Hezhou Travel Guide

Basic information Area code: 0774 Travel complaints: 0774-5297777 Travel information There are many caves in Guangxi. For safety reasons, undeveloped caverns should not enter the cave. Pay attention to personal safety when playing near the waters or in the mountains. […]

Basic information

Area code: 0774
Travel complaints: 0774-5297777

Travel information

• There are many caves in Guangxi. For safety reasons, undeveloped caverns should not enter the cave.
• Pay attention to personal safety when playing near the waters or in the mountains. Don’t trespass areas that are not open.

Medical treatment

Hezhou City People’s Hospital
Address: No. 116, Xiyu Street, Babu District, Hezhou City
How to get there: Bus No.6 and No.7 walk 300 meters away from Hezhou University East
Tel: 0774-5278120

Destination overview

Destination sketch

Hezhou is in the far eastern part of Guangxi surrounded by forest. The prefecture has a population of 2 million of which 200,000 lives in the city itself. The city is populated by a number of ethnic minorities, including the Zhuang people. Hezhou is an important Regional transportation hub.
Hezhou has a history of more than 2,000 years. It offers cultural and historical sites as well as natural scenery and national minority culture.

Best Travel season

Hezhou enjoys a subtropical monsoon climate, and the weather is characterized by moderate temperature, sufficient sunshine and abundant rainfall. Its annual average temperature falls around 20°C (68°F). you can visit Hezhou all year round.

Consumption level

Hezhou’s consumption is not high, and the main consumption is mainly accommodation and transportation. A day’s consumption of 300-500 yuan can basically meet. If you choose to charter or rent a car, the cost will be higher.
Practical information

Hezhou Development Committee
Address: No. 1, Hezhou Avenue, Hezhou City, Guangxi
Tel: 0774-5291000, 5297777
Www.hezhou.gov.cn

Intercity traffic

Aircraft

Wuzhou changzhou Island Airport
Address: Airport Road, Wuzhou City, Guangxi Province
Arrival method: changzhou Island Airport is only 4 kilometers away from the urban area. You can take a taxi directly from the airport to the new wuzhou Bus Terminal and drive to Hezhou. The fare is about RMB 50.
Tel: 0774-3833222
Www.wuzairport.com

Guilin Liangjiang International Airport
Address: Lingui County Liangjiang International Airport, Guilin City, Guangxi Province
Arrival method: Take the Hezhou green car, there are two daily buses, respectively, at 12:00 and 15:00,
Starting at the airport, the fare is 100 yuan and the journey is about 3 hours. Tel: 0773-2845114
Www.airport-gl.com.cn

Train

Hezhou Railway Station
Address: Huangtian Town, North Side of Hezhou City
Arrival method: Bus No. 1, 9 and 11, Get off at Hezhou Railway Station Tel: 0774-5626392

Long-distance bus

Hezhou Bus Terminal
Address: Junction of Nanhuan Road and Guangming Avenue, Hezhou City How to get there: Bus 7, 8 and 11 can be reached
Words: 0774-5283263

Jinhui Yuzhou Coach Station
Address: No. 1, Hongling Road, Dieshan District, Wuzhou City (near to No.7 school)
Arrival method: Bus 12,13,24 can be reached
Tel: 0774-3857716

Traffic in the city

Bus

There are only a few bus lines in Hezhou City, mainly from No. 1 to No. 11 buses and Guposhan Forest Park.

Taxis

The starting price of taxis in Hezhou is 5 yuan/2 kilometers, with an additional fuel fee of 1 yuan, and charges of 1.8 yuan per kilometer after exceeding 2 kilometers.

Attractions

Guposhan National Forest Park

Lies 21 kilometers (13 miles) northeast of Babu District (the city proper). There are twenty peaks in the park which are higher than one thousand meters. Around the beautiful landscape of the forest park, there are stockaded villages of the Yao and Hakka Some of the boys and girls of the Yao minority. Will sing antiphonally around the lake. Usually, two-day stay is suggested and visitors and lodging in the hotels in the park.
Address: Guposhan Nature Reserve, Hezhou City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
Arrival method: Hezhou Babu Grand Hotel front door, there is a shuttle bus at 7:15, 8:15, 9:30 each, fare 7 yuan; return time is 15:00, 16:00, 17:00 three shuttles; Choose a taxi to the area, the fare is about 40 yuan
Opening hours: 8:00-17:00
Tickets: 125 yuan
Tel: 0774-5236888, 5236994

Huangyao Ancient Town

Huangyao Ancient Town, with a history of nearly 1,000 years, is located in the lower reaches of the Li River, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Hezhou and 200 kilometers (125 miles) from Guilin. In the 3.6-square-kilometer- Town (1.4 square miles), are scattered more than 300 folk houses, 20 temples and ancestral halls, and 10 pavilions and opera stages, mostly in the Ming (1368 – 1644) and Qing (1644 – 1911) Styles. The town has The main streets, stretching out in eight different directions, forming a giant “Eight Trigrams” from a bird’s eye view. The folk houses are situated mainly along Longpan Street and Zhongxing Street. Here all dwellings of the same family name are centered on their ancestral hall The other banks are commercial areas. The two banks of the Yaojiang River are the leisure and entertainment areas. Below are some major sites one should not miss when in Huangyao Ancient Town.
Address: About 40 km northeast of Heping County, Zhaoping County
Arrival method: Hezhou take a shuttle bus to Gongqiao, an hourly train, 13 yuan; or take a shuttle bus from Hezhou to Zhongshan, transfer to Huangya bus, fare 6 yuan
Opening hours: 7:30-18:00
Tickets: 100 yuan
Tel: 0774-6722001

Jade Forest

It is the only Chinese white marble geological park in China. Forest was formed during the Cambrian period more than 100 million years ago. Due to the long crustal movement and long-term karst erosion, together with the top weathering of the veins containing cassiterite, hematite, and quartz as the main components, it gradually developed into a karst landform.
Address: New Road Village, Huangtian Town, Hezhou City
Ticket: 90 yuan
Tel: 0774-5293185,5233922

Eighteen scenic spots

There are 18 scenic bays, 10 waterfalls and 18 rivers. The scenic area is densely forested, with clusters of waterfalls. The area has 92% of original forest coverage and a pleasant climate. It is the most prosperous natural oxygen bar in South China.
Address: Yanghua Chong, Luhua Village, Huangtian Town, Hezhou City
Opening hours: 8:00-18:00
Tickets: 86 yuan
Tel: 0774-5283798, 6558966

Hezhou Hot Spring Resort

Hezhou Hot Spring is located in the northeastern part of Hezhou, 20 km from Hezhou District and 9 km from Guposhan National Forest Park. It is a must pass from Hezhou to Guposhan National Forest Park – Luhua Village, Huangtian Town. Hezhou Hot Springs covers an area ofabout 600 acres, surrounded by green hills and waterfalls. It is a resort for leisure and holiday in the east of Guangxi.
Address: Luhua Village, Huangtian Town, Hezhou City
Arrival method: Take the Hezhou Hot Spring Bus Line and go from Hezhou Eight Steps to Hezhou Hot Spring Scenic Area via Huangtian Town – Xincun – Hezhou Hot Spring, 20 minutes by car, first class 6:00, final class 17:30, fare 2.5 yuan
Tickets: 75 yuan

Ziyun Cave

Located 4 kilometers southwest of Hezhou District, Ziyun Cave is one of the most recent sights in downtown Hezhou. Ziyun Cave Scenic Area is an independent Limestone Mountain cave on the Eight Step Basin. The cave was formed 190 million years ago. Due to geological fission, the original sea level rises to form a long-shaped stone mountain. The appearance of Shishan is about 100 meters high and it is about 800 meters long. Currently, the cave area is about 10,000 square meters, and the roads that have been developed and explored are only 1 km.
Address: Limu Village, Goosetang Town, Hezhou City How to get there: By car
Opening hours: March to October 8:00-20:00; November to next February 8:00-19:00 Tickets: 45 yuan
Tel: 0774-5665118
Www.hzzyxj.com

Attractions near Hezhou

Baiyun Mountain

Baiyunshan built a park in 1981 and was designated as the first batch of autonomous region-level scenic spots in 1988. The mountains have successively built Yunfeng Pavilion, Songyun Tower, Shuangqing Pavilion, Kite-platform, Banshan Pavilion, Guanqiu platform, and Songtao Tigers Sculpture and other facilities.
Address: Baiyun Road, Wanxiu District, Quzhou City
Arrival method: Bus No. 18 can be reached
Tel: 0774-4307590

Dragon Mother Temple

There are one dragon mother temple in Wuzhou, one in Deqingyue city in Guangdong, and one in Hong Kong Peng Chau. Dragon Mother Temple in Wuzhou is the most important dragon mother temple. Most believers are Hong Kong residents. They often gather a boat from Hong Kong. And follow the river and come to worship.
Address: No. 75, Guilin Road, Wanxiu District, Ganzhou City
Arrival method: There is a direct line car, or take the bus 1 to arrive
Opening hours: 7:30-17:30
Tickets: Usually 5 yuan, holiday 10 yuan
Tel: 0774-2826098Itinerary

Itinerary

Hezhou two days tour
DAY 1: Jade Forest – Guposhan National Forest Park – Hezhou Hot Spring
DAY 2: Huang Yao Ancient Town – Ziyun Cave

Food

Gonghui cattle intestine sauce
Fermented soybean chops
Paper Wrapped Chicken
Baked toufu

Accommodation

Hezhou city is not big, all kinds of accommodation can be easily found. Express hotel rates range from RMB 100 to RMB 150. Small hostels cost around RMB 70 to RMB 80 per night. There are also 300-500 RMB star hotels to choose from.

Shopping

Nanxiang black fungus
Three yellow chicken
Huangyao fermented soybean
Zhaoping Tea
Fanglin Horseshoe