Answer to One China Travel Question
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Q: What is the distance between Guangzhou and three gorges dam? What is the nearest airport to three gorges or how is this destination accessible from Guangzhou?
| | A: The closest city to the Three Gorges Dam is Yichang, which is about 40 km away from the Three Gorges Dam.
If your intention to do the Three Gorges cruise, you can either sail down the river from the upstream city Chongqing, through the Gorges, to arrive in Yichang, or you can cruise upstream from Yichang, through the Three Gorges, to arrive in Chongqing. Downstreem cruise is a little faster than the upstream one; either way the cruise takes about three days, with stops at various scenic spots en route.
It is approximately 1,250 km (780 miles) from Guangzhou to Yichang. The distance between Guangzhou and Chongqing is about 1,600 km (1,000 miles). You can fly from Guangzhou to Yichang or Chongqing. to both Yichang and Chongqing. Flight time is close to two hours in either case. You can travel by train from Guangzhou to Yichang and Chongqing. To Yichang, train ride time is about 18 hours. To Chongqing, train travel time ranges from 22 to over 30 hours, depending on which train you go with.
The airport serves Yichang is Sanxia (Three Gorges) Airport. The airprot that serves Chongqing is Jiangbei Airport.
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