Guilin
Liangjiang International Airport (KWL) is 26 km (16.2 miles)
from the city center. Over 50 airlines connect Guilin with domestic
cities as well as foreign counties such as Japan, Korea, Malaysia,
Singapore, Thailand, etc. In particular, airlines schedule several
flights daily to and from major cities like Beijing, Chongqing,
Guangzhou, Guiyang, Haikou, Hangzhou, Hong Kong, Kunming, Macau,
Nanjing, Nanning, Qingdao, Sanya, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Taiyuan, Wuhan,
Xian, Zhengzhou, Dalian, Shantou, Chengdu, Lanzhou, Tianjin, Jinan,
Wenzhou, Changsha, Fuzhou, and Zhuhai.
The airport shuttle bus runs between the airport
and the Aviation Building located at No.18 Shanghai Road at a cost
of CNY 20. The airport shuttle bus leaves for the center following
flight arrivals. It leaves for the airport every 30 minutes from
6:30 to 20:00. It costs about CNY 80 for taxi.
Ticket Office: Airport Terminal of Guilin Liangjiang
International Airport
By Train
Guilin Railway Station (South Station) is to the south of the city
center but is more conveniently situated than the North Station.
The two stations have some thirty trains each arriving and leaving
daily, as the city is the hub of the Nanling Mountain and central
China. The North Station is situated in the suburbs of the city
and has less convenient links with the center. Guilin's major trunk
routes link it with Anhui, Beijing, Chongqing, Fujian, Guangdong,
Guizhou, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi,
and Shanghai, Sichuan and Zhejiang. International trains from Beijing
to Hanoi, Vietnam, pass Guilin twice a week, so do the trains from
Hanoi to Beijing.
Tips: It is not easy to buy sleeper tickets at
the Guilin sales office, as the city is a mid-route stop rather
than a terminus. Therefore it is best to make reservations 5 days
in advance or even 10 days earlier during the golden weeks. The
booking service fee is between CNY 20 to 50 per ticket.
By Bus
Coaches link Guilin to surrounding cities like Yangshuo, Quanzhou,
Lipu, Longsheng, etc. There is an express high way from Guilin to
Liuzhou. Long-distance sleeper coaches run between provincial cities
like Beihai, Nanning, Wuzhou, Yulin, etc, and cities in the Pearl
River Delta such as Dongguan, Guangzhou, Jiangmen, Panyu, Shunde,
Zhongshan and Zhuhai, Puning, Shantou and Zhanjiang in Guangdong
Province, Changsha in Hunan Province, Wuhan in Hubei Province, Fuzhou
in Fujian Province and Sanya in Hainan Province and more.
There are three bus stations: the Chief Bus Station,
Chengnan Bus Station and Beimen Bus Station. The Chief Bus Station
is at No.427 Zhongshan Nan Road, 10 minutes' walk from the railway
station in the north. You can take No.1, 2, 3, 10, 11 Buses. Most
buses set off from this station to surrounding cities in Guangxi,
Guangdong and Hunan provinces.
By Water
Water conveyances from Guilin mainly along Xiangjiang River and
Li River lead to the ports of Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Macau.
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