Nantong, a severely underrated tourist city
🌈 Nantong is often referred to as a 'tourist desert' 🤔, but in fact, it hides many cultural and natural beauties 😃, making it a fantastic niche travel destination 👏~
1⃣️ Haohe Scenic Area 🎉
✅ The only 5A-rated scenic spot in Nantong 🤩, it is also one of the four remaining ancient city moats in China 😎, known as the 'Jade Necklace' 😍.
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👍 Ancient city walls, Beiji Pavilion, Tianning Temple... all great places to visit 🤗.
2⃣️ Wolf Hill Scenic Area 🦁
✅ A 4A-rated scenic spot, it is the foremost among the eight minor famous Buddhist mountains in China 🙏, with the reputation of 'the premier mountain by the river and sea' 😃.
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👍 Se Garden, Wolf Hill Catholic Church, Binjiang Park... all worth a stroll 🚶.
3⃣️ Junshan ⛰
✅ Baizhang Cliff, Fen Cliff 🤩~ For those who haven't had the chance to experience Baizhang Cliff in Wenzhou, you can come to Nantong to experience Fen Baizhang Cliff 😁~ The place is less crowded, the scenery is beautiful, and it's super cool under the waterfall, really comfortable 😌~ The mountain is not high, easy to climb 🧗, and you can overlook the Yangtze River, the view is incredibly beautiful and spectacular 🤩!
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4⃣️ Tongsha Car Ferry 🚤
✅ Lots of big ships in transit, the scene is very spectacular 🤗~ In the lounge, you can also take super beautiful photos 😍, the sunset is amazing 🤩, it is recommended to go a bit later during daylight saving time to experience a different kind of profound beauty 😎!
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5⃣️ Futian Temple 🙏
✅ Said to be the most beautiful temple in Nantong 😃, it is a garden-style temple 🎏~ Although the incense is not very strong, the small courtyards in the style of southern gardens make the temple particularly serene 🤫, and there are peacocks roaming freely inside 🦚~
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6⃣️ South Street (Recommended value ⭐⭐⭐)
✅ The busiest commercial street in Nantong 😁, with all kinds of food and shopping 🛍~ Friends who like shopping must come here 🚶~
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👍 Bell Tower, Qiao Tower, Baixian City... waiting for you to check in 🤳~
7⃣️ Intercontinental Dream Island 🎡
✅ In spring, everyone goes to Nantong Intercontinental Dream Island mainly for the cherry blossoms 🌸~ For those who missed the cherry blossom season, why not take a walk in 'Strange Tree Canyon' (marked on the map) 🚶, pass through the arch corridor's wisteria waterfall, and there's also a vast sea of wisteria flowers covering the hills, any corner is super beautiful and photogenic 🤳~
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8⃣️ Rugao Water Painting Garden (Recommended value ⭐⭐⭐)
✅ A 4A-rated scenic spot, not only does it have classical gardens with small bridges and flowing water, pavilions and towers 🤩, but also an amusement park and zoo 🦁~
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👍 Nifeng Pavilion, Ancient Dan Garden, Yi Garden... don't miss out 😁~
9⃣️ Bihai Silver Beach 🌊
✅ Avoid weekends, and the whole beach is yours to enjoy 🤩~ Completely deserted 😆! The key is that the sea is also blue 😍, the midday sun is super nice 🌞, any shot is photogenic 🤳~ There are also sun umbrellas and lounge chairs on the beach 🛏, enjoy the heat of the sun with your loved one 😁~
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🏠 Stay: Staying near the Haohe Scenic Area is super convenient for transportation 🚌~
🍜 Eat: Wang Yuxing Huaiyang cuisine, drunken crab, and lion's head are very good 😍~ You can also try seafood lumps 🤤, and the yogurt 🧃 at the small shop next to the entrance of the Museum Garden, local Nantong yogurt, 4.5 per bottle 🥤, cheap and delicious 😋~
Traveling in Nantong is really awesome 😁~ Convenient transportation 🚌, profound cultural heritage 📚, countless beautiful foods and sceneries 😍, and not crowded at all 🤩, who can understand 😭~
On the May Day holiday, the night tour of the Luohe River, the pier half an hour in advance has been crowded, but fortunately, I bought the ticket early, because the 6:45 has been sold out, and the late can only buy overtime at 7:45. We got on a panoramic boat and sat on the right side, the narrator spoke for 45 minutes, and the Luo River at night was beautiful! !
The quality is good, it is the old center of Nantong, you can understand the history of Nantong, and it is very close to the local specialty restaurant Shunhua Building bun shop. But the explanation was poor. The narrator used the audio he recorded in the past to play it to us. The tour point of the cruise ship was not matched with the explanation.
The Luo River, which originated from the moat of Gutongzhou, has a beautiful night view. It is worthy of the highest award for outdoor lighting in the Asian Park Plaza. Each bridge is also designed with a unique style, and the river is slightly more like the Seine.
Although it is an artificial scenic spot, the lights at night, coupled with the excellent explanation of the ship's interpreter, let you have a relatively preliminary understanding of Nantong's history, architecture, culture, humanities, etc. So it is recommended that friends who go to Nantong for the first time must take a cruise and sit on the right, because most of the attractions are on the right. This 5A scenic spot is more worth seeing at night than during the day, with a boat every 30 minutes.
It’s worth going here. It’s best to go at night. It’s really beautiful to watch the scenery on the boat. I listened to the lady’s explanation all the way. The whole journey is 45 minutes, which makes people linger. I hope that friends who come to Nantong will come here to see it. It’s worth seeing.