Taoye Ferry Leisure Street

It was a noted ferry in ancient times. As a legend goes, it got its name since a famous calligrapher WangXianzhi saw off and met Taoye as his beloved girl. Since then, Taoye Ferry has become one of holy love lands in Nanjing. Nowadays it has been developed into a leisure area with bars, (international) restaurants and recreation clubs. The place is very quiet and so close to the Qinhuai River. It is an ideal place to escape from the bustle of Fuzi Miao area, hang around, have a cup of tea/coffee, or just wandering.

 

Jimmy’s

Hidden at the end of a food and drink complex on Shigu Road, this six-year-old sports bar plants a chunk of America in the heart of Nanjing.

 

Owned by Tennessee-native Jimmy, this laid-back pub is a nightlife stronghold among Nanjing expats, serving domestic and imported beers, a sociable environment and possibly the best American-style pizza in town.

 

Nanjing Olympic Sports Center

The sports facilities in this Olympic-standard four-stadium center are enough to train a family for a decathlon.

 

Sporty locals jog around the 60,000-seat outdoor stadium or shoot hoops in the outdoor basketball courts.

 

The clean and spacious Swimming Center contains an Olympic-length pool, a six-meter-deep diving pool and a kids’ paddling pool. For non-swimmers, the 13,000-seat indoor stadium hosts anything from a ping pong game to squash combat to a round of snooker.

 

Ice skating, tennis and golf are also available.

Egret Park

As a bright pearl in Qinhuai scenic area, Egret Park covers a total area of 15.3 hectares with a lake-water area of 3.8 hectares. Successively being called Xu Zhongshan Garden, Eastern Garden and Taifu Garden in history, it was a garden of Xu Da, a founding general of the Ming Dynasty. Thanks to its charming sceneries of unique rustic appeal, it has always been the place for many noted scholars to get together, writing poems and drinking wine. In the period of the Republic of China, it was formally turned into Egret Park.

Nanjing's Weather, Seasons and Zoning

Nanjing Weather:

Nanjing has 4 distinct seasons with relatively huge temperature differences. Nanjing has plenty of rainfall to keep it green and shorter springs and autumns whilst the winters and summers are rather longer.