Guilin's landscape tops those elsewhere, a travel guide
🛶Take a bamboo raft and enjoy the leisure of 'Boating on the green waves, a journey within a painting'~
🌟How to get to Guilin?
✈️Plane: Guilin Liangjiang International Airport is the second largest international airport in Guangxi, with flights to more than 20 major cities and routes within China. ✅Plane tickets are cheaper in winter, making it a great time to travel.
(1) 🚎Airport Bus: Costs 20 yuan, about 40 minutes' ride, and the terminal is the Civil Aviation Building. (There is a bus from the city to the airport every 30 minutes, it's best to leave Guilin 2 hours in advance to avoid missing your flight)
(2) 🚗Taxi: It costs about 80 yuan to take a taxi from the airport to the city center.
🚂Train: Guilin currently has three train stations: Guilin South Station, Guilin West Station, and Guilin North Station.
🚄Guilin Station: Mainly operates regular passenger trains and some high-speed trains, serving major cities in China, mainly Nanning and Changsha along the line.
🚄Guilin North Station: Has more regular and high-speed train services.
🚄Guilin West Station: Located 10 kilometers from the city center, mainly serves high-speed trains running between Guangzhou and Guiyang.
Our recommended itinerary👏
🔥DAY1: Arrive in Guilin, check into the hotel, rest a bit, then head to East-West Alley, stroll through the ancient alleys, and taste local delicacies
🔥DAY2【Fubo Hill】→ Check in at 【Elephant Trunk Hill】, resembling a giant elephant dipping its trunk into the Li River, with a round hole in the middle through which the river flows →【Sun and Moon Twin Pagodas】, the entire copper pagoda sets three world records, and it's the best spot for photos
🔥DAY3【West Street】Also known as Foreigners' Street, it is the oldest street in Yangshuo County →【Li River】boat tour
🔥DAY4【Xingping Ancient Town】Experience the charm of 'long old streets, deep alleys'.
🌟Stroll through 【Ten-Mile Gallery】
🌟【Long River】cycling, watch cormorant fishing performances
🌟Watch 【Impression Liu Sanjie】, China's first large-scale natural landscape performance
🔥DAY5
Depart to the 【Silver Cave Scenic Area】, known as the palace of karst cave art, and take a small wooden boat to visit the 'Paradise'.
🔥DAY76 Yangshuo
💖Food Guide💖
🔥Introduction to Guilin's Cuisine
🌟Beer Fish🐠: A local specialty of Yangshuo, made with fresh carp from the Li River, known for its unique crispy and tender flavor that whets the appetite.
🌟Guilin Rice Noodles🍜: White, tender, smooth, and refreshing, with a variety of ways to eat, usually mixed well and eaten dry.
🌟Lipu Taro and Pork🥩: A traditional Guilin banquet dish, made with authentic Guilin Lipu taro, pork belly with skin, Guilin fermented bean curd, and various seasonings, presenting a golden color.
🌟Stuffed River Snails🐚: The snail meat is removed, mixed with minced pork, perilla, and other seasonings, then stuffed back into the snail shells and cooked with broth.
🌟Oil Tea🍵: Guilin locals drink oil tea all year round, suitable for any season, morning or evening.
🌟Vinegar Blood Duck🦆: Made with ducklings available in midsummer, the duck is slaughtered to keep the blood, infused with sour vinegar, and cooked with tender ginger or bitter melon as ingredients.
⚠️Guilin Pitfall Guide
‼️Don't take the illegal taxis near the airport and stations.
‼️Don't trust various photo services in scenic areas, they charge money and are especially expensive.
‼️Don't easily trust the local women on the streets, they lack formal guarantees and are particularly deceitful.
💖It is recommended to plan a 4-5 day trip, as it's not easy to get out and about. Try to visit all the essential spots without rushing and take the time to relax properly.
Note title: Guilin East and West Alley food guide 🍽️🍜🍲 came to Guilin, how can you miss the food in East and West Alley? This is the favorite snack street of Guilin locals! The editor has sorted out a few must-eat foods. If you come to East and West Alley, you must try it! 🍽️ Roasted pig trotter: thin skin and thick meat, bite down and fat and thin, the entrance is crispy ~ super delicious! .🍜 Snail powder: Although snail powder is common in all parts of the south, the snail powder here is really a must! Add the unique Guilin rice noodles, the soup is rich, the taste is delicious, you must come and taste it! .🍲 Guilin rice noodles: the rice noodles here are fine and soft, the soup is delicious, you can add Sichuan sauce, mustard and other ingredients, people can't stop! If you want to eat more, you can also try Guilin specialties such as coconut rice, sausage glutinous rice, Jinhua ham fried rice and other Guilin specialties ~ Come and explore the whole thing in Dongxi Lane! .🍴 Food benefits: There are some halal restaurants in Dongxi Lane, which provide halal food, which is very suitable for Muslim friends to come and taste!
There are many Guilin hand-letter shops on the street, and there are also a few travel photography. There are corridors linking the second floor of the West Street building to form the second floor food market. Most of them are Guilin specialties, such as beer fish, horse meat hot pot, etc., and there are other popular cuisines.
Guilin East and West Lane is located in the city center, close to the pedestrian street and Wangcheng Scenic Area. There are a variety of delicious snacks and local specialties of rice, as well as small commodities, souvenirs, performance bars and so on. There is also a shopping plaza underground to hang out. Come here at night to enjoy the night view and the endless crowd.
20230314 evening: 1. "East and West Alleys" is the oldest ancient neighborhood in Guilin City. It began in the Wude years of the Tang Dynasty and became famous and flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The "Lingui County Zhi" in Qing Guangxu six years (1880) appeared in the earliest "East Alley" and "West Alley", and was repaired in 2016 in the style of Ming and Qing Dynasties. The ancient alley is adjacent to the south gate of the scenic spot "Duxiu Peak • Wangcheng", "Zhengyang Gate", so the east and west lanes are also called "Zhengyang East Lane" and "Zhengyang West Lane". The south is adjacent to Jiefang East Road and the east is adjacent to the Lijiang River. East and West Lanes are connected to the adjacent Guilin City's largest night market pedestrian street "Zhengyang Pedestrian Street" through the underground passage, and they are open for free. ① Address: No. 18 Jiefang East Road, Xiufeng District, Guilin City. ② Transportation: direct bus access, hard to stop by car. ③ peak season: no. ④ Time: 1 hour. 2. The famous people who have lived here in history have Hu Chunhui (the two governors of the Guangxi period in Qing Guangxu period, his father is the Governor of Yungui in the Guangxu period, Yu Ying, and his third sister Yu Yingbao made a certain contribution to the victory of the Sino-French War, the latter acting as Governor of Yungui for 83 days after Yu Ying died. One job, so the family has the name of "one three governors". The former site still has the last hospital "the family hospital". Later, archaeological discovery of the family temple stacked on the site of Jingjiang Wangzong Temple in the Ming Dynasty, so the place was opened into a site square, and the ground was protected with glass cover), The two brothers of Long Chaoyan/Long Chaohui (the same in the Qing Guangxu years entered Hanlin Hospital, the former site of No. 1 East Lane has a stone monument of "Brother Hanlin"), Wei Jichang (calligrapher and government clerk during the Republic of China, and the deputy mayor of Guilin after the founding of New China. The former site is at No. 1 "Jiangnan Lane", In 1910, the Guangxi branch of the League Association was secretly established in his house), Xie Hexuan (the famous underground party of the Communist Party of China, contacted Premier Zhou on a single line, codenamed "Bayi"), and he relied on his father, Xie Shunci, a famous calligrapher, and the Minister of Defense of the Republic of China, "Xiao Zhuge" Bai Chongxuan's close relationship. Become Bai Chongxuan's key secretary, for the victory of the liberation war to make a credit for the horse) and others, Wei, Xie, Yuan, Long four families are the four major scholarly doors in East and West lanes. In addition, near the "Shanhu Lake" 700 meters away from East and West Lane, Bai Chongxu, Ma Junwu (a famous educator in the Republic of China, president of Guangxi University, the first doctor of engineering in China, and the president of Peking University Cai Yuanpei, called "Beicai Nanma"), Tang Jingxu (Taiwanese patrolman during the Qing Guangxu years), Wang Pengyun (a famous wordman during the Qing Guangxu period), Li Zongren (the acting president of the Republic of China) and other celebrities have lived. 3. The old brands that appeared on this street have "Youyixuan" rice noodles (currently on Jiefang West Road), "Zhang Yongfa" dyeing cloth, "Cao Baoyuan" paste Danwan San, "Xiong Tonghe" pharmacy ("Lanjing Lane" south end), "Jufengtai" Firm, "Youxin" Firm, "Huangchangdian" brush (still open on Zhengyang Pedestrian Street, It is an autonomous region-level intangible cultural heritage), "Hongqinglong" moon cakes (the workshop has been moved to Lingchuan County, Guilin City, and expanded into a factory). 4. Unlike the food stalls in Zhengyang Pedestrian Street, Dongxi Alley is mainly fashion shops and bars. The value of "Miaomei Candy House" is super high. It is very suitable for petty bourgeois beauty to punch in and take pictures... The number of words is over-limited, continue in the last picture
If you want to taste the old streets and eat all kinds of food in Guilin, you can go to the east and west lanes. Especially at night, there are many people and there is a Xiaoyao Building to enjoy the beautiful scenery of Guilin Jiefang Bridge.
The explanation of the No. 8 commentator is delicate and relaxing. The culture of cliff carving is worth a visit.