Yangshou

Worth seeing in and around Yangshou

One place 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.

1. 01
   Yangzhou Museum

   Yangzhou Museum is the biggest museum in Yangzhou, an ancient city in Jiangsu Province of China. It is located in front of the Mingyue Lake on West Wenchang Road, about 4 km west of downtown Yangzhou and Slender West Lake.

   4.7 km · museum in Yangzhou, China · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

The area around Yangshuo is renowned throughout China, if not the whole world, (even making it into the backdrop of Star Wars Episode 3), for its karst landscape where there are hundreds upon hundreds of limestone hills dotting the countryside. The beautiful scenery here is a common subject of Chinese paintings and the inspiration for poetry.

1. 01
   Yangdi-Xingping
2. 02
   Yulong River
3. 03
   Moon Hill
4. 04
   Assembling Dragon Cave

   It is in between the Big Banyan Tree and the Moon Hill).

5. 05
   Yangshuo Park
6. 06
   West Street

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Things to do

Yangshuo has over 300 climbing routes ranging in difficulty from 5.6 to 5.13. There is a lively climbing scene in town, so experienced climbers will have no problem finding a partner, just ask in the climbing places and they should know other climbing travelers you can hook up with. The Climbers Inn is most common place to find beta or partners.

1. 01
   Insight Adventures

From Wikivoyage: Yangshou, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Where to eat

Yangshuo has a lot of restaurants but in this touristy place, prices tend to be more expensive. You can eat cheaply in the markets with the locals or you can try comfort food in many cafes. Local specialties: Grapefruit or Pomelos (sha tian you) - locally produced, they are very sweet and juicy and can be bought everywhere for ¥1-2. Ask the vendor to choose one with a small top and cut it up for you.

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   Kelly's Cafe

   Foreigners living in Yangshuo often hang out here.

From Wikivoyage: Yangshou, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Getting to Yangshou

Airports

Nanjing Lukou (NKG), 87 km · Yancheng Nanyang (YNZ), 139 km · Sunan Shuofang (WUX), 146 km

• Nanjing → Yangshou

  71 km · quickest by road, 1h 49m · ¥36–48
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• Yancheng (Tinghu) → Yangshou

  122 km · quickest by road, 2h 41m · ¥65–90
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• Wuxi → Yangshou

  140 km · quickest by road, 2h 30m · ¥65–90
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