What are some fun places to visit near Kunming?

Daguanlou

Daguanlou is located 2 kilometers southwest of the city on the banks of Dianchi Lake, in the Daguan Park. The park can be divided into

three slices according to the terrain: Huapu - Daguanlou slice, Louwailou - Luyuan slice, Yuyuan - Flower Garden - Cypress Garden slice. -Park Garden piece.

From the east side of the Daguanlou Caiyun Cliff before the long embankment, along the embankment south, you can see the modeling such as the "boat" outside the building,

the main building of the boat for the two-storey hermitically classical architecture, as if a giant boat. Visitors can sit in the bottom floor of the boat and sip tea

After taking the boat to the west, about 300-400 meters to reach the Lu Garden, which has the flavor of the Jiangnan garden. If from

Louwailou along the embankment eastward, through the boulevard, you can go to the East Garden, tourists can spend not much time to see the many

many gardens here.

Transportation: You can take bus No. 4, 22, 54, 52, 100 and get off at the terminal, or take a cab for about 15 yuan.

Admission: 10 yuan, 2 yuan / person to climb the Grand View Tower.

Opening time: 7:00-19:00 accommodation: can be in the Grand View Tower near the Golden Peacock Hotel to taste the local

national flavor of the snacks, from the gate along the Daguan Road walk to the Civil Affairs Commission, you can also see a even a flavor of small

store.

Yunnan Nationalities Village

Yunnan Nationalities Village is located 9 kilometers south of downtown Kunming, near the Dianchi Pond, covering an area of more than 1,250 acres. Yunnan Ethnic

The village is a natural village-style ethnic residential buildings, integrated with garden landscaping, water and trees. This scenic spot, which showcases the characteristics of Yunnan's ethnic minorities, is a window for people to learn about Yunnan's diverse ethnic cultures.

Inside the Ethnic Village, there are daily performances of songs and dances by the Miao, Yi, Tibetan, Wa and Lisu ethnic groups, the Lisu folklore activities of "going up the mountain of knives" and "going down to the sea of fire" as well as the Asian elephant show.

Transportation

1, Kunming station by 44 bus, fare 1 yuan or bus, fare 2 yuan.

2, take a cab about 15 yuan.

Tickets: 70 yuan.

Opening time: 8 :00-18:00 Tips: many minority villages in the village of ethnic minorities have regular

songs, dances, folklore, festivals performances, you can be entertained with them, but don't delay too much time, or you will

feel that a lot of attractions are too late to see.

Xishan Forest Park

The Xishan Forest Park is on the verge of Dianchi Pond, located 15 kilometers southwest of Kunming, stretching over 40 kilometers and about 2,500

meters above sea level. A distant view of the Xishan peaks, like a young girl, lying on the bank of Dianchi, so the locals also call it

"Sleeping Beauty". Tourists come to Xishan Mountain, more importantly, to appreciate its famous sights, which consists of Huating Temple, Taihua Temple,

Nie Er's Tomb, Sanqing Pavilion and Dragon Gate. Visitors are advised to spend half a day hiking up the mountain, viewing different

attractions along the way.

Legend: According to legend, there was originally a pair of young men and women by the Dianchi Pond who loved each other, the man fishing and the woman weaving nets. In order to

to show love for the girl, the young man drove a boat to the sea for her to take the sea cauliflower, who knows that a go no return, aunt

mother misses her lover, day and night long cry, tears flow "500 miles", spilled into the Dianchi, and finally the tears and died, the body of the body into

for the lakeshore mountains, long hair is scattered in the sea of grass, this is the "sleeping" within the sea.

This is the origin of "Sleeping Beauty".

Transportation

1, take the 5 road bus **** to the west of Kunming Liangjiahe transfer 6 road bus **** to the park.

2, to the Yunnan Hotel, by special line tour bus and bus.

3 、Take the aerial cable car from the Yunnan Nationalities Village near the Dianchi Tourist Resort to arrive directly at the Dragon Gate of Xishan Mountain,

The ticket price is 40 yuan, 70 yuan round trip.

Accommodation: If tourists intend to stay on the West Mountain for one night, they can stay at the Taihua Villa or Taihua Villa next to Nie'er's tomb, and on the mountain, it is best to dine at the Villa or at the Huating Temple.

Tickets: 30 yuan

Opening hours: 8:00-18:00 Tips: Visitors spend half a day hiking up the mountain, along the way you can view

appreciate the different attractions.

Dianchi

Dianchi is located in the southwest of Kunming city, also known as Kunming Lake or Kunming Pond, the ancient name of "Diannan Ze", is the largest plateau lake in Yunnan Province

, is the country's sixth largest freshwater lake, with the "Pearl of the Highlands". "The Pearl of the Plateau".

Visitors standing on the Dragon Gate overlooking the Dianchi Lake, the beautiful scenery, tourists can also take a cruise on the Dianchi Lake to take in the scenery,

Along the lake there are Xishan Forest Park, Guanyin Mountain, White Fish Mouth, Daguanlou, the Ridge Park, the Yunnan Nationalities Village, Zhenghe

Park and other attractions, as well as the Ridge Plateau training bases and numerous sanatoriums. It is recommended that tourists can make a short one-day trip to Dianchi Pond,

Haiyi Ridge Park combined with Yunnan Nationalities Village and Xishan Forest Park.

Transportation:

1, from the train station to Dianchi, you can take the No. 24, No. 44 bus to the Ridge Park off, the fare

1 yuan.

2 、You can visit Xishan Forest Park first, and then take the aerial cable car tour of Dianchi by Longmen, the ticket price is 30 yuan.

Tickets: Dianchi is not charged admission, the Ridge Park admission fee of 8 yuan.

World Horticultural Expo Park

The Expo Park is the exhibition base of the 99 Kunming World Horticultural Expo, located in the northeastern suburbs of Kunming, 6

kilometers away from the city, bringing together horticultural achievements around the world. Containing China Pavilion, International Pavilion, Man and Nature Pavilion, Science and Technology Pavilion, the Great Warming

Room five major venues, 34 exhibition gardens in the domestic exhibition area, 30 exhibition gardens in the foreign exhibition area, and other thematic gardens, enterprise exhibition area, etc.

Many landscapes.

Transportation: Take the bus 68, 71, etc. can be directly to the Expo Park, the ticket price of 1 yuan; you can also take the

China bus in Changshou Road, the ticket price of 2 yuan.

Admission: 100 RMB/person in the morning and 70 RMB/person after 2pm for general visitors. Students, military, disabled

disabled people with valid ID 50 yuan / person, more than 15 people group ticket price of 30 yuan / person. The Golden Expo Cableway connects the Golden Temple Park with the

Expo Park, and it costs 25 yuan/person for a round trip and 15 yuan/person for a one-way trip.

Golden Horse Bijie Square

The Golden Horse Bijie Square is located in the central axis of Kunming City, the intersection of Sanshi Street and Jinbi Road, 12 meters high, 18 meters wide,

with typical Kunming folk characteristics, carved beams and paintings, beautifully decorated, the East Square near the Golden Horse Hill, the name of the Golden Horse Square, the West

Square by the Bijie Hill, the name of the Bijie Square. The workshop was built during the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty, and has a history of nearly 400 years,

known as the symbol of Kunming.

The uniqueness of Bijie Square is that at certain times of the year, the "golden and blue" color will appear.

There was a day in history when the sun was about to set and the golden afterglow shone on Bijie Square from the west, casting its

reflection on the street in the east; at the same time, the moon had just risen in the east and the silvery rays of light projected onto the Golden Horse Square,

casting its reflection on the street in the west; the two shadows finally met. It is said that such a spectacle can only occur once in 60 years due to the angle at which the Earth, Moon and Great

Yang orbit.

Legend: The origin of "Golden Horse Bijie", long ago, in the mirror-like Dianchi Pond, there is a divine horse, often

appeared in the pine forests in the east of Kunming, in which it appeared, the golden light, the color of all trees. On the emerald West Mountain

there is a jasper-like phoenix that sings pleasantly and spreads its wings in a colorful and dazzling way. The locals do not

know it is called the phoenix, called "Bijie", "Golden Horse Bijie" thus named.

Transportation: You can take a cab to Jinbi Square in Kunming, about 10 yuan, or you can take the 3 road, 4

road bus ****, get off at the Golden Horse Square.