Nanjing has been the capital of six dynasties, the Ming, and the republic — and the city wears all of it at once: Ming walls and imperial tombs on one hill, republican villas on the next, a memorial to 1937 by the river, and plane-tree avenues over everything. Give it three unhurried days. It repays depth far more than speed.
The full handbook is part of the paid series
You have read the free preview — the introduction and the route map. The complete handbook adds the day-by-day plan, tickets and transport, culture and etiquette, food, useful Chinese, and the dated source list.