Route recommendation: to Lijiang play, be sure to stay in the old city quiet day, stroll around the city's attractions, taste the food, sweeping the small store; the next day Lashihai horseback riding, visit the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, go to the quieter Baisha ancient town to see the murals; the third day to Shuhe, in addition to visiting the Shuhe attractions, the rest of the time left to the best of the plateau sunshine it.
Recommend the following line:
D1 Lijiang Old Town → Bashiqiao → Sifang Street → Mufu → Black Dragon Pool
D2 Jade Dragon Snow Mountain → Baishui River → Baisha Ancient Town
D3 Lashihai→Shuhe→Shuhe Sifang Street→Qinglong Bridge→Dragon Springs Temple
Day 1: First arrived in Lijiang, the city full of romantic atmosphere, full of freshness. The first day of the year is the first day of the year in which you will be able to visit the old city of Lijiang. Dashiqiao stay a picture, and the four sides of the street Naxi old man chatting, Mufu architecture and history can not be missed, looking at the big waterwheel daze, Lijiang ancient city of the day, over too fast. One day, don't forget to taste the snacks in the old city, and take a good look at the small stores in the old city.
The next day: leave early in the morning for Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. You can take a chartered bus from Lijiang Old Town to Jade Dragon Snow Mountain or take the No. 7 special line, or take a bus at Sun Square to get there directly. The chartered car round trip 150-200 yuan. There is not too much activity on the top of the snow mountain, so you can take pictures and ski.
Inside the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain Scenic Area, you can walk a few hundred meters down from the Yunchengping cableway to the Baishui River, where you can take a minibus to the big cableway for only 2 yuan. Usually tourists will pass by the Baishui River on their way to Yuncuangping from Lijiang.
From Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, you can head to Baisha Old Town, which is located about 10 kilometers north of Lijiang city, either by chartered bus, or return to Lijiang Old Town (Dayan Old Town), take bus No. 6 to get there, get off at Baisha Old Town then walk in.
Day 3: If your definition of Lijiang is laid back, then it is highly recommended that you go horseback riding in Lashihai. It's about 7.5 kilometers from Lijiang Old Town to Lashihai, and the ride takes about 15 minutes. Ancient City Zhongyi market parking lot next to take "Lijiang - Lashihai North and other micro-van, the fare to the Lashihai Sea North team of 5 yuan / person. Call in advance before I come directly to the Zhongyi market and you ride back to the Lashihai Haibei three teams of horse farms. To the stable directly to take you to buy discount tickets (if you need a chartered price of 30 yuan each way) and then go to Shuhe. Here is more laid-back, quiet place than Lijiang ancient city, accommodation is not expensive, dining is also cheap, it seems that the sun are more pure. Mentioned Shuhe Sifang Street, Qinglong Bridge, Longquan Temple these are the most conventional attractions in Shuhe, you can go around, you can also ignore, to give their own vacation to leave some time not to run around, after all, in Shuhe, laziness is not shameful.
Cuisine:
Lijiang cuisine is dominated by Naxi dishes, in addition to which you will find a number of Chengdu and Szechuan restaurants inside and outside the old city, mostly run by people who came to Lijiang from all over the world to work as businessmen. Some of the more representative Naxi dishes are Sanjian Shui, Ba Da Bowl, Zhi Gao Bei, and mushrooms such as matsutake mushrooms, chanterelle mushrooms, and morel mushrooms, which are not only expensive but also tasty and nourishing, and are also unique to Lijiang. Salmon and waxed pork ribs can not be called iconic local dishes, but very popular, many diners.
Square Street in the center of Dayan Ancient City is a famous snack street, a short narrow street lined with dozens of small restaurants on both sides, basically every restaurant has Yunnan's unique rice noodle, types of rice noodle casserole, boiled rice noodle, so this street is also known as "Lijiang rice noodle street". In addition, to eat cheap or eat flavorful snacks can go to the farmers' market to eat, the new street (Baxin shopping mall, near the seven star street) Huadu Trade City, there are also a lot of snacks around the world, open to the night more than two o'clock.
Lijiang's night market is mainly located in the old city out to the new street along the three-way intersection, the night market is mainly operating barbecue, beer. These night markets are mainly run by local private individuals in Lijiang, usually starting at seven or eight o'clock in the evening, until late at night or even early in the morning. Because of the large number of tourists and the local youth of Lijiang also like to use the night market as a kind of communication place, therefore, Lijiang night market is also very lively. Visitors can enjoy flavors such as roasted potatoes and chicken wings, and chat and make friends with travelers from all over the world.
Shopping:
The alleys of Lijiang's Old Town are full of small stores selling handicrafts, such as Ziyi Clothing, Dongba Pottery Zhai, Juyiyuan Gallery, and Shiqingmao Woodcarving, all of which are small stores selling ethnic handicrafts in a distinctive way.
Most of the handicrafts here are handmade and relatively expensive, but you can bargain. Visitors can not only shop for what they like, but sometimes they can see the whole process of making the crafts.
Zhongyi Market, in the innermost part of Dayan Old Town, is a local people's market, where Yunnan medicinal herbs, mushrooms and small handicrafts are cheaper.
Lijiang shopping tips: Lijiang has a lot of street hustlers, a small number of cab drivers are also the same, it seems that this has become a common problem in the national attractions. Lijiang tourism specialties are mainly Pu'er tea, silverware jade, wood carving wood carving, fur and leather bags, shawls and scarves and other handmade products, Pu'er tea, etc., the first two days to look at the first ask more, think about what to buy, you can also ask the local innkeeper things the bottom of the price, inquire about the bottom of the various aspects of the intelligence, and then the day before the departure of the unified purchasing.
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