What are the fun places to visit in Chengdu by car?

May-June every year is the best time for self-driving travel. There are many good places for self-driving travel around Chengdu. The most suitable places are fresh landscapes around cities and suburbs. Here are some interesting places for a day trip in Chengdu.

Xiling Snow Mountain

Xiling Snow Mountain is located in Dayi County, Chengdu, only 95 kilometers away from Chengdu. It takes about two hours by car from Chengdu to Xiling Snow Mountain, with a total area of ??482.8 square kilometers. Xiling Snow Mountain is a world natural heritage, a giant panda habitat, an AAAA tourist attraction and a national key scenic spot. It is named after the famous line by Du Fu, a great poet of the Tang Dynasty, "The window contains the Xiling mausoleum and the snow is thousands of miles away, and the door is docked with the Wudong ship thousands of miles away." There is a snow mountain in the scenic area with an altitude of 5353 meters, which is the highest peak in Chengdu.

Xiling Snow Mountain is a three-dimensional temperature zone, and has now formed a four-season tourism pattern of "appreciating azaleas in spring, avoiding the heat in summer, viewing red leaves in autumn, and skiing in winter". The scenic spot is rich in tourism resources and has unique advantages. There are mountain weather landscapes such as sea of ??clouds, sunrise, forest Buddha light, sunshine on Jinshan Mountain, Yin and Yang Realm, etc.

The original forest coverage rate of Xiling Snow Mountain reaches 90%. There are more than 6,000 species of plants in the scenic area, including rare tree species such as ginkgo, bitter gourd, and Davidia involucrata. There are two original osmanthus forests in Guihua Mountain, covering an area of ??nearly 1,000 acres, which are very precious. Various animals often appear in the mountain streams in the forest, including giant pandas, wildebeests, golden monkeys, red pandas, macaques, clouded leopards, golden roosters and other rare animals.

There are two main routes for road travel from Chengdu to Xiling Snow Mountain, namely:

1. Chengdu - Wenjiang - Chongzhou - Dayi County - He Ming - - Huashuiwan Hot Spring Resort - Xiling Snow Mountain Scenic Area, with a total length of 105 kilometers.

2. Chengdu - Liu's Manor - Dayi County - He Ming - Huashuiwan Hot Spring Resort - Xiling Snow Mountain Scenic Area, with a total length of about 125 kilometers.

Dujiangyan

Dujiangyan is located about 1 km west of Chengdu, on the main stream of the Minjiang River in Leiyu. It is a famous water conservancy project and just a scenic spot. If you want to travel but don’t want to go too far and don’t want to travel through the crowds, you can choose to take a road trip from Chengdu to Dujiangyan.

The road conditions are good when driving from Chengdu to Dujiangyan. There are three routes to Dujiangyan. It takes about an hour to get to Dujiangyan.

1. Shaxi Line: Chengdu Shaxi Line, Dujiangyan

2. Chengqing Line: Chengdu Third Ring Road, Chengdu Wenqiong Expressway, Wenjiang Chengqing Expressway, Qingcheng Shandujiangyan

< p>3. Chengdu-Guan Expressway: Chengdu Yangxi Line Chengguan Expressway Dujiangyan

When you arrive at Dujiangyan, you can choose to eat at a restaurant outside the scenic area, and then walk into the scenic area with your family and friends. From the entrance of Dujiangyan, enter Lidui Park - Fulong Temple - Baokoukou - Feishayan - Yuzui - Anlan Cable Bridge - Erlong Temple. There is a lot to eat along the way, but it is only a few times more expensive than outside. Therefore, it is best to bring more food with you when entering the scenic spot.

After visiting all the attractions, you must go to Nanqiao. Wait until night to see the lanterns come on and the neon lights reflected on the river. Very nice!

Sansheng Flower Township

Sansheng Township in the east of the city

Sanxiang has a long history of flower cultivation and is famous for its flowers. It is a fresh-cut flower production base designated by the Chengdu Municipal Government, and has been rated as the "Hometown of Flowers and Trees in China" by the State Forestry Administration and the China Flower Association. The "Huaxiang Farmhouse" in Hongsha Village is also the only national second-level scenic spot and the first batch of national agricultural tourism demonstration sites in Sichuan Province, featuring Western Sichuan folk customs and flower culture. The Gaodianzi Flower Wholesale Market, the main exhibition hall of the expo, has also been rated as a "National Key Flower Market" by the State Forestry Administration and the China Flower Association. It is the largest flower distribution center in Southwest China. In March, flowers in Sansheng Township are in full bloom. You can buy a few pots to take home while admiring the flowers in Sansheng Township to add a bit of spring to your home.

Visit Sansheng Township

For example, Sansheng Town

You cannot miss the beautiful "Five Golden Flowers" of the Three Holy Flower Townships, such as " "Flower Farmhouse", "Jiang's Vegetable Field", "Happy Plum Grove", "Dongli Chrysanthemum Garden", "Moonlight over the Lotus Pond". The country green vegetables and rabbit heads unique to local farm tourism will satisfy your taste buds.

How to get to Sansheng Township?

Take a bus to Sansheng Township and get off at the "Sansheng Township Flower Market" stop. There are buses 23, 31, 56, 343, etc. Sanxiang is just outside the third ring road in the southeast of Chengdu, very close to the city. You can reach your destination quickly by driving from Jinjiang Chenglong Avenue.

Qingcheng Mountain

Qingcheng Mountain, one of the birthplaces of Taoism in China, is a famous Taoist mountain. Qingcheng Mountain is located in the southwest of Dujiangyan City and the northwest of Chengdu Plain. Qingcheng Mountain-Dujiangyan Scenic Area is 60 kilometers away from Chengdu, 16 kilometers away from Dujiangyan City, and 20 kilometers away from Dujiangyan Water Conservancy Project.

It takes about an hour to drive from Chengdu to Qingcheng Mountain. Qingcheng Mountain was called Zhangren in ancient times and is a branch of Qionglai Mountain.

Self-driving route: urban area - Yangxi Line - Chengguan Expressway - Dujiangyan - Provincial Highway 106 - Qingcheng Mountain.