Yangzhou is worth visiting if only for the tremendous Slender West Lake Garden. It is huge, so reserve a whole day for your visit. Despite its size, it's so exquisitely planned and executed, you feel yourself inside a jewellery box - every inch is finely tended, every few steps provide a view to yet another haunting vista with arched bridges, toy-like tea pavilions, elaborate rockeries and quizzical ponds full of turtles and brightly-coloured carps.
Unfortunately, the ungainly colourful night lighting turns this amazing feat of horticulture into a gaudy monstrosity so make sure to leave before the dark lest the magic is rudely destroyed.
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