DAY1: Morning: Guangzhou Baiyun Airport--Zhangjiajie Hehua Airport 11:40-13:20

Hehua Airport--Suoxi Shanju Resort Hotel (35 kilometers, approximately 50 minutes)

Afternoon: Xibu Street (Dinner: Impression Salamander Banquet)

Evening: Watch the performance of "Charming Xiangxi"

DAY2: Zhangjiajie National Forest Park (Bailong Tiantian, Yuanjiajie, Yangjiajie, Huangshizhai)

DAY3: Tianmen Mountain National Forest Park (Line A: Cableway up the mountain, Highway down the mountain)

DAY4: Zhangjiajie National Forest Park (Shuirao Simen, Jinbianxi, Shili Gallery)

Suoxi Shanju Resort Hotel--Hehua Airport 17:00--18:00

Hehua City Airport--Guangzhou Baiyun Airport 20:15--21: 55

From August 29 to September 1 this year, I took my 75-year-old mother on a four-day trip to Zhangjiajie. I booked air tickets, accommodation, tickets, and pick-up flights on Ctrip in early August. Since there is no high-speed rail direct to Zhangjiajie, the high-speed rail can only reach Changsha. Changsha to Zhangjiajie takes 5 hours by car. It takes about 14 hours to get there by ordinary train. China Southern Airlines only has two flights a day that stop at Zhangjiajie Hehua Airport in the morning and evening. We chose to go at 10:40 a.m. and at 20:00 p.m. It takes 15 minutes to return, so that you can play the whole journey for four days.

Accommodation: Suoxi Shanju Light Luxury Resort Hotel (Zhangjiajie National Forest Park sign store) reservation price, contact phone number\location and address [Ctrip Hotel] https://hotels.ctrip.com/hotel/16077691.html? checkin=2019-09-17&checkout=2019-09-18&RepeatAction=HotelDomestic_Repeat_HotelDetail

The hotel is located on a street with convenient living conditions such as food, accommodation, and supermarkets. It is a 5-minute walk to the entrance of Wulingyuan Gate of Zhangjiajie Forest Park (East Gate). The front desk can provide considerate services such as map explanation, itinerary planning, transportation, ticket ordering, and free sightseeing battery car transportation to and from Wuling Yuancheng District. Breakfast is simple, delicious and nutritious. Next to the hotel is a Xiangxi specialty restaurant opened by the same group, which is the top brand of Wulingyuan catering,"Suoxi Shanzhai". It also tastes very good. There is a 20% discount based on the room card.

DAY1: Buxi Street (August 29, 2019)

It is only about 20 minutes 'walk from the hotel to Buxi Street. This street stretches along the bank of Suoxi River. It is an ancient commercial street integrating bars, famous snacks, Xiangxi folk shopping boutiques, leisure inns, and creative workshops.

Junshengsha Painting Academy

The 3000-square-meter three-story exhibition hall displays the art of sand and gravel painting that Mr. Li Junsheng, the founder of sand and gravel painting, has devoted himself to research and exploration for more than 20 years. Ordinary objects such as river sand, gravel, grass stalks, fir slices, bamboo shoots and leaves, through a flash of inspiration, creative conception and skillful dance, he created a new type of art painting recognized by the world. -gravel painting. Create the beautiful mountains and rivers of Zhangjiajie, with "simplicity, nature and innovation" as the artistic purpose, and push sand and gravel painting from originality to development to a new height.

Dinner: Impression Salamander Banquet

The Impression Salamander Banquet Xiangxi Specialty Food Complex is located in Xibu Old Street, with a building area of more than 3500 square meters and can accommodate 1200 people at the same time. It is the largest and most representative folk restaurant in Zhangjiajie and a must-visit for every tourist visiting Zhangjiajie. Experience place.

Zhangjiajie·Charming Xiangxi International Cultural Plaza

"Charming Xiangxi", a must-see folk performance when visiting Zhangjiajie, is directed by Feng Xiaogang. The meticulous stage design, ancient music melodies, gorgeous lighting effects, gorgeous national costumes and a strong performance lineup carefully dedicate you to a high-quality Xiangxi national culture. After eighteen years of development, it has gradually become a famous tourism and cultural performance entity in the country, with strong and distinctive ethnic characteristics in Xiangxi. It is divided into five chapters. Chapter 1: Romantic Xiangxi, Chapter 2: Mysterious Xiangxi, Chapter 3: Happy Xiangxi, Chapter 4: Passion Xiangxi, Epilogue: Charming Xiangxi, Epilogue: Love Song of Zhangjiajie. Among them, Fire Dance, Border Town, Chasing Love, Masang Shu 'er Building a Lamp Stand, etc. are all exciting parts. Only when you go to Zhangjiajie can you see such a performance. The epitome of Xiangxi culture and the soul of Tujia customs. The widely praised Xiangxi signboard is a memorable ceremony. Tickets: 238-288 yuan

DAY2: Zhangjiajie National Forest Park (August 30, 2019)(Bailong Tiantian-Yuanjiajie-Yangjiajie-Huangshizhai)

The hotel is a 5-minute walk to the Wulingyuan Sign Gate

The National Forest Park scenic area is very large, with strange peaks and rocks standing one after another. They are colorful and the air is fresh. The scenery at the foot of the mountain and on the mountain is completely different. The streams at the foot of the mountain are flowing and the mountains are beautiful and spectacular ~~ There are many small attractions, but the major attractions include: Tianzi Mountain, Yangjiajie, Yuanjiajie, Huangshizhai, etc. Tickets are valid for 4 days: 221+ insurance 3=224 yuan, Bailong Ladder: 65+ insurance 10=75 yuan, Yangjiajie and Tianzishan cableways: 76 yuan each, Huangshizhai cableway: 65 yuan one-way, two-way: 118 yuan

Bailong Ladder: (Wulingyuan sign door--take an environmentally friendly vehicle--Bailong Ladder)

Zhangjiajie Bailong Ladder is located in the World Natural Heritage Site of Zhangjiajie Wulingyuan Scenic Area. It is recorded in the Guinness World Records with the honor of "Highest Outdoor Elevator". Construction of Bailong Ladder started in September 1999, was completed and put into trial operation in April 2002. The main elevator equipment was researched and produced by Rangger International Elevator Company of Germany, at a cost of 180 million yuan. The Bailong Ladder is magnificent, with a vertical height difference of 335 meters and a running height of 326 meters. It consists of a 154-meter shaft in the mountain and a 172-meter steel structure derrick attached to the mountain. It uses three double-layer fully exposed sightseeing elevators to operate in parallel and in separate ways. Bailong Ladder is listed as the "Top 11 Creative Elevators in the World" together with the German Fish Tank Elevator and the American Arch Elevator, becoming the only elevator in China on the list.

In 2013, the Bailong Ladder was expanded and accelerated. After upgrading, the Bailong Ladder can carry up to 64 passengers per time, and the operating speed is increased to 5 meters per second. It only takes 1 minute and 28 seconds one way. The total capacity of the three elevators has increased to about 6000 people per hour, effectively alleviating the problem of long queues for tourists in core scenic spots. Since its opening, the Bailong Ladder has safely transported nearly 35 million tourists. It is by far the only vehicle without accidents. One-way: 75 yuan

Yuan Jiajie: (Bailong Tiantian Station--Environmentally Friendly Car--Yuan Jiajie)(Lunch: McDonald's)

According to legend, the name of the Yuan Family came from the Later Tang Dynasty. After the failure of the Huangchao Uprising, the court put up lists everywhere to arrest the rebels in order to completely eliminate the rebels. Huang Chao had a soldier named Yuan. In order to avoid capture, he came to Qingyan Mountain, a remote mountain ridge far away from the world, to live in seclusion. He built a hut here, reclaimed wasteland and grew grain, and named it "Yuan Family Jie" after his own surname. In the past, climbing the Yuan family boundary was dangerous and time-consuming. Now, taking the Hundred Dragons Ladder, you can go straight to the top of the mountain in less than 2 minutes and enjoy the beautiful scenery easily. Main attractions: The First Bridge in the World, Shadaogou, Haliluya Suspended Mountain, Hundred Dragons Ladder, Sky Hanging White Training, Ecstasy Terrace, Back Garden, Double Turtle Sky Ascending Sky, Wulong Spring, Jiaren Cave, Yangzhai. Where "Avatar" was filmed.

Yangjiajie: (Yuanjiajie--environmentally friendly vehicle--Yangjiajie)

Yangjiajie is connected to Zhangjiajie in the east and Tianzi Mountain in the north. It covers an area of 34 square kilometers. It has three tourist areas: Xiangzhi River, Longquan Gorge and Baihou Valley. Among them, well-known landscapes include One-Step to-Sky Corridor, Longquan Waterfall, Cliff Vine King, White Crane Gathering, etc. More than 200 places. The scenic spot belongs to the rocky sandstone peak forest canyon landform. The highest peak "reaches the sky in one step" is 1130 meters above sea level. The territory is crisscross with ravines, clear streams, dense vegetation, and a forest coverage rate of 95%. Xiangzhi River is located in the east of Yangjiazhai Scenic Area. The stream meanders in the middle, and the peaks and forests on both sides are towering. There are many stone peaks in Longquan Gorge, clear streams, and secluded ponds and waterfalls, making it interesting. Main attractions: Tianbo Mansion, four major city walls, one step to the sky, and the sky corridor, located between the Yuanjia boundary and Tianzi Mountain.

Huangshizhai: (Yangjiajie--Cableway--Yangjiajie Cableway Exit Station--Environmentally friendly vehicles (you can also walk down the mountain)--Longfengying Down Station)

Huangshizhai is more than 1200 meters above sea level and surrounded by knife-cut cliffs. It is the best and largest viewing platform to overlook the sandstone peak forest landscape and the best choice to watch the sunrise. Huangshi Village is also known as Yellow Lion Village because the entire mountain is like a brave lion. Main tourist spots: Liuqi Pavilion, Zhaixing Terrace, Wuhai Golden Turtle, Tianshu Treasure Box, Tianqiao Yidun, Monkey Shuai Dianbing, Nantian Gate, Heizongnao.

DAY3: Tianmen Mountain (August 31, 2019)(3 minutes from hotel shuttle: Wulingyuan Bus Station--Tianmen Mountain Cableway Station, fare 13 yuan/person)

Tianmen Mountain Cableway is located in the urban area and close to the airport. Most people will choose to go there for half a day on the last day and then go directly to the airport. Luggage can be stored.

Tianmen Mountain, known as Yunmeng Mountain and Songliang Mountain in ancient times, is the highest mountain in Yongding District of Zhangjiajie. It is 8 kilometers north of the Urban area. It is named after the natural wonder Tianmendong Gate and is the first famous mountain to be recorded in history. The main peak is 1,518.6 meters and was approved as a national forest park in July 1992. Formed a rare wonder of the world-Tianmen Cave. Tianmen Cave runs across the north and south. The gate is 131.5 meters high, 57 meters wide and 60 meters deep. It is based on the sky, like a gateway to the sky. From then on, it was named Tianmen Mountain, which has a history of 1754 years. The top of the mountain is relatively flat, preserving a complete primitive sub-forest, with many extremely precious and unique plant varieties, with a forest coverage rate of 90%. During this period, ancient trees reach the sky, vines are intertwined, moss is covered, stalagmites and stone buds are everywhere, and everything is like natural bonsai. It is praised by the world as the most beautiful hanging garden and celestial fairyland. At noon on July 22, 2012, French roller skating master Yves Brandu challenged Tianmen Mountain. (Warm reminder: The temperature on the top of the mountain varies greatly and the fog is heavy. Wear two pieces of clothes in August, and it is best to bring a raincoat)

We chose Line A: cableway up the mountain-tour the top of the mountain-take the escalator through the mountain down to Tianmen Cave-take the scenic tour bus down the mountain to the mountain gate-transfer to the free shuttle bus to the cableway down the mountain.

Highway B goes up the mountain-cableway goes down the mountain

Tour routes: Take the free shuttle bus at the Cableway Line B shuttle station to Shanmen-take the scenic tour bus to Tianmen Cave-take the mountain crossing escalator to the top of the mountain-tour the top of the mountain--Cableway down the mountain to the next station.

Tianmen Mountain Cableway:

The slope length of the ropeway line is 7455 meters, and the horizontal height difference between the upper and lower stations is 1279 meters. It is the world's longest single-line circulating rope cage type ropeway. Among them, 98 cars are from the Swiss CWA Company. The car body is 2 meters high, and the cost per unit is as high as 200,000 yuan. Especially the running speed design of 6 meters/second, the one-way traffic volume of 1000 people/hour, and the maximum slope of 38 degrees, which is rare in China and even the world. The cableway has specially added 3 rescue brackets among the 57 brackets to immediately carry out horizontal rescue or vertical rescue plans to safely rescue tourists to the ground when the cableway is suddenly paralyzed. Moreover, the cableway station buildings are equipped with lightning protection equipment. This is the most complete and advanced rescue system in the world's cableway.

We chose the Western Line: Lunch: Cherry Bay Restaurant on the Peak (fast food 38 yuan)

Tianmen Mountain Glass Plank Road

The glass plank road is a suspended glass corridor built on a mountain in September 2011. Located 500 meters away from the starting position of Tianmen Mountain Ghost Valley Plank Road, this is a fork in the road. For those who like excitement, you can choose to walk this way, otherwise you can detour the stone road next to it. It uses hard tempered glass, surrounded by metal railings, and transparent glass at its feet. It is 60 meters long, with an altitude of 1430 meters at its highest point and a width of 1.6 meters.

Ghost Valley Plank Road

Ghost Valley Plank Road is located in the Fairy Seeking Wonderland Scenic Area. It is named because it hangs along the cliff on the upper side of Ghost Valley Cave.

The plank road has a total length of 1600 meters and an average altitude of 1400 meters. It starts from Yihongguan and ends at Xiaotianmen. Different from other plank roads, the entire Ghost Valley plank road is neither on the top of the cliff nor on the side of the cliff. Instead, the entire line stands in the middle of the cliff, giving people the feeling of rising and falling with the cliff.

Standing on the plank road overlooking the mountains, the ancients felt that "they would climb the top of the mountain and see the small mountains" spontaneously. Since Tianmen Mountain is a national forest park with extremely rich vegetation and typical karst landform, you can find the feeling of flying over the Grand Canyon of the Tropical Rainforest by helicopter on this plank road. This can only be seen in movies. The scenes you see can make you immersive here.

Peak Forest Sightseeing Cable Car

The forest sightseeing cable car is a special means of transportation on the top of Tianmen Mountain. The cable car starts from Yunmeng Xianding, the main peak of Tianmen Mountain, and ends at Cherry Bay Square in front of Tianmen Mountain Temple. It has a total length of 800 meters and runs for about 10 minutes one way. It is uncovered. Double hanging chair type, with a capacity of up to 600 people per hour. Taking the cable car not only gives you a panoramic view of the beautiful original garden in the sky, but also makes it easier and more convenient to visit the famous Tianmen Mountain Temple. (One-way fare: 25 yuan)

Chuanshan elevator

On April 25, 2015, the world's first elevator installed in a mountain tunnel was officially put into operation.

The mountain-crossing elevator runs all the way in the mountain tunnel, from the top of the mountain to the bottom of Tianmen Cave. There are 12 sections in total. The total length of the escalator steps is 897 meters, the lifting height is 340 meters, and the total span is 692 meters. There are 16 30-meter ultra-high heavy-duty bus-type escalators and 3 20-meter high-height heavy-duty bus-type escalators have a one-way transportation capacity of 3600 people/hour.

The Tianmen Mountain Crossing Elevator is the most difficult escalator project in the world with the highest technical requirements, the highest lifting height, the longest total length of steps, and the most creative escalator project. It can be called a miracle of elevator projects around the world and another feature of the scenic spot's characteristic transportation. miracle.

Tianmen cave

Tianmen Cave, the world's highest altitude natural mountain penetrating cave, is a legendary representative. Tianmen Cave hangs above a cliff at an altitude of more than 1300 meters. It is 131.5 meters high, 57 meters wide and 60 meters deep. It breathes clouds and receives fog all year round, shocking the world. Throughout the ages, both emperors and generals and ordinary people have regarded Tianmen Cave as a spiritual place for praying and making wishes. Tianmen Cave is like a silent poem, carrying the dreams of countless people and giving people unlimited imagination. Since the world's aerobatic master crossed Tianmen in 1999, Tianmen Mountain is destined to become a legendary place that will always be the focus of the world. In 2006, Russia's highest flying soldier kissed Tianmen goodbye with tears, making Tianmen Cave an insurmountable myth; in 2007, the famous French Spider-Man broke the myth and successfully climbed the Tianmen Gate with his bare hands, transforming the cliff of life and death into a ballet like a flower. In bloom, Tianmen Cave has become synonymous with the birthplace of miracles.

Tianmen Mountain Panshan Highway is a highway located in Tianmen Mountain in Zhangjiajie. The Tianmen Mountain Panshan Highway in Zhangjiajie is known as the "Tongtian Avenue." The Panshan Highway has a total length of 10.77 kilometers, and the altitude has increased sharply from 200 meters to 1300 meters. The cliffs on both sides of the road are thousands of high, empty valleys and deep, with a total of 99 turns, with 180-degree sharp turns fading one and the other.

DAY4: Zhangjiajie National Forest Park (September 1, 2019) Jinbianxi and Shili Gallery

golden whip Creek

It is named after a golden whip rock along the stream. It has a total length of 7.5 kilometers and a journey of about 2.5 hours. The Jinbian River is the most beautiful scenery in Wulingyuan. Walking through the peaks and valleys, the stream is clear and colorful, with small fish swimming in it. The flowers and plants along the stream are delicious, and birds sing and orioles sing. People walking along the clear stream is better than swimming in a painting. Jinbian River has the reputation of "a thousand years of continuous drought, and a thousand years of continuous rain", one of the most beautiful canyons in the world, and so on!

Shili gallery

It can be said that there are scenery step by step and picturesque everywhere. Along the way, there are scenic spots such as Zhuan Loft, Shouxing Welcome, Old People Picking Medicine, Peacock Opening Screen, etc., all of which are very interesting attractions. As early as in ancient times, someone wrote a high praise for this: "People traveling in the gorges are like drawing pictures." It is five kilometers long, with lush trees on both sides of the canyon and fragrant with wild flowers. The strange peaks and strange rocks are all kinds of, like a huge picture of mountains and rivers, hanging side by side on thousands of steep cliffs, integrating the beautiful natural wonders into the ink. It is even more extraordinary. Walking or taking the gallery train, 38 yuan/person one way and 52 yuan/person two way. The terminal stop of Shili Gallery is Sannu Peak, which is the iconic attraction of Shili Gallery.

Zhangjiajie Hehua International Airport

Located in Zhangjiajie, a world-renowned tourist destination, Hunan Province, it is the second international airport in Hunan Province and the only international air port in the Wuling Mountain area. It plays an important role in the development of the tourism industry in Hunan Province. The airport was completed and opened to traffic on August 18, 1994. In June 1997, the State Council approved the establishment of the Zhangjiajie Air Port. On November 17, 2011, it was officially expanded to open to foreign aircraft. On August 15, 2017, it was officially renamed "Zhangjiajie Lotus International Airport". Three-word code DYG. The airport covers an area of 247.49 hectares, has a flight area level of 4D, a runway length of 2600 meters, a apron area of 181,000 square meters, and has 19 stands, including 6 covered bridge stands, which can be used for aircraft with less than 250 seats such as Airbus A300 and Boeing B767. The new terminal has an area of 46529 square meters and can meet the annual passenger throughput of 5 million passengers, cargo and mail throughput of 19,000 tons, and 45,000 aircraft landings and landings.

Hunan cuisine is very local, and snacks are famous for their spicy, sour and spicy flavor. Stinky tofu, spring rolls, dragon fat pig blood, braised pig's trotters, spicy chicken, hair beef leaf, Tujia bacon, stone frog, Yan 'er roast chicken, Dong pickled fish, Zhijiang duck, Hongjiang duck blood cake, Linwu duck, Xianghuang chicken, etc. are unique.

In addition, the Tujia cured food series includes cured pork, cured mutton, cured beef, cured dog meat, cured pig's trotters, cured pork intestines, cured blood tofu, etc.; the hot and sour vegetable series includes sour wild rice, sour vegetables, sour pork, sour fish, hot and sour corn paste, etc.; Tujia home-style series includes hash residue, pumpkin soup, rice tofu, steamed meat with rice flour, braised meat, rock ear stewed chicken, loach boiled tofu, fish chili, etc.; the pickles include cured meat, pickled fish, pickled peppers, pickled radish, pickled spicy corn flour, pickled ginger, etc.; Wild vegetables such as rice vegetables, kudzu powder, fern cake, nanjin ginger, etc. must be tasted.

Specialties: Three treasures: kudzu root powder, fern root powder, rock ear, unique: Eupod tea. Kiwi fruit, Qingyan tea, lobster tea, pine fungus and other well-known Tujia flavor "Spicy Girls Spicy Lava" series of foods.