How long does it take to get from Dongguan to Hunan Fenghuang Ancient Town and how much does it cost?

1. Tips for saving money - accommodation

There are many hotels for accommodation in Phoenix, and the prices vary according to the location and the grade of the hotel. In order to give everyone a clearer idea, I divided the hotels in Phoenix into four types: large hotels in the county, small inns in the county, Linjiang inns on the Tuojiang River, and non-Linjiang inns on the Tuojiang River. Let me talk about them one by one:

Large hotels and small inns in the county: According to my observation, most of the people staying in these hotels are group tours, and the majority of tourists are over 30 years old. Large hotels are on the expensive side, with room rates basically at 100. Small inns are cheap, just a few dozen yuan. If you are traveling independently, it is not recommended to stay in the county.

Linjiang Inn by the Tuojiang River: Personally, I recommend staying at the Linjiang Inn by the Tuojiang River, especially for couples. When you open the window, you can see the clear Tuojiang River, blow the river breeze, and enjoy the beautiful night view of the ancient city. This feels absolutely great and romantic. However, the price of riverside houses is not cheap, and the house prices are basically hundreds of dollars. And the closer to Hongqiao, the more expensive the price is, ranging from 150-200, and it will be slightly cheaper in the off-season. Personally, I recommend living upstream (Hongqiao is downstream) and near Jinshui Bridge. There are many hotels here and the prices are relatively cheaper. There are also many riverside rooms with prices around 100 yuan. So if you want to experience the feeling of a room facing the Tuojiang River and save money, then live next to the Jinshui Bridge. Here, we usually discuss the price with the boss.

Non-Linjiang Inn by Tuojiang River: There are too many of these. You can just enter from any alley next to Tuojiang River. The price is not expensive, between 20-80 yuan.

There is another hotel that I will talk about separately. Haha, it is the Phoenix International Youth Hostel. Travel friends generally know this kind of youth hostel. It has a single room with bunk beds. It is very simple, but the price is cheap. There is also such a restaurant in Fenghuang. It is located next to the east gate of Hongqiao in Fenghuang Ancient Town (No. 11 Shawan). You can get off Hongqiao and turn right along the river to the tower, which is 50 meters away. There are a lot of foreign tourists staying there. Maybe this is the only hotel in Phoenix where you can book rooms all over the world through the Internet! Each bed is only 20 yuan.

2. Tips for saving money---eating

There are many restaurants on Fenghuang Street and Tuojiang River, and there are also many snacks. However, the service, taste and price are not inferior. In general, when eating in local restaurants, you should pay attention to several issues:

First: Don’t go to very unpopular restaurants. These restaurants are basically not very good.

Second: If the menu handed over by the waiter does not have a price on it, then be careful. This kind of restaurant usually has two prices for dishes, one for locals and one for outsiders. Here is a tip for bargaining. If the meal feels expensive after you check out, tell your boss that you work in Phoenix and eat here often. This time you are bringing a friend to eat. Ask him to give you a real price, and the price will naturally be discounted to you. .

After understanding these tips, I will recommend some good restaurants to everyone.

(1) Junzi Restaurant is located diagonally across from Fenghuang County People’s Hospital. It is also a home-cooked restaurant often visited by locals. The food there is cheap and good. It's cheap, delicious, and tastes authentic. A table of dishes for a dozen or so people only costs about 100 yuan and they can eat until they die! There is a dish called Stir-fried Pork with Tea Tree Mushroom, which is very delicious. It costs about 15 yuan a portion, which is a big portion. Then there is the fungus, which is called Salomon mushroom in our local dialect. Of course, the most important and must-eat dish is Xiangxi bacon. Bacon can be said to be a must-eat dish for Xiangxi people during the Chinese New Year.

(2) Ambassador Hotel is the name of the restaurant named by Mr. Huang Yongyu. In Fenghuang County, the food here is quite unique.

There are also many local snacks in Fenghuang that are delicious, such as oil-flavored cakes, mugwort cakes, tofu puddings, and barbecue. These are all small things, and the price is not much expensive. I won’t go into details, just give a rough price: Youxiang cakes cost one yuan for four, mugwort cakes cost one yuan each, and a bowl of tofu pudding costs three yuan. Let’s focus on barbecue:

Friends who like barbecue have come to the right place. There are two barbecue streets in Phoenix. One is from Hongqiao to Armed Forces Street. This street is mainly used by tourists. It is close to the ancient city and has a large passenger flow. The other one is twice as big as Hongqiao. On Xinma Road, almost all Fenghuang locals are eating.

It is recommended that friends who want to eat barbecue take a taxi to Xinma Road and try the local barbecue night market in Fenghuang. The scale of this night snack market is not even seen in Changsha, the capital of Hunan Province! The best thing there is the grilled beef skewers. There is beef, beef tendon, butter, bezoar throat, beef tendon, etc., all sold by the handful, remember it costs five yuan a piece. And the price here is cheaper than the barbecue in Hongqiao!

If you want to eat Western food, you can find it at Jinshui Qiaotou in Jinjiayuan. A British guy opened an Italian pizza restaurant! The pizzas in this restaurant are all made on site, and they feel much better than those at Pizza Hut. It is said that the cheese in the restaurant is imported from Australia, so it is different from other junk pizzas, and the price ranges from 38 to 48. The environment there is quite exotic, and the design and decoration were all done by the boss himself.

It is highly recommended for couples who like romance to go there to eat pizza, listen to music, have a cup of authentic Italian coffee, and watch the Tuojiang River at night through the curtains. It feels really great! Students and friends who want to practice their English speaking can also go there, order a cup of coffee, sit down, and chat with the boss about the history of Phoenix and local stories. The Italian coffee in this store is 15 yuan, hot chocolate is 15 yuan, and juice coke is 6 yuan. Pasta seems to range from 30 to 40!

3. Tips for saving money - traveling

In terms of business, I don’t think there is much to pay attention to. Local drivers in Phoenix basically don't rip off customers. You just need to use the meter to take a taxi. The starting price of local taxis is very cheap, starting at three yuan. Fenghuang First Station has three bus stations: North Bus Station, which mainly runs buses to Jishou, Changsha, Zhangjiajie and Changde. There is Tuqiaolong Station. There are buses to various Miao villages at this station. Friends who want to go to Miao villages don’t need to buy tickets in the ancient city. They can just take the bus here. The last stop is at the Folklore Garden, a bus bound for Huaihua.

One thing is that if you want to visit Qiliangdong Scenic Area, you don’t have to go to the bus station to take a bus, because that place is less than five kilometers away from the ancient city, and no bus is willing to take it. You can take a taxi directly, it's usually 20 yuan. There are also private cars soliciting passengers, and it only costs 20 yuan to get on.

4. Tips for saving money---Buying ginger candies

Ginger candies shops can be found everywhere in Fenghuang Ancient City, with a small shop at five steps and a large shop at ten steps. From the number of ginger candy shops, it’s easy to see how profitable this little Phoenix specialty is. There are many stores, and there are several famous ones, and the prices vary. The ginger candies in many ginger candy stores are very cheap, but firstly they don’t taste good and the ginger flavor is not strong. Secondly, in order to reduce costs, merchants add Coloring and spicy ingredients, it is best not to buy these. For ginger candies in Phoenix, I personally recommend Liu’s Ginger Candies in the ancient city. It’s a century-old store and has been on TV many times. The taste is very authentic.

There is also something to pay attention to in terms of the price of ginger candy. Here’s a little tip for you! Under normal circumstances, you can buy it at a 50-40% discount on the price offered by the boss.

5. Tips for saving money---Buying Xiangxi bacon

Another famous must-buy specialty is Phoenix bacon. The production of Xiangxi bacon has its own unique process. Authentic bacon needs to be smoked and roasted for a long time before it can be formed. Nowadays, many businesses take advantage of the fact that tourists don’t understand bacon, and simply blacken the meat before hastily packaging it for sale. It doesn’t taste like bacon at all. This kind of identification is very easy. Cut the bacon and look at the cross-section of the bacon. If the outside is dark but the inside is redder and tender, it is generally processed quickly and is not delicious. I once bought bacon from a store next to Shen Congwen's former residence, and I thought it was okay. The store's name is Songgui Fang. According to the boss, they have also cooperated with the Food Research Institute of Jishou University and will launch more products in the future. I'll go there next time when I have time.

As for buying raw bacon, the asking price in many stores is 35-45 yuan per pound. Generally, you can repay within 30 yuan. The specific amount of repayment depends on your personal level

6. Tips for saving money---purchase Miao silver

There is another thing in the ancient city. The more unique one is the Miao Family Silverware Store. There are roughly two types of places that sell silverware in Phoenix. One is a specialized silver jewelry store, which sells relatively expensive silverware. In addition, there are Miao aunties who set up stalls in every corner of the ancient city. The silverware they sell is basically fake. If you buy it, you can directly discount it from 2 to 3%.

The silverware in the silverware specialty stores in the ancient city is a bit expensive, but the production is very exquisite. Most of them are 99 silver, and the asking price is usually between 10-15 yuan per gram. You can bargain and let the boss It's like a 80-90% discount. If you want to buy better silver jewelry, it is recommended to buy it from a big store in the ancient city. The quality and craftsmanship are very good.

7. Tips for saving money---Guide to buying tickets for the Bonfire Party

Please pay special attention to the trick that can help you save the most, which is the Bonfire Party. Haha, everyone will understand this after seeing it, don’t talk about it everywhere, this is also an unspoken rule. As soon as you get off the car, someone will take you to watch the bonfire party. There are two bonfire party locations in Phoenix, one is in Jinshui Village and the other is in Tianxia Phoenix Hotel! To be honest, I have gone to see it, and it is indeed possible and worth a visit. But the price is not flattering, the price is 120 and 200, hehe! It’s more expensive than watching a movie premiere. In fact, let me tell you, most of them will be taken away by the tour guide, and the base price of all bonfire parties is about thirty yuan. You go to the ticket window to buy tickets yourself and tell the ticket seller that a local friend told you that this is the price. If you can't cut it off, it doesn't matter. Just find a local aunt who is soliciting customers and ask them to buy it for you. Just give the aunt who helped you buy the ticket 20 yuan for hard work! Haha, I will save you a lot of money at once. You can even buy a silver necklace if you keep it.

8. Tips to save money---go to Miao Village

The other one is Miao Village. If you buy a ticket to Miao Village, it will cost dozens or hundreds of tickets. . It is recommended that you go to the station outside Tianxia Phoenix Hotel or Tuqiaolong Station and spend ten yuan to take a bus to any Miao village you want to go. You can go directly in to see the old Miao buildings and spend money to eat at Miao people’s homes. One of their specialty dishes doesn't cost much at all. Buying a ticket is different from having a private car to pick you up. Give you a few dances with some crappy actors. This is definitely useful!

9. Tips for saving money --- Tips for saving money at bonfire parties and rafting on the Tuojiang River

In the beautiful ancient city of Fenghuang, there is a jade belt on the Tuojiang River passing through the city. Boating on the Tuojiang River can give you a comprehensive experience. To see the beautiful scenery of Fenghuang Ancient City, it would be a big regret not to go boating on the Tuojiang River! However, taking the ancient city company's cruise ship is really expensive. How can you enjoy the scenery cheaply and have fun at the same time? Haha, let’s go take a boat ride on the farm! You can take bus No. 3 and get off at Leopard Bay Station. There are many farm boats waiting for you by the river. The price is 20 yuan per person, but you can bargain for 15 yuan or 10 yuan. It depends on you. It's up to you. While you are enjoying the scenery on the boat, you can also have a water fight with your friends on other boats. It is definitely fun and exciting! I won’t let you regret taking a boat ride, but be careful of getting “wet”!

10. Tips for saving money---Trouble-saving tips

In fact, this tip is not about saving money, but saving you trouble. The ancient city is full of ladies and aunts soliciting customers. They always ask people when they see them, are you going to Miao Village? Want to watch the bonfire party? Take the boat or not? Have you eaten? It will be a bit confusing, so I will once again offer my housekeeping tips. Refuse them with one sentence: "We just went. We won't go again." Haha, this sentence seems simple. In fact, it is very useful. It is a valuable experience I have accumulated in many years of travel. Think about it, if you answer that I won’t go or don’t want to go, people will definitely feel that there is still room for negotiation and will chase after you. Once you Saying "I've been there" will often stop pestering you! Haha

In short, although there are some minor tricks when traveling in Phoenix, overall there is nothing to worry about, and it will definitely not affect your mood when traveling. You will save money when you travel. Spend money well spent!

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There is one house with floor-to-ceiling windows... Haha... especially suitable for couples.

It is recommended not to go to the Miao Village and the bonfire. . . It's fun to go to places with water...

After staying in the inn, the bosses will ask you about your itinerary... If you say you want to take a look around, someone will ask you the next day. Whether you want to go with a group or not... (This can usually give you a lot of pressure...) You can bargain for anything you buy there. . .

The recommended time to go is summer~~~ It’s very cool there and you can have water fights... I hope my article will be a reference for your travel plans!