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<\/a>\nEntrance to the small town of Tongli<\/p>\n
Next to Suzhou Tongli lies in the delta of Chang Jiang (Yangtze) river which flows into the East China Sea. It is also named Venice of the East as it has many canals and bridges throughout the town. A picturesque enclave for a day out.<\/p>\n
Now I am the expert and do not listen to any unsolicited adviser ? Remember to take your passport along! Long-distance! The bus looks like it is going to fall apart, but still, you get a computer printed ticket and a seat number. Arriving in Tongli bus terminal you can walk 20 minutes to the town entrance or take a electric car (5 Yuan), worth the Money. Think of the long day still to come.<\/p>\n The whole journey takes 2,5 hours including asking people, looking for right places, waiting times. Later on, reading the leaflet coming along with the entrance ticket (100 Yuan) I found the information, there should be a coach going from Shanghai long-distance bus terminal to Tongli every hour and it would take an hour drive. Why don\u2019t they put it in their English web site, too?<\/p>\n All together, it was a beautiful day in Tongli. It is recognised als a World Heritage by the UNESCO.<\/p>\n Previous page<\/a> \/ Next page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Second day in Shanghai. Having seen enough of megacities of the superlative I wanted to visit a quiet place to relax. After Shanghai (24 million inhabitants) and Karachi (23 million) Beijing takes the third position of the most populated city of the world (21 million). Entrance to the small town of Tongli Next to Suzhou … Continue reading “Tongli”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":239,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1311","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.2","language":"gb","enabled_languages":["de","gb"],"languages":{"de":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"gb":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ktdtravel.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ktdtravel.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ktdtravel.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ktdtravel.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ktdtravel.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1311"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"http:\/\/ktdtravel.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2579,"href":"http:\/\/ktdtravel.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1311\/revisions\/2579"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ktdtravel.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ktdtravel.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a>
\nDocument evidence shows dwelling in this area for at least 5 millenia<\/p>\n
\nSpeed train to Suzhou (39 Yuan), at the northern gate of Suzhou\u2019s train station, a huge building complex again, after the exit turn left to the other side of the road. There is the long-distance bus terminal. Go upstair and buy a bus ticket to Tongli (8 Yuan), 20 km futher away.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nVenice of the East<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>
\nTongli\u2019s Shopping mall<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nNoblemen had their residence here<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nA reception hall of the court<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nA further \u201csitting room\u201d<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nThe garden of the court<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nSurrounded by music and study pavilions<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nThe garden of another residence<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nWith own stage for theatre<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nHall to disembark the litter, and rest for the carriers<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nOwn landing behind the court<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nThe muse of tranquillity<\/p>\n