Nanbei Lake in Zhejiang
By admin on 2014-12-26

The Nanbei Lake embraces a spectacular tract of hill-lake-and-sea scenery in southeastern China. It is one of the first provincial parks in Zhejiang Province and also one of the first national parks in China. It is located in Haiyan County of Zhejiang, north coast of Hangzhou Bay. It is in the vicinity of many modern cities. It is 120 kilometers away from Shanghai, 80 kilometers away from Hangzhou and 110 kilometers away from Suzhou.

The Nanbei Lake is very famous in the southeast part of the China for its uniqueness and attractiveness. It not only becomes the backyard of Shanghai but also the sister of the West Lake in Hangzhou. The hills by the lake are not very high, but they arise one upon another; the lake is not very deep but it zigzags along the hills. In the past few years, a lot of efforts have been made to make the lake more and more charming, therefore more and more tourists have been coming to enjoy the natural beauty of the lake.

Travel Information
Traffic
The NanBei Lake is located in the center of three big cities, Shanghai, Hanfzhou and Sunzhou, where railway transportation is very convenient.
Bus: Hutai Road No.1015 Zhongshan North Road: 6:40　7:20　8:00　8:40 9:40　    10:40　12:20　12:55　13:25　14:00　15:20　16:25　17:00
Hanzhong Road No.233,Minli Road.
Nanbei Lake fee and opening hours
Admission: The Egret Isle:5yuan/person，Yunxiu Nunnery:10yuan/person，Zaiqing Villa:5yuan/person，Huangyuan Library:5yuan/person，ChenChongzhou Gallery:5yuan/person，xijian thatched house：5yuan/person，Butterfly Island:5yuan/person，Yunxiu Nunnery：5yuan/person，Tanxian Stone Castle:5yuan/person，Wuyuewang Park:5yuan/person，Sanwan Botanical Garden：5yuan/person，Add up:90yuan/person
Opening hours: 8:00-16:30

Tips
The Nanbei Lake is a combination of hills , sea, lakes ,caves ,yards , and ponds . The environment of the lake is unique and the scenery wonderful . Its predecessors and the surrounding scenic areas reserved Jiangnan a real landscape. The lake’s own unique features have appealed to the tourists’ attention from all over the world . It has truly become the Backyard of Shanghai and is also called the Little West Lake . The place can satisfy different people: those benevolent enjoy the hills, the heroes the sea and the wise the water.