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===By plane===
===By plane===
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Nanjing's Lukou International Airport is about 35 km from the city center and serves inbound international flights from Japan, Korea,
Thailand,
Malaysia,
Singapore
and Germany. You can also fly to Lukou International from most major cities in China, including Hong Kong
(Shanghai
now
also
has
a
daily night-time
flight from Pudong primarily aimed at connecting international travelers.
)
There is a shuttle bus available from the airport.
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Nanjing's Lukou International Airport is about 35 km from the city center and serves inbound international flights from
[[
Japan
]]
,
[[South
Korea
]]
,
[[South
East
Asia]]
and
[[
Germany
]]
. You can also fly to Lukou International from most major cities in China, including
[[
Hong Kong
]].
There
is
also a
nighttime
flight
every day
from
[[Shanghai
Pudong
International Airport]]
primarily aimed at connecting international travelers.
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From the airport, there are several ground transportation options into Nanjing. The 30-minute taxi ride to the downtown area will cost ¥100 or more (there's a ¥20 toll about 3 km away from the airport). It usually works out cheaper to take the airport bus to downtown and take a taxi from there.
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From the airport, there are several ground transportation options into Nanjing. The 30-minute taxi ride to the downtown area will cost ¥100 or more (there's a ¥20 toll about 3 km away from the airport). It usually works out cheaper to take the airport
shuttle
bus to downtown and take a taxi from there.
There are two express-bus routes from the airport to downtown Nanjing - both terminate at the railway station and connect with the subway and local city buses. The services run at 15-minute intervals with one line serving Zhonghuamen (also has good subway and bus connections) and Hanzhongmen, while the other runs to the east of the city and stops close to Fuzimiao. A one-way ticket costs ¥20 and can be purchased from the kiosk outside the arrivals hall.
There are two express-bus routes from the airport to downtown Nanjing - both terminate at the railway station and connect with the subway and local city buses. The services run at 15-minute intervals with one line serving Zhonghuamen (also has good subway and bus connections) and Hanzhongmen, while the other runs to the east of the city and stops close to Fuzimiao. A one-way ticket costs ¥20 and can be purchased from the kiosk outside the arrivals hall.
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WARNING - if taking the bus to the airport from Zhonghuamen, ignore the touts who hang around outside the bus station and subway station claiming to operate the official bus service - they will usually quote the same price, you'll be loaded into the back of a small, run-down minibus and will usually drop you off several kilometres short of the airport and claim that the fare into the actual airport is several hundred
kuai
. To find the actual bus service, enter the bus station building and go to Gate 7 - buy the ticket from the kiosk at the gate, not the main ticket office.
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WARNING - if taking the bus to the airport from Zhonghuamen, ignore the touts who hang around outside the bus station and subway station claiming to operate the official bus service - they will usually quote the same price, you'll be loaded into the back of a small, run-down minibus and will usually drop you off several kilometres short of the airport and claim that the fare into the actual airport is several hundred
yuan
. To find the actual bus service, enter the bus station building and go to Gate 7 - buy the ticket from the kiosk at the gate, not the main ticket office.
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If you're flying into Shanghai
,
there are bus and train services that travel to and from Nanjing. The bus runs four times a day from both Shanghai airports; it starts at [[Pudong Airport]], makes a stop at [[Shanghai#Shanghai_Hongqiao_International_Airport|Hongqiao Airport]] and then goes on to Nanjing Zhongyangmen (and back). From there, take the metro or a taxi to your destination. It costs ¥136 from Shanghai and the trip takes about five hours (only about four at night). Many people prefer to take a train to Shanghai then bus, taxi or train to Nanjing.
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If you're flying into
[[
Shanghai
]] then
there are bus and train services that travel to and from Nanjing. The bus runs four times a day from both Shanghai airports; it starts at [[
Shanghai
Pudong
International
Airport]], makes a stop at [[Shanghai#Shanghai_Hongqiao_International_Airport|Hongqiao Airport]] and then goes on to Nanjing Zhongyangmen (and back). From there, take the metro or a taxi to your destination. It costs ¥136 from Shanghai and the trip takes about five hours (only about four at night). Many people prefer to take a train to Shanghai then bus, taxi or train to Nanjing.
===By train===
===By train===
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| content=Eleven exhibition halls display a mixture of poetry, bronzes and silk artifacts interspersed with
cultural displays. Worth pondering over are a jade burial suit and an arched door from the Ming era Porcelain Pagoda. A great place to spend humid or rainy days.
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| content=Eleven exhibition halls display a mixture of poetry, bronzes and silk artifacts interspersed with cultural displays. Worth pondering over are a jade burial suit and an arched door from the Ming era Porcelain Pagoda. A great place to spend humid or rainy days.
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| name=Jiming Temple | alt=鸡鸣寺 | url= | email=
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| address=No.1 Ji Ming Si Road | lat= | long= | directions=
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| address=No.1 Ji Ming Si Road | lat= | long= | directions=
Near Xuanwu Lake, there are several bus stops nearby with over 20 buses pass such as no. 3, 11, 20, 31
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| phone=025-57715595 | tollfree= | fax=
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Tickets are ¥5, which includes 3 free incense with every ticket.
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| content=Jiming Temple is the most popular temple in Nanjing and it is located convenient to downtown
. Near Xuanwu Lake, there are several bus stops nearby with over 20 buses pass like no. 3, 11, 20, 31and so on
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| content=Jiming Temple is the most popular temple in Nanjing and it is located convenient to downtown.
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Tickets are ¥5, which includes 3 free incense with every ticket.
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*'''Meihuashan'''
Formerly known as Wu Wangfen here, after Wang Jingwei buried here, here renamed Meihuashan. area ticket, 70 yuan, including the Ming Tomb, Plum Blossom Hill, PlumValley Arts BUILDING Red, Purple Cloud Lake 5 attractions.
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*'''Meihuashan''' Formerly known as Wu Wangfen here, after Wang Jingwei buried here, here renamed Meihuashan. area ticket, 70 yuan, including the Ming Tomb, Plum Blossom Hill, PlumValley Arts BUILDING Red, Purple Cloud Lake 5 attractions.
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| name=QiXia Temple | alt=栖霞寺 | url= | email=
| name=QiXia Temple | alt=栖霞寺 | url= | email=
| address= | lat= | long= | directions=From Nanjing, take a bus from the small bus station west of the Railway Station subway stop, leave from exit 1 and head 100m past the KFC. The bus doesn’t have a number, instead look for the () characters on the front. The fare is Y3 and takes about 50mins. Enroute the bus passes through a bucolic village then back onto the highway. Get off when it gets to a second village and stops on a bridge. QiXia Si is back toward the village centre.
| address= | lat= | long= | directions=From Nanjing, take a bus from the small bus station west of the Railway Station subway stop, leave from exit 1 and head 100m past the KFC. The bus doesn’t have a number, instead look for the () characters on the front. The fare is Y3 and takes about 50mins. Enroute the bus passes through a bucolic village then back onto the highway. Get off when it gets to a second village and stops on a bridge. QiXia Si is back toward the village centre.
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| hours= | price=¥20
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| content=A one time retreat for Emperor QianLong, the temple at the foot of maple forested hillside now draws hoards of less exulted visitors to clamber along the network of trails connecting fancifully named pavilions, ponds, tombs and natural stone features. The temple itself is not extensive, having only a pair of identical looking bell and drum towers in front of an austerely large hall, embedded with elegant lacquer-red window frames, containing a relatively contemporary, yet gracefully benevolent looking gigantic Buddha seated on a golden lotus. At the rear of the hall is a pair of intricately carved cabinets of a more impressively authentic vintage housing stone Buddha and Guanyin statues. The temple allegedly has an ancient bone relic purported to be from the historical Buddha, though it is kept well hidden. Further up the hill is a cluster of stone formations bifurcated by a steep canyon, believed to have been split in antiquity by mystical forces, that enables accent up a stair way to a pavilion and a high view over the valley. Higher up the hill are the crumbling remnants of group of buildings used by Qianlong’s army.
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| content=A one time retreat for Emperor QianLong, the temple at the foot of maple forested hillside now draws hoards of less exulted visitors to clamber along the network of trails connecting fancifully named pavilions, ponds, tombs and natural stone features. The temple itself is not extensive, having only a pair of identical looking bell and drum towers in front of an austerely large hall, embedded with elegant lacquer-red window frames, containing a relatively contemporary, yet gracefully benevolent looking gigantic Buddha seated on a golden lotus. At the rear of the hall is a pair of intricately carved cabinets of a more impressively authentic vintage housing stone Buddha and Guanyin statues. The temple allegedly has an ancient bone relic purported to be from the historical Buddha, though it is kept well hidden. Further up the hill is a cluster of stone formations bifurcated by a steep canyon, believed to have been split in antiquity by mystical forces, that enables accent up a stair way to a pavilion and a high view over the valley. Higher up the hill are the crumbling remnants of group of buildings used by Qianlong’s army
. The best time to visit is during autumn when the maple trees are radiating orange or Spring when the peach blossoms are loaded with pink and white flowers
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The best time to visit is during autumn when the maple trees are radiating orange or Spring when the peach blossoms are loaded with pink and white flowers.
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| name=Chaotiangong | alt=朝天宫 | url= | email=
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| content=For antique lovers, this place is a small market hosted next to the Confucius Palace. You can find all sorts of small and big objects there, some are real antiques, others are fake. If you want to buy something, be prepared to negotiate the price
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| content=For antique lovers, this place is a small market hosted next to the Confucius Palace. You can find all sorts of small and big objects there, some are real antiques, others are fake. If you want to buy something, be prepared to negotiate the price!
This place is fun to stroll around seeing both things to sell and sellers as the environment is quite charming.
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This place is fun to stroll around seeing both things to sell and sellers as the environment is quite charming.
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