Three-day travel itinerary from Xi'an to Yinchuan Shahu + Shapotou + Tonghu

Go to Ningxia from Xi'an. Shaanxi and Ningxia are relatively close to each other and have natural geographical advantages. But Shaanxi and Ningxia have completely different scenery characteristics. Think about the similarities and differences between the Terracotta Warriors and Horses and Shapotou style in Ningxia. I went to Ningxia for three days, mainly with Yinchuan as the center point.

The 3-day + 2-night itinerary is as follows:

Take the K1085 Xi'an-Yinchuan train at 17:38 on Thursday.

Tips:

Tourist bus: The time is fixed, there will be no stops along the way, the attractions are fixed, and there are many people on the bus.

Carpooling: Door-to-door pick-up and drop-off, small number of people (4-8 people), many attractions to visit, and high comfort experience.

Chartered car: Door-to-door pick-up and drop-off, only one of you, you can go as you please, the route can be booked by yourself, it is very comfortable.

Self-driving: You have free time and can completely follow your own thoughts.

When traveling to Ningxia, it is recommended that you start from Yinchuan by self-driving, chartering a car, or carpooling. Because many of the beautiful scenery in the northwest are often on the road, it is convenient to park and play. Walking and playing is the most correct way to visit the northwest.

Day 1 itinerary:

1.08:00, arrive at Yinchuan Railway Station

2.08:00-09:00, there is a bus terminal on the right side of the train station square. Find bus No. 1 (pay a 1 yuan coin) and get off at Gulou Station, and check into a hotel not far from the bus station that has been booked in advance.

From 3.09:00 to 10:00, leave your unused luggage in the hotel, pack lightly, and take No. 11 (1 yuan coin) at the Gulou Bus Station and get off at the Tourist Bus Station.

From 4.10:00-11:30, buy a direct train to the Shahu Scenic Area at the Yinchuan Tourist Bus Station (locally known as the North Bus Station). It takes 1.5 hours to drive directly to the entrance of the scenic spot.

5.11:30-16:00. I was afraid of losing time and didn’t have lunch, so I bought a ticket directly and entered the scenic spot for about 5 hours.

6.16:00-17:30, leave the scenic area and take the direct train back to Yinchuan Tourist Bus Station.

From 7.17:30-18:00, take bus No. 53 (pay a coin of 1 yuan) next to the bus station, get off at Nanmen Station, and walk to Nanmen Tower. The South Gate Tower is actually a miniature version of the Tiananmen Gate Tower, with the city center square in front. Yinchuan’s unique features, take photos as a souvenir.

8.18:00-18:30, on the south side of the South Gate Tower, walk across the square to the Great Wall East Road, where you will find the Yinchuan Nanguan Mosque. Tickets are 10 yuan. Went in to visit just in time for the Muslim prayers at 6 pm, which was quite interesting.

From 9.18:30-20:00, there is a snack pedestrian street on the north side of the Nanguan Mosque wall. There are basically all kinds of barbecues and all kinds of Hui snacks. Among them, the hand-caught mutton is quite unique, priced at 56 yuan per pound, highly recommended.

10.20:00-21:00, full of wine and food, I planned to walk directly back to the hotel near the Drum Tower. In fact, it is not far, about 1 km. Walking straight north along Yuhuangge South Street at the entrance of the mosque, you will reach the Jade Emperor Pavilion. The night view of the Jade Emperor Pavilion is a souvenir. The Bell and Drum Tower is mirrored in the distance, and the night view is also a souvenir.

11.21:00, stay at the hotel near Drum Tower and rest.

Day 2 itinerary:

1.07:30-08:00, take No. 34 (1 yuan coin) from Gulou Bus Station to Beijing Road Lijing Street Exit, and walk to Crescent Square . Crescent Square is a unique urban garden in Yinchuan. The scenery is very beautiful and you can walk around. There are direct tourist buses to various famous attractions near Yinchuan. It is considered a formal tourist bus distribution center. Tours depart from 1, 2, 3, and 6 and go to different local attractions.

From 2.08:30-10:00, we took bus No. 3 (ticket 10 yuan) to Zhenbeibao Western Film and Television City. It's just over 30 kilometers. Since it's a public bus, there are many stops in the city. Stop and go, it actually took 1.5 hours to arrive.

3.10:00-13:30, buy tickets and enter the film and television city, and play for about 3 hours.

4.13:30-14:00, instead of taking the You3 bus when going out, a van parked directly on the side of the road, costing 10 yuan per person, took it to the Yinchuan Railway Station BRT1 bus stop.

From 5.14:00-15:00, take BRT No. 1 bus (1 yuan coin) directly to Yinchuan Bus Station (locally known as South Bus Station), and purchased a tourist shuttle bus that goes directly to Shapotou Scenic Area at 15:00 .

6.15:00-18:00, from Yinchuan to Shapotou Scenic Area, you have to pass through Zhongwei City. Although it is a tourist through train, you still have to go around the bus station in Zhongwei City, which delays a bit of time. It takes 3 hours to arrive at the entrance of Shapotou Scenic Area. Later, we were told that the scenic spot no longer sold tickets at 6 pm, so we were asked to return to Zhongwei City for accommodation and come back the next day. Completely speechless. . . .

7.18:00-19:00, took a taxi from Shapotou Scenic Area and returned to Zhongwei City, looking for a hotel to stay.

8.19:00-20:00, have dinner in Zhongwei City.

Day 3 itinerary:

Charter a taxi for 1 day (80 yuan, very cost-effective, detailed description later), visit Shapotou and Tonghu scenic spots for the whole day.

1.07:00-07:30, check out, the driver will pick you up at the hotel door on time, and we go to have breakfast together, the driver recommends a restaurant, mugwort noodles, which is very unique. The driver recommended that we go to Tonghu Scenic Area in the morning and then go to Shapotou Scenic Area in the afternoon, so we decided to go this way.

2.07:30-09:00, on the way to Tonghu Scenic Area, the master also took us to three non-famous "small attractions", parking on the roadside and taking photos. The first one is the Tengger Desert Highway. There is a provincial boundary marker between Inner Mongolia and Ningxia on the roadside. There are deserts on both sides of the road and there are large photovoltaic power plants. I took a lot of photos on the road; the second one is along a fork in the road. We turned to Jinsha Island Lavender Manor, the entrance fee was 50 yuan. We didn’t go in, we just took a lot of photos of lavender outside, which was enough; the third one was Jinsha Island Salt Lake, we also took photos by the salt lake, which was also very unique.

3.09:00-13:00, enter Tonghu Scenic Area and visit for 4 hours.

4.13:00-13:30, from Tonghu Scenic Area to Shapotou Scenic Area.

From 5.13:00-17:00, enter Shapotou Scenic Area and visit for 4 hours.

6.17:00-17:30, ask the driver to drive directly back to the gate of Gaomiao Scenic Area in Zhongwei City

7.17:30-18:00, visit Gaomiao Scenic Area for half an hour about.

8.18:00-19:00, have dinner in Zhongwei city, a lamb restaurant recommended by the driver.

9.19:00-19:30, after a full meal, we walked from the restaurant to the train station, about 1 km. On the way, we also saw the Drum Tower in Zhongwei City and took photos.

10.19:30-20:17, enter the train station to rest

11.20:17, take the K1306 Zhongwei-Xi'an train.

Arrived in Xi'an at 08:17 on Monday, ending the trip.

The cost per person for this trip: 2 nights accommodation: 100 yuan/person; tickets (including entertainment items): 470 yuan; train tickets: 358 yuan; bus tickets (including chartered cars): 140 yuan; meals : 250 yuan. The total is about 1,300 yuan.