off in the airport and looking forward to seeing you again in Zhangjiajie.

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