Nantong
Nantong is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Jiangsu province, China.
Nantong is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Jiangsu province, China. Located on the northern bank of the Yangtze River, near the river mouth. Nantong is a vital river port bordering Yancheng to the north; Taizhou to the west; Suzhou, Wuxi and Shanghai to the south across the river; and the East China Sea to the east. Its population was 7,726,635 as of the 2020 census, 3,766,534 of whom lived in the built-up area made up of three urban districts.
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Worth seeing in and around Nantong
5 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Nantong Zhongnan International Plaza
Nantong Zhongnan International Plaza is a skyscraper in Chongchuan District, Nantong, Jiangsu, China. It has a height of 273.3 metres.
500 m · skyscraper in Nantong, Jiangsu, China · Wikipedia - 02Langshan
Langshan or Wolf Hill is a hill and scenic area in Jiangsu Province, China. It lies in the south of Nantong, near the Yangtze River.
1.8 km · hill in Nantong, China · Wikipedia - 03Nantong museum
Nantong Museum is located in Nantong, Jiangsu Province, China, at 19 Qixiu Road in Chongchuan District. It is near the center of the city, beside the Haohe river.
4.5 km · museum in Nantong, Jiangsu, China · Wikipedia - 04Guangjiao Temple
Guangjiao Temple is a Buddhist temple located on the top of Mount Lang, in Nantong, Jiangsu, China. The temple is dedicated to the Bodhisattva Dashizhi.
3.4 km · building in Nantong, China · Wikipedia - 05Second Sutong Yangtze River Bridge
The Second Sutong Yangtze River Bridge is an under-construction cable-stayed suspension bridge over the Yangtze River, linking Suzhou and Nantong in Jiangsu, China. It is situated between the Husutong Yangtze River Bridge upstream and the Sutong Yangtze River Bridge downstream.
8.5 km · Chinese suspended bridge · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Langshan
- 02Nantong Textile Museum
Opened in 1985 as a tribute to the city's long association with the weaving industries, the museum was the first of its kind in China and boast six exhibition halls as well as courtyards and gardens.
- 03Nantong Museum
Near the center of the city, beside the Haohe river.
- 04China Audit Museum
A museum that looks at accounting and auditing.
- 05Nantong Overseas Chinese Museum
- 06Nantong Forest Safari Park
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Things to do
Boat Trip Along the Hao He river is a treat in the evening. You can hire an e-boat for a few hundred yuan and it is worthwhile doing it in the evening when the lights come on and the fountains go splashing around 19:00. Nantong Laowai Mixer, Tiger Tiger. A monthly get-together of the local expat community. Live music.
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Where to eat
Nantongmap.net Nantong Mapped Out is a comprehensive English language website that provides information about all Western style restaurants in Nantong, including maps to specific restaurants and general, localized maps. A very busy place for a quick meal served in a jiffy can be found along Jiao Yu Lu on the North entrances to Nantong Textile and Vocational College and Nantong Vocational College end.
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Getting to Nantong
- Airports
- Sunan Shuofang (WUX), 69 km · Shanghai Hongqiao (SHA), 97 km · Shanghai Pudong (PVG), 127 km
- Wuxi → Nantong75 km · quickest by road, 2h 6m · ¥44–60
- Shanghai (Minhang) → Nantong112 km · quickest by road, 2h 31m · ¥55–70
- Shanghai (Pudong) → Nantong110 km · quickest by road, 2h 36m · ¥50–70
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Nantong
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Nantong. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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If you know how people move in Nantong – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Nantong
Nantong is 36 km from Zhangjiagang, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Chongchuan Districtdistrict of Jiangsu Province, China5.2 km
- Gangzha Districtdistrict of Jiangsu Province, China9.6 km