Choose the best travel season. Yangshuo is beautiful in all seasons. The best travel season is from April to October every year (also known as the tourist peak season). There are many people, beautiful scenery, pleasant climate and just the right time.
When you travel, you don't need to bring big bags and small bags. You just need to bring your personal valid documents (ID card, driver's license, etc.), daily clothes, cameras, mobile phones and chargers. Other unnecessary or relatively unimportant items can be bought in Yangshuo, and the price will never be as outrageous as it is said on the Internet. After all, local people still have to live.
As the "global village" of China, Yangshuo is a place where cuisines from all over the world are blended. Here, the food cultures of the East and the West are integrated, and the spirit of fusion is perfectly embodied. However, the problem of eating has always been difficult to adjust, and it is best to suit your own taste.
Beer fish, the first dish in Yangshuo, must be tasted. Yangshuo beer fish uses Lijiang fish, which is fat but not greasy, spicy and palatable, with a slightly sweet taste. There are hairbone fish, swordfish, mandarin fish and grass carp to choose from. These kinds of fish are fine in meat and have less thorns, all of which are calculated by Jin. Generally, it is enough for two people to find a piece of more than 1 Jin. Several food stalls such as "Xie Sanjie Beer Fish", "A Tile Beer Fish", "West Street Ji Long Beer Fish" and "Qin Dajie Beer Fish" are old shops that make beer fish. They all taste good, and the per capita consumption is from 6 yuan to 7 yuan.
special note: to taste authentic Lijiang fish, it is recommended to go to the farmhouse in the essence section of Lijiang River, because Lijiang fish here is more authentic and authentic; Steamed swordfish, braised local chicken, duck eggs with chopped green onion and Lijiang River, wild vegetables. Such a meal costs 5-7 yuan per capita.
Among the home-cooked dishes in Yangshuo, all kinds of fermented dishes are also local characteristics. Eggplant, pepper, pumpkin flower, oil bean curd, water bean curd and so on. When you go to the countryside in Yangshuo, don't forget to experience that local farmers cook farmhouse meals for you with their own materials in their own homes. The ingredients are chicken, duck, loach (the loach from other places tastes hard, while the loach from local places tastes fresh and tender), eggs, shrimp, etc., all of which are native to farmers' homes and are delicious to eat, which is one of the rare experiences in Yangshuo.
as for western food, foreigners still eat more. many restaurants in west street have Chinese and western food. There are many shops with foreigners: traveler's restaurant, shore coffee, Mingyuan coffee and so on.
The breakfast of Yangshuo people is dominated by Guilin rice noodles, with a variety of other foods. Bowls of rice noodles are generally in 4 yuan, and some shops have one bowl of 6 yuan and 2 yuan of Camellia oleifera. There are also some delicious and affordable economic meals, such as a rice in a casserole in 12 yuan, which is also worth remembering.
With the popularity of accommodation and the increasing number of tourists, hotels, large and small, spread all over the outskirts of Yangshuo County. Usually, house prices fluctuate greatly compared with summer vacation and Golden Week. Yangshuo is really a small town. If you plan to do your own business, the most suitable thing is to open your own inn.
Yangshuo Star Hotel
Bilian Riverview Hotel in Yangshuo: No.1 Guanlian Road ★★★★★
Chinatown Hotel: No.8 Guanlian Road ★★★★
Yangshuo Boutique Hotel Yangshuo Little Chiang Mai Inn: No.29 Chengbei Road (Thai style, decorated with imported logs, the overall feeling of the hotel is more tasteful. Every guest will go home impulsively and quit his job-dreaming of opening such an inn in Yangshuo! House price 38 yuan →58 yuan; )
West Street Theme Inn West Street Narrow Gate Garden Inn: No.3 Xianqian Street (the name of the hotel is taken from the foreign love novel Narrow Gate, and the hotel is in a good location, very close to West Street. Sitting on the balcony at night to enjoy the cool, listening to the music from West Street Bar not far away, it is very comfortable, and the room design is also very good. The Greek Aegean style is very popular among small basin friends; House price 16 yuan →36 yuan; )
Economic Hotel Yangshuo Furong Hotel: No.31 Furong Road (with its own parking lot, the room is facing the sun, and it takes 3 minutes to walk to West Street. The balcony room is very comfortable, and it is good to have few shopkeepers and tall people; 18 yuan →38 yuan/room/night)
Rural Holiday Hotel (upstream of Yulong River, 1 kilometers away from West Street) On holidays, driving in Yangshuo County is rather congested, and parking is also quite difficult. Self-driving suggests giving priority to staying in rural hotels, such as the smiling fish Yulongqiao branch Yulonghe moonlight landscape: No.72-5, village behind Yulong Bridge (18-degree villa with river view, owner Chunlin,
Youth Hostel: Young people and students can choose Youth Hostel Inn, places where young people gather, and board games for meals, which are convenient and fun, and especially affordable.
Dunbar Inn: It's less than 5 minutes' journey from West Street and Yangshuo Park. The room is warm and comfortable and cheap. It's a very cost-effective choice. I lived in his house for a short time. Their chef cooked delicious food. In the evening, I played board games and mahjong with the store manager and volunteers. The atmosphere was very good.
Bus: Yangshuo Bus Terminal is divided into Shimanan Sub-station and Dacunmen North Sub-station, both of which are about 1.5 kilometers away from the ancient city. 1. Nanning, Liuzhou, Wuzhou and other places in Guangxi Province have long-distance sleeper buses that go directly to Yangshuo, and most cities in Guangdong Province have direct buses to Guilin, all of which go through Yangshuo first and then to Guilin, and you can get off directly at Shimanan Sub-station of Yangshuo Bus Station.
2. Visitors from other cities have to take a bus from Guilin Bus Station or Guilin South Railway Station (guilin railway station) to Yangshuo. There is a bus from Guilin Bus Terminal (which is on Zhongshan Road with the railway station, one stop away) from 7: to 22: . It takes about 7 minutes, and the fare is about 2 yuan/person. It is very convenient. There are many vans or private cars in the square in front of Guilin Station that can take you to Yangshuo. It's not safe to take this kind.
Train: There are two train stations in Guilin: Guilin North Station and Guilin Railway Station (South Station). Guilin railway station (South Station) is located at the junction of East-West Avenue-Shanghai Road and North-South Avenue-Zhongshan South Road. It is a major passenger station with convenient transportation in the city center.
address: the junction of Zhongshan south road and Shanghai Road, Guilin.
Transportation: You can reach Guilin Railway Station (North Station) in the suburb of Guilin by taking bus No.3, No.4, No.5, No.9, No.1, No.11, No.16, No.19, No.22, No.33, No.51, No.88, No.99..
address: Beichen road, Guilin.
transportation: take bus No.1, No.18, No.99, No.1 and No.32 in the urban area. Beijing, Changsha, Nanning and Beihai all have direct trains to Guilin, which is very convenient. The Guilin high-speed railway relies on Changsha and Wuhan to transfer directly to various high-speed rail cities across the country.
plane: Guilin Liangjiang International Airport is 8 kilometers away from Yangshuo West Street. There is an airport bus to downtown Guilin (about 2 yuan/person) and the destination is Civil Aviation Building (about 3 minutes from the airport to downtown). You can choose to get off near Guilin South Railway Station and then transfer to the bus to Yangshuo, so it takes about two and a half hours to transfer from the airport to Yangshuo. In addition, there is an expressway from Guilin Airport to Yangshuo, and the whole journey takes only 6 minutes. More than 7 kilometers along the way are beautiful karst landforms. It can definitely be selected as the most beautiful self-driving route in China. It is recommended to charter a car. The cost of a car is 28~35 yuan, so just book it directly by telephone. Nowadays, most private guides are professional and pay attention to the quality of service. Tickets for chartered cars, hotels and scenic spots can be discounted, which is very convenient.
what should I do when I swim to Yangshuo? How to play is more appropriate?
① Lijiang Scenic Area and its Raiders
1. Ordinary cruise ship Guilin → Yangshuo (note: shopping spots are arranged in the middle): This is the way for tour groups to swim the river. Generally, people are picked up in the city at 7: 3, and the boat leaves at Mopanshan Pier in Guilin from 9: to 1: , and then arrives in Yangshuo at 2: in the afternoon, about 25 yuan/person, with Chinese food on board.
second, the essence of the Lijiang River, bamboo raft tour is highly recommended: bamboo raft tour of the Lijiang River, she is more close to the mountains and near the water, free-she can play and take photos on the shore, taste the farmhouse flavor of the Lijiang River, and the time is not restricted. It is a popular way to visit the Lijiang River in recent years, and is deeply loved by free travellers at home and abroad. There are two starting points for rafting in the essence section of Lijiang Scenic Area, one is Di Yang, and the other is Guanyan, among which Xingping, the terminal, has a background of RMB 2, which should not be missed.
starting from January 1st, 215, the ticket price for Lijiang Scenic Area is 216 yuan/person, of which the internal price is 145 yuan. Just ask the local rafter master to get the internal price of Yang. The price for each person from Di Yang to Xingping is 145 yuan, and for each person from Guanyan to Xingping 18 yuan, there are four people on a raft. If there are no four people, you need to make up a vacancy fee of 35-4 yuan for each vacant position.
Basic online quotes (from Di Yang to Xingping): two-person raft, 35-38 yuan; Raft for three people, 455-485 yuan; Raft for four, 54-6 yuan. Although the ticket price of Lijiang River rafting is so high now, in fact, apart from the management fee, oil fee and wear and tear fee, the profit of a trip is around 6 yuan, so let's understand each other. If it's go on road trip, it's recommended to drive to Di Yang Pier, swim to Xingping and then return to Di Yang (take a slow tour downstream before returning), so that each bamboo raft can pay more 5 yuan oil fee to the rafters.
It's also important to choose excellent masters. About Lijiang River drifting, Baidu experience: Lijiang River drifting is easy to master.
how to get there?
1. Take the shuttle bus from Yangshuo to Di Yang Wharf at Yangshuo North Bus Station, and the fare for one person is 1 yuan. When you arrive in Xingping, you can take the shuttle bus back to Yangshuo. The fare is 9 yuan/person, and the one-way trip time is about 1 hour, and the rafting time is about 3 hours.
2. Take the Guilin-Di Yang special train at 7:3 and 8:3 at Guilin Bus Terminal, and the fare is 19 yuan/person, or take Guilin-Yangshuo in front of the railway station square, get off at Di Yang intersection and transfer to Yangshuo-Di Yang shuttle bus.
3. charter directly.
Third, hiking, walking from Di Yang to Xingping, busy collecting and being collected by other donkey friends. Physical requirements are high, especially in summer, walking for a few hours in the scorching sun is definitely not a wonderful enjoyment, especially for girls, the consequences of exposure need not be said by me. Secondly, the hiking route has a high angle of view and many scenery can't be seen. If you are not a masochistic enthusiast, it is better to take a boat trip.
Xingping ancient town, the most beautiful ancient town along the Lijiang River, is worth staying here for a while. There are also several scenic spots around the hotel that are also very good: one is the Longjing River rafting and Jiuma Huashan rafting, but it is only suitable for summer. The whole journey is 4 kilometers, and the river gap is more than 2 meters, about two hours. It is very thrilling and close, with three shifts at 9:, 12: and 14:3 every day. The second is the Presidential Fishing Village, and Xingping Pier is 2 kilometers along the Lijiang River, which is the fishing village visited by China's first President Sun Yat-sen and US President Bill Clinton. The fishing village is near the Lijiang River. Its houses are blue bricks and tiles, sloping roofs, horse-headed walls, cornices, painted buildings and carved windows. It has typical residential characteristics in northern Guangxi in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. According to the history of nearly 5 years, it is still well preserved. You can rent a boat to go there. The scenery is very beautiful.
The third is Laozhai Mountain, which looks out at the scenery of 2 yuan. There are a row of mountains standing on the river like camels, named camel crossing the river, also called Laozhai Mountain. In Laozhai Mountain, a Japanese old man named Linke donated money to build steps and guardrails. Visitors can wait until the top of the mountain to overlook Xingping scenery and watch the sunrise and sunset. The scenery is very beautiful.
Fourth, Liu Sanjie Water Park, known locally as the "Diamond Waterway", is located at the lower reaches of the 18km Lijiang River from Yangshuo County to Fuli Ancient Town, which is the location of the famous movie Liu Sanjie at home and abroad. Here, the river is wide and surrounded by bamboo, just like a wonderful landscape picture scroll. You can rent a boat to go there, and the cost is about 1 yuan/person. The river area is also famous for canoe rafting. On the way, you have to experience water and sand beaches, which is fun and exciting. You can see the beautiful scenery of the Lijiang River and exercise your body. It is suitable for small teams to expand.
② Yulong River Scenic Area and its Raiders Known as the "Little Lijiang River", the Yulong River crosses Lingui and Yangshuo counties, with a total length of about 43.5 kilometers. It is the essence of Guilin's landscape, fresh and simple temperament, lush bamboo forests on both sides, and leisurely fish, creating a harmony.
The Yulong River was called Anleshui in ancient times, but later it was renamed "Yulong River" because of the famous scenery in Baisha Town, Yangshuo County. Now it has developed into a tourist attraction that tourists will regret if they miss it. In spring, the tender green branches and buds along the Yulong River inadvertently bring people a breath of life; In summer, the oily rice in the field grows hard and is full of vitality; In autumn, the simple old farmer rolled up his trousers and harvested the fruits of his labor; In winter, the creaking waterwheel still doesn't stop, and the smoke from the cottage continues the life of Yulong River. Nowadays, more and more people choose to visit the beautiful scenery in this area on foot and experience the beauty of nature. Perhaps they also want to be a part of the beautiful scenery and construct a beautiful picture of "fairyland on earth".
rafting in Yulong River is not exciting, and it is different from bamboo rafting in Lijiang River. The bamboo raft tour of Lijiang River is powered by machines, and the Yulong River is completely hand-drawn with bamboo rafts. In fact, it is to take tourists with bamboo rafts and go down the river, so that tourists can enjoy the idyllic scenery of the Yulong River area. There are bamboo loungers for two people on the bamboo rafts, and tourists can sleep in chairs and swim in the river in summer. It is clear to friends who have seen photos. If you have never seen them, you can make up the scene of the middle reaches of the bamboo raft river by yourself. Let's take a picture later.
Every village along the Yulong River has docks for rafting. It takes about 5 hours to drift from Jinlong Bridge to Gongnong Bridge, and the price is about 16-2 yuan/person. Jinlong Bridge to the old county (about 12 minutes) is the first half, the price is 9-12 yuan/person; From Chaoyang Wharf to Gongnong Bridge (about 9 minutes) is the second half, and the price is about 6-9 yuan/person. Drifting is not as long as possible, it depends on everyone's needs and seasonal conditions. As for the first half and the second half, which is better, 1. The rafters in the second half are not trustworthy and their professional ethics are quite poor; 2. The drifting of Yulong River stresses tranquility. There are fewer people in the first half and the scenery is more beautiful.
start drifting from Jinlong Bridge, drift halfway, get off the bamboo raft, rent a bicycle to ride along the lower reaches of Yulong River to Dayongshu, Moon Mountain and Longshuiyan, and then ride back to Yangshuo along Shili Gallery. You can return the car at the county seat. The whole journey takes about 5-6 hours by car, drifting and cycling, with beautiful scenery, complete facilities and sufficient logistics. You can choose farmhouse meals along the way for lunch, which is a leisure route, and cycling is not very tiring. The rental fee for bicycles is 1-2 yuan, and the owner of the car rental will tell you how to return the car.
The ancient dwellings in the old county, that is, the old county village, is one of the famous villages in Yangshuo, with numerous dignitaries in the past dynasties.