Chendu: 4 Nights too Many?
Jan 29th, 2008, 06:03 AM
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Chendu: 4 Nights too Many?
Hi fellow fodorites,
I thought I'd post this separately from my longer itinerary posting and do this in groups.
I am re-working my itinerary based on reading abou the sights in Chengdu and would like to know if 4 nights/3.5 days is appropriate for this:
23 Thurs Fly to Chengdu; afternoon: Jinli street, Wuhou memorial temple, Wenshu Monastary, Du Fu cottage
24 Fri Chengdu - early a.m. to Panda Preserve; afternoon visit to Huanglongxi
25 Sat Day trip to Leshan buddha
26 Sun Chengdu: Visit Sanxing Dui Bowuguan
27 Mon Fly to Guilin/Taxi to Yangshuo
Thanks!
Monica
I thought I'd post this separately from my longer itinerary posting and do this in groups.
I am re-working my itinerary based on reading abou the sights in Chengdu and would like to know if 4 nights/3.5 days is appropriate for this:
23 Thurs Fly to Chengdu; afternoon: Jinli street, Wuhou memorial temple, Wenshu Monastary, Du Fu cottage
24 Fri Chengdu - early a.m. to Panda Preserve; afternoon visit to Huanglongxi
25 Sat Day trip to Leshan buddha
26 Sun Chengdu: Visit Sanxing Dui Bowuguan
27 Mon Fly to Guilin/Taxi to Yangshuo
Thanks!
Monica
Jan 29th, 2008, 06:12 AM
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hi monica - my trip report for Chengdu is at www.wilhelmswords.com/rtw2004. Hope you do better with weather than I did! Chengdu is great place for food, and I would add Qingyang temple and the River Viewing Park to things to see in town.
Jan 29th, 2008, 10:27 PM
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We have been twice to Chengdu. I think your programme looks good - there is a lot to see in Chengdu and we loved Sanxingdui - its beautifully laid out. We have also been to Dujiangyan irrigation system - this is a very great engineering project, although perhaps limited in what you can see.
You don't mention Emeishan and this is also very near Chengdu.
We have also been to Huanglong (august 2 yrs ago) - it was horribly crowded and I got to see a lot of people's backs!!! So it felt that we were in a sea of people being puched along. It is interesting but its not much fun when its so crowded!
You don't mention Emeishan and this is also very near Chengdu.
We have also been to Huanglong (august 2 yrs ago) - it was horribly crowded and I got to see a lot of people's backs!!! So it felt that we were in a sea of people being puched along. It is interesting but its not much fun when its so crowded!
Jan 30th, 2008, 07:38 AM
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Thanks janev.
I read up on another town to visit: Luodai, which has a lot of history. I think we'll go there instead of Hanglongxi. I checked out flickr and looked over a bunch of photos of both towns.
No, I'm not planning to visit Emeishan.
Thanks for your comments.
Monica
I read up on another town to visit: Luodai, which has a lot of history. I think we'll go there instead of Hanglongxi. I checked out flickr and looked over a bunch of photos of both towns.
No, I'm not planning to visit Emeishan.
Thanks for your comments.
Monica
Jan 30th, 2008, 06:05 PM
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Chengdu is a nice laid back town, I wouldn't say 4 days were too many. If you plan to visit Du Fu's cottage consider also having a look at the Green Ram monastery (Ching Yang Miao) which is one of the most famous Taoist temples in China. It's within walking distance from Du Fu's cottage.
http://www.travelsinasia.com/China/Chengdu.html
http://www.travelsinasia.com/China/Chengdu.html
