Anhui Tongling Yongquan Town is back, let me share some honest thoughts

We visited this town famous for its copper coin currency, spending two days and one night enjoying food and entertainment there. It's perfect for a leisure vacation. I've prepared this comprehensive travel guide with tips to avoid pitfalls! 🅿️Transportation: 🚘Driving from Hangzhou takes about 3 hours 🚄Take high-speed rail to Tongling North Station, then it's a 25-minute drive to the town. If you've booked a hotel, contact the butler in advance for pick-up service 🏠Accommodation: You can stay inside the resort area, which offers hot spring hotels and Jiangnan-style homestays, or outside the resort. However, most attractions are inside the resort area, and you'll need to purchase a town resort 🎫ticket for entry and exit. 🍚What to eat ①Jiangnan Flavor Snack Street: A food street where you pay with copper coins💰, which you can exchange at Yongquan Money House. Exchange rate is 3 yuan for 1 copper coin, 30 yuan for a small bag (10 coins), 60 yuan for a large bag (20 coins) ②Grandma's Firewood Pot Rice: Recreates childhood memories of eating crispy rice around the stove. Available at both Jiangnan Flavor Snack Street and Jiangnan Courtyard No.1, 36 yuan per serving. ③Health Hall Buffet: Features hundreds of small bowls of food, which is quite unique. Worth trying if interested, 65 yuan/person, though I found the taste average. 🎈What to do ①Memories of Jiangnan Twelve Scenes Must-visit highlight of the town, with distinct daytime and nighttime views. Involves climbing, so wear comfortable shoes. Transportation options include cloud elevator and slides (require separate tickets). Note that slides only operate until 16:50. You can visit during the day and return at night, or follow my suggestion: take the cloud elevator in the evening, watch the sunset from the watchtower on the mountain top, then walk down. This way you'll see both day and night scenery without getting tired. The complete tour takes about 2-3 hours. ②Jiubao Hot Springs Authentic hot springs where you can see the water source. Nice environment with children's water play area, sauna, and stone bed bath. Bring your swimsuit; towels and slippers🩴are provided. Hot springs are open until 10 PM. ③Jiangnan Fairy Tale Park Located outside the scenic area, featuring water facilities, castles🏝️, sand, slides - children love it here. ❤️Two-day, one-night itinerary: Day 1: Check in→Exchange copper coins→Memories of Jiangnan Twelve Scenes→Jiangnan Flavor Snack Street→Bonfire party Day 2: Jiubao Hot Springs→Grandma's Firewood Pot Rice→Jiangnan Fairy Tale Park 💢Travel tips: ✅The entire Jiangnan Flavor Snack Street accepts copper coins or mobile payments. Using copper coins is mainly for the fun experience; unused coins can be refunded. ✅Note the operating hours⏰for Firewood Pot Rice: lunch 11:30-13:00, dinner 17:30-19:00. At Jiangnan Courtyard No.1, "Grandma" will stand at the entrance calling you to come eat. ✅Memories of Jiangnan lights up at 17:20. In my opinion, 6:30 PM when it's getting dark but not completely black is the best time for photos. ✅The bonfire party is held at Jiangnan Flavor Snack Street every day (weather permitting) at 7:30 PM. ✅Jiubao Hot Springs costs 80 yuan per person for hotel guests with room key cards