2019 Lijiang Travel Guide Free Travel (Accommodation + Food + Transportation)
When traveling to Lijiang, you need to choose the best time to visit. After all, you need to watch the scenic spots in Lijiang carefully. There are also some tips about Lijiang that you will use when visiting Lijiang. What do you eat in Lijiang? We can help you solve problems such as where to stay and how to get there. Best time to visit
Travel is seasonal, the off-season is lower and the peak season is more expensive, this remains unchanged forever. Although the seasonality in Lijiang is not very obvious. Because the winter in Lijiang is relatively cold, the peak season in Lijiang is usually from April to December, the Spring Festival, and the National Day Golden Week, followed by the summer vacation.
July-August is the rainy season in northwest Yunnan, and it is the summer vacation. There are many tourists, so I personally do not recommend it. It is suitable to visit in other seasons, and there will be different beautiful scenery in different seasons.
From February to March, you can go to the farmland to see rapeseed flowers, or go to Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. The highest/lowest temperature is about 15°C/5°C. It is recommended to wear sweaters and windbreakers.
April is the most beautiful time in Lijiang Old Town and Dali. It is also the time of season change. The maximum/minimum temperature is about 20°C/10°C. Sunscreen, rain gear, summer and autumn clothes are all required. Be prepared.
May to June is the peak season in northwest Yunnan. From Shangri-La to Lijiang, from Lugu Lake to Dali, there are beautiful scenery, but you must pay attention to sun protection. The maximum/minimum temperature is around 25°C/15°C.
The autumn scenery from September to October is also excellent, and the rich colors are extremely suitable for photography. The maximum/minimum temperature is around 20°C/10°C. Accommodation
Lijiang accommodation can be divided into three areas: New Town, Lijiang Old Town, and Shuhe Ancient Town
New Town
refers to places outside Lijiang Old Town, most of which are Mainly chain hotels, business hotels, and star hotels. Xincheng accommodation is more convenient for travel and the price is much more affordable.
Lijiang Old Town
The accommodation conditions in Lijiang Old Town are relatively mature and there are many choices. There are youth hostels for 40-50 yuan, B&Bs for 200-300 yuan, and some for thousands of yuan. of high-end inns and hotels. The price of an ordinary inn in the off-season is usually more than 100 yuan. During the peak season and holidays, the price of a room that usually costs more than 100 yuan may also increase to 300-600 yuan. Inns are a major feature of Lijiang accommodation and are also the first choice for most tourists.
The inconvenient thing about accommodation in the ancient city is that it is not accessible to traffic. It will be very inconvenient for you to travel with the elderly and children with a lot of luggage. Moreover, Lijiang Ancient Town sometimes requires an 80 yuan ancient city maintenance fee.
Shuhe Ancient Town
Relatively speaking, Shuhe Ancient Town is a 20-minute drive from Lijiang City. The only disadvantage of Shuhe is that it is inconvenient to travel, and there are no direct buses. In the urban area, you can only take a blue van at the entrance of Shuhe, and the price ranges from 20 to 40.
Tips:
1. Lijiang inns are basically wooden structures, especially old houses, it is easy to hear the sounds from next door. If you are raising children and have high sleep quality requirements, it is best to ask when booking a room whether there are brick walls or soundproofing between the two rooms.
2. If you live in the ancient city, try to be as close to the ancient city as possible. If you live in the center of the ancient city, it will be okay if you don’t have luggage. If you have luggage, you will be very tired, because there is no traffic in the ancient city.
3. Whether it is the off-season or the peak season, it is necessary to book a room in advance. Try to stay away from crowded and noisy places such as Sifang Street and Bar Street to ensure a quiet and comfortable accommodation environment.
4. There are thousands of inns, large and small, in the ancient city, and the market is relatively mature. As long as you choose an inn with many reviews and high ratings, there won’t be much of a problem. Food
When traveling to Lijiang, you will find a wide variety of food, but everyone has their own opinion on whether the taste is authentic or not. If you want to eat local specialties, if you are not familiar with them, it is recommended to go to Xincheng to eat, such as ham chicken and tilapia on Qixing Street, cured pork ribs in Xiangshan Market, rhodiola dry pot on Huama Street, and Tuojiang fish The salmon here is relatively famous.
The snacks in Lijiang Old Town are concentrated near Dashiqiao, Sifang Street, and Zhongyi Market. If you are lazy and more modern, you can get some at the waterwheel at the entrance of the ancient city
KFC. Sifang Street is a famous snack street in Lijiang Old Town. There are dozens of small restaurants on both sides of the short and narrow street. Zhongyi Market is a large farmers' market close to the ancient town of Lijiang. It has the most authentic Lijiang life style; you can buy the freshest ingredients here. In terms of restaurants, Lijiang Old Town is concentrated on Qiyi Street and Sakura Food Plaza.
Catering costs in Lijiang
Snacks and hot pot are the most famous delicacies in Lijiang. Chicken bean jelly, Naxi grilled fish, dada, and Dongba barbecue are the most popular snacks, while hot pot is the most popular snack. Represented by cured pork ribs hot pot, potato chicken hot pot, black goat hot pot, fungus hot pot, and yak meat hot pot. Snacks are not expensive, a bowl of chicken and bean jelly is about 8 yuan, and a bowl of rice noodles is about 10 yuan. It is cheaper in places further away from the center of the ancient city. There are many restaurants in Lijiang, including salmon (rainbow trout) restaurant, potato chicken hot pot, tilapia hot pot, wild mushroom hot pot, cured pork ribs hot pot, etc. The per capita consumption is about 60-100 yuan. As for the most cost-effective restaurants, of course they are the restaurants outside the ancient city. There are many locals there, and any restaurant with a long queue is a restaurant with a good reputation.
Xiangshan Market, Huama Street, and Jinkai Plaza are where restaurants are concentrated. Transportation
Lijiang has convenient transportation. There are three main modes of transportation to reach Lijiang: airplane, train and car. For those who are short of time but not short of money, it is recommended to fly directly to Lijiang;
For those who are slightly thinner, go to Kunming first, then take the evening train to Lijiang and sleep. Arriving there in one fell swoop, not only saving travel expenses, but also saving one night’s accommodation fee. (Under normal circumstances, direct flights from other cities to Kunming are cheaper than direct flights to Lijiang) 1. Airplane
Lijiang has opened direct flights to most domestic cities. Direct flights to Lijiang are still very convenient. If there is no direct flight to Lijiang, it is very convenient. You can also choose to transfer from Kunming.
From the airport to the ancient city
1. Airport bus:
Lijiang Sanyi Airport is about 30 kilometers away from the city. There are special civil aviation buses running between the airport and the city. Between districts, the terminal is at Blue Sky Hotel. The journey takes about 40 minutes and the ticket price is 20 yuan. Under normal circumstances, as long as a flight arrives, there will be an airport bus to the city waiting for you.
The bus from the city to the airport
operates from 6:30 to 22:00, departing approximately every half hour.
Lantian Hotel is still a little far away from Dayan Ancient City, and the taxi fare is about 7 yuan. You can also choose to take a bus to Lijiang Dayan Ancient Town. Go out and take a bus on the road, No. 1 or 11, 2 stops, the fare is 1 yuan, and it takes about 10 minutes to reach the ancient city entrance. Get off the bus and arrive near the north gate of the ancient city (the landmark waterwheel of the ancient city). 2. Take a taxi
DiDi or taxi, the price is about 80-100 yuan (you have to pay the toll) without meter; 3. Blue minivan: the reference price is 80 yuan/car, which can usually take 6- 7 people; 2 trains. There are 8 trains a day from Kunming to Lijiang; 6 of them depart in the evening and arrive in the morning. It will become a reality to take the train from Kunming to Lijiang and sleep overnight! The train departs from Kunming Station in the evening. Arriving in Lijiang the next morning, the lowest fare for a hard sleeper was 141.5 yuan. Lijiang Railway Station is located in Shangji Village, Chengnankou Area, Yulong County, about 10 kilometers away from Lijiang City.
Train Station - Lijiang Old Town
1. Bus: From the train station, you can take bus No. 4, No. 16, and No. 18 directly to Lijiang city. Take bus No. 4 and get off at the north gate of Lijiang Guchengkou, but it is difficult to wait. Bus No. 18 arrives at Bailong Square at the south gate of the ancient city. To go to Dashuiche, you can transfer to No. 11 bus.
Take bus No. 16 to Fuhui Market (opposite to Likelon Supermarket) and then transfer to bus No. 11 to reach the north gate of Guchengkou or Shuhe Ancient Town, but it’s not easy to wait for the bus.
2. Take a taxi: There are Didi cars and taxis to choose from, 30-50 yuan, generally 40 yuan is more reasonable, don’t use the meter, negotiate the price in advance;
3. Carpooling: there will be people calling for customers as soon as you leave the train station. , it costs about 10 yuan per person to go to the ancient city. But be careful not to believe the inns and travel routes they sell midway. Generally, they have a regular inn that they cooperate with, and they will send you there to sell various travel routes and then split the money with the inn.
4. Chartered bus: 40 yuan/van can accommodate 6 people.
Lijiang Old Town - Railway Station
Bus
1. You can take bus No. 4 from the Lijiang Old Town entrance (horizontal square) to the railway station
2. Take bus No. 18 from Bailong Square at the south gate of the ancient city and go directly to the train station. 3) Take bus No. 11 from the ancient city entrance to Fuhui Market (opposite to Likelong Supermarket) and take bus No. 16 directly to the train station. Take bus No. 16 and get off at Yun Normal University College of Arts and Sciences Station, walk about 1,000 meters and take a taxi: 30-50 yuan, generally 40 yuan is more reasonable, don’t use the meter, negotiate the price in advance;
Tips: 1. Not all No. 4 buses go to the train station. Only those with a sign saying "Arrived at the train station" in the lower right corner of the front of the bus go to the train station. They run every 30 minutes to an hour, so they are very necessary. Be patient!
2. If you are at Guchengkou (waterwheel) and want to go to the train station, it is recommended that you take bus No. 2, 3, or 4 to Bailong Square, and then walk It is more reliable to take the No. 18 bus to the opposite side. After all, the No. 18 bus runs frequently and you don’t need to wait that long. When taking bus No. 18, remember that its route back and forth is different. It does not pass through Bailong Square and Zhongyi Market when you go back. Therefore, you must go to Zhongyi Market (that is, from the train station). (side) ride, otherwise, you will never wait no matter how long you wait! 3. Car
Lijiang is located at the intersection of Yunnan, Sichuan and Tibet provinces, with convenient highway transportation. Lijiang now has 4 passenger terminals. Lijiang High-speed Passenger Terminal and Lijiang Passenger Transport Center are the local passenger terminals with relatively large passenger flow. The departure time of the passenger terminal is often adjusted according to the seasonal weather.
Lijiang Passenger Transport Center
Departure direction: Local people usually call it the new passenger station. There are shuttle buses to Lugu Lake, Qiaotou Town (Tiger Leaping Gorge), Zhongdian, Deqin, and Kunming.
Address: Changshui Road in the southwest corner of Dayan Ancient City, next to Yunshan Tourism Development Corporation
Transportation: Take bus No. 1 or No. 11 directly to the ancient city
Lijiang High-speed Passenger Terminal
Departure direction: Currently there are only shuttle buses to Kunming. The vehicles are better and are imported large cars.
Address: On Shangri-La Avenue, Lijiang New Town.
Transportation: Take bus No. 8, No. 4 or No. 28 directly from the ancient city
Lijiang Province Lvgao Express
Mainly bound for Kunming, Xiaguan shuttle bus< /p>
Address: No. 329, Changshui Road, Lijiang
Arrival transportation: No. 1, No. 1 Outer Ring Road, No. 5, No. 14 Ring Road, get off at Jinkai Plaza
Lijiang Yuhe Passenger Terminal
Mainly send buses to Xiaguan, Daju, Yongsheng, Zhongdian, Ninglang, etc.
Address: Lijiang Ancient Town
Arrival transportation: Bus No. 2 or 13 and get off at Yuyuanqiao Station
Kunming-Lijiang:
From Kunming Long-distance Bus Terminal, Panjiawan Long-distance Bus Terminal, East-West There are buses to Lijiang from South Railway Station, Nanyao Passenger Transport Station and Guan Guan Square Station. There are dozens of buses every day. The journey time is about 7-8 hours. The tourist bus fare is about 150-200 yuan.
If it is the peak tourist season and you cannot buy a ticket to Lijiang, you can first go from Kunming to Dali, and then from Dali to Lijiang. There are multiple minibus flights from Dali Xiaguan to Lijiang every day. The journey takes 3 hours and the fare is 60 yuan.
Lijiang-Kunming:
Departing from Lijiang Passenger Terminal or High-speed Passenger Terminal, there are 10 departures between 8:00-18:00, fare 180-230 yuan, itinerary It takes about 8 hours to arrive at Kunming Western Passenger Terminal; 19:00-20:30
The shuttle buses include sleeper berths, premium sleeper berths and high-speed sleeper berths to Kunming Western Passenger Terminal. The fare is 165-190 yuan, and the itinerary About 9 hours.
Dali-Lijiang:
There are multiple minibuses from Dali Xiaguan to Lijiang every day. The bus location is at Xiaguan Cangshan Hotel (No. 118, Xiaguan Cangshan Road, Dali). The latest 19:00, the journey takes about 3-4 hours, and the fare is 40-60 yuan. Most of the shuttle buses from Dali to Lijiang depart during the day. Notes
1. Due to the relatively high altitude of Yunnan, the ultraviolet rays are particularly strong! Strong! Strong! (Say important things three times), pay special attention to sun protection!!! In order to avoid sunburn, be sure to Bring sunglasses, sunscreen (preferably 50 times), sun protection clothing, sun hat, moisturizing cream, hydrating mask, lip balm, umbrella and other sun protection products. When I was in Lijiang, I didn’t pay much attention to sun protection at first. As a result, my skin started to become very dry after two days, and the sun-exposed skin would even be a little red. In order to stay beautiful, I must! Do it! Good! Sun protection!!!
2. Yunnan has a large temperature difference between morning and evening (5-18 degrees Celsius). When traveling to Yunnan, you should pay attention to your clothing. You can wear a half-sleeved T-shirt as a base layer and bring many jackets that are easy to put on and take off. . If you don’t plan to rent local cotton clothes when climbing snowy mountains, you can bring a thicker jacket yourself.
3. Take photos and wear outfits. Lijiang has a strong ethnic flavor, and a set of brightly colored ethnic-style long skirts is particularly eye-catching when walking in the ancient city. Lijiang is also particularly suitable for the artistic style. White shirts and A-line skirts are particularly artistic. Wenhai is a place suitable for taking fresh and fresh photos. A simple white dress can highlight the fairy spirit. Prepare a few brightly colored scarves or ethnic-style shawls, which are especially useful when taking beautiful photos.
4. No high heels. Many roads in the ancient city are paved with stone slabs. Walking in high heels for a long time may cause swelling and pain in the feet. You should prepare a pair of comfortable flat shoes. Beauties can bring a pair of high heels and wear them when taking photos or going to bars, but they must not be worn to participate in tourist routes, otherwise they will cheat themselves.
5. Prepare a selfie stick. We can use the selfie stick to raise it high to take pictures in crowded places.
It is recommended to take pictures of the big waterwheel during the day, as both the scenery and people can be photographed. The night view of Sifang Street is more beautiful than during the day. Tickets are required for Wangu Tower. It is recommended to go during the day. Photographing at night will not be effective. Tips to prevent pitfalls
1. If you see people wearing national costumes in Lijiang Old Town, don’t take photos casually, as there will be a fee.
2. There are so many wine shops in Lijiang Old Town. If you really think of this place as a city of romantic encounters, you would be wrong. Shake on WeChat, meet casually, and just take you to the bar, 99% of the time it will be the wine. Not to mention the price of the fruit plate, the red wine can kill you! Don’t be blindly confident in your appearance, your appearance is as good as Daniel Wu or Zhong Hanliang. After all, there are very few like this.
3. Sometimes the maintenance fee is checked at the entrance to the ancient city. Sometimes you will also find Guwei Fei in 3-star hotels and 3-star or above hotels in the ancient city. The ancient city maintenance fee is valid for one week. The working hours of the staff are 9:00-17:00. There is no charge for going to Sifang Street after get off work. If you are going to the snowy mountains during your trip, you can buy it in advance. To go to the snowy mountains, you must get a receipt for the ancient city maintenance fee. , and vehicles are not allowed inside the ancient city.
4. Don’t trust the various flower cakes, silverware, maca, etc. that the innkeeper recommends to you. They almost all ask for kickbacks, and there are actually handmade shawls all over the street. They are all from Yiwu, but you can buy them for more than ten or twenty yuan to take pictures.
5. No matter where you go when you go out, you must be careful of pickpockets and protect your belongings; there have been many pickpockets in Lijiang Old Town for a while.
6. Don’t be tempted by "one-day tours" or vans with extremely low prices. Be careful of forced purchases and sales at scenic spots. You would rather pay a higher price to travel with a regular travel agency.
7. There are many people soliciting tourists at tourist attractions. Be careful, ignore them, and don’t yell at them. They are all gangs and it is very dangerous to go out.
Just say thank you very politely and no need.
7. Lijiang Old Town has alleys, creeks, bridges, and bluestone roads. If you are not careful, you will get lost (it is recommended to buy a map). If there is no clear destination for sightseeing, the most ideal route is to start from the North Gate Waterwheel, follow the stream into the city, and go against the river out of the city.
I would like to recommend a useful method for arranging routes, which is to use a map to mark the coordinates of the places you want to go, so that you know which places are relatively close and you can go together.
Heilongtan, Mufu, Sifang Street, and Wangu Tower are all in the ancient city. What I must say here is that if you want to visit all these points in the ancient city, you must pay for the maintenance of the ancient city. , 80 yuan per ticket, valid for one week. Because the inspections are strict now, it is difficult to evade fares. There are local ones that take you in from small roads, but it is usually 20 yuan per time. If you go in and out several times, it will be more than 80 yuan.
And for places like Lion Rock and Mufu, you need to show your ticket to the ancient city and then buy another ticket.
Number of days to visit: 3-5 days recommended
Since the scenic spots in Lijiang are relatively scattered, most tourists will choose to spend 3-5 days to see the eternal love of Lijiang, Lijiang If you choose to go to Lugu Lake for scenic spots such as the Ancient City, Shuhe Ancient Town, Lashihai, and Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, you will need to stay for about 5 days.