[2024 Ankang Stay] Travel Guide for Yinghu Hotel (Updated Dec)
Stay on a small island surrounded by bamboo, with beautiful mountains and rivers in front of you.
This time I went to Ankang Yinghu Lake and stayed at Yinghu Hotel on Cuiping Island. The hotel is surrounded by bamboo, with greenery all around. The air is filled with the fragrance of plants, fulfilling my dream of staying on a small island.
Yinghu Lake Scenic Area is very accommodating to hotel guests. You can save on the scenic area tickets, boat tickets to Jinluo Island, and parking fees. It's so great!
There is a children's play area on the island. When the sun sets and the tourists leave, the island becomes the "world" of the hotel guests. There are not many people. It's very comfortable to run and play in the bamboo forest.
The hotel has a heated swimming pool with a very comfortable water temperature. You won't feel cold swimming at night.
There are scattered fruit trees on the island, such as mulberries and apricots, which are very pleasing to the eye. I taught my child who has never seen the "world" a lot about plants.
Tips:
Transportation: It takes about 3 hours to drive from Xi'an. Navigate to "Yinghu Hotel South Gate".
Dining: You can dine in the hotel or take the free "Zhenxing" (orange) to Tangjialianzi to eat at a farmhouse restaurant. However, it is recommended to prepare some food before going to the island. After all, it is on the island, so it is always good to be prepared.
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Chinese New Year, Blissful Ankang: Yinghu Lake is perfect for family outings during the first lunar month
In the Spring Festival of 2024, the Yinghu Lake scenic area has carefully crafted the theme event 'Golden Dragon Welcomes Spring for Good Fortune, Full of 'New' Joy at Yinghu Lake.' Have you figured out how to enjoy your visit to Yinghu Lake? There are certain discounts for the Spring Festival mode at Yinghu Lake, subject to the announcements of the scenic area.
The festively decorated Yinghu Lake painted boats will set sail with you on board, cruising through the picturesque lake.
The first stop of the boat trip is Yuxing Island, where a variety of flowers gather in the secluded forest, and you can also meet mynahs and parrots that can mimic human speech, offering New Year blessings to visitors from afar. The adorable performances of the birds are sure to draw crowds and laughter. Gazing at the Weaver Girl Stone from the water, one can appreciate the steadfast love that has stood by the Han River for a millennium, a pure cleansing for one's own love.
After the boat reaches the love-themed Golden Snail Island, you can throw wishing coins into the wishing well, hoping for family happiness, work success, and fulfilling love, and hang wish plaques filled with hopes in the wishing gallery. The Three Lifetimes Marriage Customs Museum is a must-visit, where you can experience the charm of love transcending time in traditional attire. If you're lucky, you might even catch a love embroidery ball tossed from the attic during a mini-performance by ladies in Hanfu.
Climbing up the colorfully painted steps of 'Love in the Landscape of Yinghu Lake,' it feels as if you're walking in a painting, viewing murals of China's four great love legends. Reaching the top of the Luo Peak Tower, you can gaze into the distance at the Ba Mountains and Han River, with boats scattered about and ripples on the water, under a high sky with drifting clouds and warm sunshine... How can one word capture its beauty?
Leaving Golden Snail Island, follow the route to the newly built floating bridge at Yinghu Lake. The ancient-style floating bridge, known as Ankang's largest water-friendly bridge, allows for a leisurely stroll with the feeling of walking on solid ground. The giant dragon gate floor sticker adds a sense of ceremony to 'leaping through the dragon gate,' leading to the newly opened Tangjialianzi Agricultural Ecological Demonstration Garden at Yinghu Lake.
At the Tangjialianzi dock, the Yingjia·Cultivated Reading Boutique Homestay stands by the water, offering a full range of functions including accommodation, meetings, dining, team building, and entertainment. Its simple European style complements the Jiangnan style of the Yingjia Boutique Homestay on Cuiping Island, making it an excellent choice for a leisurely stay.
At the Cuiping Island Water Sports Center, there are static water amusement projects, including water rollers, kayaks, and hand-operated boats, to meet everyone's needs for water fun. The sports field features games like hoop throwing, archery, and target shooting, and the children's playground will be a place where kids rush to have fun. Visitors with children are welcome to check it out.
Tips: Yinghu Lake scenic area is located 16 kilometers southwest of Ankang city center, a national AAAA-level scenic spot, and one of the top ten beautiful sights in Shaanxi. It includes Yuxing Island with its birdsong and fragrant flowers: Yuxing Island has secluded paths and faces the Weaver Girl Stone across the river, with birds singing and warbling as if completely isolating visitors from the outside world's noise; the love-themed Golden Snail Island: on Golden Snail Island, the wishing well, wishing gallery, and Marriage Customs Museum are must-visit hotspots for tourists. Leaning on the railings of Luo Peak Tower, looking far into the embrace of the Han River and Lan River, the boats in the river and the ripples they create become a special way for visitors to wish each other well; the leisure destination Cuiping Island: surrounded by bamboo, the island features the popular Jade Clear Bridge, the only island hotel in the northwest, Yinghu Lake Hotel, a water sports center for visitors to enjoy water activities, and the trendy Yinghu Lake Starry Sky Camp of 2022.
Yinghu Lake scenic area is accessible by public transport and also suitable for self-driving.
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