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friendly people, easy to get around, good hotels
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isolated, no mayor tourist attractions
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Everything expensive!!!
Savour the past and the present at the Bund
maria_hz Says: Ningbo being an important port also had a sizeable European community during the 1800-1900s, especially British as it was a British treaty port. So it got its own Bund, built on the same principle as the more famous namesake in Shanghai. However, the Ningbo Bund is allegedly...
Tianyi Square - where it all happens
maria_hz Says: The heart of the modern Ningbo, with restaurants, entertainment and shopping is Tianyi Square. This is where people come to eat, drink, shop and just relax, watching the water displays or others enjoying themselves. Here you will also find the Shipu Hotel seafood restaurant...
Oliver68 Says: Ningbo Ocean World known as Ningbo Haiyang Shijie is located about 10 minutes by taxi from Ningbo downtown. It is less than 5 minutes from Metro supermarket and next to the Children's Park. We were traveling with my parents and my 2 younger sisters. In fact everyone was...
Oliver68 Says: Ningbo Tianfeng Tower is just 5 minutes walk from Tianyi Square and next to Cheng Huang Temple. For a long time the Tianfeng Tower used to be the highest construction in Ningbo. Located on Da Sha'ni Jie and Kaiming Jie, the Ningbo Tianfeng Tower was originally built during...
maria_hz Says: Like many other places in China, Ningbo also boasts its own lake, the Moon Lake (Yue Hu), and as ever it also a tourist attraction. A tourist attraction or no, it offers a bit of tranquility in the midst of the busy centre, even though it is dissected in the middle by a busy...
xiquinho Says: Legend says the Sheli Pagoda here wasn't built, but rose from the ground. This active monastery 20 kilometres from Ningbo houses a bone fragment of Sakyamuni, Buddhism's founder, as well as artifacts, paintings and calligraphy - some personally written by Chinese emperors.
xiquinho Says: Twenty kilometres north of Ningbo, this complex contains notable exhibits of Chinese architecture, and having been built in 1013 A.D. is itself one of the oldest wooden structures south of the Yangtze. Other exhibits feature inlaid wood, porcelain, bronze, pottery and...
xiquinho Says: Poets have rhapsodized about this jewel-like body of water for 1,300 years. Just east of the hotel district, Moon Lake Park contains tree-lined walkways, pagodas and pavilions, and a large children's playground area.
1 Review and 322 Opinions The Shearaton in Ningbo is a world class hotel. The service is outstanding and the price is...
New Century Grand Hotel Ningbo
1 Review and 213 Opinions First a note: This hotel is owned by the same firm who runs the New Century Hotel Ningbo, but this...
Ciao Italia: Italian Experience!
chriscorp Says: Small but fiendly restaurant with authentic Italian food. Pleasent atmosphere and great food. Only one problem - make sure you ask them to deliver the food in the right order, Starter/Main. All of ours arrived together - Chinese style. I had Bruchetta to start, plenty of it...
New Shipu Restaurant: Seafood à la Ningbonese
maria_hz Says: When in Ningbo you must try some of their seafood. One place to go is the Shipu restaurant on Tianyi Square. This restaurant serves diners on three floors, and the seafood is all fresh and tastes delicious. To order, you go to the fish tanks and fresh produce displays on the...
Bola Bistro: French/Italian Food in Ningbo
sevilsungur Says: Enter Bola and you are back home, wherever home may be. Bola is the restaurant where my 54 day China stomach-sufferage was over. I had the best food in China at Bola at Chinese new years eve. Elegant and relaxed ambiance.Comparative Price: more expensive than averagePrices:...
Shamrock Irish Pub in Lawaitan: Lawaitan Ningbo ~
RayBD Says: hi ~ it's ray here.couple of months ago i was in ningbo and i have found the best Irish pub in town is Shamrock at Lawaitan, just near the Church, infront of Indian Kitchen ~ it's a friendly pub, they got huge collection of music.Wide range of cocktails, famous beer brands,...
Around the City: A guide to Ningbo nightlife
drencrom Says: First, start your evening at Nancy's Thai, for some good Thai food, and after dinner, a drink at the bar. Then, take a taxi to to Lao Waitan to have some drinks. LWT is really the only place to go in Ningbo for nightlife. It's rather like Shanghai's Xintiandi. Rather...
O Reillys & Shamrock: Irish Bars in Ningbo
chriscorp Says: O' Reillys (opposite the Shereden Hotel) and Shamrock (near the Catholic Church) are both typical Irish Bars - Great atmosphere, friendly staff and of course, great beer. Both are good family bars and have Pool table and Darts board and on the nights I visited full of local...
Ningbo Lishe international airport.
w3ejijunchen Says: This is first time i have been to the New Ningbo Lishe airport after the government has build a new airport right beside the old one. And it is really cool airport.It should be consider as one of the most advanced airport in China, though the size isn't big. But all the...
xiquinho Says: The Lishe Airport is 15km away from the Ningbo city. One-way taxi transfer from the airport to downtown is around RMB50.
xiquinho Says: Some 120 kilometres east of the city, this old temple dates back to 300 A.D. Originally a collection of grass huts, it later became one of the biggest Buddhist complexes in China and still covers more than 44,600 square meters.
xiquinho Says: A four-hour ferry journey from Ningbo, this pleasant island off the coast is a sacred Buddhist site associated with the Goddess of Mercy, and contains many temples and scenic spots.
xiquinho Says: This mountain is one of Chinese Buddhism's most important sites. About 140 kilometres south of Ningbo, Tiantai has several impressive temples which feature Buddhist art, sightseeing, vegetarian meals and even overnight accommodation.
w3ejijunchen Says: Not only you can eat lots of sea food, and also you can visit China's oldest fram. And don't forget, there are 2 out of four China's famousest tample. Remember, you will make your wishes come ture.Standing by the Yong river, you would find out that the night of this city is...
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Life in Ningbo - I've lived in Ningbo since April 2004. Ningbo is a nice city, for China. Lots of trees, and the city isn't too large and isn't too small. There aren't too many tourist attractions. Good shopping,...
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Q: Does anyy body know if there are people practicing in that temple? or is just a historic place?
A: Minor correction... it's Tiantong, not Tiangtong.
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Located mid-way along China's eastern coast, at the confluence of the Fenghua Jiang, Yao Jiang and Jung Jiang rivers, Ningbo has an excellent silt-free, ice-free deepwater harbour. Habitation in the...
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In November 2003 I arrived in Ningbo for a 6-months assignment for my work. I stayed in a comfortable flat including a heater for the coming winter, I needed it. You can see on the picture that...
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I have to update this page since i had another trip back to my lovely hometown Ningbo 2004. It has been seven years since i moved to USA, thus I missed my hometown a lot. But the great change of this...
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I've lived in Ningbo since April 2004. Ningbo is a nice city, for China. Lots of trees, and the city isn't too large and isn't too small. There aren't too many tourist attractions. Good shopping,...
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Ningbo is a small town by Chinese standards, yet as a port of no small significance on national scale in China, Ningbo has for centuries been one of China's gateways to the rest of the world. This is...
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