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🌟 **Guilin Travel Guide | The Perfect Blend of Landscape Paintings and Real Life** 🌟 --- ### 📍 **Must-Visit Attractions** 1. **Li River Scenery** (World Natural Heritage) - **Features**: Take a boat or bamboo raft to visit, and check in at "Nine Horses Painting Mountain" and "Yellow Cloth Reflection" (the background of the CNY 20 note). - **How to play**: - **Cruise**: Mopanshan Pier → Yangshuo (4 hours, three-star boat CNY 216). Shoot "Fishing Boat Sings Late" in the early morning mist. - **Hiking/Cycling**: Yangdi → Xingping section, hike along the essence of the landscape and feel the scenery like an ink painting. - **Tickets**: Cruise CNY 216, bamboo raft rafting CNY 255/raft (Jinlong Bridge → Jiuxian section). 2. **Yangshuo West Street** (Ancient Town & Nightlife Center) - **Highlights**: A stone street where Chinese and Western cultures blend. During the day, browse handicraft shops, and at night, hang out in bars and listen to folk songs. You must try beer fish (sword bone fish + tomato stew). - **Recommended restaurants**: "Xie Sanjie Beer Fish" and "Master Jinjiang Beer Fish". 3. **Longji Rice Terraces** (Masterpiece of Earth Art) - **Seasonal Highlights**: - "Silver Belt Terraces" during the water filling period from April to May - "Golden Ladder" with golden rice waves from September to October - "Ink Painting" covered with snow in winter. - **In-depth experience**: Stay in a stilted house homestay, learn to make oily tea and weave Yao ethnic flower belts. 4. **Elephant Trunk Hill** (Guilin City Emblem) - **Must-shoot**: The reflection of "Elephant Hill and Water Moon" at 7–8am in the morning, and overlook the Two Rivers and Four Lakes from the Puxian Pagoda. - **Tickets**: CNY 55 (including Love Island and Sanjie Singing Stage). 5. **Yulong River Bamboo Raft Rafting** (Yangshuo "Little Li River") - **Recommended section**: Jinlong Bridge → Jiuxian (1.5 hours of manual rafting, traveling through the quiet landscape). - **Matching gameplay**: Rent an electric car at the end point to ride on the pastoral trail (CNY 30/day). --- ### 🍜 **Authentic Food Map** 1. **Guilin Rice Noodles** - **Must-eat shops**: Lao Dongjiang Rice Noodles (braised rice noodles), Shouzi Rice Noodles (dry mixed noodles). - **How to eat**: Add pickled bamboo shoots and pickled cowpeas by yourself, and take bone broth in the middle. 2. **Yangshuo Beer Fish** - **Features**: Li River sword bone fish + Sanhua wine stew, "Xie Sanjie" and "Master" time-honored brands. 3. **Longsheng Bamboo Rice** - **Experience**: Freshly cut bamboo tubes are roasted by the terraces, with bacon and mushrooms, and the bamboo fragrance is strong. 4. **Gongcheng Oily Tea** - **Intangible Cultural Heritage Flavor**: Tea + ginger are pounded and boiled, served with fried rice and boat cakes, slightly bitter and sweet. --- ### 🚗 **Transportation Guide** - **External Transportation**: - ✈️ Airplane: Guilin Liangjiang Airport → downtown (airport bus CNY 20/person, taxi about CNY 80). - 🚄 High-speed train: Guilin Station/Guilin North Station, Guangzhou → Guilin 2 hours, Nanning → Guilin 3 hours. - **City Transportation**: - Shared bicycles/taxis between attractions in the city (starting price CNY 9), rent an electric car in Yangshuo (CNY 30/day). - Scenic spot line: Yangshuo → Longji Rice Terrace Scenic Spot line (CNY 50/person, 2.5 hours). --- ### 🏨 **Accommodation Recommendations** 1. **Guilin City**: - Around Shanhu/Ronghu (such as "Guilin Shangri-La"), you can walk to the Two Rivers and Four Lakes. - Dongxi Lane Homestay (Ming and Qing style, from CNY 200/night). 2. **Yangshuo**: - "Huashan Yunshe" near West Street (viewing terrace), "Zhuchuang Xiyu" by the Yulong River (pastoral scenery). 3. **Longji Rice Terraces**: - "Guanjinglou" in Dazhai Village (panoramic terrace room, including pick-up + breakfast). --- ### 📅 **Itinerary Planning Reference** - **3-day Classic Tour**: **Day1**: Elephant Trunk Hill → Reed Flute Rock → Night Tour of Two Rivers and Four Lakes (stay in the city) **Day2**: Li River Cruise → Yangshuo West Street → Yulong River Bamboo Raft (stay in Yangshuo) **Day3**: Yinziyan → Ten Mile Gallery Cycling → Return trip. - **5-day In-depth Tour**: Add Longji Rice Terraces (stay 1 night), Xingping Ancient Town (CNY 20 background check-in), Maoer Mountain summit (sea of clouds sunrise). --- ### ⚠️ **Tips to Avoid Pitfalls** 1. **Beware of "Free Photos"**: High prices may be charged after shooting around the scenic spot. 2. **Rice Noodle Anti-Pit**: The old shops in the alleys are more authentic (about CNY 5 for 2 taels), avoid the high-priced shops in the scenic spot. 3. **Bamboo Raft Safety**: Wear a life jacket and a waterproof bag for your mobile phone (5% chance of falling into the water in the Yulong River). 4. **Specialty Purchase**: Look for the "Weixiaotang Department Store" in the supermarket, and avoid the high-priced silver jewelry in the scenic spot. --- ✨ **Travel Tips** - **Best Season**: April–May for the misty Li River, September–November for the autumn season. - **Dress Suggestions**: Prepare a windproof jacket in spring, sunscreen in summer, and keep warm in winter. The beauty of Guilin lies in the landscape and the atmosphere of life. A bowl of rice noodles, a cup of oily tea, and a fishing song are all poetic annotations. 🏞️🍃