Traveling from Wuhan to Zhangjiajie for five days on the National Day, please give me travel tips.

Before I arrived in Zhangjiajie, I heard people say that Zhangjiajie in Hunan has a unique landform, with the majesty of Mount Tai, the danger of Mount Hua, the changes of Huangshan, and the beauty of Guilin. This time when I came to Zhangjiajie, I really appreciated this fairyland-like charming scenery. I drove out of Zhangjiajie city and walked northeast for more than half an hour. Although I saw continuous mountains, it was unremarkable. Unexpectedly, as soon as the car turned a hilltop, the scenery in front of us suddenly changed, as if a huge curtain suddenly opened, revealing a magical world. Overlapping peaks rise from the ground, towering into the clouds. There are so many of them, one next to the other, each with its own characteristics and posture. Some are like old people collecting herbs with baskets on their backs, some are like young girls holding flowers in their hands, some are like skyscrapers, some are like two pointed bamboo shoots, and some stand alone like a long branch. Sharp swords...they are arranged in front of you one after another, with their broad arms open, hugging you, smiling at you, and whispering to you. Each of these peaks is like a wonderful painting or a beautiful poem.

Among the peaks and forests that can be seen everywhere in Zhangjiajie, the most unforgettable one is the Golden Whip Rock. Golden Whip Rock is high above the peak forest and is very different from other peaks. From the mountain limb to the top, it is like an ax or a machete. Only a few lush and everlasting pine trees grow on its top. Under the setting sun, the Golden Whip Rock shines with golden light, like an angry golden whip pointing straight into the sky. A huge mountain peak is close to the Golden Whip Rock. The giant peak resembles an eagle. The eagle's head is high and its wings are spread in the sky. One of its wings is powerfully holding the Golden Whip Rock. It is majestic. This is the famous "Condor Whip." /p>

Huangshi Village

The highest among the peaks is Huangshi Village. There is a flat land on the top of the village, and there are more than ten viewing platforms naturally formed around it. , looking around, we have a panoramic view of the beautiful scenery of Zhangjiajie. We came to a place called Dianjiang Terrace, looking down at the vast abyss. On the opposite side of the terrace, eight or nine peaks, large and small, stood in unison. The majestic general is waiting for the order to go out.

The Golden Whip Creek is a beautiful natural stream, named after the Golden Whip Rock. The stream flows from west to east for a long time. The drought keeps flowing. As I approach the Golden Whip River, everything is green, and even my clothes are reflected in a light green color. I step lightly and listen to the gurgling water, accompanied by the singing of birds, and I suddenly feel a refreshing feeling. There is a gentle breeze blowing by, and the fragrance that hits you can't help but stop and savor it. In the crystal clear and spotless blue water, fish swim happily, and pebbles of red, green and white colors shine in the water; The sun shines through the gaps in the trees and casts mottled shadows on the water, giving people a sense of tranquility and beauty.

Because of the beautiful mountains and rivers, Zhangjiajie has become a treasure house of plants and a paradise for animals. According to statistics, 93 families and 517 species of woody plants have been discovered here, more than twice as many as in Europe. There are more than 500 species of involucrata, ginkgo, and metasequoia, which are known as living fossils. Category I and II protected animals include leopards, giant salamanders, golden pheasants, macaques, etc. No matter whether it is spring, summer, autumn or winter, whether it is cold or hot, the scenery here is like spring all year round, and the vast green and strange and gorgeous flowers make it so beautiful. Zhangjiajie is always full of computers and vitality.

1. What is the comparison between joining a tour group at the departure point and going directly to the tourist destination to find a self-guided tour guide?

Objectively speaking, the scenery of Zhangjiajie is great. It is more scenic than Guilin and Huangshan, and the reception facilities are quite complete. The tourism market is relatively mature, and both group tours and self-guided tours are feasible.

Joining a tour group from the departure point can save you a lot of money. Things such as food, accommodation, transportation, etc., but it is by no means just fun. Relatively speaking, many self-paid items and necessary shopping links after joining the tour are indispensable. Moreover, if the guests do not contribute, the tour guide may not look good. , this is something that cannot be changed, because now all the mature scenic spots in the country accept tour groups at a cost or at a loss due to competitive pressure. The remuneration of the tour operators and tour guides basically comes from the tour guide’s secondary service. Generate income. Moreover, it is not free to join a tour group, and every location is just a quick tour.

In addition, the contract for tourists to participate in a tour group is signed with the tour group organization, but the executors are the destination travel agency and the destination tour guide. Many errors will inevitably occur in the process, and travelers who want to have other journeys outside the contract after arriving at the destination cannot implement it. Contract changes are also very cumbersome. It is precisely because of the many restrictions on joining tour groups that the current self-guided tours are booming, because self-guided tours have no restrictions, are unrestrained, and are very free. As long as you choose your travel destination and contact the local self-guided tour guide or hotel, you can easily do it. . Compared with other scenic spots in the country, Zhangjiajie has more advantages in self-guided tourism, that is, it is absolutely impossible to visit the most attractive scenic spots in Zhangjiajie such as Tianbo Mansion, Wulong Village, and Daguantai in Yangjiajie by joining a tour group from the departure place. It’s difficult to walk in one step, the Immortal Bridge, the Emperor’s Sitting, the Gathering of Divine Soldiers in Laowuchang, the Garden in the Sky, Yuanyang Waterfall and other highlights. If you don’t believe it, those friends who joined the tour can recall whether they have visited these places?

So this post I opened mainly talks about how to travel to Zhangjiajie and Phoenix on your own.

2. What should you pay attention to on the way to Zhangjiajie?

If you come to Zhangjiajie by train or plane, there will often be people wearing uniforms (mostly impersonating) or hanging on the train to Zhangjiajie, Zhangjiajie Railway Station and Zhangjiajie Airport. A certain reception department, or people soliciting customers in the name of a certain travel agency, will ask you to join their travel agency, or provide you with accommodation, tour guides, cars, and other services. At this time, you should keep a clear mind and do not deal with them easily (because they either have high prices or poor service quality, and they often turn away customers). For those who are persistent, you can report it to the on-duty officer, call 110, or call the tourism complaint hotline to resolve the matter.

If you come to Zhangjiajie by self-driving car, those soliciting tourists will try their best to negotiate with you about package tours. Since you are driving by yourself, the first step they have to do is to get in your car before you arrive in Zhangjiajie. As long as they get in your car, there will be a place for them to perform, and anything they want can be achieved.

1. Hitchhikers: usually girls or middle-aged women, because most people are more sympathetic to women and tend to relax their vigilance. Many older men are embarrassed to refuse.

2. Ride location: At the forks or crossroads near the cities and counties surrounding Zhangjiajie (such as Lixian, Shimen, Changde, Cili, where you get off the expressway in Zhangjiajie urban area), refuel. Stations, toll stations, and traffic police stations.

3. Selection objects: cars, vans, business travel vehicles, non-line-operated minibuses or buses outside Zhangjiajie...

4. Reason for hitchhiking: I am from Zhangjiajie, and I am just going back to Zhangjiajie. I want to hitchhike and show you the way. Uninformed people often think they are lucky. There are also more advanced Mustangs that will appear in the form of public security, traffic police and government agency personnel. They will ask the traffic police on duty on the roadside to stop the car for them, claiming that they are colleagues over there. They are doing business here and now they need to find a ride back. .

Scenery of Zhangjiajie

3. Things to pay attention to in the urban area of ??Zhangjiajie

If you come by train, you have to go down a very steep step when you get off the train. It makes you feel like you are really in the mountains, hehe. Please be so proud of yourself and take it easy!

Go down to the bottom and see a huge square. There will be many women or men coming around, foaming at the mouth and enthusiastically recommending how to travel to you. If you are from Sichuan or Chongqing, if you just speak Sichuan dialect, these people will immediately disperse, because the accent of Zhangjiajie is similar to that of Chongqing, Sichuan and Western Hubei. These people will mistake you for a local and lose interest in you. If you can only speak Mandarin, tell them that I am here to visit my relatives and someone will pick me up. Wow, same thing, the birds and beasts dispersed!

Go to the station exit and walk 20 meters to the left. You will see taxis in the square greeting you warmly. Let me tell you the market price, thank me. If you go to the city, it is 20 ocean, no matter where you go in the city. Let’s find a place to rest in the city first.

There are hotels and small hostels everywhere in Zhangjiajie city. Take your time to find them. It is recommended that you go to Beizheng Street and Huancheng Road to find hotels. On Ziwu Huancheng Road, from Fengwan intersection to Sanjiaoping, there are hotels all over. Find one that looks newer. . If the driver recommends it to you, be careful, he will get a kickback, and the kickback will naturally come from you. In my impression, China Southern Airlines Welfare, Tianhong, Oriental Pearl, etc... the prices are quite reasonable. The price ranges from 160 to 240 in off-season and peak seasons. You can buy it yourself, it is worth the price, otherwise you will leave. Most of the Samsung ones can be bought for only 200. The two-star ones at 80120 are fine.

If you are reluctant to pay 20 bucks for a taxi, take a bus. From the train station to downtown Zhangjiajie (Road 1, 2, and 7), it costs only 1 yuan, and the speed is not as fast as Taxis are bad, recommended. Better take the blue bus No. 7 and tell the ticket seller to go to Wenchang. After arriving at Wenchang Pavilion, walk up the slope and slowly find the hotel. At the end of the slope is Ziwu Ring Road. Or tell the ticket seller to get off at the Fengwan intersection, which is the end of the slope and the starting point of Ziwu Huancheng Road.

The best way is to take bus No. 2 directly to Zhangjiajie Bus Station and take a bus to the scenic spot to avoid the trouble of finding a hotel. If you want to save worry, you can also find a trustworthy self-guided tour guide to help you.

If you come by plane, there is a civil aviation bus waiting for you at the exit. It costs 5 yuan to take you to the Civil Aviation Hotel on Daqiao Road in the city. If you feel that its route is too simple, you can also take TEXT opposite the exit for about 30 to 40 yuan to any corner of the city. Do you think it is too expensive? Then don't sit down and walk out of the airport gate in three minutes. The 15 to 20 yuan outside is enough.

4. Eating and Playing in the Urban Area

The urban area of ??Zhangjiajie is not large. But business is relatively developed. A relatively large and complete shopping place is Guanghe Shopping Center Tiancheng. I recommend these two places. Guanghe Shopping Center is relatively large, with bright and clean windows. It is recommended. No matter which hotel you stay in, if you go out to sit down and tell the driver to go shopping in Guanghe, the fare will only be 1 yuan. The first floor of Guanghe is worth a visit. There is a store selling Miao silver jewelry. The prices are not expensive and unique. Generally, they do not bargain and are relatively fair. In the corner of the first floor, there is a place selling special items, it doesn’t hurt to take a look.

You can buy daily necessities on the second floor, everything you need. After leaving Guanghe, you will see a memorial tower on the opposite mountain. It is a free park. You can climb up to see the urban scenery. It is recommended. The scenery on the mountain is nice and lush.

Another recommended place: Tujia Customs Garden, which contains the world’s tallest stilted building, Jiuchongtian, which is of great ornamental value. The ticket price is 80 yuan. In addition, the Tujia Customs Park holds folk custom performances from morning to night every day, making it an excellent place to learn about the customs of ethnic minorities in western Hunan.

In addition, the starting price of taxis in Zhangjiajie is 3 yuan, which is very cheap.

Not far from Guanghe, there is People’s Square, which is huge. Opposite the square is a temple called Puguang Temple, but the sign hanging at the door is called Baiyang Ancient Temple. The ticket price is 20 yuan. There are wonderful views inside, so it is recommended. There is also a place called Xiuhua Mountain Museum, which is the Tujia Folk Museum. It contains the Tujia folk items collected by the owner throughout his life, including three treasures of the museum owner. The ticket price is 30 yuan.

Unique Zhangjiajie

Are you hungry? If I had told you earlier, I would have been verbose for a long time.

Continue to finish it in 1 piece. A fight? Up to 3 yuan! Get off at the People's Cinema. The night market is lined up all over the street. Choose a place with a lot of people. That's right.

There is a stall opposite the cinema that sells kimchi. Look for it, and there are several pots of pickled cucumbers, crispy and appetizing, and pickled radish, ah, my mouth is watering.

If it’s noon or dusk and you don’t want to eat food stalls or hotel food, go to a place called Yin Man Dou to eat pickled beef. It’s so delicious. It costs about 30 yuan for a hot pot, which is enough. Three people. The location is in the alley leading down from the aviation school, next to the pedestrian street.

If you really can't find it, go to Master Hu's Sanxiao Guo next to Fengwan Bridge to have a Zhangjiajie specialty - stir-fried intestines and walnut meat hot pot, 10 yuan a portion, the taste is amazing, why don't you want to eat it? Come to Zhangjiajie for nothing!

Like to eat fish? I paid 5 yuan for a taxi to eat sweet-scented osmanthus fish near the Qiaonan gas station. The name of the restaurant is Yanbodu Fish Restaurant. It seems to be called this name. This is the only one. It's so delicious, with the perilla leaves floating in the air. Oops... Like to eat fish heads? Go to Triangle Ping. When you arrive at Sanjiaoping, just ask anyone who knows the place where you can eat fish heads. The soup is stewed with small cherry tomatoes produced locally in Zhangjiajie, and has a Guizhou sour soup flavor.