Day 1: downtown Guilin
Guilin is a small city, with Zhengyang Pedestrian Street, East-West Lane, Two Rivers and Four Lakes, Wangcheng Scenic Area, Elephant Trunk Mountain Scenic Area, Seven Star Scenic Area and Zhongshan Road all concentrated together. You can solve these attractions on foot.
Zhengyang pedestrian street
Most cities have a center of origin, and there is an old street that has been passed down for thousands of years, and Zhengyang Pedestrian Street is the story point of Guilin. Located in the center of Guilin, it starts from Shanhu North Road in the south, reaches Jiefang East in the north, adjoins Lijiang River in the east, and adjoins the central square in the west, with a total length of 666 meters (which coincides with the slogan of China folk "Liuliu Dashun").
Zhengyang Pedestrian Street is different from the pedestrian streets in other places. It is not a high-rise building on both sides, nor is it a high-imitation ancient building. Instead, it is a bottom-level pedestrian street that has grown spontaneously in the long river of time and integrates entertainment, commerce, shopping and catering. Its characteristic is a mixture of various buildings, including European style, Chinese ancient architecture and southern arcade. At the same time, in the U-shaped corridor, where the street gradually increases from the center to the buildings on both sides, the old trees are bared their teeth, the style is unique, and the alleys are interspersed with things. Friendly and lively, you can blend in, experience shopping spree and taste Guilin specialty food.
PS: It's better to eat in the alleys on both sides of the central bell tower. I like octopus balls around the corner. As for Guilin rice noodles, Chongshan rice noodles and Guilin people are recommended, but as long as they arrive in Guilin, most rice noodle shops are good.
Dongxi lane
East-West Lane is actually a new lane transformed, separated from Zhengyang Pedestrian Street by Jiefang East Road, and its positioning is similar to Kuanzhai Lane in Chengdu. The architecture imitating Guilin in Ming and Qing Dynasties is a scenic spot of Guilin's ancient historical features, including Zhengyang Street East Lane, Jiangnan Lane and Lanjing Lane. However, relying on the transformation of Wangcheng Scenic Area, it is not bad, eating, drinking and having fun, and the spatial scale is pleasant. The experience of three or two friends shuttling through it is still good.
PS: I recommend two old shops, Wangcheng horse meat (there are few horse meat in other places) and beautiful Wangwang fish (Guilin landscape raises good fish).
PPS: Guilin makes public comments and the US delegation very unreliable.
Two Rivers and Four Lakes
The two rivers and four lakes should be the most beautiful night view in Guilin. As landscape practitioners, a group of experienced professionals unanimously agree that this plan has an international standard and is an absolute night view card of Guilin. It consists of Lijiang River, taohuajiang, Mulong Lake, Gui Hu, Ronghu Lake and Shanshan Lake. Except Mulong Lake, Shanshan Lake, Ronghu Lake and Gui Hu are all closely linked together. The most famous ones are the Gold and Silver Twin Towers standing in the lake and the 13 bridge inserted between them. In the evening, the towers, pavilions and bridges on the shore are all brightly lit and beautiful, and there are many performances with local characteristics along the coast.
PS: If you have two nights, you can go to Mulong Lake on the second night.
Elephant Trunk Hill
The Elephant Trunk Mountain on the east bank of the Lijiang River hangs in the sky and floats in the water. Known as the symbol of Guilin's landscape, all domestic and foreign tourists who come to Guilin will come to Xiangbi Mountain to take a group photo as a souvenir. "The introduction above well illustrates the characteristics of this scenic spot-business card scenic spot, but the money that goes in is really not worth it, and now it is transformed into a mess. If you like, it is recommended to stay in a hotel where you can see it, and stay and watch it.
PS: Xiangshan Shuiyue Yiyi Hotel and Yunzhou Sijing Resort Hotel are recommended.
seven star park
I don't know why, among so many parks in Guilin, I love this family alone, especially autumn scenery. Perhaps the long history has given these scenic spots more naturalness. What impressed me more is the imitation of the Tang Dynasty architecture qixia temple, the business card Camel Mountain, and the zoo and the waterfall water system in front of it. The trees in it grow well and the flowers are blooming badly (I mean the natural flowers, not the theme flowers arranged by the old gardeners). Climbing the Star-Picking Pavilion can overlook most of Guilin city. Oh, don't go to the famous Seven Star Rock, it's a waste of feelings and time.
PS: Guilin Shuixiu Crescent Resort Hotel in the scenic spot is good.
PPS: It has several advantages to recommend you to stay in the scenic spot hotel: 1, being in the scenic spot is quiet at night, just like a big garden of your own; 2. You can experience the scenic spot slowly in the evening and morning, which is very unique.
The next day: Guilin East Line
Guanyan
Although the advertising words are very awesome, personally, I think the cave is only its small feature, and its big feature is the mode of transportation for sightseeing (although there is still much room for optimization in its traffic streamline). First of all, you can take a self-driving sightseeing pulley from the lawn through a field with local scenery and reach the Guanyan Cave. Especially for young couples and parents, this driving feeling should be quite perfect. Later, I came to the underground tram station, took a small tram, crossed a long underground "Little Three Gorges", arrived at the tram station, and then walked on the ground floor waterway to watch. Finally, take the vertical elevator of the highest cave in Asia, and you can increase the experience of watching the cave by moving vertically.
Gudong Waterfall
The only waterfall that can be climbed in China has zero-distance contact with mountains and rivers. Its characteristic is to go upstream along a natural water system that can be in close contact. Especially when the weather is hot, you can "get wet" with your friends and feel the natural amusement in the water. At the same time, whenever the late autumn comes, it is an excellent place to go out and enjoy the maple in autumn to see the mountains all over the place, the layers of forests all dyed and the magnificent scenery.
daxu old town
Dawei ancient town is one of the "four major towns" in ancient Guangxi. The ancient town of Dawei was founded in 200 AD. The old Dawei old street stretches for 2 kilometers along the Lijiang River. The streets that are not wide are paved with bluestone slabs, and there are well-preserved old houses on both sides of the slate road. Dawei ancient town is located on the east bank of Lijiang River, southeast of Fuziyan, north of Mopan Mountain, 23 kilometers away from Guilin. It is an ancient town around Guilin, which is less developed now, and there is not so much commercialization.
Day 3: Lijiang River Essence Tour
Lijiang River is a classic of Guilin's landscape and has many stories. The most profound picture is engraved on your beloved RMB 20.
Scheme one-round tour
From the hotel, take a bus to Zhujiang Wharf, and take a boat tour of the scenery of Lijiang River in Baili Gallery (about 4.5 hours, buffet on board). The boat is sailing on the crystal clear Lijiang River, breathing the pure air of nature. The lush and beautiful mountains stand quietly by the river, and the elegant and beautiful scenery is just like the poem "The river is green and the mountains are like jade hairpin". A buffet is provided on board at noon. At about13: 30 in the afternoon, the ship went to Yangshuo Wharf and disembarked.
Scheme II Lijiang River Bamboo Raft
Go to Yangti Wharf and take a bamboo raft to visit the most beautiful section of the Lijiang River (about 100 minutes for 4 people/raft). This is the gathering place of the four beautiful scenery of the Lijiang River, and enjoy the famous scenic spots along the way: Huangbu Reflection (with a background of RMB 20), Jiuma Painting Mountain, Xingping Jiajing Mountain, Qixian Mountain, Glove Mountain and Thumb Mountain.
If there are no children under 1.2m, it is recommended to take a bamboo raft. After all, bamboo rafts have more Guilin characteristics, and only bamboo rafts can reach Xingping Pier, the best shooting spot of 20 RMB.
PS: (I remember Xingping Wharf, not Jiuma Huashan Wharf. The bamboo raft at Xingping Wharf is more expensive than Jiuma Huashan, but you need to take a battery car to Xingping to get to Jiuma Huashan, so the price is almost the same.)
Xing Ping
The most essential scenic spots of the Lijiang River are all in Xingping, where there are eight scenic spots and 24 scenic spots, including Jiuma Huashan, Luosi Mountain, Lianhuayan, Tianshuizhai, Lingbaoge, Xingping Ancient Street, Laozhai Mountain Friendship Pavilion, Presidential Fishing Village, Huangbu Beach, Luotian Dayan, Xitang Tianhu, Zhangpinglong, Tengjiao Temple, Dayuan Forest Farm, 20 RMB background and Dahebei scenery. When US President Bill Clinton visited the Lijiang River, he also visited Xingping Fishing Village. At the same time, compared with Yangshuo, Xingping ancient town is not so commercialized (although it is a little commercialized now), and there are not so many stores in cheat people. There is a ferry at Xingping Wharf, and you can go to the other side for a few dollars. If the Lijiang River is shallow, you can also visit the Lijiang Island. The villagers here are also friendly, and the things they sell are not very expensive.
Impression Liu Sanjie
A large-scale landscape performance directed by Zhang Yimou. Fiona Fang's two-kilometer-long Lijiang River waters, twelve background peaks and boundless sky constitute the world's largest landscape theater-Impression Sanjie Liu. Its characteristic is that in the natural landscape, the scenery performances fully draw lessons from the natural environment of Lijiang River, and at the same time, the initial filming is all original villagers' performances. Just like the characteristics of the old man, the picture is very shocking and the color matching is also very good. But to be honest, I can't understand the plot. At the same time, because it was filmed earlier, it may not be as lively and cool as Song Cheng's performing arts.
Yangshuo West Street
Yangshuo West Street, which is known as one of the three major foreigner streets in China, I won't talk nonsense. After all, many people come here for this. At the beginning of the lights, under the music, you will get drunk after drinking a little wine and tasting coffee. Now that you are famous and there are many people, I suggest you come in the morning, when there will be few people, not all kinds of overcrowding you see at night.
PS: If the specialty is afraid of pits, going to the supermarket is better than those so-called specialty shops.
PPS: If you like excitement, it is suggested that the hotel be closer to West Street. If not, you can find a farther place, with good scenery and high cost performance. If you are young, recommend a Hanshan residence, where the big bed rooms are all good, especially the big bed room with starry sky view is very exciting.
Day 4: Yangshuo and its surroundings
There are many scenic spots in Yangshuo, but not many really interesting ones. It's better to ride a small electric bike or bike and travel with friends between mountains and rivers to experience the coolness.
yulong river or dragon meeting river
The rural scenery is the Yulong River Scenic Area, which is known as the Little Lijiang River. It is a good place for photography, hiking, viewing and taking a bamboo raft. This country road is as green as flowing water, surrounded by rows of phoenix bamboos, allowing you to return to the tranquility of nature in minutes.
land of idyllic beauty
On the way back to Guilin. The original appearance of the base developed by Taiwan Province people is well preserved. Looking far away, the mountains are verdant, the village trees are smoky, the buildings are strewn at random, just like Tao Yuanming's "fragrant grass is delicious and colorful" and "there are fertile fields, beautiful ponds, mulberry and bamboo".
If you have enough time, you can also go to Yinziyan, Totem Ancient Road, Foolish Paradise, etc. As for those "famous scenic spots" that I didn't list, everyone should choose as appropriate.
There are rock climbing, hot air balloon, mountain bike and other experience activities around Yangshuo, and friends who like outdoor activities can also experience it.
PS: In the choice of scenic spots, you can plan according to your cycling route. Apart from Xanadu and Yinziyan, it is quite convenient.
Write it at the end
Of course, Guilin is far more than these scenic spots, but if you don't have much time, the above route is my first one. If you have time, you can also go to Longji Terrace, Xing 'an Water Street, Lingqu, etc. These scenic spots are mainly because the traffic on the road is too time-consuming, and the timeliness of choice is not so high.
Warm reminder
1, travel safety first, don't trust all kinds of cheap projects. Cheating money is small, but life is important.
2. Please ask for the business card of the hotel, or please remember the address, name and front desk phone number of the hotel. The hotel can basically help you solve problems;
3. It is rainy in Guilin. Check the weather forecast before going out and bring your own rain gear.