Chongqing's uneven terrain makes bicycles almost invisible, so the city's public **** transportation is very well developed, with public **** buses, small public **** cars, air-conditioned buses and sightseeing buses on the ring road as well as rush hour buses, making it easy to get around. And, of course, cabs ply the city streets. In addition, the (Yangjiaping-Caobangkou) light-rail train line that runs through the city has become a unique urban landscape.
1. "Alto" is the main cab type, with a starting price of 5 yuan and 1.20 yuan per kilometer. "Santana" car 1.60 yuan per kilometer, but mostly concentrated in hotels, and most do not charge according to the meter. "The Antelope costs the same as the Alto, but seats four and is much more comfortable.
2. Taxis also charge: 10 yuan for highway tolls and 0.60 yuan for every five minutes of waiting time.
3. Chongqing's small buses are priced at a flat rate across the city, so you can ride with confidence.
4. In summer, there are buses with air-conditioning, and the fare is 0.50 yuan more expensive than when there is no air-conditioning.
5. The light rail train has opened the line of Zoo Station - Daping Station through the busy downtown area of Chongqing, and the sightseeing fare is 8 yuan.
Traveling in Chongqing
Chaotianmen ★★★★★
"Chaotianmen is the tip of Chongqing's tongue sticking out to the two rivers" is an apt metaphor. In earlier times, Chaotianmen was a place to greet the emperor, but now it's a place to look down on the two rivers, especially in the summer, when the Jialing River and Yangtze River converge, creating a scene of clear and turbid water competing for attention.
Accessible by tram No. 401, buses No. 102, 103, 122, 382 and 418 or small buses No. 413 and 420.
After 20:00, you can take a yacht from here to see the night color of Chongqing river. Tickets for the Chaotian Palace are 100 yuan (with meals), 80 yuan (without meals), 78 and 68 yuan; 88 yuan (with meals) and 68 yuan (without meals) for the Man Jiang Hong; and 68 yuan for the Infinity.
Jiefangbei ★★★★
The equivalent of Tiananmen Square in Beijing. The bustling modern commercial center and delicious street are all gathered around, and it's also a place to see Chongqing's beautiful women and observe fashion trends. In a word, are you interested in Chongqing? Then come to Jiefangbei.
The ropeways to both the Yangtze and Jialing rivers take only 10 minutes. Take 401 and get off at Xiao Cross Road, this point is located halfway between Jiefangbei and the ropeway station.
Eighteen Stairs ★★★★
As a real old street in Chongqing's old town, once you walk in here, you enter the real Chongqing folklore. Eighteen stairs is the most climb up the slope of the mountain city characteristics, a color of "lazy slope", a color of green stone steps, climbed tired may as well lean on it to take a break.
Here, you can see the old houses with obvious signs of each era. The oldest of them are footstools, bundled houses, bamboo plastered houses from the 1950s and 1960s, and Soviet-style brick houses from the 1960s and 1970s, resembling an exhibition of Chongqing's historical buildings.
There are two ancient traditions of baking "pot helmets" (a kind of hollow cake that can be filled with meat and vegetables) and "sugar guan dao" (the technique of making various shapes out of sugar juice) in Shibatidi, which can rarely be seen elsewhere. There's also a tea garden where Sichuan opera has been performed relentlessly for years, with performances starting at 14:30 every day and hard-core fans always waiting for the show at 12:00.
Gele Mountain Martyrs' Mausoleum, Bai Gong Guan, Jagged Cave ★★★★
For the Chinese, this is a place to relive the history of more than 50 years ago. It may be distant, bloody and tragic, but history can never be forgotten. The joint ticket is 30 yuan 8:30-20:00 . Shapingba has a direct route 210 to Baigongguan, or 215, 217, 221 to Martyrs' Tomb, and then a short walk to Martyrs' Mausoleum.65314419 65312013
1. Baigongguan, Songlin Slope and Jagged Cave are the most worthwhile places to spend your time.
2. Pass by the Red Rock Soul Memorial Hall and the sculpture area, and stop by as well.
3. Every night there is a "night tour of Jagged Cave" program, image intuitive, infectious, the ticket price of 30 yuan.
4. Take a minivan down the mountain, the fare is within 3 yuan.
Magnetic Weakou Ancient Town ★★★★★
"A stone road, a thousand years of Magnetic Weakou", for travelers who love the folklore of ancient towns, Magnetic Weakou is a 1,700-year old town on the banks of the Jialing River, and for gourmets, going to Magnetic Weakou means having to taste its "three best dishes": thousand sheets, sesame fish and Mao Blood Wanton.
Take a public **** bus from the entrance of Chongqing Hotel opposite Chongqing Department Store in Shapingba. The fare is 0.5 yuan and the ride takes 20 minutes.
1. The Mao Blood Want of the one opposite Qing Yun Tea Cuisine is the most authentic. Also, the bean flowers here are unforgettable.
2. The Sichuan Opera Center offers performances by actors and actresses from the Sichuan Theater on the 15th of every month from 14:00 to 17:00. Tea is 2 yuan, plus 1 yuan when there is a program. The "Longyin Teahouse" has Sichuan Opera performances on the 6th, 16th and 26th of every month at the same times.
North Hot Spring ★★★★★
The hot spring is the essence of the North Hot Spring Park. North Hot Springs south of Jinyun Mountain, north of the Jialing River, in Chongqing's famous five hot springs, the North Hot Springs with pure water quality and temperature, is called the first of the five springs.
There are 10 springs in the North Hot Spring Park, the water temperature between 35-37 ℃, is a weak alkaline sulfuric acid mineral springs, skin, joints, gastrointestinal and other parts of the disease has a certain therapeutic effect, leaning against the water along the mountain, the scenery is excellent, there are a lot of villas in the last century 20's and 30's villa building, is the best place for holiday recreation and tourism. 10 yuan 68224879
There are buses to Beibei from Jiefangbei, Shapingba, Nanping, Yangjiaping, etc. After arriving at Beibei, you can take a tour bus to the North Hot Spring to get there, and the ticket is 11 yuan per person.
1. The best time to visit is between February-May and October-December every year, because these two periods of time are the most suitable temperatures for hot springs in Chongqing.
2. It is best to avoid the most crowded time to go to the hot springs, in the morning and evening is best.
3. Accommodations are available in the park and are moderately priced. In addition to the hot springs, the river tea viewing is also a good choice.
South Hot Springs ★★★★
Relative to the North Hot Springs, the South Hot Springs not only hot springs, but also "accompanied by the capital" relics, Jianwen ruins and other landscapes.
The South Hot Spring is a sulfur hot spring, and the water temperature is slightly higher than that of the North Hot Spring, at around 40℃. In addition, there are the "Jade Spring" outside the Jianwenfeng ancient well, the "Rain Spring" under the Fairy Cave, the "Dragon Spring" in the middle of Huaxi River, and the "Flying Spring "6 yuan 62848153
Nan Hot Spring is located in Banan District, 18 kilometers from downtown. It is directly accessible from the church entrance in downtown Chongqing on Route 302, and you can take a bus from Nanping to Jieshi and get off halfway there.
Jinyun Mountain, Fishing City ★★★★★
Anciently known as Bashan Jinyun Mountain, with the mountain clouds and colorful changes and have "red more white less for Jinyun," the origin of the name. Jinyun Mountain and the Jialing River Small Three Gorges, Hechuan Diaoyu City, together with the national natural scenic spots.
Sunrise Peak, incense burner peak, Lion Peak, gathering cloud peak, Ape Xiao Feng, Lotus Peak, Pagoda Peak, Jade Peak and Sunset Peak, only from the name of the peak can be seen in Jinyun Mountain's varied, coupled with the day-long haze of the clouds, the peak more nicknamed. In addition, Jinyun Mountain also grows the world's rare living fossil tree called Metasequoia. 15 yuan 68223708
Jinyun Mountain scenic area is 60 kilometers away from Chongqing city center, the drive is about 2 hours. From Chaotianmen there are buses to Beibei, to Beibei, there are special coaches until Jinyun Mountain, the fare is about 4 yuan.
Recommended attractions
New China Daily site
Chongqing Hotel directly across from the cultural relics store upstairs is the old Xinhua Daily site during the period of chaperone, where the text of the picture is very detailed.
Behind the site, several high-rise buildings surround the largest and best-decorated Christian church in southwest China, Joseph Church, which has an exquisite interior and is worth taking the time to see.
People's Auditorium
In addition to the Liberation Monument, another landmark of Chongqing, it is a complex of antique ethnic buildings.
5 yuan 63861137
Roads 103, 104, 105, 111, 122, 215
8:00-18:30
Tomb of Ba Manshi
Tomb of General Manshi, a general of Ba during the Warring States period, most of which are visited for a legend.
Roads 401, 402 and 405
Hongyan Village Revolutionary Memorial Hall
The tracing of history and remembrance are all reasons to go here.
RMB10 8:30-17:00
Roads 104, 215, 216 63301067
Zhou Gongguan
This small building was rented by the two parties in the name of Zhou Enlai. The building was rented by the two parties in the name of Zhou Enlai's private life.
2 yuan 8:30-17:00
Shangqing Temple can be reached by taking a bus from the Mudu Hotel.
Ciyun Temple
An ancient temple in Chongqing, once the only temple in the country where monks and nuns were united. 304 to the Wuyuan Station, then walk 10 bells to get there. Or take a minibus from Nanping to Nambin Road for 2 yuan.
Eating and drinking in Chongqing
"Spicy, fresh and flavorful," "no spicy seat," to say that Chongqing's food, a spicy word is indispensable. Lampshade beef, husband and wife lung slices, hot and sour noodles, Mao Blood Want, spicy noodles are spicy word at the head of the Chongqing hot pot up, it is only to see the red soup oil.
Not only that, Chongqing is also the "Sichuan Cuisine Revolution" of the "base", many of the new dish series mostly originated here. Therefore, in order to get the Sichuan cuisine "authentic", Chongqing and Chengdu two places to fight to the death. Chongqing eat like fashion, trends, duck hot pot, eel hot pot, spring chicken, pickled fish, roasted chicken, spicy fish, like a lantern to change, which is also a little similar to Chengdu. Street snacks should not be missed: hemp rounds, cold patties, small dumplings, nine round buns, iron cake, chicken noodles, over the bridge, oil mash, chicken juice pot stickers, the number is too many to count, eat also need time, take your time.
Chongqing hot pot is now blossoming all over the country, but hot pot is still cheap in Chongqing. So, affordable Chongqing people, know how to eat and will eat, they rarely to the restaurant row, stalls, small stores delicious and cheap. Spicy shredded beef 12 yuan, spicy chicken about 10 yuan, do not believe to try.
Chongqing spicy noodles and spring water bean flowers have the most local characteristics, two simple snacks, but the ingredients can be up to more than 20 kinds, how can the taste is not good!
Chongqing is hard to find flat land, so Chongqing people cherish the flat land uniformly called "dam"; Chongqing people like to drink tea, so bubble on the flat land of the dam dam teahouse is a young and old savory things. A set of mahjong, a few cups of tea, lazy sunshine with a delicious and cheap boxed lunches, drinking Ba Ba tea has become a kind of enjoyment.
Recommended Food Street
Nanbin Road The hottest dining street in Chongqing, right on the Yangtze River. It is a good place to eat food and enjoy the river view.
Beibinlu Casual food street, quieter than the south side of the road, more large stores, is the middle and high-end consumption.
Yangjiaping Zhigang Avenue Central and Western food, all kinds of snacks, hot pots and pans, civilian paradise, mass consumption.
Bayuyi Road is located near Jiefangbei, almost all the food varieties in Chongqing, known as the delicious street.
Zhonghua Road In the center of the big row of stalls open at 11:00 pm every night, a variety of inexpensive and tasty snacks are available.
PoShangKanXia You can find the most unique "grassroots snacks" in Chongqing here, such as glasses and small noodles, and Tikan Douhua ......
Magizikou This ancient town is famous for its Mao Blood Want, and is also recommended for its chicken and sesame fish.
Nanshan Eating hotpot by lotus ponds and under loquat trees is a back-to-basics treat.
Nanbin Road, which has become very popular in recent years, was initially designed to be the "Bund of Chongqing", but has since developed into a food and entertainment street that is almost a must-visit for visitors to Chongqing. The north side of the road is also developing rapidly, and the food and entertainment industries are gradually booming.
Night tour of Chongqing
Chongqing city with the mountains from low to high, so the road circling, building layers of undulating, into the night lights and the river reflect, can be a scene in Chongqing. Some people summarize: to Chongqing in addition to hot pot, beautiful women, "worth a million dollars at night" is also a must-see.
Shopping in Chongqing
Weird flavor Hu Beans, rice flower candy, Hechuan peach slices, Fuling mustard, Yongchuan tempeh, Zhongxian fermented bean curd, these are with the arrival of the dry goods. Canton citrus, tangerine, pomelo, navel oranges are seasonal delicacies that can not be found. The most recommended is a few major brands of hot pot base, can go home again to taste the authentic hot pot, the end of the trip to Chongqing most people will not return empty-handed.