Design tourist routes (Luoyang, Kaifeng, Zhengzhou)

If you are coming now, I can give you a simple suggestion:

There is a train K361 departing from Shanghai and arriving in Luoyang around four in the morning. You can take it directly at Luoyang Railway Station. Bus No. 81 goes to Longmen Grottoes (go left after exiting the train station and turn right at the first red light). It takes one and a half hours. It takes about 1.5-2 hours to complete the transfer. Then you can take Bus No. 53 Return and get off at Guanlin, which is said to be the head tomb of Guan Gong. It takes an hour and a half. Then take bus 53 and get off at Laoji. You can eat at the Zhendong Restaurant there. There are many authentic Luoyang snacks on the first floor. , if you are a group, you can go to the second floor (the first floor is more affordable, the second floor is medium to high-end). After eating, you can take bus 56 nearby, and you can sit directly at the White Horse Temple and Qiyun Pagoda Courtyard. It will get dark after shopping here. The last bus back to the city is No. 56 at 7:00 (but there are still long-distance buses back to the city at 8 o'clock). Although I am a local, I suggest you take a taxi directly because I often entertain classmates and friends. The Jiuzhou Hotel (formerly the municipal government guest house) at the intersection of Qiyi Road and Kaixuan Road has free hot spring baths in the rooms, 90 yuan/standard room.

In the morning you can take a taxi to the train station and take a bus to the Shaolin Temple (there are many buses to the Shaolin Temple, some of which cater to individual tourists). I recommend visiting the Shaolin Temple in two days and taking the cable car up on the first day ( On the way there are the main entrance of Shaolin Temple, Pagoda Forest, Shifang Zen Temple, etc.). If you are in good physical condition, you can go to Xia Sanhuang Village, Bodhidharma Cave the next day, and then go to Zhongyue Temple. It is expected to end at 5pm the next day, and we can stay nearby or take a bus back to Zhengzhou.

If you return to Zhengzhou that night, I suggest you stay at the Golden Sunshine Hotel next to the train station. It is a three-star hotel with guaranteed safety and costs 200 yuan/standard room. (There are cheap ones in the city. There is Lingrui Building at the intersection of Hongqi Road and Zhengliu Street.) But I’m not familiar with the buses in Zhengzhou. Taxi drivers will take you around accidentally.) In this way, you can take the bus early the next morning. It is very convenient to go to Erma Road Station (turn left when you come out of Jinyang Yangguang and walk across the bridge to see it.) Take an intercity bus to Kaifeng (7 yuan). It takes one and a half to two and a half hours to Kaifeng. It is recommended that you get off the bus. Go straight to the Riverside Garden during the Qingming Festival, and be sure to arrive before eight o'clock, so that you can follow the park's programs (hijacking prison cars, throwing hydrangeas, etc.) and tour the entire park. It should end around three o'clock (I went there in 2002, so I don't know if it has changed much now). When you come out, you can go see Xiangguo Temple, which should be around five o'clock. You can find a place to stay. It's very cheap in Kaifeng. It's on Zhongshan Road. It's basically about 80 yuan. It's very clean. After taking a rest, you can walk to the Gulou Night Market, where there are many unique snacks. After eating, you can take a taxi to the train station to buy your ticket home. With the Internet, you can buy tickets for various places with a booking fee of 5 yuan.

The next morning, I decided what time to get up and go home based on my ticket.

Five days should be enough. Plus four days of traveling back and forth, it should be enough.