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Shaoguan Danxia Mountain
Danxia Mountain Scenic Area is mainly divided into Danxia Scenic Area, Shaoshi Scenic Area, Bazhai Scenic Area, Immortal Traces Scenic Area and Jinjiang Gallery Scenic Area. So far, the Danxia Scenic Area has developed the Changshangfeng Tourist Area, Yangyuanshi Tourist Area, and Xianglong Lake Tourist Area. Jinjiang Gallery and Bazhai Scenic Spot are scenic spots that focus on natural landscape sightseeing and integrate science popularization, rock climbing, inspection, exploration, and leisure vacation. There are Buddhist Zen temples and more than 800 cave temple sites in Danxia Mountain. The literati of the past dynasties have left many legendary stories, poems and cliff carvings here, which are of great historical and cultural value. There is a clear Jinjiang River at the foot of Danxia Mountain, surrounded by peaks and forests. Visitors can take a boat ride and enjoy the scenery and cliff carvings along the river. There are also many hanging coffin remains scattered in the hidden rock caves in the dangerous cliffs on both sides. Among them, the largest group of tombs is the large tombs in Coffin Village, Shaoshi Mountain, about 10 kilometers west of Makeng Village.
Recommended one-day tour plan for Danxia Mountain
Plan 1: Waishanmen→Yangyuanshi→Take a boat trip to Jinjiang→Lunch under the mountain→Mountain climbing→Biechuan Temple→Guanri Pavilion→Go down the mountain→ Line of Sky→Yin Yuan Stone→Xianglong Lake→Leave the Outer Mountain Gate.
Plan 2: Waishanmen → Yangyuan Stone → Tour Jinjiang → Lunch at the foot of the mountain → Cable car climbing → Riyue Cliff → Hongqiao Greenery → Sun View Pavilion → Go down the mountain → Biezhuan Temple → One Line of Sky → Yin Yuan Stone →Xianglong Lake→Leave at Waishanmen.
Recommended routes for a two-day trip to Danxia Mountain
The first day: Waishanmen→Yangyuan Stone→Yunyan Plank Road→Jiatun Pavilion→Ximei Village→Nine-Nine Ladder→Shabu Rock → Lunch at Yangyuan Mountain → Tiansheng Bridge → Seal Rock, Lion Rock → Stay at Danxia Mountain in the evening;
The next day: Climbing in the morning (you can take the cable car) → Sunrise Pavilion (watching the sunrise) → Breakfast on the middle floor → Biechuan Temple→Jinshiyan (after going down the mountain) Xianglong Lake→Yinyuanshi→Return the same way→Go down the mountain for lunch→Take a boat trip on Jinjiang River→Go ashore at Yangyuanshan Pier→Leave at Waishanmen in the afternoon.
Tickets: Full ticket 200 yuan, online ticket 150 yuan
Scenic spot address: 9 kilometers south of Renhua County, the northeastern suburbs of Shaoguan City, Guangdong
Guangzhou self-driving Tour route: Depart from Guangzhou by car and take the Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao Expressway to Shaoguan in about 3 hours. Danxia Mountain is 45 kilometers away from Shaoguan. It takes about half an hour to drive to the new gate of Danxia Mountain.
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Canton Tower
Opening hours: 9:30-22:30
Ticket price: gt;=150 yuan
Canton Tower is a tourist attraction It is a large-scale landscape building with rich cultural connotations that integrates functions such as catering, culture and entertainment, and environmental protection science education. It integrates the latest technology in contemporary engineering design and construction, inherits the culture of this historical city of Guangzhou for more than 2,000 years, and shows it to the world. Guangzhou has taken off, challenged itself, and faced the world with its vision and courage.
The Canton Tower stands at the intersection of the new central axis of Guangzhou City and the Pearl River Landscape Line. It faces Haixinsha Asian Games Park and Pearl River New Town across the river, and is adjacent to the Guangzhou Opera House, Guangdong Provincial Museum, Guangzhou Library, and Guangzhou The four major cultural buildings of the Second Children's Palace echo each other and are the new commanding heights of Guangzhou. It ranks first among the rows of super-tall buildings in China. Its tower body is about 450 meters high and its antenna mast is 150 meters high. With a total height of 600 meters, it occupies the position of being the tallest TV tower in the world.
Business hours:
Canton Tower address: No. 222, Yuejiang West Road, Haizhu District, Guangzhou City
How to get to Canton Tower:
1 , Take Guangzhou Metro Line 3 and get off at Canton Tower Station;
2. Take Metro APM (Pearl River Passenger Transport System) and get off at Canton Tower Station;
3. Take Line 262, Take bus No. 468, Tourism Line 1 and other buses to Guangzhou Taxi Station.
Qixingyan
Everyone’s impression
The air is very good and the park is very beautiful. The mountains are stacked on top of each other, the water is clear and the wind is gentle. The environment is beautiful and the scenery is great, but the tickets are a bit expensive.
Introduction to Qixingyan
Qixingyan is located 2 kilometers north of Zhaoqing City, Guangdong. It is known as "Wonderland on Earth" and "The First Wonder of Lingnan". Qixingyan Scenic Area consists of five lakes, six hills, seven rocks and eight caves. There are mountains in the lake, caves in the mountains, and rivers in the caves. The scenery is within the city but not the city. It is as beautiful as a fairy scene on earth. Qixingyan is mainly characterized by the rock peaks and lake landscape of karst lava landforms. There are seven limestone peaks arranged like the Big Dipper dotted on the lake. The lake embankment divides the lake into five lakes. The scenery is beautiful, so it is named Qixingyan. .
Five Lakes: Central Lake, Fairy Lake, Li Lake, Bohai Lake, Qinglian Lake
Six hills: Shipai Gang, Shi Gang, Xiang Gang, Wansong Gang, Huangmaogang, Yinzigang, Fozigang
Qiyan: Langfeng Rock, Yuping Rock, Shishi Rock, Tianzhu Rock, Toad Rock, Xianzhang Rock, Apo Rock
Eight caves: Shishi Cave, Lotus Cave, Bixia Cave, Lugu Cave, Shuangyuan Cave, Jinjin Yuye Cave, Luoluo Cave, Chumi Cave
Best season: June to August And December to February are best. Qixingyan Scenic Area is lined with green trees and cool breeze. The annual average temperature is 21.6℃, the highest monthly average temperature in summer is 28.9℃, and the lowest monthly average temperature in winter is 13.4℃. It is a tourist resort to keep out the cold and heat.
Ticket: 78 yuan (additional fees apply for attractions in the scenic area)
Address: East Bank of the Li River, Zhaoqing City, Guangdong Province
Guangzhou self-driving tour route:
1. Guangzhou-Guangsan Expressway-Zhaoqing Dawang Exit-Transfer to National Highway 321 to the middle section of Zhaoqing Avenue-North Gate of Qixingyan Scenic Area
2. Guangzhou-Guangzhao Expressway-Baitu Exit-Yandu Avenue - Xinghu Avenue - East Gate of Qixingyan Scenic Area
Jiangmen Kaiping Diaolou
As my country's first world heritage project of overseas Chinese culture, Kaiping Diaolou has long been famous. Although it was originally intended to "avoid bandits" and protect the lives and property of overseas Chinese family members and villagers, the unintentional fusion of Western architectural art and local architectural art formed a unique architectural style of Chinese overseas Chinese culture. Walking along the residential streets that combine Chinese and Western styles, admiring the architectural art of different styles from different periods in foreign countries, you can feel the smoke of war and the changes of the times during the Republic of China.
Looking from the outside, Kaiping Diaolou is a multi-story building, much higher than ordinary residential buildings, which is also convenient for defense from a high position. The distinctive shape changes mainly lie on the top of the tower, including Chinese roofs, mixed Chinese and Western roofs, ancient Roman pediments, domes, American castle-style roofs, and more than 100 styles. It is worth mentioning that the seven-story South Tower in Chikan Township is the tallest watchtower in the group. It was also the filming location for many period dramas and movies, including "Let the Bullets Fly" and "The Grandmaster". The traces left by the district also leave more aftertaste to everyone.
Address: 555 County Road, Kaiping City, Jiangmen, Guangdong Province
Tips:
The best way to visit Kaiping watchtowers and villages is by bike. Shuttle among various watchtower groups, the route is: Chikan Town - Zili Village Watchtower Group - Liyuan - Majianglong Watchtower Group - Jinjiangli Watchtower Group. The whole journey is about 45 kilometers. You can visit major attractions by purchasing a combined ticket.
Transportation: By car, you can take the Shenhai Expressway and get off at the Tangkou/Chikan exit. Backpackers can take a bus at the Provincial Station or Fangcun Passenger Terminal to Kaiping Passenger Terminal, and transfer to multiple buses to various scenic spots in Kaiping Diaolou.
Heyuan Wanlu Lake
Wanlu Lake is the largest artificial lake in South China. Wanlu Lake Scenic Area is located in Dongyuan County, Heyuan City, Guangdong Province. It is named because it is green everywhere. It is called Wanlu Lake. It combines the majestic water, pure water quality, beautiful water color and peaceful water nature, which is rare in the country.
It contains Xinfengjiang National Forest Park and Heyuan Xingang Town Provincial Nature Reserve. Wanlv Lake, Xishuangbanna in Yunnan, and Dinghu Mountain in Zhaoqing are known as one of the "Three Wonders of the East in the Desert Belt" of the Tropic of Cancer, and are national AAAA-level tourist area, the water area of 370 square kilometers is equivalent to 68 times of Hangzhou West Lake. Its storage capacity is 13.98 billion cubic meters, 1,100 square kilometers of green mountains, and more than 360 green islands against the blue sky, white clouds, morning glow, and sunset. , showing charming landscape paintings. See the green peaks, waterfalls and waves; listen to the lapping of the pines, the chirping of birds and the chirping of cicadas; and experience the innocence and natural wildness. Wanlu Lake presents you with a fairyland on earth like a mirror, a mirror, a moon in the water, an ideal paradise to return to nature.
Tips
Guangzhou self-driving tour routes: Beihuan Expressway━Guangshen Expressway━North Second Ring Expressway━Guanghui Expressway━Huihe Expressway━Heyuan City North Exit━ Wanlv Lake Avenue━Wanlv Lake Scenic Area. The whole journey takes about 2 hours.
Food: Crystal chicken, five-finger peach soup, Hakka stuffed three treasures, Dongjiang stuffed tofu, Dongjiang salt-baked chicken, sweet-scented osmanthus fish in soup, clear pot grass carp, drunken river shrimp and other Hakka dishes.
Specialties: Heyuan rice noodles, Zijin Yongan brand pepper sauce, Longchuan persimmon cakes, Longchuan dried fish, Zijin bamboo shell tea, etc.
Dinghu Mountain
Dinghu Mountain was designated as a nature reserve as early as 1956. This was also the first nature reserve in my country. The highest peak of Dinghu Mountain is more than 1,000 meters. From the top of the mountain to the foothills, there are layers of intact virgin forests. It is said that there are thousands of species of animals and plants here, including 47 species of key protected plants and 35 species of key protected animals. The mountain spring water of Dinghu Mountain is also famous, and many people come here to taste the sweet spring water. There are also Baoding Garden with rich Ding culture on the mountain, Qingyun Temple, a Buddhist holy site, Feishuitan with flowing springs and waterfalls, and Butterfly Valley with fluttering butterflies. Of course, those who climb Dinghu Mountain must go to Qingyun Temple, a Buddhist holy place. It is said that this temple also has a special plaque given by the Empress Dowager Cixi. It is particularly effective to come here to pray to God.
Tickets: Dinghu Mountain ticket 78 yuan/person; Qixingyan ticket 78 yuan/person; Qixingyan Dinghushan package ticket 140 yuan/person
Butterfly Valley cruise service 35 yuan/person (Children's ticket 1.2-1.5 meters 15 yuan/person); Sightseeing bus ticket 20 yuan/person (1.2-1.5 meters 10 yuan/person; full round trip included)
Guangzhou self-driving tour route: Take Guangsan Expressway, then turn into National Highway 321, go straight for 2 kilometers at the Dinghushan Archway;
If you take the Guangzhao Expressway route, you must cross the Zhaoqing Second Bridge and turn towards Guangzhou. Go straight in from the Dinghushan archway.
No outside vehicles are allowed to enter the Dinghu Mountain Scenic Area, but there are parking lots near the scenic area for self-driving people.
Ruyuan Grand Canyon
Everyone’s impression
The scenery is spectacular, the waterfalls are beautiful, and I am really amazed by the wonders of nature. The environment is also very good. The Grand Canyon has great scenery and is a fun place.
Introduction to Ruyuan Grand Canyon
Ruyuan Grand Canyon is a beautiful scar on the landscape of Guangdong. It is located in Dabu Town, 68 kilometers southwest of Ruyuan County, Guangdong Province. It turns out that the location of the Grand Canyon is just a small basin in the ravine. Due to the influence of the Yanshan orogeny, the earth's crust withstood the expansion force of the uplift of the land mass, causing part of the land mass to expand and subside to form a rift valley. It has been 10 million years ago. history. On both sides of the Grand Canyon are high-angle cliff canyons, which are very steep. The rocks exposed in the valley are sedimentary rocks formed more than 300 million years ago, mainly dense and hard quartzite. The top of the Grand Canyon is shaped like a big canyon. The calm Dabu River meanders from southeast to northwest. When it reaches here, it suddenly jumps into the air and rushes down, forming a waterfall. Its momentum is majestic and shocking! There is a deep place under the waterfall. The water flows out of Yingde Boluo Town along the Grand Canyon and merges into Beijiang River. About 20 kilometers away from the Grand Canyon, there is a rare quartz sandstone cave in China - Jingfeng Cave. The strange rocks in the cave are in various shapes. Compared with the limestone caves, the style is very different and unique.
Best seasons: March-May, September-November. Suitable for both spring and autumn. At this time, the climate is mild and the scenery is pleasant, making it very suitable for tourism.
Ticket: 65.00 yuan
Opening hours: 8:00-17:00
Address: Dabu Town, Shaoguan City, Guangdong Province
Nanao Island
Nanao Island in Shantou is an island where mountains and sea merge. In addition to beautiful beaches, there are also mountains, beautiful windmills, the style of an ancient seaside town, ancient legends and ancient buildings. Surrounding Nan'ao Island is beautiful scenery everywhere.
Travel Tips
Design an itinerary: Three days is the best time to visit Nan’ao Island.
On the first day, we will depart from Guangzhou to Nan'ao, and we may arrive in the afternoon. Watch the sunset and eat seafood at the beach.
On the second day, we visited Songjing, Windmill Array, Songbing Mansion and other scenic spots, and swam at the beach.
On the third day, you can also stop by Chaozhou Ancient City to enjoy the scenery of Guangji Bridge and Hanjiang River, and return to Guangzhou after lunch.
Transportation: South Australia is currently building a cross-sea bridge. In the future, you will not need a ferry to enter the island. But currently, you still need to take a ferry across the sea in Shantou. Take the express train from Guangzhou Tianhe Passenger Terminal to Shantou, and then take a taxi to Chenghai Laiwu Wharf. The ferry from Laiwu Pier to Nan'ao runs every two hours from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., and the journey takes about 35 minutes. From Nan'ao Changshanwei Pier to the county town, there are minibuses, which cover a 10-kilometer journey and cost 5 yuan. There are very few means of transportation between the scenic spots on the island. It is best to charter a car. You can contact the chartered car at the pier.
Accommodation: Nan'ao Island is a relatively large island, and hotels are also distributed in different areas. If you want to live in a tourist area by the sea, you don’t need to go directly to the county town, because the sea view you see in the county town is not the most beautiful. There are many hotel options in Qing'ao Bay, such as Qing'ao Bay Tourist Resort, which has villas, standard rooms, suites, etc.; and Moon Bay Hotel, which is very close to the seaside. If you live in Nan'ao County, you can enjoy the lively nightlife of the island and there are many choices. For example, Nan'ao Hotel is located in a prime location of the county. It is also equipped with sea sightseeing yachts, luxury minibuses, and offers ecological recreation such as marine ecological tours and Nan'ao island tours. project. At present, there are no high-star hotel chain hotels of international brands on Nan'ao Island.
Food: You can’t go to South Australia without eating seafood. In summer, you can find squid, cuttlefish, and sea bream. Shellfish include Oriental snails and mud clams. Algae include seaweed, kelp, and stone flower... It's very complete.
Zhuji Ancient Alley
Zhuji Ancient Alley is located in Zhuji Town, 10 kilometers northeast of Nanxiong City, Shaoguan. Zhuji Alley, also known as Shashui Town, is on the west side of Shashui River. . Zhuji Alley is an ancient alley with a history of more than 1,100 years. It got its name from the reign of Emperor Jingzong of Tang Dynasty. Zhuji Lane is the ancestral home of the main clans in the Pearl River Delta and an important transit point for the Han Guangfu people to migrate to Lingnan.
As a settlement place where gentry from the Central Plains and Jiangnan migrated to Lingnan in ancient times, Zhuji Lane is a historical monument, filled with the Chinese nation’s heroic feelings of perseverance and courage to open up; as the birthplace of the clans in Lingnan, Zhuji Lane Lane is an eternal magnet that condenses the hearts of millions of Chinese people.
Transportation: Take the bus at Shaoguan East Bus Station next to the train station, which runs every half hour or so, or you can buy a seat on the Nanxiong Huitou taxi. The end point is Nanxiong Bus Station, and then you can take a taxi in Nanxiong City to Zhuji Lane. On the return trip, you can catch a bus that ends in Shaoguan on the main road. The price is usually about 40 yuan. Or take a bus to Zhuji Bus Terminal. The last bus back to Shaoguan is at 4pm. The general admission fee for Meiling is 30 yuan, and students get half the admission fee. If you drive by car, the parking fee will be charged separately.
Tickets: 30 yuan for adults, 15 yuan for students, free for seniors over 70, disabled people, and active military personnel
Opening hours: 8:00-17:30
Address: At the foot of Meiling Mountain (Zhuji Village) 10 kilometers north of Nanxiong City
Panlong Gorge in Deqing
The waterfalls in Panlong Gorge have the "Tenglong Waterfall" There are three natural wonders: "Lingtian Waterfall, Yanyu Waterfall", which are composed of more than 100 large and small waterfalls. The most spectacular place is less than 200 meters away, with four or five waterfalls with a drop of more than 60 meters flowing down. It is majestic and It is so majestic that Panlong Gorge is the only place in China where rafting can be carried out all year round.
Sometimes I feel that rafting is just about enjoying the water, but not taking a serious look at the beautiful scenery on both sides of the strait, which is also a loss.
Information gas station
Transportation: Starting from Guangzhou, drive on the Guangsan Expressway, on Sanshui National Highway 321, go west through Zhaoqing in the direction of Wuzhou and arrive at Deqing, and go north to Deqing on 18 Kilometers away from the Panlong Canyon Scenic Area. If you want to be more convenient and fast, you can take the express train to the scenic spot from Ether Square and arrive at one stop.
Accommodation: If you want to be more modern, it is recommended to stay in the Panlong Paradise, Star Viewing Pavilion, Star Appreciation Pavilion, and Tianxing Pavilion in the mid-level area. If you want to be more ecological, you can stay in the lavender wooden house in the mid-level area. Open the curtains in the early morning. You can see the sea of flowers. If you like 100% original ecology, we recommend the Forest Sea Wooden House or Xiaolongwan Wooden House near the top of the mountain.
Food: You might as well try the "Landscape Tofu Pudding" there, which is brewed with mountain spring water. It has a light natural landscape fragrance and is extremely smooth. There are also Deqing’s bamboo shoots powder, bean vinegar, cucumber vinegar, stuffed potatoes, fried native dog, Guangshan Buddha’s hand, Shankeng fish, and Shouwu pancakes made from Shouwu, which is abundant in the local area. They are delicious and not expensive. .