This hot spring is located about 30km away from downtown Nanjing, taking you about on ehour to get there by bus.

At Nanjing Zhongyangmen Bus Station, there are buses departing to Tangshan Yishang Hot Spring directly hourly from 07:30. The bus fare is CNY10.

Or at Nanjing Railway Station, you could take the Nantang Line (南汤线)to get to Tangshan West Station or Tangshan Primary School with a fare of CNY4. And then, hir a local van to drive to the hot spring.

Finally, it is suggested that you take a cab from downtown Nanjing to get to the hot spring. The fare is about CNY100/cab.

Yes, there is an entrance ticket to pay, about CNY158/adult, including hot spring, free drink and other facilities. Except of holidays and weekends, there will not be many people.

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Thanks Mr Hank, very accurate; do you happpen by any chance to have some place where to crash for the night in Tangshan?