Tour Code: LZ02
- Lanzhou City Tour
The first day's tour will lead travelers to visit the Wuquan (Five Springs) Mountain Park, the Baita (White Pagoda) Mountain Park, Zhongshan Bridge, the sculpture on the bund of Yellow River, Mill Wheel Garden and the Gansu Provincial Museum.
Waterwheel Garden, LanzhouLanzhou is a modern city with transportation to be easily accessed. A taxi here charges CNY7.00 for the first three kilometers, and CNY1.20 for each extra kilometer.
Wuquan Mountain Park with an altitude of 1600 meters is located on the north part of Gaolan Mountain. It comes to front because of its five springs and the Buddhist architectures. (Admission fee: CNY6.00 net per person; Contact number for tourist service: 0931-8360800) Baita Mountain Park (Admission fee: CNY6.00 net per person) is located on No. 77, Wuquan South Road and the Zhongshan Bridge is just on the foot of it. The bund of the Yellow River is free for the public, where there are the famous sculpture of the mother river and the Mill Wheel Garden (Admission fee: CNY10.00 net per person). Gansu Provincial Museum, the last destination on the first day, is situated on Xijin West Road, Qilihe District and can be reached by bus No. 1, 31 or 56. (Admission fee: CNY20.00 net per person; Contact number for tourist service: 0931-2334106)
Recommended hotels:
Lanzhou Hotel
(4 star; Address: No. 486 Donggang West Road; Telephone number: 0931-8416321)
New Century Hotel
(3star; Address: No. 109-1 East Road of Railway Station; Telephone number: 0931-8615888)
Friendship Hotel
(with garden style; Address: No. 16 Xijin West Road Qilihe District; Telephone number: 0931-2689999)
Rafting on the Yellow RiverThe suggested tourist sites for the second day are Renshou Mountain Park, Lanzhou Earthquake Museum, Xiguan Mosque and Baiyi Pagoda.
Renshou Mountain Park is situated on the north part of Liujiabu Village and can be accessed by bus No. 103. The park occupies an area of around 147 acres with an altitude of 2057 meters. And there is a Peach Blossom Festival in spring. Lanzhou Earthquake Museum (Address: No. 438 Anning West Road) is just at the back side of Lanzhou Jiaotong University. Occupied an area of 3500 square kilometers, the museum consists of seven chambers including Earthquake Information Fresco Chamber, Historical Materials Chamber, Mud Sculpture Chamber, Acoustics and Vides Chamber, Earthquake Apparatus Chamber, Calligraphy and Painting Chamber as well as the Courage Chamber. In the afternoon, go on the journey to Xiguan Mosque, which is on the east section of Jiefang Square, Chengguan District. The majestic mosque with Islamic style was built in Ming Dynasty and rebuilt in 1990. (Admission fee: CNY10.00 net per person) Finish the memorable tour after visiting the Baiyi Pagoda which stands in the Baiyi Temple and can be reached by bus No. 1, 6 or 143.


Questions & Reviews
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May. 27,2009 20:51 Reply
Ms.ELL(Malaysia) said:
Want to ask something...
i''m a little bit confused here...
is there any masjid in lanzhou name Xiguan Mosque and where shananxi great mosque actually located?
i''ve got shananxi mosque but when i google it, it appears shaanxi mosque.
the same goes with xiguan mosque. once i google it, it appeared xiguan mosque but in yinchuan.