After visiting Xuanwu Lake 18 times, here's the ultimate nanny-level guide to avoid pitfalls

👣Why visit Xuanwu Lake so many times? 🌟 Located in the main urban area of Nanjing, open all day, free admission 🌟 You can enjoy flowers in all four seasons, take boat rides, do photography, take walks, daydream, and walk with kids. Who wouldn't love it⁉️ 🔺 Entrance selection: ▪️ Main entrance: Xuanwumen (convenient subway access) ▪️ Flower viewing: Lovers' Garden Gate (convenient parking, subway access) ▪️ To visit Jiming Temple: Jiefangmen ▪️ Close to Nanjing Station: Hepingmen 🔺 Attractions: The total length of the lakeside road is about 10 kilometers. ▪️ Huanzhou: The main entrance to Xuanwu Lake, known as 'Huanzhou Smoke and Willows'. Location of the Rose Garden and Pioneer Bookstore. ▪️ Yingzhou: Known as the 'Yingzhou Sea of Flowers'. Very suitable for camping. ▪️ Liangzhou, named in memory of Prince Liang Zhaoming, is reputed for 'Liangzhou Autumn Chrysanthemums'. It has the Puxian Island amusement park. ▪️ Lingzhou, famous for its vast lake surface and blooming lotuses, offers the beauty of 'lotus leaves stretching to the sky, lotus flowers reflecting the sun's different red' in summer. ▪️ Cuizhou Tour: Very open, suitable for enjoying the sunset by the lake. ▪️ Lovers' Garden: Really great for dating! Main attractions include Cupid Square, Western-style church, Peony Island, Water Garden, Flower Garden, Medicinal Garden, etc. 🔺 Boat rides ▪️ 4-person electric boat: 140 yuan/hour 🔺 Sightseeing car ▪️ Xuanwumen/Jiefangmen one-stop tour line (about 20 minutes per loop): ▫️ Xuanwumen-Huanzhou-Liangzhou-Cuizhou-Yingzhou-Lingzhou-Xuanwumen ▫️ Jiefangmen-Lingzhou-Yingzhou-Liangzhou-Cuizhou-Huanzhou-Jiefangmen (10 yuan/person per stop, 30 yuan/person for the whole journey, no getting off in the middle) ▪️ Inner loop: Rockery-Lingzhou-Yingzhou-Liangzhou-Rockery (40 yuan/person for the whole journey, can get on and off at intermediate stops 6 times, including Lovers' Garden line) ▪️ Lovers' Garden line: Flower Avenue-Sunshine Wharf-Cuizhou Gate-Liangzhou (20 yuan/person for the whole journey, can get on and off at intermediate stops 4 times) 🌷 Flower seasons: 🌷 Camellia: March (Camellia Garden) 🌷 Magnolia: March 🌷 Tulips: Mid to late March (Flower Avenue) 🌷 Wisteria: April (Lovers' Garden) 🌷 Apricot flowers: March-April (Ten-mile Embankment, southern section of Huanzhou) 🌷 Cherry blossoms: Mid-March to early April (Lovers' Garden, Camellia Garden, Yingzhou) 🌷 February orchid: March-May (in front of Yingzhou Cherry Garden) 🌷 Crabapple: March-April 🌷 Lotus: June-September 🌷 Plum blossoms: 600-year-old Ming plum (right in the middle of Liangzhou) 🔺 Transportation: ▪️ Subway: ▫️ Xuanwumen: Subway Line 1: Xuanwumen, Exit 3 ▫️ Lovers' Garden: Subway Line 3: Nanjing Forestry University·Xinzhuang, Exits 2A2B Subway Line 4: Gangzicun, Exit 3