More details can be found in our privacy policy. Home Travel Guide Nanjing. Learn more about Nanjng transportation. Chinese Language and Culture Immersion Tour. Related Articles. The Top 10 Things to Do in Nanjing. Nanjing Travel Guide. Nanjing Weather in September. Carried profound history but also deep suffering past, Nanjing now has transformed into a developed industrial city.
In addition to historical sights, memorials, museums and cultural sights also attract thousands of visitors. The famous Confucius Temple Fuzimiao is not only a memorial place for the Great Sage but has a surrounding area bustling with shops, restaurants and a snack street housed in traditional architectural buildings. In the city center, Nanjing Museum is a must for visitors with a collection of more than thousand pieces, including about 2, that are rare and valued. The Zijinshan Observatory Purple Mountain Observatory to the east of the city center was the first modern observatory built in China.
Qinhuai River , in the southwest of the city, extends one hundred kilometers. The river used to be the most flourishing part of the city in the old days. In many Chinese novels, it is renowned as a place which nurtured beauties and romance. Today, it is a place for people to recall the old splendor of this historical city. Like all sights here, it tells the story of past, present and future of the city.
See also: Top 10 Things to Do in Nanjing. Like most major cities in the country, Nanjing is developing rapidly. Great changes have taken place in the city. Modern highways and railways connect the city with most major cities throughout the country and it is becoming a sparkling metropolis akin to Shanghai and Beijing with skyscrapers, luxury hotels, fashion shopping malls, supermarkets and highly-developed economic zones throughout the city.
Transport in the city is very convenient with the new metro service in addition to taxis, public buses, tourist special lines and other means of transport. Modern amenities in luxury hotels make your stay a comfortable one. Dazzling shopping malls and department stores can be found in the commercial areas of the city with stocked plenty of international brand names. The city is also home to several colleges and universities and a large foreign population. The city is become an international metropolis with new faces every day.
There are also frequent ferry services across the river, in particular from Zhongshan Wharf near Nanjing West Railway Station to Pukou. If you're staying more than a few days it's worth buying a Jinlingtong also known as IC-tong. These are available from any subway station, most bus termini and from any branch of Huaxia Bank look for an information window displaying the letters 'IC'. The card can be used on the subway, all city buses but not all suburban buses , cross-river ferries, taxis although drivers are reluctant to accept them and may tell you the scanner is broken and in some Suguo convenience stores.
Ask for a printed receipt detailing the cab number, kilometers traveled, times, and money exchanged from the driver upon exiting the cab.
Don't expect to get a cab during both the morning and afternoon rush hours; demand is high and the drivers make their shift changes around these times. Tipping is not expected in cabs in China, so the price on the meter is the price you should pay along with a two yuan gas tax fee There is an additional receipt for this fee.
Unlike cabbies in Beijing or Shanghai who frequently shuttle foreigners around and may be accustomed to gratuity under the table tipping in Nanjing is an alien concept. You are likely to befuddle but please a driver by insisting that they accept additional 'free' money. As with anywhere else in China, you are very unlikely to get a driver who speaks any English, so unless you speak Mandarin, remember to get your hotel's business card, and get hotel staff to write down your destination names in Chinese to show your taxi driver before you set off.
The Nanjing Metro is a clean, cheap, safe and fast way of getting around. The system has 5 urban and 5 suburban lines, with more under construction.
It covers most of the central city, and links two railway station and the airport. The lines are as follows:. Trains run from approx. Buses are handy for getting around - particularly places that are inaccessible by subway, although Nanjing's bus system feels a little aged compared to Hangzhou and Shanghai and has no English information. Google Maps displays bus services for Nanjing and some tourist maps such as those sold around the train station will have bus routes.
However, as metro construction advances, bus lines are constantly re-organized to fit changed demands, so that any printed information you receive may be outdated. Buses running within the city proper will carry a route number displayed on a red placard below the front windscreen next to the entrance door. Low-numbered routes follow major thoroughfares and link major shopping, residential and transportation hubs. Routes numbered '8XX' e. For suburban routes, fares are charged by distance and a conductor collects the fares.
Many bus stops are some distance apart often blocks so keep an eye out for your stop and an ear out for the stop's name on the PA announcements which are only in Chinese. If the bus is quiet then press the buzzer next to the door to signal to the driver that you want to alight. Nanjing has a two-line tram system, opened since One line operates in the southwest of the city.
The second one is in Qilin Town, on the east side of Nanjing. Nanjing is fairly cycle-friendly with segregated bike lanes on most busy roads - however there are a lot of bikes on the road so care should be taken. Generally, the pace is quite slow, and some of the hills in the central-west part of the city can be tiring to climb but fun and a little scary to descend. Although it's possible to cycle up the Purple Mountain, it should be tackled in the early morning as the roads will be crammed with fast-moving bus and taxi traffic for most of the day, and the roads are narrow with no bike lanes.
Bikes can be rented from most youth hostels - but ensure that the tires are pumped up and the brakes work before setting off. However, buying a bike at a low price on Tangzi Jie sends a wrong message to thieves and it is a sure way to make criminal activities worse — and if that doesn't trouble your conscience, consider that if your "second-hand" bike is found by its real owner, you will lose it.
The cheap bikes sold in department stores and supermarkets are very poor quality and shouldn't be relied upon. For higher-quality, higher-performance bikes: Giant, Trek and Specialized all have stores in Nanjing. Remember to carry a strong lock - bike theft is common. You need to provide a passport photo for each pass and they are valid for one calendar year. Some say that Nanjing is all about Tombs.
Plan an entire day just exploring the mountain and surrounding areas.
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