PreeChina · Sight Guide
5 sights within 65 km of Yangzhou. Pick the ones you want and PreeChina can build a private, custom or tailor-made tour around them.
At a Glance
Price
Per person, in US dollars. The price covers the guide, the ground service, and the transport, meals and tickets in the itinerary, and it falls as the group grows. What a price includes and leaves out.
| Travelers | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day trip | USD 305 | USD 220 | USD 185 | USD 175 | USD 160 | USD 155 | USD 145 | USD 135 |
Premium hotels and first-class rail raise the price: the selectors on Private Tours show by how much. The final price is confirmed in writing before anything is booked.
Why These Sights
5 historic architecture sights lie within 65 km of central Yangzhou, from Tomb of Emperor Yang of Sui at 8.2 km to Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum at 64 km. They are: Tomb of Emperor Yang of Sui, Yucheng Post Station, Kou'an Carved Building, Wanghai Tower, Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum.
This page lists the sights and how far each one sits from the city centre. It does not set a length for the trip: your private itinerary decides which sights to combine, the order and the number of days.
The Yangzhou city guide covers the city itself.
Map
The gold marker is central Yangzhou. Numbers run from the closest sight to the farthest.
Sight by Sight
8.2 km from central Yangzhou, straight line
Emperor Yang of Sui died in Jiangdu (today's Yangzhou) in 618. Archaeologists excavated the Caozhuang tomb in 2013, and an epitaph found there identified it as his tomb.
43 km from central Yangzhou, straight line
A Ming-dynasty water-and-land relay station. Its halls, stables and storehouses survive, and it is one of the Grand Canal World Heritage components.
45 km from central Yangzhou, straight line
A late Qing and early Republic house with wood carving on every beam, door, window and railing, with scenes from opera, flowers and birds.
49 km from central Yangzhou, straight line
A city gate tower first built in the Song dynasty and rebuilt many times. The present tower dates from 2006, and from the top visitors can see the Fengcheng River.
64 km from central Yangzhou, straight line
A 392-step "Liberty Bell" shaped mausoleum for Sun Yat-sen, the founding father of modern China, designed by a 36-year-old architect who died before seeing it completed.
Distances
| # | Sight | Type | Straight line |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tomb of Emperor Yang of Sui | Imperial Site | 8.2 km |
| 2 | Yucheng Post Station | Historic Building | 43 km |
| 3 | Kou'an Carved Building | Historic Building | 45 km |
| 4 | Wanghai Tower | Historic Building | 49 km |
| 5 | Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum | Heritage Site | 64 km |
Straight-line distances from the centre of Yangzhou. Road and rail distances are longer.
Independent Travel
Arranging these 5 stops yourself keeps the budget lower. It also means booking each one and the transfers between them. Compare a private tour with independent travel, or ask PreeChina to plan it.
Custom Tour
This route is a starting point: 1 day and 5 stops. PreeChina plans it as a private, tailor-made trip and changes the stops, the days and the pace to your group.
Questions
This page lists 5, all within 65 km of central Yangzhou in a straight line.
Tomb of Emperor Yang of Sui, at 8.2 km from the centre in a straight line.
64 km in a straight line. The road distance is longer.
It depends on which sights you combine. Your private itinerary sets the number of days, the order and the pace with you.
Anyone who wants a full day at one place. The route moves between 5 stops, so the visit at each is shorter.
Explore More
This route is in Jiangsu. The province page lists its city guides, themes, museums and other routes.
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