I. Arrival in Zhangjiajie transportation mode introduction
1. Flight (actual civil aviation quarterly release schedule shall prevail):
Northeast of friends to Zhangjiajie, as long as the location of the flight from the Beijing, and then take a direct flight from Beijing to Zhangjiajie. There are daily direct flights from Beijing to Zhangjiajie; or fly to Changsha from your place of origin and then transit to Zhangjiajie. Changsha has daily flights to Zhangjiajie, and it is very convenient to travel to Zhangjiajie by car or by train.
Friends in the southeast direction to Zhangjiajie, you can fly from the location of Shanghai, Shenzhen, Guangzhou and other places, and then transfer to direct flights to Zhangjiajie.
2. Train (the actual train schedule issued by the railroad shall prevail):
(1) Northeast direction: Harbin, Changchun, Shenyang, Dalian, etc. can take the T72, T48, T18, T227/T226 direct to Beijing, and then transfer from Beijing to K267 train direct to Zhangjiajie; or take the T238/T235 to arrive in Changsha, and then transfer from Changsha Or take T238/T235 to Changsha, then from Changsha transfer N590, N582, N569, N566, K533 can reach Zhangjiajie.
Warm tips: Because Zhangjiajie does not have many departing trains, during the Golden Week, if you want to buy a return ticket for the above directions, you'd better buy a return ticket from Changsha and other stations in advance.
(2) southeast direction: Shanghai, Wuxi, Nanjing and other places of friends can take the K533 train in Zhangjiajie get off; Guangzhou, Shenzhen and other directions of friends can take the N582, N590 train in Zhangjiajie get off; Hubei direction of friends can take the K267. 1473 train in Zhangjiajie get off; Guangxi direction of friends can take the 2012 train to Zhangjiajie; Guangxi direction of friends can take the 2012 train to Zhangjiajie. train to Zhangjiajie; friends from Hunan's Chang, Zhu, Tan and other areas can take N569 to Zhangjiajie directly, and friends from Chenzhou, Hengyang, Changsha, Yiyang, Changde and other areas can take N590 to Zhangjiajie directly.
3. By car (tourists need to always have the latest China highway map):
With the opening of Changde--Zhangjiajie highway, it is now very convenient to come to Zhangjiajie by car, which is a great convenience for the friends who are traveling by car.
(1) Beijing direction --- (via Jingzhu Expressway) → Changsha --- (Changchang Expressway, Changzhang Expressway) → Zhangjiajie;
(2) Changsha direction --- (Changchang Expressway, Changzhang Expressway) → Zhangjiajie, which takes only three and a half hours;
(3) Wuhan direction --- (Jingzhu Expressway) → Changsha → Zhangjiajie;
(4) Guangzhou direction --- ( Beijing-Zhuhai Expressway) → Changsha → Zhangjiajie;
(5) Shanghai direction → Nanjing → Hefei → Qianshan → Huanggang → Wuhan → Changsha → Zhangjiajie or Shanghai → Hangzhou → Jinhua → Quzhou → Nanchang → Zhuzhou → Changsha → Zhangjiajie;
(6) Xining, Xi'an direction --- high speed to Zhangjiajie is also very convenient, almost the whole highway. Which Xi'an to close, high speed to Zhang half a day (within 10 hours) that is reached.
Two. Zhangjiajie core scenic area is about 32 kilometers from the city, to Zhangjiajie City, how to go to the scenic area?
1. Train arrival. Get off the train, the new station square is wide, there are a number of buses to the city center, you can take the 6 road bus **** car to a station called department store building get off, and then walk 1 two minutes to the Zhangjiajie central bus station, from there you can take a shuttle bus to Wulingyuan and Zhangjiajie Forest Park, the shuttle fee are 10 yuan. From there, you can take a shuttle bus to Wulingyuan and Zhangjiajie Forest Park, and the shuttle bus fee is 10 RMB. Tourists who join the group can contact the tour guide in advance, and they will pick up at the station or airport, which saves you a lot of trouble.
2. Air arrival. Get off the plane, the airport has 4 buses to the city, 1 yuan people. If you can't wait for the bus, take a taxi between 20 yuan and 30 yuan. You can also take the airport free bus to the city's Civil Aviation Hotel, and then take a taxi to where you need to arrive. At this point, a taxi to the city center bus station is within the starting price. Cab fare within the city generally does not exceed 15 yuan, such as taxi straight to the core scenic spots in Zhangjiajie, chartered during the daytime 100 yuan up and down, the evening chartered about 150 yuan.
3. Car arrival. Zhangjiajie city center bus station is still in the city (design will be relocated to the train station next to the site has been built), generally take the high-speed car will stop to take the loop into the city near the train station in advance of the guests. Early under the guests can walk to the train station, or take the 2-way, 7-way bus to the downtown bus station, but also with the line shuttle bus to the end of the downtown bus station, and then in the downtown bus station by scenic area shuttle bus to the scenic spots to play. Self-driving guests will be convenient, to the various scenic spots currently the road instructions are basically clear.
Three. Zhangjiajie scenic overview
Zhangjiajie city for prefecture-level city, jurisdiction of two districts and two counties, two counties, respectively, Zili County and Sangzhi County, two districts for the Yongding District and Wulingyuan District, due to the Zhangjiajie National Forest Park Management Office to the scenic area under the jurisdiction of the Wulingyuan District, so the core scenic area of Zhangjiajie Wulingyuan full name of the overall name is known as the Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Spot for the country's first 5A scenic spot one of the first batch.
Wulingyuan scenic area is divided into several small parts, respectively, Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, Yuanjiajie, Yangjiajie, Tianzishan and Suoxiyu and other five parts of the composition,, the five parts of the scenic area is interconnected, the total of a ticket, that is, the pass-type, 245 yuan +3 yuan of insurance and two days in and out of the scenic area is valid for many times. No garden in the garden, garden in the ticket, but the scenic area by cableway and elevator and other means of transportation need to buy another ticket. Scenic area to take the environmental protection vehicle free of charge (the cost is included in the ticket), only have a vacant seat, scenic roadside waving that stops up and down.
Zhangjiajie National Forest Park inside and divided into the Yellowstone Village, Golden Whip Creek cable tour line, Yuanjiajie scenic area contains the world's first bridge, the soul of the platform, the back garden and other attractions. Yangjiajie scenic area contains the famous Wulongzhai, one step to heaven. Tianzi Mountain is the most extensive, divided into the Grand View Terrace, the Immortal Bridge, a step difficult to walk, the old house, Heron Park and other boutique excursion line. And Suoxiyu is divided into ten miles of gallery, water around the four gates and other tour lines.
Zhangjiajie Wulingyuan core scenic area is relatively large, the terrain is more complex. The whole scenic area has a total area of 298 square kilometers. So there are many attractions and different combinations of excursion routes in the scenic area.
From April 25, 2010, Zhangjiajie Wulingyuan core scenic area trial tickets weekly ticket system. Approved by the Provincial Price Bureau, Wulingyuan core scenic area weekly ticket trial price of 298 yuan / person, tourists can with weekly tickets in a week in and out of the core scenic area of Wulingyuan, the original "two days a ticket" tickets to maintain the current price of 245 yuan / person unchanged, buy "two days a ticket" Tickets for tourists who need to increase the number of days to visit, you can refer to the "weekly ticket" price to make up the difference, extend the tour time to a week.
Zhangjiajie Wulingyuan core scenic area of special groups, such as school students, active military personnel, disabled people, the elderly over 70 years of age have admission ticket preferential policies.
Zhangjiajie city has Tianmen Mountain Scenic Spot (one-day tour): (258 yuan / person, including ropeway), to Zhangjiajie not to go will be regrettable, it is the earliest in Zhangjiajie was recorded in the annals of the famous mountain, elevation of 1518.6 meters above sea level, towering over the edge of Zhangjiajie urban area, only 8 kilometers away from the city, is one of the most representative of Zhangjiajie's natural landscapes.
It has the world's longest ropeway - Tianmen Mountain ropeway, so that you really experience the feeling of the air off; there is the wonders of China's highway ---- Panshan Road; and then climbed 999 steps just to the bottom of the Tianmen Cave; ...In May 1997, the famous singer Li Na climbed Tianmen Mountain, seems to be subjected to the magical power of the nudging in the netherworld, the epiphany and conversion to Buddhism, a moment of sensation in the country.
Recently, Tianmen Mountain scenic area vigorously developed and constructed, frequent international large-scale activities, the formation of a new scenic humanistic atmosphere. In the second half of 2011 was awarded the national 5A level scenic spot. Tianmen Mountain scenic area cooperation Tianyuan Performing Arts Company, the end of 2008 launched the country's first large-scale canyon background stage live musical "Tianmen Fox Fairy", by Tan Dun and other international music celebrities guidance and domestic well-known large-scale performing arts choreographer rehearsal, greatly enriched and improved Zhangjiajie's tourism and cultural performances, the program is very much sought-after by tourists, it is well worth a look.
Four. Zhangjiajie food, accommodation introduction
1. Zhangjiajie characteristics of food
Generally self-guided tours of donkeys and friends out of the most favorite is to taste the local flavor snacks, because they have plenty of time, which is why most of them now like to take the form of self-guided tours.
The first recommendation is the Zhangjiajie specialties ----- three pots. The so-called "Sanxia Nabe" is the local language name for hot pot.
There are generally two ways to do it, one is very convenient dry pot, it is made of three main ingredients, stewed without soup hot pot. "Master Hu three pots" is very representative of the usual food, the price is not high, the portion is very enough to eat. Recommended is dry-fried intestines, dry-fried walnut meat and Xiangxi bacon three mixed together in the stew, eat at the same time you can also order a sour radish, and crisp and sour; another is the soup pot, the local chicken, duck, pig (sheep) mixed aloe, dog (cow) meat, Tujia bacon and other first processed, to be ordered by the guests after a good dish, mixed with stewing, eating, and then point a point of bone broth steamed river lotus root, taro, taro, seaweed, etc., that flavor ah! The flavor of the soup is so refreshing! You'll be sweating your ass off! The "soup sister three pot" is very representative.
In many urban neighborhoods around the restaurant can also eat mountain treasures small game: wild boar, barred mice, muntjac meat, bacon, wild mushrooms, fir mushrooms and so on, recommended local specialties: yellow meat, Hmong sour meat.
2. Zhangjiajie live
(1) in the city (including Wulingyuan District) accommodation:
Live in ordinary hostels, 30 - 40 / person; if the requirements of a higher gear point, two-star double standard in the 50-100 yuan / person; three-star in the 150 - 300 yuan / room; four-star in the 50-100 yuan / person; three-star in the 150 - 300 yuan / room; three-star in the 50-100 yuan / person; three-star in the 50-100 yuan / person. In the city, the most concentrated hotels are in Jiefang Road, People's Road, and near the railway station bus station.
In Wulingyuan district (Suoxiyu town) in the villa area of Gao Yun village roughly price at 60-180 yuan / double standard room (according to the off-peak season, depending on the facilities and services to different points).
(2) scenic area around the accommodation
In Zhangjiajie Wulingyuan core scenic area around the townships, in the village of Lake, Tianzishan Township, etc., there are also lodging, the mountains around the village of the townships of the hotel, although not as good as the conditions outside the scenic area, but live in the mountains and around the time to save a lot of time, to avoid going back and forth to avoid going back and forth to avoid going back and forth to avoid going back and forth to the scenic area to walk a lot of wasteful road.
Currently Zhangjiajie scenic area inside the edge of the place there are still a few, by the remaining farmhouse converted into a family hotel, respectively, in the Yangjiajie, Yuanjiajie and the Grand View Terrace, etc., for a variety of reasons are not included in the normal management of the facilities and services are not standardized, the quality of travel and security is not guaranteed, although individual guests like, but we do not recommend that tourists choose to stay in such a place.