Xingqijiu (ninth day of the week) Leisure and Ecological Farm [Photo from yangchenghu.net] |
Xingqijiu Leisure and Ecological Farm, adjacent to Yangcheng Lake, is selected as "an experimental area for cross-Straits agricultural cooperation" and "National Agricultural Tourism Model" in Jiangsu province. Tourists can taste Korean, Japanese and Chinese delicacies in the farm's ecological restaurants, take boats to enjoy the surrounding scenes as well as walk in the farm to watch beautiful flowers and pick fruit such as grapes, strawberries and blackberries.
Address: No 2401, West Yingbin Road, Bacheng town
Ticket price: 50 yuan ($8.15) per person
Business hours: 8:00am to 5:00pm
Tel: +86 512-5785 0116
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