Chengdu trip tentative planning...
Feb. 14th, 2024 08:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tanithryudoFor reference, the rough list of places looking to visit on this trip...
1. 熊猫基地 - must visit for me, my parents don't care about it
2. 武侯祠 - I am interested, parents are meh
3. 杜甫草堂 - I am somewhat interested, but optional
4. 三星堆 - must visit for my dad
5. 金沙遗址 - must visit for my dad
6. 都江堰 - mom wants to visit, I am more interested in 二郎庙 (二王庙), dad will go
7. 九寨沟 - mom wants to visit, I am meh
8. 黄龙 - mom wants to visit, I am meh
So I looked around pedestrian/eatery streets found the following...
锦里古街 / Jinli pedestrian street
宽窄巷子 / Kuanzhai Alley + 奎星楼街 (right north of it)
春熙路 / Chunxi pedestrian street
安顺廊桥 / Anshun Bridge (night scene)
Plotted out a few places out on the map.
Skipped 九寨沟 since that scenic spot is too large to nail down. Also, the more scenic places are more my mom's cup of tea than mine. Not too much interested in going out that far for it, honestly...
Chengdu has 2 airports. But I ruled out the CTU airport as it doesn't have convenient flights to Shanghai whereas TFU does, so for departure on the 17th, it's probably better to just look at TFU.
For hotels, I did a search on trip advisor, based on the theory that if foreign visitors gave recent reviews for a place, it's gotta be accepting foreign guests, yeah?
* Shangri-la is rated highest and close to Anshun Bridge, but also seems to be the most expensive. Pass.
* These are next to Kuanzhai Alley by rating: Diaoyutai > Wren Culture
* These are close to Chunxi by distance: Crowne Plaza < St. Regis < Grand Hyatt < JW Marriot
* These are more of a centralized location: Canopy by Hilton
ADDENDUM:
From these, taking the top 5 by rating...
* Diaoyutai - the most expensive option of the list, also next to 成都博物馆
* JW Marriott
* St. Regis
* Crown Plaza bookings.com
* Canopy by Hilton bookings.com - also next to 成都博物馆新馆
Then looking at metro lines (not sure how accurate/current this is)
地铁1号线: 成都站 天府广场 (传18号线) 天府机场TFU
地铁2号线: 一品天下(传7号) 宽窄巷子(通惠门) 天府广场 春熙路 成都东站
地铁3号线: 熊猫基地西&南门 春熙路 武侯祠(高升桥)
地铁4号线: 文化宫(传7号) 杜甫草堂(草堂北路) 宽窄巷子
地铁7号线: (传2号) 金沙博物馆 (传4号) 成都东站
地铁3号线 -> 传10号线: 双流机场CTU
Seems like the hubs are located around 天府广场 for travel convenience or 春熙路 for tourism convenience.
Leaning more towards Canopy Hilton... Seems like the plan could go like this:
Hotel --L2-- 春熙路 (breakfast) --L3-- 熊猫基地 --L3-- 春熙路 (dinner) --L2-- Hotel
Hotel --L2-- 宽窄巷子 (breakfast) --L2L7-- 金沙博物馆 --L7L4 -- 奎星楼街(宽窄巷子) (dinner) --L2-- Hotel
Hotel --L1L3 -- 武侯祠 (breakfast/lunch) -- taxi? -- 杜甫草堂 --L4-- 宽窄巷子 (dinner) -- Hotel
ADDENDUM2:
Found a site that offers a 1 day tour for Dujiangyan. Not sure if this is current. Also have DIY instructions on how to get to dujiangyan.
Seems tripadvisor also has something similar for DJY.
They also have a 5 day tour for Jiuzhaigou but that's too long. But another page indicates there's a sightseeing bus available, so it might be DIY-able.
- Guide on how to get there
Different package for Leshan. 1 day, 2 days + Emei
Found a 3 day package for JZG+Huanglong. But not sure how reliable this is...
E-mei
Sightseeing bus lines also has these destinations...
- 青羊宫
- 文殊院
- 东安湖
- 青城山 (separate from 都江堰)
- 峨眉山
- 安仁古镇
1. 熊猫基地 - must visit for me, my parents don't care about it
2. 武侯祠 - I am interested, parents are meh
3. 杜甫草堂 - I am somewhat interested, but optional
4. 三星堆 - must visit for my dad
5. 金沙遗址 - must visit for my dad
6. 都江堰 - mom wants to visit, I am more interested in 二郎庙 (二王庙), dad will go
7. 九寨沟 - mom wants to visit, I am meh
8. 黄龙 - mom wants to visit, I am meh
So I looked around pedestrian/eatery streets found the following...
锦里古街 / Jinli pedestrian street
宽窄巷子 / Kuanzhai Alley + 奎星楼街 (right north of it)
春熙路 / Chunxi pedestrian street
安顺廊桥 / Anshun Bridge (night scene)
Plotted out a few places out on the map.
Skipped 九寨沟 since that scenic spot is too large to nail down. Also, the more scenic places are more my mom's cup of tea than mine. Not too much interested in going out that far for it, honestly...
Chengdu has 2 airports. But I ruled out the CTU airport as it doesn't have convenient flights to Shanghai whereas TFU does, so for departure on the 17th, it's probably better to just look at TFU.
For hotels, I did a search on trip advisor, based on the theory that if foreign visitors gave recent reviews for a place, it's gotta be accepting foreign guests, yeah?
* Shangri-la is rated highest and close to Anshun Bridge, but also seems to be the most expensive. Pass.
* These are next to Kuanzhai Alley by rating: Diaoyutai > Wren Culture
* These are close to Chunxi by distance: Crowne Plaza < St. Regis < Grand Hyatt < JW Marriot
* These are more of a centralized location: Canopy by Hilton
ADDENDUM:
From these, taking the top 5 by rating...
* Diaoyutai - the most expensive option of the list, also next to 成都博物馆
* JW Marriott
* St. Regis
* Crown Plaza bookings.com
* Canopy by Hilton bookings.com - also next to 成都博物馆新馆
Then looking at metro lines (not sure how accurate/current this is)
地铁1号线: 成都站 天府广场 (传18号线) 天府机场TFU
地铁2号线: 一品天下(传7号) 宽窄巷子(通惠门) 天府广场 春熙路 成都东站
地铁3号线: 熊猫基地西&南门 春熙路 武侯祠(高升桥)
地铁4号线: 文化宫(传7号) 杜甫草堂(草堂北路) 宽窄巷子
地铁7号线: (传2号) 金沙博物馆 (传4号) 成都东站
地铁3号线 -> 传10号线: 双流机场CTU
Seems like the hubs are located around 天府广场 for travel convenience or 春熙路 for tourism convenience.
Leaning more towards Canopy Hilton... Seems like the plan could go like this:
Hotel --L2-- 春熙路 (breakfast) --L3-- 熊猫基地 --L3-- 春熙路 (dinner) --L2-- Hotel
Hotel --L2-- 宽窄巷子 (breakfast) --L2L7-- 金沙博物馆 --L7L4 -- 奎星楼街(宽窄巷子) (dinner) --L2-- Hotel
Hotel --L1L3 -- 武侯祠 (breakfast/lunch) -- taxi? -- 杜甫草堂 --L4-- 宽窄巷子 (dinner) -- Hotel
ADDENDUM2:
Found a site that offers a 1 day tour for Dujiangyan. Not sure if this is current. Also have DIY instructions on how to get to dujiangyan.
Seems tripadvisor also has something similar for DJY.
They also have a 5 day tour for Jiuzhaigou but that's too long. But another page indicates there's a sightseeing bus available, so it might be DIY-able.
- Guide on how to get there
Different package for Leshan. 1 day, 2 days + Emei
Found a 3 day package for JZG+Huanglong. But not sure how reliable this is...
E-mei
Sightseeing bus lines also has these destinations...
- 青羊宫
- 文殊院
- 东安湖
- 青城山 (separate from 都江堰)
- 峨眉山
- 安仁古镇
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Date: 2024-02-18 01:34 am (UTC)Beijing taxi from PEK (the closer airport) to where I am (which is more like city outskirts) is around 150RMB-ish? I think. That's basically with minimal traffic and pretty average distance, I would say. (Basically the route goes from North-East corner to North-West corner.) A lot of the fare rate depends on how shitty traffic is, especially once you get into inner city. From city center, I think it'd easily run over 200RMB.
Edit: I noticed you said you're thinking about 成都西站, are you coming out via 无锡？Because from what I have seen the other cities all arrive in 成都东站.
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Date: 2024-02-18 04:11 am (UTC)Hm, taxi is last resort I guess.
My dad finds the Hilton price too expensive. The Crowne price range is more acceptable to him. That's the one on Chunxi Rd, which seems like it is also a hub for tour buses. If there's one that goes out to the airport, then that might be a better location than Hilton then...