Kunming Sports & Recreation
Kunming's pleasant weather makes exercising on foot or by bicycle
very easy. You can walk or bike within the city as distances between
destinations can often be easily managed. And like in most other
Chinese cities, walking and cycling around a city can offer travelers
a glimpse into the daily life of the locals that tourist attractions
might not provide.
People looking for the perfect place to take a run or walk, or
even to do taiji, can check out Cuihu Park. Kunming also has a
zoo for those seeking fun and excitement on a nice day. In addition,
particular areas of the city, like Green Lake Park, the Bird and
Flower Market, and Yunnan Universtiy are pleasant areas to explore
on a sunny day, and are all within walking distance of each other.
Though stand alone fitness centers may be harder to find, you
can usually find some form of exercise room or equipment at many
of the major hotels.
Additionally, the university will organize various sporting activities,
as well as provide facilities like basketball courts and gymnasium
for people to play basketball and badminton.
Cuihu Park is predominately a lake surrounded by greenery. Cuihu Pakr has a large and elaborate
network of waterways and winding paths, and is a relaxing and beautiful hideaway with broad,
lotus-covered pools and overhanging willows. It is a great place to join thousands of others
exercising, doing taiji, singing or feeding flocks of gulls. The park is a twenty minute walk
north of the museum via Dongfeng Xi Lu and Cuihu Nan Lu.
 Another nice place to take a walk or a run is the Yuantong Si. East
from Cuihu Park along Yuantong Jie is the Qing-Vintage Yuantong Si.
Yuantong Si is northern Yunnan's major Buddhist site, recently spruced
up and an active place of pilgrimage. A bridge over the central pond
crosses through an octagonal pavilion dedicated to a multi armed Guanyin
and marble Sakyamuni, to the threshold of the main hall, where two huge
central pillars wrapped in colorful, Manga-esque dragons support the
ornate wooden ceiling. Faded frescoes on the back wall were painted
in the thirteenth century.
Kunming Zoo offers nice vignettes of children stroking and feeding the deer, along with views of
the city from a hilltop planted with crab-apple groves.
Kunming International Convention & Exhibition Center
Badminton Courts
Address: No. 289 Chuncheng Road, Kunming
Tel: (86871) 355-1985
Yinghua Hotel Bowling Alley
Address: No. 29 Dongfeng East Road, Kunming
Tel: (86871) 316-5888
Kunming Nanjiang Hotel Hot Spring and Indoor Swimming
Pool
Address: No.241 Dongfeng West Road, Kunming
Tel:(86871) 541-5266
Wuhua Swimming Pool
Address: No.1 Dianchi Road, Kunming
Tel: (86871) 415-3190
Kunming Sport Training Base
Address: Kunming Haigeng, Kunming
Tel: (86871) 431-2390-217
Hongta Sport Training Base
Address: HongtaTiYu Center, Hongta West Road, Kunming
Tel: (86871) 432-8888
Yunnan Palaestra Tennis Court
Address: No. 99 Dongfeng East Road (Intersection of Tuodong Road), Kunming
Tel: (86871) 313-4179
Kunming Health Center
Address: Ground Floor, No. 51 Huanchen West Road, Kunming
Tel: (86871) 537-9703
Kunming Hotel Gym
Address: No. 52 Dongfeng East Road, Kunming
Tel: (86871) 316-2063
Yingpaisi Fitness Club
Address: 1st & 2nd Floors, Building 1, Guofang Masion, Wuyi Road, Kunming
Tel: (86871) 361-1166
NOTE: Although
this information is correct at the time of our web publication, it is still
advised that you call the phone number and confirm the address before going
to the venue because some venues may have changed their telephone numbers
or address locations.
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