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Wanzhou Riverfront (Three Gorges Pinghu) & Xishan Clock Tower 三峡平湖·西山钟楼Sānxiá Pínghú · Xīshān Zhōnglóu
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Chongqing, Chongqing
- Time needed
- 2–3 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Chongqing
- Region
- Chongqing
- Type
- City
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Wanzhou Riverfront (Three Gorges Pinghu) & Xishan Clock Tower
Wanzhou's riverside parks and promenades along the wide reservoir lake created by the Three Gorges Dam, with the old city wall, Cengong Cave, walks under huangge fig trees, a light show in Yinghuadu Park and evening boat trips on the lit-up river. Walks usually start at the Xishan Clock Tower in Xishan Park, a 50 m, 12-storey tower completed in 1932 that is counted with the customs-house clock towers of Shanghai and Wuhan among the three great clock towers of the Yangtze and still chimes the hour.
How to get to Wanzhou Riverfront (Three Gorges Pinghu) & Xishan Clock Tower
In central Wanzhou on the Yangtze, Wanzhou District; Xishan Park with the clock tower is on Wangpai Road.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Chongqing Three Gorges Immigration Memorial (Wanzhou Museum) 重庆三峡移民纪念馆 (under 10 km), Tianshengcheng Fortress Ruins 天生城 (under 10 km).
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