Top Attractions along Yangtze River - Chongqing
by Catherine

September02

For visitors who come to China and interested to enjoy a cruise trip in China then Yangtze River Cruise is your best choice. Has become a famous cruise trip among foreign travelers, Yangtze River Cruise will bring you to explore numerous breathtaking and amazing nature landscapes. More than that, passed through many historical attractions along the river. For you who interested join Yangtze River cruise then you should know this place before, Chongqing.

Overview about Chongqing
Chongqing is the best point to start a boat excursion and tour the world-famous Three Gorges on the Changjiang River (Yangtze River). Chongqing has a significant history and culture and serves as the economic centre of the upstream Yangtze basin. Located in southwestern China on the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, Chongqing Municipality is the largest industrial and commercial center in the southwest of China. This former trading centre and treaty port has long been the economic hub of western China.

Chongqing Neighborhood
Chongqing has its special topographical features, the city surrounded by unique scenery of mountains, rivers, forests, springs, waterfalls, gorges, and caves. Chongqing covers a large area crisscrossed by rivers and mountains. Built on mountains and partially surrounded by the Yangtze and Jialing rivers, it is known as a "mountain city" and a "city on rivers".

Typical karsts landscape is common in this area, and stone forests, numerous collections of peaks, limestone caves and valleys can be found in many places. The Yangtze River runs through the whole area from west to east, covering a course of 665 km, cutting through the Wu Mountains at three places and forming the well-known Three Gorges: the Qutang, the Wuxia and the Xiling gorges. The central urban area of Chongqing is a city with its unique features and has stunning night views, famous for its night cruise. The night scene of the city is very illuminated, with millions of lights and their reflection on the rivers. Apart from the famous Yangtze River Cruise which board from Chongqing, the city also home for a nice Chongqing night cruise.

Climate
Chongqing is characterized into 4 seasons: early spring, a hot summer, a rainy autumn and a warm winter. April, May, September and October is the best weather in Chongqing. Known as one of the "Three Furnaces" of the Yangtze River, along with Wuhan and Nanjing, its summers are long and among the hottest and most humid in China (July and August).

As the terminal of numerous luxury cruises ships which cruising along Yangtze River to Yichang, Wuhan, Nanjing or even Shanghai, it is better if you know better about the city as one of the interesting attractions.

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