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Things to do in Chongqing (China): Hongyadong, Liziba: the train through a building, Yangtze River Cableway. Prices, opening times and the author’s tips.

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Hongyadong
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🌃Hongyadong

A multi-storey complex of stilt houses above the Jialing River that glows at night like the bathhouse in "Spirited Away".

Price Free

Insider tip The best view is from Qianximen Bridge opposite after 7:30 pm. The lights go off around 11 pm.

Liziba: the train through a building
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🚝Liziba: the train through a building

Line 2 monorail trains pass straight through a residential building at the level of the 6th to 8th floors. There's a viewing platform below.

Price Free

Insider tip Trains come every few minutes. Ride it too: the stretch of Line 2 along the Jialing River is an attraction in itself.

Yangtze River Cableway
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🚡Yangtze River Cableway

A 1980s city cable car across the wide Yangtze with views of Chongqing's skyscrapers. Locals still ride it to work.

Price About 20 yuan one way

Insider tip The daytime queue can be an hour — come in the morning or late in the evening. Sit by the front window.

Wulong Three Natural Bridges
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🌉Wulong Three Natural Bridges

Giant stone arches in a gorge where "Transformers" was filmed.

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