There’s also a lot to be said about going somewhere off the traditional tourist trail: locals are happy to chat with you and having to work a little harder for the experience usually leads to a more rewarding visit.īonus: it’s easy to get to from Shanghai and in my experience, was about 25% cheaper at restaurants and hotels.
There’s more to do in the city than you’ll probably have time for, with a few stand-out attractions. First Things First: Is Nanjing Worth a Visit?
Since it’s not as popular as other Chinese cities, there aren’t as many articles about it (and fewer still on the actual coordination of visiting, rather than just inspiration). Planning Nanjing was an exercise in patience. But I really wanted to see Usnisa Palace and once I decided on that, I found plenty of other things to do in Nanjing to justify a longer stay.
Why not Xian, or Chengdu, or anywhere most visitors go to? And on top of that, I spent the night instead of just taking the bullet train from Shanghai to Nanjing for the day. My friends looked at me a little funny when I mentioned I added Nanjing to my China plans.
