Have a cup of tea at Huxingting Teahouse

Shanghai’s Huxingting (Mid-Lake) Teahouse is the quintessential teahouse in China, often thought to be the original model for the one in the Blue Willow plate pattern. Here, at the center of Old Town Shànghâi, is the place to pause for a refreshing cup
of green tea, and count yourself on a par with Queen Elizabeth II, who was also a visitor.

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Hours Daily 8:30am-10pm
Address Yuyuan Lu 257
Location Nanshi (at pond in the center of the Old Town Bazaar)
Transportation Metro: Henan Zhong Lu
Phone 021/6373-6950
Prices Free admission

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Gedong Songo

This is a resort on the slope of mount Ungaran, about 900 meters above sea level. Gedong Songo (nine buildings), a group of small 8th century Hindu Javanese temples, can be reached either by car or on horseback from the town. Built at about the same time as the temples of the Dieng complex, Gedong Songo is one of the most beautifully sited temple complexes in Central Java and the views alone are worth the trip. Gedung Songo ('Nine Buildings') belong to the earliest antiquities of Java, they follow up the temples on the Dieng Plateau directly, for what about time. They were also built high in the mountains in an area full with volcanic activity; and they were also from Hinduist origin. But where the temples on Dieng Plateau are somewhat squeezed into a foggy valley, Gedung Songo are spread over the higher parts of the mountains, which guarantee a splendid view. On clear days, the horizon is one long row of volcanoes, from mount Lawu in the east, towards mount Sumbing, mount Sund...

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