Nanxun Old Town — Attraction in Huzhou

Like many ancient towns in China, Nanxun is quite commercialized.

Houses are beautiful, many are restaurants now but there are still people living in this town. The rivers, or should I say canals, extend through the whole town. You can walk everywhere but I strongly suggest a boat ride with the awning boats.

I went to this town during the plum rains season, not ideal if you hate rains, but perfect if you really want to experience the “misty Jiangnan”, a well-known poetic depiction of the views in the old towns in the south side of the Yangtze river. Basically it is a Venice with mist and oriental features.

Although you can walk everywhere but I strongly suggest to get on one of those famous awning boats to have to full experience.

The local cuisine is also well-known in this area. River shrimps are small (as they are supposed to be) and the white fish has many fishbones (really a lot). I liked it a lot but it is probably not...

See the main areas but if you get there and it's too crowed just get around and explore you will see almost no one because the tours don't go that far.

It took me 3 hours and a half to see the whole are and I would have preferred to go by myself that to book a tour but it was cheaper. As soon as we arrived I left the group to explore by myself. It was the best I could have done.

The areas close to the last bridge are quite isolated and one can see houses of real people along the channel, they dry their clothes and underwear as well as fish in the river and cooked what they've caught, it's charming.

The most important or touristic parts are the old houses, the temple and the rice...

As one of the many Pretty Water Towns located in the Yangtze's Dalta Region, Nanxun holds its own Eastern Old World Charms. Dated as far back as 9th Century AD, it had been gradually developed into an important regional Distribution Center for Farm products, as well as Silk trades. Equipped with entwined waterways and arched bridges, NanXun's Old Town is a well preserved Cultural Center and a delightful Tourist Destination. I had visited NanXun on a Day Tour from Shanghai several years ago, which I enjoyed immensely. I am uploading a few photos as my...