How to Get to Tianmu Lake – Travel Routes from Various Cities
Tianmu Lake Tourist Resort is located in Liyang, a historic Jiangnan city at the junction of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui Provinces. Sitting at the heart of the Yangtze River Delta, it is 80 to 230 kilometers away from major cities including Shanghai, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Wuxi and Changzhou. The resort is directly accessible via Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway, Nanjing-Hangzhou Expressway, Riverside Expressway and Wuxi-Yixing Expressway. A comprehensive dense expressway network greatly shortens travel distances from surrounding cities.
Routes from Major Cities
Nanjing to Tianmu Lake
Self-drive from Nanjing Lukou International Airport to Tianmu Lake Landscape Garden via full expressway; the trip takes only 40 minutes.
Changzhou to Tianmu Lake
Tourist shuttle buses run directly from Changzhou Bus Station to the scenic area. Same-day round-trip coaches operate on weekends, departing at 7:30 and returning at 16:30.
Within downtown Liyang, take Bus No.9 straight to the resort for 2 RMB per person.
By car: drive about 8 kilometers along Provincial Highway 241 from Liyang Central Bus Station to reach Tianmu Lake.
Self-Driving Routes from Different Cities
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Shanghai → Tianmu Lake
Full expressway, 240 km, 3 hours
Shanghai → Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway → North Wuxi Exit → Wuxi-Yixing Expressway → Nanjing-Hangzhou Expressway → Exit at Liyang South, turn left toward Tianmu Lake Scenic Area.
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Suzhou → Tianmu Lake
150 km, 2 hours
Suzhou → Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway → North Wuxi Exit → Wuxi-Yixing Expressway → Nanjing-Hangzhou Expressway → Exit at Liyang South, turn left toward Tianmu Lake Scenic Area.
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Wuxi → Tianmu Lake
100 km, 1.5 hours
Route 1: Expressway route
Route 2: Wuxi → Yixing → National Highway 104 → Tianmu Lake
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Changzhou → Tianmu Lake
Changzhou → Provincial Highway 239 → Liyang, 80 km, 1 hour 18 minutes
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Yangzhou → Tianmu Lake
120 km, 1.5 hours
Yangzhou → Runyang Bridge → Zhenjiang → Danyang → Jintan → Liyang
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Taizhou → Tianmu Lake
200 km, 2.5 hours
Route 1: Taizhou → Jiangyin Bridge → Enter Wuxi section → Wuxi-Yixing Expressway → Nanjing-Hangzhou Expressway → Exit at Liyang South, turn left to the resort
Route 2 (for vehicles with ≤33 seats): Taizhou → Taixing → Ferry crossing → Changzhou → Provincial Highway 239 → Tianmu Lake
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Nantong → Tianmu Lake
240 km, 2.5 hours
Nantong → Nanjing-Nantong Expressway → Jiangyin Bridge → Turn right onto Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway in Wuxi → Wuxi-Yixing Expressway → Nanjing-Hangzhou Expressway → Exit at Liyang South, turn left to the resort.
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Hangzhou → Tianmu Lake
160 km, 2.5 hours
Exit Nanjing-Hangzhou Expressway at Liyang South, turn left to Tianmu Lake.
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Huzhou → Tianmu Lake
100 km, 1.5 hours
Merge onto Nanjing-Hangzhou Expressway in Huzhou → Exit at Liyang South, turn left to the resort.
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Jiaxing → Tianmu Lake
200 km, 3 hours
Jiaxing → National Highway 318 → Enter Nanjing-Hangzhou Expressway in Huzhou → Exit at Liyang South, turn left to the resort.
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Nanjing → Tianmu Lake
105 km, 1.5 hours
Nanjing-Hangzhou Expressway → Exit at Liyang South, turn left to the resort.
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Hefei → Tianmu Lake
250 km, 3 hours
Hefei → Third Yangtze River Bridge → Merge onto Nanjing-Hangzhou Expressway → Exit at Liyang South, turn left to the resort.
Recommended One-Day Itinerary
Landscape Garden Entrance → Huli Mountain Scenic Zone → Lake Cruise (Combined ticket for Tianmu Lake Landscape Garden plus cruise: 110 RMB; member price 90 RMB) → Rural Pastoral Zone → Ultimate Mountain & Water Scenic Zone → Ocean World
Half-Day Extension Attraction: Nanshan Bamboo Sea
Admission: 50 RMB per person
Located 18 kilometers from Tianmu Lake, it covers over 30,000 mu of bamboo forest. A serene lake nestles between two mountain ridges, known as "Lake Amid the Bamboo Sea" with breathtaking scenery. Local girls pole bamboo rafts to take visitors gliding through endless green bamboo waves.
Many primary schools organize spring and autumn field trips here for its stunning natural scenery.
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