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As temperatures rise in Yangzhou, finding refuge from the heat becomes a top priority. Luckily, the city is home to multiple green retreats worth exploring.
People walk along a wooden boardwalk at Songjiacheng Sports and Leisure Park. [Photo/WeChat account: yzs_lyj]
Right in the bustling cityscape, Songjiacheng Sports and Leisure Park offers an unexpected green oasis. Taking a slow walk along the 3-kilometer tree-lined path or riding a bike on the circular track, visitors will be enveloped in shade, where the urban chaos fades away.
Families enjoy the forest scenery at Baoying Lake National Wetland Park. [Photo/WeChat account: yzs_lyj]
Baoying Lake National Wetland Park is known as the "No 1 Forest Oxygen Bar in central Jiangsu". Tourists can go on a leisurely stroll through the quiet wetlands while enjoying the beautiful forest scenery and fresh air.
Dense green foliage surrounds the calm waters of Qingshuitan Tourism Resort. [Photo/WeChat account: yzs_lyj]
With vast forests of pond cypresses rising from clear, calm waters, Qingshuitan Tourism Resort in Gaoyou, a county-level city of Yangzhou, is a perfect summer haven that offers wetland sightseeing, ecological tourism, and a variety of cultural experiences.
