Autumn has arrived, can winter still be far behind? Okay, winter is not far from us, and going out for fun is not far either. On the weekend, you can have a relaxing trip that you can take as you please.

Last time, my friend asked me where is a suitable place for vacation near Shanghai, and I can also go shopping and eat. First of all, it must be Jiaxing.

Transportation:

From Shanghai to Jiaxing, it takes half an hour for high-speed rail and over an hour for self driving. The geographical location is quite advantageous, and it is also very close to other areas in the postal area.

If there are many people, a RV is actually a good choice.

Jiaxing 2-day tour route:
Main route:
Meihuazhou, Nanhu District, Jiaxing - Jiashan Gefeisong Chocolate Town - Yunlan Bay Hot Spring - Haiyan Nanbei Lake
Mini route:
1. Plum Blossom Island: View (ancient temple, ancient bridge, ancient ginkgo) - Cruise - Painting diamond paintings - Eating wild rice - Diy chi gao
2. Gefei Song Chocolate Town: Chocolate DIY - Visit Factory Tasting - Take Photos and Check ins - Take a Small Train
3. Yunlan Bay Hot Springs: Indoor Hot Spring Swimming Pool - Outdoor Various Soaking Pools - spa - Buffet
4. North and South Lakes: Egret Island Butterfly Island Mountain Climbing and Sea Viewing Parachute Canoeing

DAY1：

Jiaxing Meihuazhou - Gefeisong Chocolate Town - Yunlan Bay Hot Spring

If you go to Jiaxing for a trip from Shanghai, you can definitely leave in the morning because it's really close.

Plum Blossom Island:

Transportation:

Shanghai direction: From G60 Expressway (formerly Shanghai Hangzhou Expressway) in Hangzhou to Jiaxing Hub, turn to S11 Expressway (formerly Zha Jia Su Expressway) in Ningbo direction, exit Yuxin Exit, turn left at the first traffic light of Yuxin Toll Station, enter Nanbei Lake Avenue, go straight for about 1 kilometer, turn right at the second traffic light, and enter Yuyun Line. Go straight for about 4 kilometers to reach.

admission ticket:

Adult ticket 45 (online)

Opening Hours:

8: 30-17:00, recommended play time of 3-5 hours

The Meihuazhou Scenic Area is located in Fengqiao Town, the largest town in Nanhu District. It is called Meihuazhou due to the fact that the land plot is "five sided staggered, the rivers embrace each other, and the shape is like a plum calyx.".

Outside the scenic area, there are also buildings with Jiangnan characteristics, providing excellent scenery.

The main road of the scenic area is called West Street. The late autumn and early winter in Jiangnan are not cold, so various colors still blend here. If you go there in time, you can also enjoy a chrysanthemum.

Along the way, there are various handicraft workshops, making straw shoes, coir raincoats, and many territories belonging to intangible cultural heritage.

For example, there are several options to experience, such as diamond painting, bamboo carving, and square cake.

Jiaxing Nanhu Lake is rich in water chestnuts. The four cornered water chestnuts are fresh and delicious, with a sweet taste and a refreshing taste. The two cornered water chestnuts are more suitable for cooking and have a sticky texture. However, I never expected that they can also be used for painting. In the Ling Painting Studio, there is an old man who transforms decay into magic, turning the small water chestnuts into a world and painting various interesting things, as well as ginkgo paintings.

If you feel that drawing is not satisfying, you can also try making a chi gao at Meizhou Cake Shop. I used to love these Jiangnan delicacies, made from glutinous rice. When they first steamed out, the fragrant glutinous rice had toughness, and the filling was sweet and delicate. I could eat a lot at once. This time, I can finally start making it myself.

There are various depictions on the mold of chi cake, each of which is different. It is very interesting. First pour glutinous Rice noodles, then scrape it flat, so that each space is filled with flour. Then use a special round headed hammer to press a small hole, add filling materials such as bean paste, then spread the flour, compact it, and you can steam it.

There are also many historical sites here, the most famous of which are the ancient stone Buddhist temple, millennium old ginkgo trees, three step two valve bridge, Feng's old house, and so on.

The Shifo Ancient Temple is a famous temple in Jiangnan, dating back to the Southern Song Dynasty. In the second year of the Zhide reign of Emperor Suzong of Tang Dynasty (757), four stone Buddhas were excavated underground due to the pacification of the land, and they were named "Stone Buddha Academy"; Song was known as the "Baosheng Academy"; At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, it was called "Shifo Temple", abbreviated as "Shifo Temple".

There are thousand year old ginkgo trees in the temple, one female and one male. Looking across the shore, this season happens to be the time for fruiting, making it easy to distinguish between male and female.

The Three Step Two Arch Bridge is said to have been around for over 1250 years now. Because I only took three steps from the first bridge to reach the second one, I called it this name.

Here, you can also bring children to pick, cook wild rice, and eat firewood turkey.

Even small animals such as peacocks and lion headed geese can be fed, and parent-child activities can also be carried out.

Wild rice is a traditional delicacy in Jiaxing. Wild rice is a term in the Jiaxing dialect, and in fact, it is often called the beginning of summer rice, and even more so, it is called a picnic.

Half fat salted meat, a small amount of fava beans, peeled peas, and peeled rice. Choose the best bamboo shoots according to the pot and appetite, and blanch them with hot water and salt for any variety. They are even more delicious when cooked on a large stove with firewood.

Gefei Song Chocolate Town:

It's a good idea to spend most of the morning and noon in Meihuazhou, and then go to Gefeisong Chocolate Town.

The chocolate here comes from Switzerland.

admission ticket:

Two large and one small family tickets, 205 yuan, with chocolate for a handmade experience. It is recommended to buy this type.

A single adult ticket costs 60 yuan.

There is a small train in the scenic area, which costs 20 yuan. Please take it at your leisure time. If you have a panoramic view, the small train is very good, especially when the flowers are in full bloom. There are windmills and flowers.

For family trips, it is recommended to take:

Cocoa Magic Journey - Chocolate Impression - Private Customization - Master Show - Candy Colorful Music - Tasting Area - Chocolate Academy - Chocolate Kitchen - Little Dessert Master - Shopping Area - Western Food Area

First, visit the chocolate energy factory to learn about the chocolate making process and what cocoa looks like. Then, taste the best. There are also chocolate fountains with different flavors here.

Of course, I came here to make love chocolates for my friends.

The first floor of the Gefei Song Chocolate City Hall is the place for adults to DIY. After visiting the next floor, it's perfect to start.

First, choose a suitable mold and choose the shape you want. Then, put on a cute apron, hat, wash your hands, and you can DIY.

White chocolate or dark chocolate can be used. Warm chocolate liquid can flow, do not pour too full at once, pour slowly, spread evenly, and then draw something you like, freeze it, and you can harvest your own finished product.

The small town has a European style atmosphere, making it perfect for taking photos and checking in. People often come here to take wedding photos.

It's already dusk when you come out, take the RV and go to Yunlan Bay to soak in hot springs.

Yunlan Bay Hot Spring:

admission ticket:

The adult ticket starts at 158 yuan, and if it includes a buffet, it starts at 238 yuan. For someone like me who has gone there, it would be perfect to pair it with a buffet. There is a bathrobe inside, so just put it on and eat. Of course, there are also weekdays and weekends, which are relatively more expensive.

Opening Hours:

12:00-22:00

The middle dome is the starry sky of the Maldives, where you can swipe your hand and enter. There are various sizes of bathrobes available, both fat and thin, for both boys and girls, and even a spa. If you feel that the hot springs are not enough to enjoy, you can try a spa upstairs.

For hot springs, there are indoor and outdoor options.

There are crystal minerals indoors, standard swimming pools, children's play areas, and Wudalian Pond. If children are afraid of the cold, they can play indoors.

If it's outdoors, there are plenty of pools. The pool for weight loss and slimming is really interesting, it looks like hotpot.

Four Symbols Constellation Area, Five Lotus Ponds Area, Six Harmonies Health Preservation Area, Seven Stars Moon Invitation Area, Bagua Wooden Barrel Area, Qiongjiang Skin Beauty Area, Unique Cave Area, German Spa Area, Children's Tour Spa Area. In these areas, there are two characteristic springs, Youlan Ancient Spring and Yunlan Waterfall Spring, as well as 60 hot spring pools and private soup houses with different functions, providing a rich and diverse experience of making soup. The original soup series, flower and grass series, fruit and vegetable series, Chinese medicine series, food series, wine series, tea culture series and other characteristic bathing pool have all types.

After soaking, my whole body really relaxed.

There are many homestays and hotels here, and the conditions are also quite good.

Day2 Haiyan Nanbei Lake: Egret Island - Butterfly Island - Climbing to the Sea - Gliding Parachute - Kayaking

I will go to Nanbei Lake the next day. You can play here for one or two days.

admission ticket:

Adult tickets cost 60 yuan, and you can go to places like Bailuzhou, which is very suitable for cycling.

Opening Hours:

8:00-16:30

It is recommended to first take a boat tour to appreciate the scenery of Nanbei Lake. Nanbei Lake is a lagoon at the mouth of the Qiantang River, with a long embankment crossing it, dividing the lake into two halves, hence its name. The embankment is named Zhonghu Pond, with a length of 500 meters.

The North and South Lake is surrounded by mountains on three sides and faces the sea on one side, making it a scenic area in China that integrates mountains, sea, and lakes.

Bailu Island is a small island in the center of the lake. On Butterfly Island, you can also climb the tower to see the panoramic view of the North and South lakes.

This is still a great place to play outdoors. You can hike along the nine winding paths. The mountain is not very high, and you can climb up the stairs with oranges along the way.

Halfway up the mountain, you will pass by Yunxiu Temple, with red walls and golden gingko trees, which are very beautiful.

Continuing up the ancient road and climbing to the top of the Eagle's Nest, I had good luck when I went. The weather was sunny and the view was quite broad, overlooking the mountain and lake scenery of the entire North and South Lake. In the distance, it was the sea.

You can also go to Baiyun Pavilion to drink tea.

Jiaxing's sauce duck, salted meat, clams, and dried bamboo shoots are all delicious. The day we went happened to be our birthday, and we had a bowl of fried egg noodles. Hahaha.

You can also play paragliding here. There is a professional coach who drives up the mountain and puts on equipment. The coach also thoughtfully prepares cute knee pads, runs on the slope, and then flies instantly. The feeling of weightlessness is simply too exciting.

The coach can also do various stunts. Here, we provide a sports camera with a video that can be taken, and when going downhill, it will be copied to the phone.

Looking at the wind direction and the number of people, you can play for a long time as long as you are not afraid. Looking at the distant sea is still great.

For outdoor activities, you can also try kayaking and paddleboarding here.

Both double and single are okay.

Before playing, I will teach some skills on how to move forward, backward, and turn. I think I am quite talented, and I can learn it quickly. I can quickly get started and row very quickly.

But this is really a physically demanding exercise, suitable for weight loss.

There are too many places to play in the North and South Lakes. Next time I come, I must stay for an extra night, and even have the idea of learning kayaking and paragliding.

You can take the paragliding instructor's license here. If you have all the skills, you can learn it in a week, but of course, you need to continue practicing.

Two days passed quickly, and I'm about to return to Shanghai in the blink of an eye. It's also a great idea to have a spontaneous outdoor trip over the weekend to relax and unwind.