It is said that Guilin's mountains and rivers are the best in the world, and Yangshuo's mountains and rivers are the best in Guilin. I have never planned to visit such a famous tourist city. As a Sichuanese who lives in Chongqing, I have seen too many mountains, rivers and rivers since I was a child. I have traveled for short distances and time again, and the destinations are all certain mountains. I really don't want to spend my annual leave to see similar scenery.

Traveling became more cautious in 2020, and we chose to drive to Yangshuo. This travel piece dragged on for so long because I was really conflicted about Yangshuo and didn't know how to write about this trip. In terms of scenery, Yangshuo is really beautiful. Yangshuo in June is sunny and cool. Even if we have seen too many mountains and rivers, Yangshuo's mountains and rivers are still worth visiting. However, Yangshuo's tourism management really needs to be improved, so that we ended it hastily and did not go straight home. This was the first time we ended the trip early due to the poor travel experience

Gave me the beautiful Yangshuo

The green smoke of the Lijiang River bamboo rafts match very well

The Li River became turbid after heavy rain and swollen water

The most beautiful Yulong River on this trip

Xiaohe only showed his sharp horns

Shili Gallery, picturesque mountains and rivers

Xianggong Mountain costs 60 yuan, just for this look, who makes it possible that there is no sunset today, or no sunset

Regular check-in

The beauty of the path we accidentally discovered on the day we left touched us, so we had dinner on the boat in the sunset.

accommodation

The two B & Bs I stayed in this time should be the biggest highlights of the trip. Let's talk about accommodation first. Personally, I don't like B & Bs very much. I have stayed in some Internet celebrity B & Bs, and I feel that most of them are in trouble. The infrastructure and sanitation are never comparable to hotels. There are really no options for hotels in Rogue Yangshuo, but specialty B & Bs are everywhere, so I stayed in Xingping and Shili Gallery this time. Overall, I was quite satisfied. I had a housekeeper in advance and built a WeChat group to facilitate contact. Facilities and hygiene are not bad.

Yueshu (Yangshuo Shili Gallery Yulong River Store)

Ctrip link: hotels.ctrip.com/hotels/detail? hotelid=916865&cityid=871

Recommendation: 4 and a half stars

The B & B is located in the Shili Gallery Scenic Area, which is basically the closest place to the end. During the epidemic, there are no restrictions on self-driving. You can drive directly to the hotel, and there is a parking space at the door. The hotel rooms are all bungalows. Our room has a small courtyard and an open-air bathtub. Because it is a bungalow, we don't have to worry about privacy. It's very comfortable to soak in the moonlight at night.

The hotel has a swimming pool. There were a lot of children on the day we went, so we didn't go to play. The decoration and greening of the public area were very beautiful. The most distinctive thing was this moon-shaped lamp. Basically, we had to go here to take a silhouette.

There is a bus to and from West Street at B & B. The housekeeper will contact in advance and send the self-driving navigation address, the time information of public transportation at B & B, etc., and a small gift will be given when leaving the store. After talking about the advantages, then talking about the disadvantages. The room facilities are very average. There is no place to sit on, only a bed. The wooden floor in the courtyard is also broken. It is not repaired in time and almost tripped. It is indeed true that compared to the hotel, there is still a gap in these details. After all, the price is higher than the price of five-star hotels in many cities, so I recommend 4 and a half stars.

Yangshuo Lihua Chenjia Garden Hotel

Ctrip link: hotels.ctrip.com/hotels/detail? hotelid=8557723&cityid=871

Recommendation: 5 stars

Everyone's itinerary to Yangshuo will basically arrange Xingping Ancient Town, a 20 RMB background map and other places. It is still about 30 kilometers away from Yangshuo Shili Gallery. Most people recommend staying in Xingping for one night. Most of the accommodation in Xingping are located in Xingping Ancient Town and along the Lijiang River with a background of 20 yuan. The B & Bs along the Lijiang River are basically room types that view the river. They are across the road from the Lijiang River. You can go to Xingping Ancient Town for meals.
There are basically some photo areas in the B & B public areas with the mountains and rivers of the Li River as the background.

The Chenjia Garden room we stayed in had relatively new facilities and good hygiene. It also provided housekeeping services. It was very considerate to contact in advance. There was a small gift when we checked in, and fruits were provided when we checked in.

The roof is the sky built by the B & B, and the background is RMB 20. It's nice to take pictures when the weather is good, but it just rained heavily the day before when we checked in, and the weather was not very good

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DAY1: Xingping Ancient Town Cruises-Xingping Ancient Town

DAY2: Xianggong Mountain-20 RMB-Yangshuo West Street

DAY3: Yulong River Rafting

DAY4: Shili Gallery

Xingping Ancient Town

Xingping Ancient Town is close to the Li River and can be said to be surrounded by mountains and rivers. The stone alleys of the ancient town are quite interesting. During the epidemic, many shops were not open, and the ancient town seemed deserted.

Xingping's most famous attraction is the background of RMB 20. There are bamboo rafts at the dock of Xingping Ancient Town, which can float all the way to Jiuma Painting Mountain downstream. However, due to heavy rain in the past few days, the Li River was flooded and the bamboo rafts stopped.

This is the first place I want to talk about chaotic management. When we parked our car at the dock, someone came and told us that the flood bamboo raft had stopped and that we could only take a big boat. Then they held a map and told us where we could go by taking their big boat. We ignored it at first and went to the ticket sales place to ask the staff. The staff also told us that the bamboo raft had stopped and had to take a big boat, so we asked us to go to the dock outside to ask. We found the person who came to us before, asked where we were going, and then agreed on the price. I repeatedly confirmed whether it would drift all the way to Jiuma Hua Mountain. In the end, we just took a transportation boat to a small island on the other side of the river. After we got to the island, someone rode an electric bike and took us for a ride along it. Nani, isn't it a boat trip? How did it turn into a circle on the island? It turned out that the water level was too high, the bamboo rafts were suspended, and the big ships could not go there. In fact, the entire trip seems to be more than 100 yuan, but I can't remember it clearly. The price is not expensive anyway. Can't you explain it directly from the beginning? Why did you trick us into taking a big boat sightseeing? In the end, we only took a boat to cross the river, and we didn't go to Jiuma Mountain. The driver told us what this mountain looked like here and what it looked like there ~~~~ I still didn't have enough imagination to see it.

Okay, let's just say the view is okay

Xianggong Mountain

Xianggong Mountain is located in Xingping Town, between the two scenic spots of Huangbutan and Jiuma Painting Mountain. It attracts countless photography enthusiasts. The sunrise, sea of clouds and sunset are equally shocking. Tickets are 60.

There are two ways to get to Xianggong Mountain: by car and by boat. If you leave from Yangshuo, you can charter a car or drive there by car. If you go from Xingping, it is recommended to take a boat. Xianggong Mountain is very close to Xingping, separated by the Li River. We can take a boat to the foot of the mountain and then go up the mountain. It will take a long way to drive from Xingping. We drove there by ourselves and took a long way to go around the mountain road. Generally, B & Bs in Xingping have itineraries to Xianggong Mountain, so it is most convenient to book directly at the hotel.

The view of Xianggong Mountain is really beautiful. After we went down the mountain, a young lady hesitated at the ticket office whether to go. He asked me if it was worth going there. I told her it was worth going, but not worth 60 yuan. Yes, this is my true feeling. There is only one observation deck on Xianggong Mountain. There is nothing else to see or play with. If you don't go to see the sunrise before 7 o'clock in the morning, there are no clouds of clouds or sunset in the weather that day, and you encounter a turbid Li River like ours, it's really not worth the 60-yuan ticket, so I suggest you check the weather.

Here is the second time to talk about my personal feelings. During the whole process, we searched the navigation, found the place, or went to the trunk to get something. Whenever we stopped the car on the roadside, someone immediately came out to collect the parking fee. I don't know where it came from. There are no parking spaces in these places, and they are not private places. We just sit by the roadside, but someone comes out to collect fees. We have lived for a long time.

Yulong River Drifting

The Yulong River is the longest tributary of the Li River in Yangshuo. We chose the section from Jinlong Bridge to Jiuxian County. The rafting time is 1.5 hours. A boat costs 255 yuan and seats two people. This section is a handmade bamboo raft. Drifting slowly on the Yulong River, with undulating peaks on both sides, and the breeze and Buddha face.

This is the most beautiful part of this trip, and it is also the part that I want to complain about most. Because it is more than 60 kilometers from Jinlong Bridge to Jiuxian County, after drifting from Jinlong Bridge to Jiuxian County, there were no officially operated cars going back to Jinlong Bridge, but our car was parked at Jinlong Bridge. At this time, a lot of black cars started soliciting customers. They asked for hundreds of customers, but they didn't sit because they were too expensive, and they were ridiculed, hehe. I don't know what the Yangshuo officials are thinking, but everyone has to go back after rafting. Isn't this a disguised form of allowing black cars to charge exorbitant prices? If you can ride children's shoes, you can rent a battery bike or bicycle.

Comfort yourself that seeing the beautiful scenery is enough.

Shili gallery

Shili Gallery is a big road, big road, big road. Cycling is the best way to travel, but it is not very friendly for people who don't know how to ride, because there was no traffic control when we went, so we could drive in. I didn't see any buses or sightseeing buses in the scenic area. I don't know if they usually have one. After all, the entire road is about 5 kilometers long, and walking is quite tiring.

There are attractions such as the Ancient Totem Road, Butterfly Spring, Big Banyan Tree, Gongnong Bridge and other attractions in the Shili Gallery Scenic Area. It is enough to spend one day visiting. There is really only one big banyan tree in the Big Banyan Tree Scenic Area. Tickets can also be charged as an attraction. Fortunately, the tickets are only a few yuan, haha.

Yangshuo West Street

It's a commercial street. You can go here to eat in Yangshuo County. There are beer fish shops one after another. It's okay to visit at night.

This travel piece was delayed for too long, and Lala finally finished writing it. I want to say that my trip to Yangshuo left me both good and bad things. To be precise, Yangshuo is more suitable for traveling with the group. Maybe the bad things I encountered no longer exist. In the blink of an eye, it's spring again. Let's go to Nyingchi to see peach blossoms on our next trip.