By Taxi
Chengdu has created hundreds of new taxi stands in its streets. The stands are approximately two meters (78.7 feet) high, with a green ginkgo leaf shaped board on a blue Y-shaped support. The signs are written in both Chinese and English.Taxi fare is CNY 5 for the first 3 kilometers and CNY 1.4 per every succeeding kilometer from 6:00 to 22:00. At night from 22:00 to 6:00 next morning, the taxi fee is CNY 6 for the first 3 kilometers and CNY 1.7 per every succeeding kilometer. Chengdu taxi drivers are said to be 'living maps'. They can give helpful suggestions on where to have dinner and to have fun in Chengdu.

By Bus
Chengdu's public bus services extend in all directions. You can get to most of places, especially sights inside the city, by bus. Common public buses charge CNY 1, while buses with air-conditioning charge CNY 2. Take small change as there are no conductors on many of the buses.

By Sight-seeing Bus

The newly-operated sight-seeing buses No.901 and No.902 are really good choices for touring the city. The routes cover most of the famous tourist attractions of Chengdu and are considered convenient by most tourists.

No.901 double-decker roofless sight-seeing bus departs every 30 minutes.
First Stop: New South Gate Tourist Distributing Center; operating hours: 8:30 - 18:00
Last Stop: Jinsha Site; operating hours: 9:45 - 18:30
Ticket Price: RMB10 allowing five admissions per day or RMB3 for only one boarding.
Route: New South Gate Tourist Distributing Center - Renming Road - Wuhou Memorial Temple - Qingyang Temple - Songxian Bridge - Thatched Cottage of Du Fu - Qingyang Avenue - Jinsha Site

No.902 sight-seeing bus departs every 15 minutes.
First Stop: New South Gate Tourist Distributing Center; operating hours: 8:00 - 16:30
Last Stop: Chengdu Panda Breeding and Research Center; operating hours: 9:30 - 18:00
Ticket Price: RMB2
Route: New South Gate Tourist Distributing Center - Yuefu Street - Caoshi Street - Wenshu Workshop - Jiefang Road - East Erxian - Bridge Road - Chenghua Avenue - Longtan Temple - Chengdu Panda Breeding and Research Center

The stewards on the sight-seeing buses will introduce the passing tourist attractions in both Chinese and English. In addition, there are multimedia systems of mobile TV sets, tourist film players, isochronous broadcasters with four foreign languages of English, French, Korean and Japanese, etc. to facilitate foreigners.

By Pedicab
Gathering within the First Ring Road, especially in the center of Chengdu, the pedicab has been a typical feature of the city. Drivers wear uniforms with identifying cards. The charge starts from CNY 5. You can bargain.

Rental
Despite traffic considerations, Chengdu welcomes private cars. Car rental is an option if you did not join a package tour.

Price: CNY 650 a day for a 12-seat microbus
CNY 1,000 a day for a 7-seat jeep
CNY 700 a day for a common car

And also you can employ a driver, about CNY 50 one person per day (8 hours).

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