Guilin 5 days and 4 nights travel travel notes

1. Preface

Since retirement, travel has become a part of our retirement life. Guilin has the best mountains and rivers in the world and is world-famous. I have always had a wish to have the opportunity to visit Guilin and see the mountains and rivers. Guilin will be the best in the world. In August 2019, the girl booked us online for a tour of Guilin for 5 days and 4 nights from September 5 to 9. The plane took off at 6:50 on September 5: Harbin--Luoyang (stop)--Guilin, travel fee: 3250 yuan per person.

2. Travel with groups

on September 5,2019

At 5:20 on September 5, 2019, we arrived at Harbin Taiping International Airport. We went to the Fuzhou Airlines counter to collect our boarding passes, and then went through security to the waiting hall to wait for the flight. At 6:20 we started boarding,

The plane took off on time at 6:50, and arrived in Luoyang (stopping) at 9:40.

The plane took off at 10:40 and arrived at Guilin Airport at 13:10.

The travel agency had a special person to pick us up at the airport, and then we got on the tourist bus

Send us to Guilin Xiangjiang Hotel. Arrive at 14:40. This large hotel is still of relatively high quality in Guilin and has very good conditions.

The travel agency did not arrange activities on the 5th, but were free activities.

After we settled in, we went out for a walk. Go to Riyue Twin Towers Park first. The Sun and Moon Twin Towers are located in the central area of Guilin City, located on the central axis of Guilin City, adjacent to the "Xiangshan Water Moon." Xiangshan is the city emblem of Guilin, while the Twin Towers are the logo of New Guilin. Guilin's Sun and Moon Twin Towers are known as the world's largest copper tower and are a beautiful night view destination for Guilin tourism. Walking by the lake, the lake is rippling, with cliff flowers, algae, and clear hair. The scenery gradually comes into view. When you are in it, you feel fresh, elegant, comfortable and quiet, and everywhere embodies the perfect realm of "harmony between man and nature." There is no hustle and bustle in the city here. It is suitable for the elderly to walk at night and more suitable for young people to talk about love.

We're just taking a simple walk. Then, we went for a stroll in the east and west alleys.

Dongxi Lane is the only historical street left over from the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Guilin. It has a pleasant spatial scale. It is a viewing area of Guilin's ancient historical features. It is a comprehensive commercial district in Guilin City integrating tourism, folk customs, culture, shopping, catering, leisure and entertainment.

For dinner, we ate rice noodles here, which are a specialty in Guilin.

Taste (sour plum soup),

Osmanthus cake,

18 yuan a small watermelon, quite expensive

Zhuangyuanlang

Xiaoyao Building,

Finally, we returned to the hotel.

on September 6,2019

At 7:40 we went to the restaurant on the 18th floor of the hotel for breakfast.

We will gather at 9 o'clock today, and we will wait in the hotel lobby at 8:50. The first stop of today's tour is: (Xishan Scenic Area).

Guilin Xishan Mountain is Guilin's second largest comprehensive tourist resort, with beautiful scenery and a long history. It was once a Buddhist holy land in the Tang Dynasty. Xiqinglin Temple was built, which was one of the five major Buddhist forests in the south at that time; the park attractions include Yinshan Sixth Cave, Xifeng, Guanyin Peak, Longtou Stone Forest, Qianshan and Babashjin, Yinshan Fazang Temple, West Lake, Jiuqu Bridge, etc.

When we came here, the lotus flowers had withered. This place is mainly Buddhist,

Touching the head and belly can bring good luck

They look like eyes, right?

We're just taking a walk. The lake water and the nine-curved bridge here are still very beautiful against the mountains.

There are many goldfish in the lake

Leave the Xishan Scenic Area at 10:28 and go to today's second stop: (Liu Sanjie Grand View Garden). Arrive at 10:34.

Guilin Classic Liu Sanjie Grand View Garden, formerly known as Guilin Liu Sanjie Landscape Garden, is located on the bank of the Peach Blossom River with beautiful scenery. It covers an area of more than 100 acres and has a total investment of more than 50 million yuan. Liu Sanjie Grand View Garden is a rising star in the tourism industry in Guilin City. It takes the essence of Liu Sanjie's culture as its theme and is a leisure and playground integrating viewing and entertainment. We started watching the performance at 11 o'clock, so we went directly to the Liu Sanjie Grand Theater to watch the performance.

Sanjie Liu's story is very touching, and the actors are also very dedicated. The actors 'dance professionalism is average.

After watching the show, we took photos and

It costs 10 yuan to take pictures with them

Look at cockfighting,

Then, visit the scenic area with a tour guide. It mainly introduces some customs and habits of the Zhuang nationality.

There is an interaction here. Select three tourists to be grooms and marry daughter-in-law, and each groom will be given 30 yuan.

Here is an interactive session. Select 3 tourists to be grooms and marry daughter-in-law. Each person has to pay a fee: 30 yuan.

At 12:10, we leave Sanjie Liu Grand View Garden. At 12:30, lunch is eaten in Guirenxuan.

This is a self-catering restaurant with a wide variety of meals and dishes. One hour was given for meal time, which was very sufficient time.

Next, we visit the third attraction: (One River and Four Lakes): Lijiang River and Four Lakes, which refer to Shanhu, Ronghu, Gui Lake and Mulong Lake in the center of the city. Connect the Lijiang River, Taohua River, Shanhu Lake, Ronghu Lake, Gui Lake and Mulong Lake in the central area of Guilin City to form a tourist water system around the city. Boarding the ship at 14:20.

We took a cruise from Riyue Twin Towers Park,

The order of tours is: Shan Lake, Rong Lake, Gui Lake, Mulong Lake,

elephant trunk Hill

elephant trunk Hill

Since the water surface of the lake is 4 meters higher than the water surface of the Li River, when Mulong Lake enters the Li River, the cruise ship has to enter the ship lock and descend 4 meters before entering the Li River. Visiting the Lijiang River section is to see Elephant Trunk Mountain. Every tourist has the opportunity to take photos when the cruise ship stops here for 20 minutes. The photographer on board will take a one-inch photo for each tourist for free. When disembarking, he will show you a 6-inch photo on the computer. If you think it looks good, you need to pay cash to buy it, each: 30 yuan. It ends at 16:15. The round trip by the boat takes 1 hour. Arrive at Lijiang Theater at 16:40 to watch the song, dance and acrobatic performance (between mountains and rivers).

Today's trip is all over. According to the tour guide, Guilin's (Chunji Roast Goose) is quite famous and has local characteristics. We took a taxi to Zhongshan Middle Road (Chunji Roast Goose) and arrived at this hotel at 20 o'clock. Taxi fee: 13 yuan. Sure enough, this restaurant is quite popular. We still need to queue up to eat here. It took about 30 minutes to get our seats. We ordered 1/4 of the roast goose, mainly to taste it.

This is 1/4 roast goose, 68 yuan

After dinner, we returned to Xiangjiang Hotel to rest.

7 September 2019

After breakfast,

We will set off at 7:30 today and arrive at 9:00 at the Lijiang River section of Xingping Town, Yangshuo, Guilin. It is a world natural heritage site and a national 5A-level scenic spot. The Lijiang River is like a green silk and green belt, winding between thousands of peaks, with green mountains floating in water and beautiful scenery. In ancient times, there was a saying that "the mountains and rivers of the Li River are in Xingping"-[Li River Scenery]. This is the essence of the Li River scenery of Baili Gallery... Due to the change of location at the terminal, tourist buses cannot drive directly to the terminal. The tour guide gave us two options. One is to walk to the dock with the guide, which takes about 20 minutes. The second is to take a tour bus or take a taxi to the dock, both costs 10 yuan. Due to my poor legs, when I went there, I chose 4 people to share a taxi to the dock. Our tour group should depart at 10 o'clock. A cruise ship can seat 50 people. Our tour group is relatively small, with only 24 people, and we have to take a boat with other tour groups. After boarding the boat, the boat guide told us some precautions, and then we began to tour the Lijiang River.

I have seen the magnificent sea and enjoyed the mirror level Jingbo Lake, but I have never seen water like the Li River. The water of the Li River is really stable, so stable that you can't feel it flowing; the water of the Li River is relatively clear, so clear that you can see the sand and gravel at the bottom of the river.

RMB 20 yuan background pattern

I have climbed the majestic Huashan Mountain with peaks and visited the Fragrant Hills with red leaves like fire, but I have never seen mountains in Guilin. The mountains in Guilin are really strange. They rise from the ground one after another, each one is not connected, like old people, like giant elephants, and like camels. The mountains in Guilin are really dangerous, with dangerous peaks standing tall and strange rocks, as if they will fall down if you are not careful.

The peaks on both sides of the Li River are tall and straight, with myriad shapes. There are a few fishing boats on the river and several pages of red sails flowing through the picture of the reflection of the peaks. It really has the artistic conception of "clearly seeing the top of the green mountains, and the boat climbing on the top of the green mountains." Every scene on the Baili Li River is a typical Chinese ink painting.

The Li River is a pearl of China's beautiful rivers and mountains and the essence of Guilin's scenery. It has long been famous and famous around the world. The water journey from Guilin to Yangshuo is about 83 kilometers, called the Li River. The Li River runs 83 kilometers from Guilin to Yangshuo. It resembles a Qingluo Belt, winding among thousands of strange bees. The scenery along the river is beautiful, with clear water lingering, and the reflections of strange peaks, deep pools, fountains, and waterfalls are mixed, forming a colorful picture scroll, known as the "Baili Li River, Baili Gallery". It is the most typical area with karst terrain development in northeastern Guangxi.

The whole journey lasted for 90 minutes. Tourists on the ship were given the opportunity to take photos at a fixed attraction. The photographer took a free 1-inch photo for each visitor. We chose a better photo and spent 25 yuan. Leave at 11:55 and arrive at 12:10:(Ruifeng Garden) Have lunch. There are 8 people at a table, and the food is okay.

Depart at 12:40 for today's second attraction: (Guilin Ancient Love Scenic Area), and arrive at the scenic area at 13:30

The Guilin Eternal Love Scenic Area jointly created by Songcheng Performing Arts and Guilin Tourism Group has the core performance of the large-scale song and dance "Guilin Eternal Love", which is a must-see performance in a lifetime. It is a visual feast and a shocking soul. It sings a moving ancient legend of Guilin.

The scenic spot is centered on tourists and has tens of thousands of square meters of fully indoor air conditioned No. 3 tourist complex, wind and rain corridors, and five-star standard toilets. The giant statue of Gexian is magnificent and integrates with Guilin's mountains and rivers. It is the embodiment of the true, good and beautiful children of the land of Bagui. Dozens of high-tech and children's experience projects in the scenic area, such as Haunted House, Qingming Shanghetu Film Museum, and Wonderful Street, are full of fun.

The ancient village of Yangshuo has created a unique farming and market life style. In Shicheng Street and Fengqing Street, Grandpa's wine tanks, grandma's cakes, and father's toys and other handicraft workshops retain nostalgia and search for the memories of their fathers.

We watched: The performance time of (Guilin Ancient Love) is 15:30, and there are still two hours to go around the scenic spot.

First, go to the observation deck of the scenic area, where you can see the panoramic view of the scenic area. Then, experience the haunted house. It is a bit thrilling. People who are timid should not go in to avoid being scared.

Because the weather was very hot, we went to a book bar indoors to rest, which was comfortable with air conditioning.

The performance started at 15:30. The quality of the program was very high, the actors were very professional, and the program was very innovative. Especially in the last program, five people rode motorcycles to perform in a round iron cage. Their skills were superb and won warm applause from the audience. It also pushed the whole program to a climax.

The performance lasts 1 hour and is worth seeing.

Moon Mountain

At 17 o'clock, we got on the tourist bus and went to today's third attraction: (Yinziyan).

Yinziyan is located in Maling Town, Lipu County, 85 kilometers away from Guilin, and 18 kilometers away from Yangshuo. The Yinziyan Cave is divided into three parts: the lower cave, the hall and the upper cave. There are 28 gorgeous and beautiful scenic spots in the cave. The unique natural landscape can be called magical. The colorful stalactite stone pillars, stone towers, stone mantles, and stone waterfalls constitute all the wonders of karst art and are known by the world as the "World's Cave Wonders". The most representative attractions in the cave are the "Three Wonders" and the "Three Treasures". The "Three Wonders" are snow-capped mountains and waterfalls, musical stone screens and Yaochi fairyland. The "Three Treasures" are the Buddha's Sutra Theory, the Mixed Pearl Umbrella and the Single Pillar Reaching the Sky.

Walking into the Yinziyan Cave,

The first thing presented to tourists is a huge "Lipu taro". It is a stalagmite 2 meters high and 1 meter thick. It is lifelike and seems to be showing everyone the business card of taro in his hometown of Lipu County. Walking along the narrow passage, you will not far away from the first cave, the "Snow Mountain Flying Waterfall". When you are in this scene, you are shining silver and white and crystal clear, like a silver waterfall poured out of thousands of flowing water on a stone cliff. It is magnificent and enchanting, which is amazing. The tour guide said: After visiting Yinziyan, you will never lack money for your life. It turns out that the silver waterfall here is like a huge treasure house of silver, which you can use inexhaustible supplies and endless supplies. Therefore, the cave is named Yinziyan Cave.

Walking further, a group of milky white stone screens appeared. This is the second masterpiece of Yinziyan, the "Musical Stone Screen". This stone screen is about 3.5 meters high and about 5 meters wide. It is formed by connecting dozens of slender stone screens. The depth and thickness are different. It looks like a guqin. What is even more amazing is that as long as you tap it gently, it will emit a melodious rhythm, just like the legendary "fairy music playing" or the "sound of nature", which makes people intoxicated. No wonder the ancients lamented here: "This song should only be in the sky, and it can be heard several times in the world."

The third masterpiece of Silver Cave is called "Yaochi Wonderland". Against the reflection of the colorful lights and water mirrors, the color of the lava is constantly changing and beautiful. At the bottom is a very gorgeous pool. The crystal clear stalactites in the pool are like hibiscus emerging from water, dripping with light, as if Yang Guifei bathed in those years."Huaqing Pool". There is a row of 15-meter-high stone curtains by the pool, like a huge curtain of beads and jade brocade hanging upside down in the shallow pool. The stalactites between the roof of the cave and the ground present a graceful and graceful posture as silk, reflecting the colorful The gorgeous brilliance is reflected in the clear water as a mirror. It is so beautiful that tourists all clap their hands and praise it.

One of the three treasures of Yinziyan is the "Buddha's Theory of Sutra". Carefully walking through the fairy garden corridor, you will arrive at the solemn and sacred Buddha hall. On the right side of the Buddha hall, there are many stalagmite Buddhas sitting, listening attentively to the Buddha's preaching. Sermons, accompanied by vocal and Sanskrit sounds, giving people the feeling of going to the temple to listen to the scriptures and see the Buddha.

Walking closer to the second treasure of Yinyin Cave: the "Mixed Origin Pearl Umbrella", I saw a huge divine umbrella inserted on a stalagmite not far away. It is said that this umbrella-shaped stalactite with the big middle and small ends is a geological mystery. It is said that this divine umbrella can call the wind and rain, collect demons and suppress monsters. Now it is collected in the cave and has become a cave treasure in the Yinziyan Cave.

The most shocking thing is the third treasure of the cave: "Single Pillar Reaching the Sky". It is like an old pine tree standing on the top of a mountain, melancholy and vicissitudes, surrounded by uniform and slender branches. This column is 26 meters high and stands upright and does not bend. Tourists sincerely admire nature's ingenuity.

In addition to the representative "Three Treasures" and "Three Wonders" attractions, the Yinziyan Cave is surrounded by almost every step of the cave. Some places are like Dunhuang Grottoes, covered with carved stone paintings. Some places are like a brocade, with bejeweled palace lanterns on top, ancient bronze mirrors, wonderful art corridors, thousand-year-old ganoderma lucidum, forest parks, and various wild birds and beasts, inhabit dense forests and are vivid.

The Yinziyan Cave collects stalactites formed in different geological ages. The black ones are in the elderly stage (1 million years); the orange ones are in the middle-aged stage (600,000 years); the milky ones are in the youth stage (400,000 years); and the clean white ones are in the childhood stage (200,000 years). It can be said that "four generations live together", which is rare at home and abroad.

Visiting the Yinziyan Cave in Guilin not only brings joy, but also broadens their horizons and increases their knowledge. The majority of tourists sigh that it is worthwhile to visit here. At 19 o'clock, we took the tourist bus to the hotel. Today we stayed in Yangshuo County and rested at Wenhua Shanshui Resort Hotel.

According to the tourist itinerary, there is also a free travel route on Yangshuo West Street today. Due to the late hours and the tiring walking during the day, we didn't go to Yangshuo West Street and had a light meal near the hotel.

on September 8,2019

Departing at 7:10 today, the first attraction is: bamboo raft rafting. Because there is a national triathlon competition today and some roads are controlled, we are unable to go rafting, so the bamboo raft rafting event is cancelled. The tour guide refunded us the 145 yuan rafting money for the two of them, which was very reasonable. Let's go directly to today's second attraction: Doye Ancient Town, and arrive here at 9 o'clock.

This is not the true ancient town of Doye. The real ancient town is more than 200 kilometers away from here in the mountains. This is just a tourist attraction established for tourism, allowing tourists to learn about Doye ancient town through here.

There are also two shopping spots here, one is selling snake wine, and the other is selling silver jewelry. Because we were a pure entertainment group, we were just walking around, and tour guide Lu did not ask us to buy anything. We left at 10:30 and arrived at 12:10: Xiaonanguo had lunch. Since we arrived late, there was no place left and we could only have 12 people at a table. Today is the last day of the tour and the last time the travel agency takes care of the meal, so this meal is more generous than the previous few days, with fish, chicken and meat.

Get on the tourist bus at 12:50 and go to today's third attraction: Riyue Twin Towers Park.

After entering the scenic area, there are still tour guides. The advantage of following the tour guide is that you can understand the history of the Sun and Moon Twin Towers.

Due to limited time, we didn't go up to the Moon Tower. There was an 18-meter underground channel between the Moon Tower and the Sun Tower, so we went directly to the Sun Tower. We took the elevator to the 7th floor. The tour guide told us in advance that the 8th-9th floor was a Buddhist place. If you didn't believe in it, don't go up, so we went to the 7th floor to see the scenery of Guilin. Here, all our group travel itinerary is over. Since the hotel we stayed in was not with other tourists, the tour guide asked us to take a taxi back to the hotel by ourselves, and the fare was reimbursed by the travel agency. We took a taxi to the hotel where we stayed tonight: Guilin Grand Mansion Hotel.

This was our last night in Guilin. The travel agency upgraded the hotel standards for us. I felt that this was a quasi-5-star hotel. The hotel had splendid golden walls, spacious and bright rooms, and complete facilities. The breakfast standard was 80 yuan. Staying in a hotel like this is a kind of enjoyment.

gym

Indoor swimming pool, outdoor swimming pool

on September 9,2019

Today, we have free activities during the day. We went to the restaurant for breakfast at 8 o'clock. Then, we chose to visit Jingjiang Wangfu. The hotel ordered us a Didi taxi and arrived at Jingjiang Wangfu at 11 o'clock. Fare: 12 yuan, scenic spot entrance ticket: 100 yuan per person, which is a bit too expensive. There are full-time tour guides entering the scenic spot. Since we are individual tourists, we can only enter together after a certain number of people.

Under renovation

Tourists print their own blessing characters. If they want them, they need to pay for them.

This is Duxiu Peak

The paintings here are very expensive

Duxiu Peak Royal City Scenic Area includes Duxiu Peak and Jingjiang Palace. Jingjiang Palace is a group of splendid and large-scale buildings. It was once the residence of the longest-running vassal king in the Ming Dynasty. Behind the palace is Duxiu Peak. The famous sentence "Guilin's mountains and rivers are the best in the world" comes from the stone carvings of Duxiu Peak. Today's main goal is to climb: Duxiu Peak.

Duxiu Peak is located in the Jingjiang Royal City in the center of Guilin City, Guangxi. It is an integral part of the Royal City Scenic Area. The lonely peak is protruding, steep and majestic, and is known as the "pillar in the south sky." Its summit is the best place to enjoy the scenery of Guilin and has been longed for by celebrities since ancient times. Climb the 306 stone steps to the summit, where there is a unique pavilion. Xu Xia, a great traveler in the Ming Dynasty, traveled to Guangxi for more than a month, but regretted that she could not reach this peak.

Duxiu Peak Mountain is not too high, only 68 meters, but the stairs are relatively steep. For our older people, it is still very difficult to climb the mountain. Because Guilin has regulations that all buildings are not allowed to exceed this mountain, you can reach the top of the mountain. See the panoramic view of Guilin. There is also an interactive session here to test for the top prize.

Ranking: Five people will take the exam, and three will be selected to win the top prize. Wearing the top prize clothes will not be for nothing and will cost money.

Start climbing: Duxiu Peak.

Zhengyang Road Pedestrian Street

At this point, our tour in Guilin is all over. Our plane back takes off at 21:30, Guilin--Beijing. The travel agency driver picked us up at Dagongguan Hotel at 18:40 to the airport, and arrived at the airport at 19:30.

At 20:40, we arrived at Gate 214 to wait for the plane.

Due to traffic restrictions, the plane was late, and the boarding notice was not until 23:30. The plane took off more than 2 hours late. It was already 2:50 in the morning on September 10. It was raining in Beijing. The plane staff gave each of us a plastic raincoat, which felt very warm.

3. Several feelings:

1. Guilin's mountains and rivers are the best in the world and are well-deserved.

2. Guilin has good air quality and blue sky and clear water because Guilin has no heavy industry and basically no pollution sources.

3 Guilin's main source of economic income depends on tourism and agricultural income, so I feel that the price of hotels is slightly more expensive.

4 The water in the Li River is relatively clean, clear and transparent.

5. The mountains in Guilin are not very high, but they are very characteristic. They belong to Danxia landform and karst landform. Therefore, each mountain rises from the ground separately, in various shapes and lifelike.

6. Our tour guides have 10 years of tour guide experience. They are enthusiastic, thoughtful, conscientious, and very dedicated. They do not force tourists to buy tourist products at all.

7. After our trip, we should fly back to Harbin from Guilin, but we wanted to fly from Guilin to Beijing. After communicating with the customer service, we agreed to our request. I would like to thank this customer service very much for taking care of us.

8. The starting price of taxis in Guilin is 9 yuan. If the taxi exceeds 2 kilometers, the taxi will start to be priced. In general cities, the taxi will start to be priced more than 3 kilometers.

9. We reported for this trip as a pure entertainment group and felt that it was worth the money.

4. Several suggestions:

1. If you are traveling freely, there is no need to go to Doyegu Village.

2. Suggestion that it is necessary to watch it: Guilin's large-scale performance of Eternal Love was very shocking.

3. The 100-yuan ticket for Jingjiang Palace is too expensive, so you can choose whether to go and see it.

4. It is not recommended to buy things in the attractions. It is still more expensive than outside.

5. Guilin's tourist attractions are relatively scattered. If you are traveling freely, you must plan your tourist routes in advance to avoid walking too much.

Written in Beijing on September 21, 2019