3-Day Nanjing Essence Tour

- Confucius Temple / Sun Yat-sen's Mausoleum

Trip Highlights - Attractions involved: Dr. Sun Yat-sen's Mausoleum, Confucius Temple, the Yangtze River Bridge.Lies on the south bank of the Yangtze River, Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu Province,China, is one of the most delightful of Chinese cities. Known as the Capital City of Six or Ten Dynasties in China's history, it has a brilliant cultural heritage.Taking 3 days tour in Nanjing, you can totally enjoy the leisure time and explore the city thoroughly. Feel free to contact us for more detailed information of your Nanjing tours, as a well-known travel agency in China, we'll offer you best services.
Availability: All year round.    Daily Pick-up Point & Time: Hotel, 8:30am.    Daily Finishing Point & Time: Hotel, 5:00pm.   Duration:3 Days.

Tour Itinerary: (B-Breakfast, L-Lunch, D-Dinner)
Day 01: Arrive in Nanjing (D)
Upon arriving in Nanjing, you will first visit the Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum and Mochou Lake. Afterwards you will take a tour of Dr. Sun Yat-sen's Mausoleum which is located at the base of the second peak of Mount Zijin. The tomb, which is nestled on the mountain slope, took three years to build, from 1926 to 1929. In the evening you will visit the night market that is located around the Confucius Temple. Then you will be taken back to your hotel.
Hotel: The Huangpu Hotel 4 star (or similar class)
Day 02: Nanjing (B/L/D)
In the morning, you will first drive around the Yangtze River Bridge and then visit the Zhonghua Gate. After that, you will spend a few hours at the Nanjing Museum and then walk around Xuanwu Lake. Afterwards, you will be brought back to your hotel for the evening.
Hotel: The Huangpu Hotel 4 star (or similar class)
Day 03: Depart from Nanjing (B/L)
In the morning, you will leave your hotel and visit the Confucius Temple. The Confucius Temple is an important place for the Chinese, which consider it as a center of their culture, commerce and life of the city. Around the city are buildings that have Ming and Qing style architecture. You can find arcades, restaurants, tourist shops and small food stalls all around the temple There is a night market that opens every night and offers more opportunity to buy souvenirs and food. In the afternoon you will prepare to leave Nanjing.
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Attraction Description:
Confucius Temple in Nanjing, built during the Song Dynasty in A.D.1034, dedicated to the worship of Confucius, a great philosopher and educator of ancient China and the tenets he set down for a perfect society. The temple has been destroyed and rebuilt several times. According to The Guide of history in Nanjing, The Confucius Temple was rebuilt in Qing Dynasty (A.D.1869), but was seriously damaged by the invading Japanese troops in 1937…
The Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge, constructed between 1960 and 1968, was the first Chinese-designed Bridge to span the country's longest river. It is the third bridge built to span the Yangtze River after the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge and the Baishatuo Yangtze River Bridge (in Chongqing City). As the longest bridge with the dual functions of highway and railway and listed in the Guinness…
The Dr. Sun Yat-sen's Mausoleum and the nearby Linggu Temple are not only considered to be the important places as part of the culture and history of China, but also regarded as the construction of the great ecological importance and natural beauty. Dr. Sun Yat-sen's Mausoleum, located in the Zhongshan Mountain and constructed in 1926, is an exemplifier of the architecture of the Republic of China…