10 Days in Nantong
Ten days from the 958 moat — the 1905 museum, Langshan, the 1895 mills, Rugao's Ming garden, the Rudong flats, Yuandunjiao's sunrise and an honest day across the 2020 bridge in Suzhou or Shanghai.
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Is 10 days enough for Nantong?
10 days lets you go beyond Nantong's core into neighborhoods, food markets, and one or two day trips at a relaxed pace.
Source: NihaoVisit Nantong guide
10-day Nantong itinerary at a glance
Use our full Nantong travel guide as the base and adapt it to 10 days. Keep the city's three signature attractions as the backbone; fill the rest with neighborhood walks, food markets, and an easy day trip.
Museum & the Haohe
The Nantong Museum, founded by Zhang Jian in 1905 as China's first public museum, sits by the moat dug in 958; a night boat loops the water.
- nantong bowuyuan
- nantong haohe river
The Haohe's small museums
A museum day along the banks — the abacus collection, the silk embroidery of Shen Shou, who died in 1921, and the blue-calico workshop tradition.
- nantong zhusuan museum
- nantong shenshou art museum
- nantong lanyinhua museum
Langshan & the river bank
Langshan rises barely 105 m from the Yangtze, its Guangjiao temple founded in 669; Junshan tops the five hills at about 108 m, and the riverside greenway links them.
- nantong langshan
- nantong junshan
Tangzha & the mills
Zhang Jian, the 1894 top graduate, set up the Dasheng mill in 1895; wheels turned from 1899 and the red-brick works are now the 1895 cultural block.
- nantong tangzha ancient town
- nantong dasheng mill
Seyuan & Sijie
The memorial park where Zhang Jian was buried in 1926 in the morning; the old temple quarter of Sijie and the Tang-era Tianning temple in the afternoon.
- nantong seyuan
- nantong sijie old street
- nantong tianning temple
Rugao — Shuihui Garden
An hour west in Rugao, one of Nantong's county-level cities, the Ming-era water garden pairs ponds and pavilions with old-town streets.
- nantong shuihui garden
Rudong mudflats
North along the coast to Xiaoyangkou in Rudong County — digging clams on the flats at low tide, the local pastime nicknamed a dance on the sea, and kites on the wind.
- nantong rudong xiaoyangkou
Qidong — where river meets sea
To the easternmost point of Jiangsu, where the Yangtze finally joins the Yellow Sea, then the landing of the day's catch at Lüsi, among the country's best-known fishing ports.
- nantong yuantuojiao
- nantong lvsi fishing port
Suzhou or Shanghai — a neighbouring-city day
One day honestly labelled as another city — rail over the 2020 Yangtze bridge, whose main span crosses 1,092 m, to Suzhou's 2006 I. M. Pei museum or on to Shanghai's Bund, a riverside walk of about 1.5 km.
- nantong suzhou day
- nantong shanghai day
Back along the Haohe & Departure
A last lap of the moat parks, a noodle breakfast and the train home from the city the river built.
- nantong haohe river
Budget for 10 days in Nantong
| Tier | Per day | 10 days total |
|---|---|---|
| Backpacker | USD $50–$80 | USD $500–$800 |
| Mid-range | USD $100–$200 | USD $1,000–$2,000 |
| Luxury | USD $300+ | USD $3,000+ |
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