10 Days in Nanyang
Ten days across Nanyang's counties — Zhuge Liang's shrine and the Han stones, Neixiang's 1304 yamen, Baotianman, Laojieling's ridge, Shedian's halls, the Huai source and an honest day in Xiangyang.
Quick Answer
Is 10 days enough for Nanyang?
10 days lets you go beyond Nanyang's core into neighborhoods, food markets, and one or two day trips at a relaxed pace.
Source: NihaoVisit Nanyang guide
10-day Nanyang itinerary at a glance
Use our full Nanyang 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.
Wolonggang & Han stones
The temple to Zhuge Liang (181-234), whose records on this hill reach back to the Wei-Jin era, then the Han Pictorial Stone Museum, opened in 1935 and holding over 2,500 carved stones.
- nanyang wuhou shrine
- nanyang hanhua museum
Yisheng Temple & the old yamen
The tomb-shrine of Zhang Zhongjing (c. 150-219), whose Treatise on Cold Damage took shape around 210, and the prefecture yamen with Yuan-era origins among the old-town lanes.
- nanyang yisheng temple
- nanyang prefecture yamen
Roses & Dushan jade hill
Nanyang has grown roses for a living for generations and hosted the World Rose Congress in 2019; the hill of Dushan north of town is the namesake of dushan jade, one of China's four classic jade stones.
- nanyang rose garden
- nanyang du mountain
Neixiang County Yamen
An honest county day about 70 km west — a yamen first built in 1304, covering over 40,000 square metres with some 280 rooms; overnight in Neixiang.
- nanyang neixiang county yamen
Baotianman reserve
A day in the forest reserve that joined UNESCO's Man and Biosphere network in 2001 — boardwalks, streams and mixed forest on the southern slope of the Funiu range.
- nanyang baotianman
Laojieling
West into Xixia's Taiping township, where the ridge tops out near 2,210 m at Jijiaojian, the high point of the Funiu range — a ski field in winter, a cool boardwalk climb in summer.
- nanyang laojieling
Xixia dinosaur eggs & back to the city
The relics park at Danshui, where thousands of dinosaur-egg fossils came to light in the early 1990s, sits conveniently on the road home.
- nanyang dinosaur relics park
Shedian Ancient Town
About 50 km northeast, the old market town grew rich on the tea road; its Shan-Shaan guild hall was begun in 1756 and took over a century to finish.
- nanyang shedian ancient town
Tongbai, source of the Huai
Two and a half hours east to the far county, where the Huai river begins below Taibai Summit at about 1,140 m — a reservoir, memorial halls and forest paths.
- nanyang tongbai mountain
Xiangyang — a Hubei day & Departure
An honestly labelled cross-province day — about 40 minutes south by rail to Xiangyang for its walls of some 7 km and the old Longzhong fields 13 km beyond the city, with an evening train back to Nanyang.
- nanyang xiangyang day
Budget for 10 days in Nanyang
| 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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