Understand
[edit]Wanzhou was historically known as Wanxian. Thousands of people were resettled here during the construction of the Three Gorges Dam. Today the district is the most populous district outside of central Chongqing, with a population of about 1.5 million (as of 2023), of which around 1.1 million live in the urban area.
Get in
[edit]By plane
[edit]- 1 Wanzhou Wuqiao Airport (万州五桥机场), Jichang Road (机场路) (take the airport bus or catch bus no. 57; the airport bus has two routes, with one route terminating at the Kunlun Building and the other route terminating at Wanzhou North Railway Station), ☏ +86 23 58538138 (enquiries), +86 23 58888888 (ticket sales). Wanzhou Wuqiao Airport is the second biggest airport in Chongqing Municipality. There are flights to Wanzhou from Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai, and a number of other cities in China.
If there are no flights to Wanzhou from your embarkation point, you can fly to Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport in central Chongqing and get a train from there to Wanzhou. This would involve changing trains at Chongqing North Railway Station, as there are no direct trains to Wanzhou from the airport station.
By train
[edit]- 2 Wanzhou North Railway Station (万州北站), 2 Gaotie Avenue (高铁大道2号) (take bus no. 15, 30, 31, 32 or 21B; the Wanzhou-Kaizhou and Wanzhou-Yunyang intercity buses also stop here). This is now Wanzhou’s main railway station. High-speed trains arrive here from central Chongqing and other parts of the municipality. There are also many trains from Chengdu and other cities in China.
- 3 Wanzhou Railway Station (万州站), 187 Zhanqian Road (站前路187号) (take bus no. 5, 15 or the railway station route of bus 16). Wanzhou’s old railway station now only sees a small number of trains per day. Generally, these are regular speed trains rather than high-speed trains.
Get around
[edit]See
[edit]- 1 Chongqing Three Gorges Immigration Memorial and Wanzhou Museum (重庆三峡移民纪念馆，万州博物馆), 1469 Nanbin Avenue (南滨路1469号) (bus nos. 38, 52 and 58), ☏ +86 23 61018880, +86 61018863. 09:00-17:00, no entry after 16:30, closed on Mondays. Free.
- 2 Ciyun Temple (慈云寺), 1068 Section 1, Shalong Road (沙龙路一段1068号) (bus nos. 3, 8, 9, 12, 13, 15, 36, 36B, 37A, 37B, 62 and 63B), ☏ +86 23 58122299, [email protected]. 07:00-17:00. Not to be confused with the temple of the same name in central Chongqing. The Ciyun Temple is the largest Buddhist temple in Wanzhou. Free.
- 3 Wanzhou Grand Falls (万州大瀑布), Ganning Town (万州区甘宁镇) (about 50 km from downtown Wanzhou by taxi or local bus; buses depart from Wanzhou's Xishan Bus Station (西山汽车站)), toll-free: +86 400-023-8686. 08:30-17:00. Formerly known as Qinglong Falls (青龙瀑布), the waterfall has a width of 115 m and a height of 64.5 m. Because it is wider than Guizhou's Huangguoshu Waterfall, Chinese people call it the No. 1 waterfall in Asia. The waterfall flows year-round. Behind the waterfall, there are two natural grottos. ¥98.