Hilton Hotel

Top choice in Nanjing


This sleekly polished five-star hotel, opening to a gargantuan marbled lobby with a huge calligraphic dedication and a vast and stylised depiction of Zǐjīn Mountain behind reception, is the town's best choice. Rooms are spacious and modern, there are three restaurants and service is tip-top. It's slightly out of the action in the southwest of town, but the metro is nearby.

Cheaper rooms are on the lower floors (beneath level 18). Expect decent discounts.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Nanjing attractions

2. Nanjing Normal University

2.33 MILES

Established in 1902 and located in the centre of town; the lovely campus is well worth an exploration.

3. Zhan Garden

2.85 MILES

If you don't have time to get to Suzhou, visit this delightful Ming-dynasty garden complex that once housed Taiping officials. The on-site Taiping History…

4. Taiping Heavenly Kingdom History Museum

2.86 MILES

Hong Xiuquan, the Hakka leader of the quasi-Christian Taiping, had a palace built in Nanjing (then named Tianjing or 'Heavenly Capital'), but the building…

5. Zhonghua Gate

2.88 MILES

Fourteenth-century Zhonghua Gate has four rows of gates, making it almost impregnable, and could house a garrison of 3000 soldiers in vaults in the front…

6. Nanjing University

2.93 MILES

This delightfully historic campus is worth a stroll to appreciate its traditional architecture, lovely trees and green spaces.

7. Fūzǐ Miào

3.1 MILES

In the south of the city in a smartened-up pedestrian zone full of restaurants, the Confucian temple Fūzǐ Miào has been a centre of Confucian study for…

8. Jiangnan Imperial Examination Hall

3.15 MILES

The north section (北馆; ¥40) of this extensive subterranean museum, marked by the stunning reflection pool on Gongyuan Jie, has contemporary displays on…