Tianjin Travel Guide

 cal6060 Says:  The Center of old town is the Gulou (Drum Tower) , surrounded by rectangle boundaries of roads. The fours horse roads are , Beima Road (North Horse Road), Dongma Road (East Horse Road), Nanma Road (South Horse Road) and Xima Road (West Horse Road). The old town district has... 

 cal6060 Says:  Chifeng Road is a shopping street located in the city center. This street is very similar to Nanjing Road in Shanghai with old colonial buildings converted to shopping malls, hotels, banks, and restaurants. This is the prime area for those who love to shop for branded goods.... 

 cal6060 Says:  Tianjin has many buildings are lighting up at night to make the City looks beautiful to attract more visitors. Some of the new colonial buildings were newly built. The interiors are still under renovation and unoccupied,but the lighting of these buildings are on at night... 

 cal6060 Says:  Tianjin has a beautiful night scenes along the Hai River. The City of Tianjin has done some much to make the city looks beautiful at night. Most of the colonial buildings are lighted up together with the street lights and bridges along the Hai River. The lighting's... 

 cal6060 Says:  Daguang Ming bridge is one of the bridges in Hai River. You can see it from Tai'erzhuang Road, Hyatt Regency is just right next to it. It looks like a new bridge to me. It was built to look like bridges in Europe and matched those colonial buildings near the bridge . It is... 

 cal6060 Says:  On this road, you will see many beautiful colonial buildings. Jiefang South Park is also located there. There are schools, post offices, government buildings, hotels, restaurants, and etc along the street. We saw an Olympic Statue shown Tianjin as one of the venues for a... 

 cal6060 Says:  Xikai Catholic Church and Cathedral is the largest church in Tianjin. It smacks in the middle of Tianjin downtown shopping district. This Catholic church was built by the French in 1913, and the cathedral in 1917. It has the Roman style architecture. I like both the interior... 

 cal6060 Says:  Nanjing Road is the main highway in downtown Tanjin. Most of the major hotels and shopping malls are along this road. The intersection with Binjang Road is the center of the shopping district. Binjang Road is another road nearby where you could see the beautiful Catholic... 

 cal6060 Says:  Wudadao means five major roads in Chinese. This area has been preserved as Tianjin Heritages Sites because it has many old European styles architecture villas and the former residences of the well-to-do built between 1920 to 1930. Most of these houses has been converted to... 

 Willettsworld Says:  This church is located just across the river from the Old Town. It was constructed in the late 19th century but went through a turbulent history. It was destroyed by a mob in 1870, and again during the 1900 Boxer Rebellion. The Tang Shan earthquake damaged it for the third... 

 Willettsworld Says:  This pavilion is located near the river in the Old Town along the Ancient Culture Street. It was rebuilt in 1427 but was part of a larger complex before then that consisted of an archway, bell tower, front palace and other pavilions. The complex fell into disrepair and only... 

 Willettsworld Says:  This pizza restaurant is just like Pizza Hut but a little bit cheaper. So expect things to be pretty much the same as the western chain. This branch is located on the main pedestrian shopping street of Binjiang Dao. 

 cal6060 Says:  If you are getting to Tianjin either by a Domestic and a International flight, you will be arriving in Tianjin Binhai International Airport. Airasia flight into this Airport from Kuala Lumpur. It is a modern Airport with modern facilities.Basically, you can buy long-distant... 

 cal6060 Says:  Tianjin has a modern railway station. The airport bus will stop near the railway station, and you need to walk about 10-minutes to get there. Once you enter the railway station on the ground floor, the ticket sales counters are on the left side on the building. If you want... 

 MikeAtSea Says:  Chatang is made of baked millet and glutinous millet flour. The soup is made by pouring boiling water into the flour and then adding sugar. Chatang is served from a big copper pot whose spout is usually fashioned into a dragon's head.