1: Guilin and the urban areas

Generally speaking, the best tourist season in Guilin is April-October every year, which is commonly called the tourist peak season (the overall tourist price will not be much higher than usual, or there is no difference). During the May Day, National Day and Spring Festival holiday, it is the peak of tourism, and all the scenic spots are crowded, so the roads in the city are very crowded.

Guilin, as a famous tourist city, is too small compared with other cities, with a population of only 711,111. The main streets are Zhongshan Road and Jiefang Road, and the most prosperous one is Zhongshan Middle Road, which only takes 31 minutes to walk from one end to the other. After 7 pm, half the streets in Zhongshan Middle Road will become pedestrian streets, which makes people feel very lively.

(1) Transportation

1. Guilin Liangjiang International Airport is 31 kilometers away from the urban area. There is an airport bus to the urban area, and the destination is the Civil Aviation Building (about 31 minutes from the airport to the urban area). You can choose to get off near the railway station. As long as there is a flight to Guilin, there will be an airport bus to downtown, no matter how late it is, the cost will be 25 yuan alone. There is a bus to the airport every 31 minutes in the Civil Aviation Building. Please leave Guilin for the airport two hours in advance. The cost of taking a taxi from downtown to the airport is around 81 yuan, and sometimes 61 yuan can do it when you get out of the airport. There is a strange phenomenon in Guilin, that is, discounted air tickets are not easy to buy. Often, air tickets from other places to Guilin are very cheap, and Guilin's departure from Hong Kong may not be so cheap. Perhaps Guilin is too small and its spending power is almost poor.

2. There are two railway passenger stations in Guilin: Guilin North Railway Station (commonly known as North Railway Station and Departure Station) and Guilin South Railway Station (commonly known as guilin railway station or South Railway Station). South Railway Station is the main passenger station at present, and the traffic is very convenient in the urban area (Zhongshan South Road). The North Station is in the north of Guilin. According to the local people, it should be considered a suburb. The traffic is not very convenient. Only the 18 and 99 buses can reach the urban area. If the train stops at North Railway Station and South Railway Station at the same time, you'd better get off at South Railway Station. Please check the relevant contents of the website for the relevant train number information. There are few trains from Guilin, and most of them stop in the middle. Sleepers in the north direction are generally difficult to buy at the window. It is very convenient to go to Liuzhou, Nanning and other cities in the region. If you need to book a return ticket, you can contact the website reception center 3 days in advance: 1773-5815499, 5815799 (May Day, National Day, Spring Festival, please 5-7 days in advance)

3. There are three bus stations in Guilin: bus terminal (Zhongshan South Road, the main passenger station), south bus station and north bus station (Zhongshan North Road, mainly heading for Xing 'an and Lingchuan). All the buses in the area and most of the suburban buses leave from the bus terminal, and it takes about 11 minutes to go north from the South Railway Station (turn left when you get out of the station). Please refer to the relevant contents of the website for the specific bus timetable.

4. There are buses to all scenic spots in Guilin, please refer to the traffic information of the website for details.

The buses in Guilin are basically empty of tickets, so you can get on the bus in 1 yuan without making up for it. The bus bound for the suburbs is 1.5 yuan, such as No.3, please ask the driver or look at the bus stop sign before boarding. The air-conditioned car is 2 yuan, such as No.99 bus.

It may be that only Guilin in China has free buses (trains starting at 8: 11-17: 11 and 5), and the waiting time for free buses is longer than that of ordinary buses, and you should pay attention to your finances when you take them. Thieves also take the first and last bus of

1 at 6: 11-23.11 Wushi Street-Arctic Square-Cross Street-Swan Hall

2 at 6.11-21.51 Bus Group Corporation-Xiangshan Park-reed flute cave-Jiuhua Road Metallurgical Machinery Factory

3 at 7.11-21.51 guilin railway station. .11 guilin railway station-Nanxi Hospital-Tourism Wholesale City-Tuomu Town-Qifeng Town

6.15-19.51 Bus Group Company-Anxin Community-No.6 Petroleum Company-Tire Factory (increase to 21.31 from Friday to Sunday).

The first and last bus of No.8 6.21-19.11 Bus Station-Xiangjiang Hotel-Lingui Jinshui Square-Lingui County Hospital

The first and last bus of No.9 7.21-16.31 guilin railway station-Crossstreet-Tourism Wholesale City-Tuomu Town-Overseas Chinese Farm

The first and last bus of No.11 p>11-21.41 Bus Group Company- This is a temporary route during the reconstruction of the new bridge (there is a shuttle bus from Cross Street to the East District of Electric Power Institute after 23.11 pm).

the first and last bus of No.11 is 6.11-23.11 Pingshan-Nanxi Park-Cross Street-Qixing Park

The first and last bus of No.12 is 6.11-21.11 Guilin Furniture Wholesale City-Nanxi Hospital-Xiangjiang Hotel-Food City-guilin railway station

The first and last bus of No.14 is 6.11-22.11 Bus Company 5. 1 East Bus Yard-Arctic Square-Yiwu Road-Cross Street

16 First and Last Bus 6.11-21.21 East Bus Yard-Sanlidian Square-Wenchang Bridge-guilin railway station

17 First and Last Bus 6.11-21.11 East Bus Yard-Arctic Square-Huancheng West Road-Bus Group Company

the first and last bus of No.19 is 6: 11-18: 11. guilin railway station-Pingshan-Red Sun Home City-Forest Park = Air Force Sanatorium

The first and last bus of No.21 is 6: 51-21: 11. The first and last bus of No.22 is 6: 21. : 31-21: 21 Bus Company No.5-Petroleum Company No.6-High-tech Zone-Anxin Community-Dong 'an Street

The first and last bus of No.24 Road 7: 31-22: 11 Xinyi Market-Cross Street-Institute of Electronics-Jingjiang Mausoleum-Aviation School

The first and last bus of No.25 Road 6: 51-21: 11. The first and last bus of Ximen Food Market-Xiufeng District Government-Shizi Street

6: 11-21: 31 Bus Qintan Parking Lot-Guinan Bus Station-guilin railway station-Sanlidian Square-Qifeng Xiaozhu

The first and last bus of p>28 Bus 6: 31-19: 31 Red Sun Home City-Jingpingshan Bridge-High-tech Zone- 31 Guangxi Normal University-Sanli Square-Qixing Park-Fengbei Road-Cross Street

The first and last bus of No.31 Road 6: 51-21: 31 High-tech Zone-Yifeng Road-Fuxing Road-Qixing Park-Cross Street

The first and last bus of No.99 Road 7: 11-18: 31 Wushi Street-Arctic Square-Cross Street-

No.52-starting from the East Ring Yard, passing Sanlidian Square, Long Yin Road and reaching Qixing Park.

No.53 —— Depart from the bus company and go to the Arctic Square via Huancheng West Road.

No.54 —— Depart from Guilin South Station, pass through Shanghai Road, Anxin Community, Chuanshan Park, Sanlidian Square and arrive at High-tech Zone.

No.55 —— Depart from Pingshan via South Ring Road and Jingpingshan Bridge to the vehicle management office.

No.56 —— it starts from Pingshan and passes through Nanxi Park, Shanghai Overpass, Xiangjiang Hotel, Jiangjun Road and Bazhong Road to Pingshan.

No.57 —— It starts from Xifeng Road and passes through Education College, Children's Palace, Ximenqiao, Nanmenqiao, Xiangshan Park, jiefang bridge, Cross Street and Art Museum to Xifeng Road.

No.58 —— From Nanxi Mountain Park, it passes Xiangshan Park, Qixing Park, Folk Custom Park, Fubo Mountain Park, Diecai Mountain Park and Yushan Park to Ludi Park

5. Taxi: Most taxi models in Guilin are Jetta and Santana cars.

Taxi consumption standard:

a All taxi charges are divided into two time periods: day time from 6: 31 to 23: 11 Beijing time and night time from 23: 11 to 6: 31 the next day.

b take a taxi during the day, and the starting fee is 7 yuan. You can take a taxi for 2 kilometers (feeling a little less). If you take a taxi for more than 2 kilometers but not more than 4 kilometers, it will be charged at RMB 1.61 per kilometer (111M is the measurement unit), and if you take a taxi for more than 4 kilometers, it will be charged at RMB 5 per kilometer. The general charging principle is the starting fee plus the pricing fee. For example, if you take a taxi for 2.5 kilometers, the fee standard is 7 yuan+1.5× 1.61 = 7.81 yuan, and if you take a taxi for 5.5 kilometers, you will be charged 7 yuan+2× 1.6+1.5× 2 = 13.21 yuan.

c taking a taxi at night, the pricing principle is the same as during the day, but the difference is that the starting fee is changed to 7.81 yuan, 1.81 yuan/km between 2 and 4 kilometers, and 2.41 yuan/km above 4 kilometers.

writing here, I can't help but say a few more words. Taxi drivers in Guilin are very enthusiastic. As long as they are guests with foreign accents, they will enthusiastically introduce you to accommodation and tourism in Guilin. If you need to travel, it will be even better. He will even offer to take you to various scenic spots for free (or half a day in 5 yuan, 11 yuan for 1 day). Hehe, in this place of Guilin, you will get a commission if you take a taxi to buy tickets, eat or go to a shopping store or drugstore. Need to be reminded that sometimes you should pay attention to the scenic spots recommended by the driver when you have never heard of them or when the price is relatively high. Be careful if the driver says to take you to karaoke or sangla at night. Generally, most people go to black shops. This has happened many times in Guilin! (especially tourists from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan)

(2) Sightseeing

1. Questions related to visiting the Lijiang River:

Guilin-Yangshuo: ticket to 211 yuan (including Chinese food on board). There are two docks in Lijiang River: Mopanshan Wharf and Zhujiang Wharf (41 minutes' drive from downtown). Mopanshan Wharf is an internal guest wharf, and Zhujiang Wharf is a foreign guest wharf. The departure time is 9: 31 and 11: 11 every morning, and it will arrive in Yangshuo around 14: 11 in the afternoon. You can buy tickets at the dock that morning (215 yuan/piece) by yourself, or you can entrust a website to buy tickets (215 yuan/piece). There are no buses and buses from downtown to the pier. If you buy tickets by yourself, you can only take a taxi to the pier in the morning (about 61 yuan). Guilin's cruise ships go directly to Yangshuo (Di Yang-Xingping section when the water is low), and you can't get off the boat or stop; There is no return boat from Yangshuo to Guilin (there may be one during the Golden Week). Only this kind of cruise ship on the Lijiang River is legally operated, and all other ways are illegal, which is under the severe attack of the government. There are many ways to swim only in any section of the water on the internet, so I won't explain them here.

One-day tour of Lijiang River shows that there are two kinds of prices:

(1) The price of 345 yuan is the whole journey. The hotel will pick you up at the pier, and then send you back to the hotel in Guilin. On the way back to Guilin, you will also visit several scenic spots, including Moon Mountain, Big Banyan Tree, Julongtan and Kistler Palace. Tickets for the above scenic spots have been included in 345 yuan.

(2) The half-way fare is 245 yuan. I am responsible for picking you up at the hotel and boarding at Lijiang Pier. Yangshuo is free to move after disembarking.

2. To be fair, many tourist attractions in Guilin are not worth spending tickets, and the tickets are so expensive. There are two rivers and four lakes worth seeing. Although they are artificial landscapes, they are not bad. Elephant trunk mountain is the city emblem of Guilin, and you can also have a look. Not to mention other scenic spots, most of the scenic spots in the city are free for soldiers, and foreign student ID cards cannot enjoy preferential prices. Most parks are open to the public free of charge before 7 am, so you can use this time to enter the park. Don't think that there is no doorman at this time. If you go in with a big bag, you still have to buy tickets. Spread it as ordinary as possible, and don't let people look like tourists. Just put the camera in your pocket and pretend to be a local to exercise. (Don't be empty. If you are stopped and killed, you say you are a local. Many Guilin locals speak Mandarin. Remember the name of the neighborhood before you go in.

(3) Accommodation

The hotel industry in Guilin is relatively developed. Generally speaking, hotel prices are divided into two price classes: the normal season and the peak season, and there are three special periods in the peak season, namely, three days before May 1 to May 6, from October 1 to October 5, and 1 weeks before and after the China Lunar New Year. During these three periods, the hotel price is usually calculated according to the store price or even beyond the store price. According to the regulations of Guilin Municipal Government, the hotel room price is allowed to increase by 31% at the maximum on the basis of the standard store price at the peak of tourism (specifically, 15 days before and after May 1, 15 days before and after October 1, 15 days before and after the Spring Festival, or when a national conference or other major festivals are held in Guilin).

most star-rated hotels already include room service charge, government price adjustment fund and tax, and some hotels also provide breakfast for free. Usually, the accommodation fee of Guilin Hotel is calculated by every day, and it is agreed to check out before 12: 11 Beijing time. If you check out before 18: 11, the hotel has the right to charge half a day's room rate; If you check out after 18: 11, you will be deemed to have checked in again on the same day, and one day's accommodation fee will be added.

generally speaking, tourists come to the front desk of the hotel or call the hotel to inquire about the price, and the hotel will give a discount of 6-8% off the retail price, and there will be almost no price reduction during the peak tourist season. If you go through a local travel agency or travel booking website in Guilin, you can often get a lot of discounts (usually less than 51% off).

The vicinity of Dafan transportation hub is a dead corner of a city, and Guilin is no exception. I advise you not to live near railway stations and bus stations unless you want to catch a train, especially not to be greedy for cheap. In these two places, there are often cases of bullying and slaughtering customers! The inner ring road with the diameter of Zhongshan Middle Road (Nanmenqiao-Pok Oi Hospital) is very suitable for travel and accommodation, and the main tourist attractions and business districts in Guilin are all on this circle. As for the prices of hotels of various grades, please refer to the hotel prices on the homepage of the website (which can be used as a reference for you to come to Guilin).

(4) Shopping (The landscape painting part was written by the moderator of the waterside osprey! )

Guilin landscape is one of the important materials of Chinese painting. China's painting techniques are mostly freehand brushwork, which mainly represents artistic conception. As a symbol of oriental art, Chinese painting, China calligraphy, stone seal cutting, ceramics, folk paper-cutting, silk products, costumes and paintings have become a must-buy souvenir when traveling to China.

Speaking of Chinese painting, let me briefly explain why China painters like Guilin landscape. China is influenced by Confucianism and Taoism, and the people like to express their wishes with natural scenery-either their aspirations or their feelings about society.