宁波

NingboTravel Budget Guide

Tier new1·IATA: NGB

When to visit

Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Super-peak (national holiday)PeakShoulderOff-season
Holiday surges
  • extremeSpring Festival· Lunar Jan 1–7 (late Jan / mid-Feb)
  • highQingming (Tomb-Sweeping)· Apr 4–6
  • extremeLabor Day· May 1–5
  • highDragon Boat Festival· Lunar May 5 (~Jun)
  • highMid-Autumn Festival· Lunar Aug 15 (~Sep/Oct)
  • extremeNational Day Golden Week· Oct 1–7
Taxi flag-drop:¥11starting fare

Attractions

Tianyi Pavilion Museum天一阁博物院5AHeritage Site$3.99 (CN¥27)
Xikou-Tengtou Scenic Area溪口-滕头旅游景区5A$30.30 (CN¥205)
Yue Lake Park月湖公园5A$0.00 (CN¥0)
China Fishing Village中国渔村4A$6.65 (CN¥45)
Xiangshan Film Studio象山影视城4A$21.43 (CN¥145)
Old Bund (Ningbo)老外滩4A$0.00 (CN¥0)
Ningbo Fantawild Oriental Heritage宁波方特东方神画4A$41.38 (CN¥280)
Shipu Old Fishing Town石浦渔港古城4A$7.39 (CN¥50)
Dongqian Lake东钱湖4A$0.00 (CN¥0)
Ningbo Wildlife Park宁波野生动物园4A$24.83 (CN¥168)
Cicheng Ancient Town慈城古县城4AHeritage Site$10.20 (CN¥69)
Ningbo Ocean World宁波海洋世界4A$29.56 (CN¥200)
Ningbo Museum宁波博物院4AHeritage Site$0.00 (CN¥0)
Qiantong Ancient Town前童古镇4A$7.39 (CN¥50)
Former Residence of the Chiang Family蒋氏故居—$17.74 (CN¥120)
Romon U-Park罗蒙环球乐园—$23.65 (CN¥160)
Mount Xuedou雪窦山—$22.17 (CN¥150)
Three Rivers Night Tour三江夜游—$17.44 (CN¥118)
Nantang Old Street南塘老街—$0.00 (CN¥0)
Zhedong Little Jiuzhaigou浙东小九寨—$6.65 (CN¥45)

Hotels

Budget

$18.77 (CN¥127)
/night

Standard

$28.53 (CN¥193)
/night

Comfort

$51.88 (CN¥351)
/night

Tiers are grouped by hotel star rating — Budget ≈ 2★, Standard ≈ 3★, Comfort ≈ 4★ and up. Figures are citywide average nightly rates, so an individual hotel may sit above or below its tier.

Food

Budget meal

$3.55 (CN¥24)
/meal

Mid-range

$11.38 (CN¥77)
/meal

High-end

$38.72 (CN¥262)
/meal
Must try:
  • Ningbo glutinous rice balls
    宁波汤圆 · Níngbō tāngyuán
  • Raw marinated crab
    红膏炝蟹 · Hónggāo qiàngxiè
  • Yellow croaker with pickled greens
    雪菜大黄鱼 · Xuěcài dàhuángyú
  • Dried eel
    鳗鲞 · Mánxiǎng
  • Ningbo rice cakes
    宁波年糕 · Níngbō niángāo
  • Three-delicacy noodle soup
    三鲜面 · Sānxiān miàn
  • Pickled greens with fava beans
    雪菜豆瓣酥 · Xuěcài dòubàn sū
  • Gangyagou rice ball desserts
    缸鸭狗 · Gāngyāgǒu
Styles:Street snacks · Noodle house · Fast food

Culture & Heritage

Time-Honored Brands (4)

MOFCOM-certified · cultural background, not a business endorsement
GangyagouBatch 1
Est. 1926
A Ningbo glutinous-rice-ball house founded in 1926, famous for its lard-and-black-sesame tangyuan; the quirky name puns on its founder's dialect nickname.
Lou MaojiBatch 1
Est. 1743
A Ningbo sauce-and-pickle house founded in 1743, renowned for its dried bean curd and secret-recipe condiments; a first-batch China Time-honored Brand.
Shengyang TaiBatch 1
Est. 1851
A Ningbo dry-goods and Ning-style pastry house founded in 1851, counted among the city's "big four" sundry traders; a first-batch China Time-honored Brand.
Zhao DayouBatch 1
A Ningbo pastry house tracing to the Qing Tongzhi era, famed for dragon-phoenix golden cakes and other Ning-style sweets, once a leader of the city's confectionery trade.

Famous Snacks (6)

Ningbo TangyuanFamous Snacks
Ningbo's signature sweet: lard-and-black-sesame glutinous rice balls with a thin skin and generous filling that releases fragrant oil at first bite.
Ningbo Rice CakeFamous Snacks
Smooth water-milled rice cake made from late-season japonica rice, stir-fried or in soup, a staple of the Ningbo home table.
Brine-Cured Red CrabFamous Snacks
One of Ningbo's most iconic salt-cured dishes: roe-rich swimming crab brined raw until bright red, briny, slippery and tender.
Youzanzi (Fried Dough Twist)Famous Snacks
A traditional Ningbo snack dating to the Qing Guangxu era: hand-twisted deep-fried dough, in sweet and savory styles, the seaweed version being a local specialty.
Ningbo Three Stinky DishesFamous Snacks
Ningbo's famed trio of fermented dishes: stinky winter melon, stinky amaranth stalks and stinky cabbage hearts, pungent to smell yet savory and soft to eat.
Taicai (Sea Moss)Famous Snacks
A green edible seaweed from coastal Ningbo, fresh and faintly briny, woven into local foods from dough twists to battered fish.

Intangible Cultural Heritage (8)

Legend of Liang Shanbo and Zhu YingtaiNational ICH · Batch 1
One of China's four great folk legends and a first-batch national ICH, with Ningbo a key place of origin and transmission.
Yongju OperaNational ICH · Batch 2
A local opera sung in the Ningbo dialect, popularly called "Ningbo tanhuang"; a second-batch national ICH.
Ningbo Zoushu (Narrative Ballad)National ICH · Batch 2
A Ningbo storytelling ballad art from the late Qing, mixing speech, song and movement; a second-batch national ICH.
Ningbo Gold-Lacquered Wood CarvingNational ICH · Batch 2
A Ningbo decorative art uniting wood carving, lacquering and gilding into dazzling, ornate gilded carvings; a second-batch national ICH.
Bone-and-Wood InlayNational ICH · Batch 2
A Ningbo decorative art inlaying animal bone and shell into wood to form pictures, ingenious and refined; a second-batch national ICH.
Clay-Gold Color LacquerNational ICH · Batch 3
A Ningbo lacquerware art blending clay-gold technique with color lacquer, ancient and richly hued; a third-batch national ICH.
Ningbo Gold-and-Silver EmbroideryNational ICH · Batch 3
A Ningbo embroidery art working patterns in gold and silver thread for a sumptuous effect; a third-batch national ICH.
Yue Kiln Celadon Firing TechniqueNational ICH · Batch 3
A millennia-old celadon firing craft from Shanglin Lake, home of the famed "secret-color" Yue ware; a third-batch national ICH.
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