Zhangjiajie
Zhangjiajie is a prefecture-level city in the northwestern part of Hunan Province, China.
Zhangjiajie is a prefecture-level city in the northwestern part of Hunan Province, China. It comprises the district of Yongding, Wulingyuan and counties of Cili and Sangzhi. It contains the Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, part of the Wulingyuan Scenic Area which was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992.
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Worth seeing in and around Zhangjiajie
2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Tianmen Mountain
Tianmen Mountain is a mountain located within Tianmen Mountain National Park, Zhangjiajie, in the northwestern part of Hunan Province, China.
7.1 km · mountain in People's Republic of China · Wikipedia - 02Tianmenshan Temple
Tianmenshan Temple is a Buddhist temple located in Tianmen Mountain of Zhangjiajie, Hunan, China. The temple is built within grounds of some 20,000 square metres area.
8.5 km · Buddhist temple in China · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Puguang Chan Temple
- 02Zhangjiajie Museum
- 03Tujiafengqingyuan
Zhangjiajie Tujiafengqingyuan is in Zhangjiajie, a scenic pearl.
- 04Wulingyuan
- 05Maoyanhejiutiandong
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Things to do
Zhangjiajie is the entry point for trips to two stunning nearby sites: Tianmen Mountain and Wulingyuan Scenic Area. There are also some less prominent natural attractions in the area.
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Where to eat
There are limited food options in the park, and what is available is offered at highly inflated prices. It is advised that you bring food and water with you to the park. Here is a selection of food in the city, which can be visited after a scenic tour.
- 01Qindama
The oil is fragrant and crispy.Now there are several branches in Zhangjiajie.
- 02Yinmandou
- 03Hushifu
The popularity is very strong, and the ingredients are also abundant.
- 04Dazhangjie Noodle Shop
- 05Jiawang Snacks
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Getting to Zhangjiajie
- Airports
- Zhangjiajie Hehua (DYG), 4 km · Changsha Huanghua (CSX), 287 km
- Stations
- Zhangjiajie Hehua Airport, 3.8 km · Zhangjiajie West Railway Station, 6.4 km
- Changsha (Changsha) → Zhangjiajie264 km · quickest by road, 4h 41m · ¥125–170
- Chongqing → Zhangjiajie383 km · quickest by air, 4h 29m · ¥440–690
- Wuhan (Huangpi) → Zhangjiajie432 km · quickest by air, 7h 7m · ¥480–730
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Zhangjiajie
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Zhangjiajie. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inIn Zhangjiajie, you buy a ticket which entitles you to either a cable car ride all the way up the mountain and a ride on the shorter express cable car and then a bus ride down ("A Line"), or the reverse ("B Line").
- Get inDuring cable car maintenence, or in days of increased demand, there can also be "C line" that involves using the bus and the newer cable car both ways.
- Get inIt is also possible to purchase additional tickets (much cheaper) for a second cable car or an escalator atop the mountain, but the mountain can be perfectly enjoyed without these.
- Get inThe older cable car from city centre takes about 15 minutes to go up or down the mountain and takes you to a plateau above the famous gate.
- Get inThe bus plus the newer cable car take maybe 40 minutes, including buses in the middle of the route.
From Wikivoyage: Tianmen Mountain, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2025-08.
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Next door to Zhangjiajie
- Yongding Districtdistrict of Zhangjiajie Prefecture, Hunan, China1.3 km
- Xinqiaotown in Hunan, People's Republic of China8.6 km