A Niche Xiangxi Tour With Fewer Crowds and Beautiful Scenery

A Niche Xiangxi Tour With Fewer Crowds and Beautiful Scenery If you want to travel but hate the crowds, you can check out this niche route with fewer people and beautiful scenery. Plus, compared to the hotel premiums of several hundred in the Yangtze River Delta, the hotels here are very cost-effective. Day 1: Shanghai ✈️ Tongren (only one flight every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday) or choose the high-speed train from Shanghai 🚄 Jishou (fastest 6 hours and 50 minutes) Accommodation: Phoenix Su Lilianhua Resort Hotel We arrived in Tongren on the first day at almost 10pm. After renting a car, we went straight to Phoenix Ancient Town to see the night view. It's about a 40-minute drive from the airport. Phoenix Ancient Town at 11 o'clock is still bustling. The advantage of being late is that our car was parked not far from Hongqiao, which saved us a lot of walking. We took a quick tour and checked into the hotel. The hotel is located downstream of the Tuojiang River, built along the river, in a Chinese style, and feels like living in a stilted building. Although it is known as a homestay, the service facilities are comparable to those of a hotel. Day 2: Phoenix Ancient Town. Phoenix is even more lively during the day, and you'll be shoulder to shoulder as you walk on the stone road. Before coming, we decided to put on ethnic costumes and take a set of photos. Compared to the assembly line of Internet-famous shops all over the street, we chose a photography studio with traditional Miao costumes. The clothing and accessories are closer to the local traditions. I heard that some headdresses are antiques collected by the owner, and they are heavy when worn on the head. The photographer is also very attentive, not just posing like an Internet celebrity, but likes to capture moments while strolling and taking photos, and by the way, we checked in at the ancient city (see the previous post for more photos). There is also a maglev in Phoenix. One of the stations, Phoenix Lansheng Station, offers a panoramic view of Phoenix Ancient Town. If you have time, you can check it out. After visiting the ancient city, continue to the next stop, Fanjing Mountain in Tongren, Guizhou, about a 1 hour and 40 minute drive away. Accommodation: Fanjing Mountain Longting Xiaoyuan. An important reason for choosing this homestay is that you can go up the mountain in advance (this scenic spot will still have many people during the holidays. You need to grab tickets in advance on the "Fanjing Mountain" mini program. However, since we live in the scenic area, there are no time requirements for the tickets. As long as you grab a ticket, you can enter the scenic area in the earliest batch. The homestay owner will also very intimately tell you the ticket grabbing strategy). Navigate to Parking Lot 1 of the scenic spot, and the owner will send a car to pick us up. In order to avoid the crowds, we need to get up at 5:30 the next day, so we go to bed early today. Next, continue to Fanjing Mountain in Tongren and Dehang Grand Canyon in Jishou without queuing.