The tenth stop of visiting a city every month in 2023 - Chongqing
Arrived in Chongqing in mid-November, the changes are huge after not seeing it for ten years. I've always had a fondness for Chongqing, I really like this city full of stories, I like its unique and fantastic city layout, and I also like the movies shot here like 'Passing Your World' and so on. This trip also took the route of literary sentiment! A very fulfilling city walk, walking and watching, not tired!
🛏【Hotel Guide】
Stayed at Chongqing Holiday Riverside Hotel, a great hotel, comfortable environment, the terrace can directly see the beautiful river view, the key location is superior, opposite Hongyadong, 10 minutes out of the 3rd floor is Jiefangbei, out of the 1st floor is Hongyadong.
📆【Itinerary Guide】
Friday night: Arrived in Chongqing, it was very late, Hongyadong turned off the lights, but there were very few people on Qiansimen Bridge, super photogenic.
First day:
Shibati Traditional Style Area: A well-arranged mountain commercial body, must go to check in. There is an old shop called 'Forget Worry Grocery Store', the nostalgia sold is touching, there are many old photos collected by the boss with painstaking effort, that is many people's youth, some may be old, some may be gone, there are also out-of-print childhood comic books and tapes, worth a visit. There is also a record store, one wall is full of posters of every album of Jay Chou, Jay fans can go and see. There is an air-raid shelter exhibition, which introduces the unyielding history of Chongqing's resistance to war, worth learning! There is also a French-style building, the original French consulate, the century-old building is still well preserved!
Mountain City Trail: A few streets away from Shibati is the Mountain City Trail, a must-see attraction, here you can fully feel the city is a mountain, the mountain is a city! Residential buildings are on the mountain, find any unit door to go in thinking it is the first floor, maybe it is someone else's top floor. The view of the river inside is very beautiful and spectacular!
Eling Second Factory Cultural and Creative Park: A place with a strong literary atmosphere, the filming location of the movie 'Passing Your World', Zhang Yibai's film studio is here, it is recommended that those with the sentiment of this movie must go. The most ingenious thing here is that following the path all the way down the mountain is Liziba, no climbing, not tired.
Liziba Light Rail Station: Standing opposite you can take pictures of the train passing through the building, the scenery is really very Chongqing and wonderful!
Yangtze River Cableway: There are many people taking the cableway, queuing for 1-2 hours, not recommended to take, you can go directly from here to Bai Xiangju to take a panoramic view of the cableway
Bai Xiangju: A very dilapidated building, very much like the pipe buildings in Hong Kong movies, there is nothing to see or play here, but it is an excellent location for shooting the cableway, shooting the old buildings of the cross stairs in the village opposite from here, also very photogenic!
Chongqing Two Rivers Tour: Take a boat tour of the river from Chaotianmen or Hongyadong at night, more than an hour, a really rare experience! Very beautiful, overlooking the brightly lit river view of Chongqing! You can see the confluence of the Yangtze River and the Jialing River, you can see the key buildings of Chongqing, you can also see the panoramic view of Hongyadong, really like the small building in Spirited Away!
Second day:
Luohan Temple: Just near Jiefangbei, the architecture is exquisite, a rare temple in the country with five wealth gods! It feels very spiritual, the sign of counting Arhats and the problems I am encountering in my work and life now, just coincide!
Chongqing Art Museum: The red shape is very artistic, did not go to the exhibition inside, but shooting the exterior on the overpass and zebra crossing, eye-catching!
🚗🚗🚗Travel Route:
Day1: Chongqing Holiday Riverside Hotel (Jiefangbei Hongyadong Branch)→Chongqing Shibati Traditional Style Area→Mountain City Trail→Second Factory Cultural and Creative Park→Liziba Light Rail Station→Yangtze River Cableway→Bai Xiangju→Chongqing Two Rivers Tour
Day2: Chongqing Holiday Riverside Hotel (Jiefangbei Hongyadong Branch)→Chongqing Art Museum→Luohan Temple→Chongqing North Station
Special products of special times, now mainly sightseeing, the people in line are basically tourists. The queue time is long, and the time through the Yangtze River is very short, so you have to take pictures. If you have enough time to visit Chongqing, you can punch a card.
We visited this on a random weekend with no holiday, but it still had a long queue. Luckily we had a number and waited around nearby, then the queue wasn't too long. It was a beautiful ride over the river.
It is worth sitting, although it is only a few minutes, but it overlooks Chongqing. Especially from Chaotianmen to Longhao Street. I came once and I felt that Chongqing was not in vain. The overall experience is good, and the waiting time is not particularly long.
When you come to Chongqing, you must do the Yangtze River Cableway. 20 one-way, the queue time is slightly longer, which is acceptable. The scenery on both sides of the Straits is very beautiful. You must get the number in advance. Buying a ticket is not equal to getting the number. It is officially starting to queue. Very recommended.
It was a trip to China and we visited Yangtze River Cableway. It was very beautiful and interesting and we really enjoy it 😍
Chongqing Yangtze River Cableway is an important transportation for the two sides of the Yangtze River. With the development of the times, it was also suspended. With the rise of the Internet celebrity city, it has become an important place for tourism. The ropeway is divided into north and south. Generally, the strategy says that there are few people on the south bank, and there are not many actual experiences. The queue time is not short, so you must be prepared for your thoughts. It is enough to buy a one-way ticket, and the return trip of the round-trip ticket is to be queued again.