Self-driving the Most Beautiful Siming Mountain Winding Road: Huxi Line

🚗 Departing from Shanghai, three days and two nights, self-driving the Siming Mountain winding road 📌 Day 1 🏠 Check in at Siming Lake Kaiyuan Resort, central lake view room, Building 7, 2nd floor 🛞 Leave early to avoid weekday traffic in the city. Navigate to Siming Lake Resort. On the way, you can visit Guanpei Village (a thousand-year-old ancient village) first and have lunch there. ☕️ Check in at the hotel in the afternoon and rest. The hotel occupies the best view of Siming Lake. It's nice to walk around and explore. The hotel provides complimentary fruits and snacks. Sitting on the balcony, drinking tea and enjoying the view is very relaxing. 👣 If you want to go out in the afternoon, nearby is Liangnong Ancient Town (just one main street, not recommended for sightseeing, just drive through). You can also visit the nearby Baishuichong Waterfall, an undeveloped scenic spot (free). It's a 5-minute walk to the small waterfall, and another 5 minutes to the high waterfall. The whole trip won't take much time. 🥘 For dinner, on the way back to the hotel, there's a restaurant (Pinyaxuan Farmhouse, the braised fish head tastes good) or you can eat noodles at the hotel's noodle restaurant. 📌 Day 2 🛞 The most beautiful Siming Mountain winding road: Huxi Line 🧭 Navigation: From the hotel to Xuedu Temple There are many scenic spots and ancient villages along the way (similar to Guanpei Village) 1. Baishuichong Waterfall (skip if you visited yesterday) 2. Yangeling Ancient Trail (skip if you don't like hiking) 3. Siming Mountain Viewing Platform (very nice, you can see the hairpin bends on a clear day, but we had heavy fog) 4. Siming Mountain Forest Park (we only visited the Shenyou Valley section) 5. Thirty-six Bend Village (main production area of Wuzhenjin pine, high mountain garden village) 6. Xuedu Temple (excellent, with a giant Maitreya Buddha in the back courtyard that soars into the clouds; you can take an elevator directly to the Buddha's feet) 🌃 In the evening, you can stay at a hotel in Xikou Town. We chose to drive an extra 20 km to stay in Fenghua (Atour Hotel at Huizheng Old Street, breakfast not included, good breakfast places nearby). In the evening, you can explore the old street (all food and drinks). 🥘 Dinner: Recommend taking a Didi to Old Ningbo Alley Restaurant (Guangping Road branch). Try the crab paste, silver clams, swimming crabs, and eel soup, then walk back to the hotel in about 30 minutes. 📌 Day 3 🥣 For breakfast, recommend going to Zhuangyuan Fang Wonton next to the hotel. The small wontons are delicious, especially the freshly made baked biscuits, which are hot, crispy, and fragrant. 🛍️ Buy some special Fenghua souvenirs on the old street, and happily return home.