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YangshuoTravel Budget Guide

Tier 3·IATA:

When to visit

Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Super-peak (national holiday)PeakShoulderOff-season
Holiday surges
  • extremeSpring Festival· Lunar Jan 1–7 (late Jan / mid-Feb)
  • highQingming (Tomb-Sweeping)· Apr 4–6
  • extremeLabor Day· May 1–5
  • highDragon Boat Festival· Lunar May 5 (~Jun)
  • highMid-Autumn Festival· Lunar Aug 15 (~Sep/Oct)
  • extremeNational Day Golden Week· Oct 1–7
Taxi flag-drop:¥7starting fare

Attractions

Peach Blossom Land (Yangshuo)世外桃源4A$8.13 (CN¥55)
West Street (Yangshuo)西街4AHeritage Site$0.00 (CN¥0)
Butterfly Spring Music Show天籁·蝴蝶泉4A$12.56 (CN¥85)
Impression Liu Sanjie (Outdoor Show)《印象刘三姐》山水实景演出—Heritage Site$39.61 (CN¥268)
Guilin Romantic Show桂林千古情—$41.38 (CN¥280)
Yulong River (Yangshuo)遇龙河景区—$47.30 (CN¥320)
Yulong River Bamboo Rafting遇龙河竹筏漂游—$47.30 (CN¥320)
Ruyi Peak Cable Car Area如意峰索道景区—$30.74 (CN¥208)
Li River 4-Star Cruise漓江四星游船—$47.15 (CN¥319)
Li River Bamboo Raft Tour漓江竹筏游—$13.30 (CN¥90)
Xianggong Mountain相公山—$11.82 (CN¥80)
Ten-Mile Gallery十里画廊—$0.00 (CN¥0)
Xingping Ancient Town兴坪古镇—Heritage Site$0.00 (CN¥0)
Nine Horses Fresco Hill九马画山—$17.74 (CN¥120)
Big Banyan Tree大榕树—$2.96 (CN¥20)
Yangshuo Moon Hill Scenic Area阳朔月亮山风景区—$2.22 (CN¥15)
20 Yuan RMB Note Background Spot二十元人民币背景图—$0.00 (CN¥0)
Guilin Scenery Tops the World山水甲天下—$0.00 (CN¥0)
Julong Cave聚龙潭—$7.39 (CN¥50)
Fuli Bridge富里桥—$0.00 (CN¥0)

Hotels

Budget

$17.00 (CN¥115)
/night

Standard

$26.31 (CN¥178)
/night

Comfort

$54.09 (CN¥366)
/night

Tiers are grouped by hotel star rating — Budget ≈ 2★, Standard ≈ 3★, Comfort ≈ 4★ and up. Figures are citywide average nightly rates, so an individual hotel may sit above or below its tier.

Food

Budget meal

$3.10 (CN¥21)
/meal

Mid-range

$9.90 (CN¥67)
/meal

High-end

$31.63 (CN¥214)
/meal
Must try:
  • Yangshuo beer fish
    阳朔啤酒鱼 · Yángshuò píjiǔ yú
  • Yangshuo stuffed snails
    阳朔田螺酿 · Yángshuò tiánluó niàng
  • Guilin rice noodles
    桂林米粉 · Guìlín mǐfěn
  • Yangshuo glutinous rice cake
    阳朔糍粑 · Yángshuò cíbā
  • Rice-paddy fish
    禾花鱼 · Héhuā yú
  • Stuffed vegetables
    酿菜 · Niàngcài
  • Ginkgo duck soup
    白果炖老鸭 · Báiguǒ dùn lǎoyā
  • Yangshuo kumquats
    阳朔金桔 · Yángshuò jīnjú
Styles:Fast food · Street snacks · Rice noodles

Culture & Heritage

Famous Snacks (4)

Guilin Rice NoodlesFamous Snacks
A two-thousand-year-old taste reaching back to the Qin and Han, its soul a secret master stock, the everyday breakfast staple of Guilin and Yangshuo.
Beer-Braised FishFamous Snacks
Yangshuo's signature dish, fresh Li River fish braised with beer for tender, fragrant flesh with no fishy smell, ranked at the top of Guilin's famous dishes.
Stuffed River SnailsFamous Snacks
The foremost of Yangshuo's eighteen stuffed dishes, river-snail meat minced with pork and herbs and returned to the shell, richly savoury and a must-order classic.
Xingping Pine-Flower CandyFamous Snacks
A traditional handmade sweet from the old town of Xingping, golden as pine blossoms and crisp and fragrant, a century-old treat from the banks of the Li River.

Intangible Cultural Heritage (4)

Guilin Yugu (Fisherman's Drum Ballad)National ICH · Batch 第四批国家级非遗
A representative Guangxi folk ballad art, sung to the beat of a bamboo fisherman's drum, inscribed in the fourth national ICH list in 2014.
Yangshuo Cormorant Fishing CustomProvincial ICH
The age-old practice of Li River fishermen on bamboo rafts, lighting lanterns and sending trained cormorants down to catch fish, the core heritage of the Yangshuo Fishing-Lantern Festival, on the Guangxi autonomous-region list.
Guilin Rice Noodle Making TechniqueProvincial ICH
A rice-noodle craft founded in old Guilin and practised across the city, inscribed in the third Guangxi autonomous-region ICH list in 2010.
Yangshuo Painting Fan (Fuli Painting Fan)Provincial ICH
A traditional hand-painted paper fan from Yangshuo's Fuli town, long known as "China's First Town of Painting Fans," on the Guangxi autonomous-region ICH list.
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