Part of the Kunming Botany Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, this large park has a variety of gardens in different themes and styles presenting over 7,000 species of plants.
Western Mountain is the city's favorite place to go for high ground, fresh air and natural scenery. The pathways up and down the mountain wind between famous ancient temples and beautiful views of the city.
This is a famous military academy that played a major role in modern Chinese history.
The university taught some of modern China's top minds, and the campus was the center of many important modern political movements.
The beautiful campus of Yunnan's first university still sits perched on a hill overlooking Green Lake.
One of Kunming's best-known landmarks, this is a large plaza featuring two large arches in the traditional style, the Jinma (golden horse) and Biji (emerald rooster) arches, surrounded by a cluster of restaurants, bars and shops in Chinese-style buildings.
The twin pagodas stand 40 meters tall and date back over 1,100 years, and are adorned with bronze decorations.
This is a development and shopping area that incorporates an entire old neighborhood with a mixture of restored old buildings and newer facilities.
