Huangshan

BC-HS01 : 11 Days Huangshan City - Xidi Village - Mt. Huangshan - Taiping Town - Mt. Jiuhuashan - Hefei

  

Upon arrive in downtown Huangshan, you can have a leisurely and short biking around city to have a short break for meal and get prepared for your next destination. You are suggested to stay near to the hotel named "My family" near to the railway station. Its room rate is 40 yuan per with double occupancy, and 10 yuan will be charged for the air conditioner. And you can hide directly to pass through three road crossing, and have meal in the "Zhongshi Snack" restaurant with 10 - 20 yuan. Stay overnight there.
 

The second morning, you can start from the main road in Huangshan city - Huangshan West Road and starting bicycling towards the east. Your destination Shexian is 27 kilometers away. There are road signs along the way, so just follow it. When you arrive at the traffic circle (Dazhuanpan), you can notice the road sign, which indicates the Miku of Huashan. Follow its direction and biking about 5 kilometers and turn right to go on biking 3 kilometers, you will arrive at Huashanmiku. The entrance fare is 70 yuan. You can have a rest there and enjoy its views. After that, retrace your steps back to the main road. Keep on your bicycle trip; you will pass the Yansi town in Huizhou district. After moving 6 kilometers, you will arrive at a crossing, turn to the left and move on 3 kilometers, you will reach the Tangyue torii, which you should not miss. The ticket fare is 80 yuan. By then, it is 11 kilometers from Shexian. After one hour's biking, you can get to Shexian. Find a place to have meal. Then you can visit Xuguo Stone Lane and Doushan street, etc. Turn back to Tunxi, which is in the downtown. Find the comfortable Rujia small hotel near to the Tunxi old street to stay for an overnight. Its room rate is just 40 yuan per room per night. (Tel: 0559-2120196)
 

The third day, set off from the Tunxi old street and along the No. 326 national road, which is from Xiuningxian to Yixian. En route, when you pass the Wan An town in Xiuning country, it shows that you have ridden through 20 kilometers journey. You can have a stopover and take some pictures of the rural scenery, have a rest at Wan An town for lunch at Yuhe restaurant. Later, move on to Yixian and you will pass through Qiyuan town on the way. The road in Yixian is full of bumps and holes and very uneven. Riding 8 kilometers, you can get to the Xidi village. The entrance fee is 80 yuan. You can enjoy the house and decoration remained during the reign of Emperor Kang Xi of the Qing Dynasty. (1661-1722 A.D.). Most of the houses or goods are alike the ones in the Qing Dynasty (1368-1911 A.D.)Today you ride about 54 kilometers. Return back to Yixian and stay for an overnight.
 

The fourth day, set out from the Yixian and ride toward the east-northern direction, you will reach your aim - Hong village. Its entrance charge is 80 yuan. You can enjoy the view and stroll around there to the top of one's bent. You are suggested to stay at Huxin Mansion Inn for one night there, since it is a good view form the upstairs there. The accommodation fare is 40 yuan per night and the dinner is 20-40 yuan per person.

The fifth day, along the S103 national way, you can ride to Huangshan landscape. The entrance charge is 220 yuan excluding the fare of ropeway. If you would like to take it, the charge is 81 yuan for one-way. Please do prepare some food along with you before you enter the landscape, since it will be much higher on the top of the mountain. Cherish every tree and every blade of grass in the mountain. Enjoy the great view from the mountain and you can encamp in front of Beihai hotel or find a wide place in Tianhai to encamp.

The sixth day, please get up early enough to enjoy the spectacular sunrise. After you go down the mountain, move towards the west, you will ride about 2 hours (50 kilometers) to the grand bridge of Taiping Lake. En route, you can pass Xinfeng, Xinhua and Guangyang towns. You are advised to have a stopover at Xinfeng town and have meals. During this journey, you will ride along the Taiping lake. During the way from Huangshan landscape area to the grand bridge of Taiping Lake, you will pass the scenery along the lake for about 30 kilometers. You can encamp at the bank of the Taiping lake after you arrive at the Taiping bridge.

The seventh day, carry on cycling to Jiuhua Mountain along the S-103 national road. Since it is a long way to go today, you may ride about 50 kilometers to reach at Lingyang town. There you can have a rest and meal there. After have a short stay there, you can go on cycling to Jiuhua Mountain, after another 50 kilometers, you will reach Qingyang country. Find a place to stay for
an overnight. 

The eighth day, head for Jiuhua Mountain with 50 kilometers' cycling. The entrance fare is 140.00 yuan, which contains the transfer fare of the gate to Jiuhua Street, then to Fenghuangsong and the return back. You may hike to fully enjoy the scenery. You can stay one night at the temple in Tiantai mountain and have the food given to Buddhist monks as alms. It just costs you 25 yuan.

The ninth day, after seeing the sunrise from the Tiantai mountain, you are advised to take enough water along with you before you go down the mountain by foot, for no water is available along the way. There will be many views worth your stop for taking pictures. After you get down the mountain as while as play, you can buy the bus ticket form Jiuhuashan ticket office to Hefei in the landscape tickets ride to the Jiuhuashan station near to the landscape for the accommodation. You can stay at Jiulong hotel, whose room rate is 80-100 yuan per triangle-room (containing 3 beds).

The tenth day, you can take the coach to Hefei at Jiuhuashan bus station and the bus fare is around 50 yuan. It takes 4 hours for you to arrive in Hefei. After you arrive in Hefei, you can bike around the city and cycling to the Shushan landscape area, which is located at the west direction of the Hefei city. Stay an overnight in Hefei city.

The last day, you can go for the Xiaoyaojin, which is suited at the No. 16 of Shouchun road, the northeast corner in Hefei. It had been the battlefield in the ancient days, but now it is the public park. And another sight you may visit is Minjiao temple, which is in the south of Xiaoyaojin and it is the well-known temple in China. After you visit them, then make your own plan to leave Hefei. The trip ends.