Top Places to Visit in Guilin, China
by Cameron

November05

When you come to Guilin, there is a lot of things to do and places to visit on your vacation. Here, we make a short list together with its simple description about that. Hope this article will make you understand about Guilin beauty and their charm.

Elephant Trunk Hill
Elephant Trunk HillWith Unique Appearance and Charming Landscapes

As the symbol of tourism in Guilin, Elephant Trunk Hill famed for its beauty for sunrise and sunset. The karsts hill shaped like a huge elephant drinking from the river with its trunk. Exploring Elephant Trunk Hill, you will find many major sites around including Water Moon Cave (Shui Yue Cave), Elephant Eye Cave (where visitors could enjoy the panorama of the city), Puxian Pagoda (on top of Elephant Trunk Hill and was erected during the Ming Dynasty), Yunfeng Temple (a building with ancient style), Love Island, etc.

Li River
Li RiverKeeping the Original Appearance and natural Water Field

Li River or also called Li Jiang in Chinese has originally beauty which made a perfect combination surrounded by karsts mountains and river. Because of that, Li River of Guilin has become the inspiration of the 20 RMB note.
Li River is 160 kilometers long, and can be divided into 3 scenic spots. The 83-kilometer-long waterway from Guilin City to Yangshuo County is the most attractive part of that spot. It boasts the largest and most beautiful scenic area in China and attracts thousands of visitors each year.

Yangshuo 
YangshuoSmall Ancient Town with Karst Sceneries

Yangshuo is a small ancient town which located 65 kilometers to the southeast of Guilin. Famous for its spectacular karsts sceneries and rivers, today the town has become a resort destination for both domestic and foreign travelers. Not only has beauty panorama around, Yangshuo is also becomes a popular and attractive place that offers several old temple, cafes and bar. You could explore the town with bike, walk or by boat, all has its own advantages.
If you want to enjoy an ancient old city of China, far from the city, with beautiful scenery around and fresh air, then Yangshuo could be the right place to visit!

Reed Flute Cave
Reed Flute CaveComplex Natural Limestone Caves

Located in the northwest of Guilin, about 5 kilometers from downtown area, Reed Flute Cave is a complex of natural limestone cave that filled of a great number of stalactites, stalagmites, stones in all featuring shapes with various sizes. The cave is about 240 meters long and regarded as "the Palace of Natural Arts". Equipped with an artificial lighting system, many sections of them are offers spectacular natural beauties with its various colors.

Fubo Hill
Fubo HillSolitary Peak Standing Elegantly Half on Land

Located in the western bank of Li River, Fubo Hill is a solitary peak, standing elegantly half on land and half on water. It has 120 meters long, 60 meters wide and 213 meters high. Visitors could climb up to the top of the hill through the stairs that will lead you up and you will find a pavilion where you can enjoy the panorama of the city and surroundings from there.
At the end of the cave there has Thousand-Buddha Cave which filled 250 Tang and Song dynasties Buddhist statues and carving more than 100 carved inscriptions of various periods.

Longji Terrace Field
Longji Terrace FieldA Group of Large-Scaled Terraces with Unique Feature

Located in Longsheng County, not far from Guilin, Longji Terrace Filed offers magnificent landscape of terraced fields that built along the slope winding from the riverside up to the mountain top.
Longji that means Dragon Backbone is a group of large-scaled rice terraces built into the hillside. Visitors could stand on the top of the mountain and see the terrace fields sceneries from there. Formally, those terrace fields are used as a water system that makes the best use of the limited land and water resources in the mountainous area. Built over more than a thousand years, it also attractive for its fascinating nature landscapes.

Famous for its nature karsts landscape and river, Guilin is one of the favorite cities to go among nature lovers from both domestic and abroad. 

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