Ningbo Travel Guide
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Ningbo (宁波) is a port city in Zhejiang province, China.
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Understand
After one of the Opium Wars in the 19th century, China was forced to open five Treaty Ports for foreign trade, including Ningbo. The others were Guangzhou, Xiamen, Fuzhou and Shanghai.
Get in
Fly to Shanghai and take train, bus, or hire a car to get to Ningbo. Bus time from Shanghai to Ningbo is two or two and a half hours. Train time is about 3 hours (it goes through HangZhou).
Get around
Taxis are ¥9 for the first 3km. Bus is ¥1 (¥2 with air conditionning), but you must know the bus routes - stops are announced in English.
Money matters
As a foreigner, you can exchange your money at all major banks. A maybe wiser alternative is to use your foreign debit card. International ATMs (Plus/Maestro) can give about ¥1,000 (about 100,- Euros) out of each ATM each day, which should be sufficient. ATMs can be found all over the place.
See
- Tian Yi Square. The city's main square.
- Moon Lake. The main city park, originally built in 636.
- Tian Yi Library. A garden pavilion built in the 16th century.
- Lao Waitan. The "old bund", a popular nightlife district.
Do
Go to the island
Buy
- cheap clothing - Chenghuang Temple.
- brand-names - Tian Yi Square.
- Carrefour (家乐福超市), 248 Zhongxing Road, Ningbo City，宁波中兴路248. Tel: +86-(0) 574-87771211. With parking lot.
- Metro (麦德隆超市), 1 Maidelong Road, Ningbo City， 宁波麦德隆路1号 Tel: +86-(0) 574-88208888. Also with large parking lot. You will need a metro card to do your purchase. People, however, tend to be quite helpful - if you ask them to borrow their card, they are happy to help. That's because in China the metro card does not come along with any credit card abilities unlike sometimes seen in Germany.
Eat
Ningbo's local seafood style is called "Yong cusine".
- Shipu Restaurant (石浦大酒店) [1]. Two locations, 60 Yangyue Jie (tel:8732 8777) at Moon Lake, and 7 Gongqing Road (tel:8730 7470) at Tian Yi Square. Considered one of the best restaurants in Ningbo.
Splurge
- Waitan Huiguan (外灘会馆), Waimalu (外马路) 17. Ningbo. Reservations: 5 74 – 87 35-16 38, Fx: -13 38, 87 35 09 38. Clean Teppanyaki place. Their pricing is also somewhat spectacular - a dinner for two relieves you of about 1,200 RMB. Nevertheless, the food is quite well prepared. Service was also quite attentive.
Drink
Sleep
Budget
- Ningbo Lizhai International Youth Hotel, 77 Gongqing Road (near Moon Lake).
Mid-range
- Ningbo Hotel. Ma Yuan Road 251. Telephone: +86.(0)5.74.87.09.78.88. [2] Room rates are with about 240 RMB per night relatively okay. Though it is a rather old hotel, it was just freshly renovated in 2005. It is not far away from the city center. By cab I'd say 7 minutes (during rush hour it could be 15 min).
Splurge
- Ningbo Nanyuan hotel (http://www.sinohotelguide.com/ningbo/nanyuan/index.html)
Add: No. 2 Lingqiao Road, Ningbo Post Code: 315000 Tel: 86-574-87095678
Get out
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