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Huangshan Tour

In 1987, Huangshan City was established with its administration area in the old town of Tunxi. The City of Huangshan is named after Mt. Huangshan (黄山 Yellow Mountain) under its jurisdiction, about 80km north of Tunxi. "Huangshan" is locally referred either as the City of Huangshan or Huangshan Mountain.

Huangshan Mountain is famed for its beautiful landscape - Staggering sunrise and sunset, fantastically shaped granite peaks, the gnarled forms of ubiquitous Huangshan pine trees, and the other-worldly sea of the clouds. Also much of Mount Huang's reputation derives from its significance in Chinese art, literature and profound cultural resources.

Located in the southern part of Anhui Province, Mount Huangshan extends across - Shexian, Yixian, Taiping and Xiuning. "Huangshan" literally means " Yellow Mountain". The name is commonly thought to have been coined in honor of Huang Di (the Yellow Emperor), a legendary Chinese emperor and the mythological ancestor of the Han Chinese.

The World Heritage Committee of UNESCO inscribed Mt.Huangshan on the list of Natural and Cultural Heritage on the World in 1990. The nearby villages of Hongcun and Xidi were also named part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000. In 2002, Mount Huang was named the "sister mountain" of Jungfrau in the Swiss Alps.

Today it holds the same fascination for visitors, poets, painters and photographers who come on pilgrimage to the site, which is renowned for its magnificent scenery made up of many granite peaks and rocks emerging out of a sea of clouds. It is said that you won't want to visit any other mountains after seeing Wu Yue ( the collective name given to China's most important mountains), but you won't wish to see even Wu Yue after returning from Huangshan Mountain.

Huangshan Tourist Sketch Map

Huangshan China tour packages

3 Day Huangshan & Hongcun Village Tour	from US$330 p/p
Attractions: Huangshan Scenic Area - Brush Pen Peak, Beginning-to-Believe Peak, Grand Canyon, Cloud Dispelling Pavilion, and Tunxi old street; Meals: 2 Chinese lunches and 3 dinners Service: Private tour guide + private vehicle + entrance fees + meals as listed; Hotel: 2-night stay with daily breakfast	Tour Code: YMPT-01

4 Day Huangshan & Hongcun Village Tour	from US$380 p/p
Attractions: Huangshan Scenic Area - Brush Pen Peak, Begin-to-Believe Peak,  Cloud Dispelling Pavilion, Flying-over Rock, the Brightness Peak; Tunxi old street; Hongcun Village Meals: Enjoy 3 Chinese lunches and 4 dinners; Service: Private tour guide + private vehicle + entrance fees + meals as listed; Hotel: 3-night stay with daily breakfast	Tour Code: YMPT-02

Beijing Huangshan Hongcun 3 Day Round Trip by Flight	from US$860 p/p
Beijing Huangshan Trip - Three Days Trip Attractions: Huangshan Scenic Area - Brush Pen Peak, Begin-to-Believe Peak, Cloud Dispelling Pavilion, Grand Canyon; Tunxi old street; Hongcun Village Tour Type: A private tour for your family or your friends exclusively Departure: Choose your own date Hotel: 2-night stay with daily breakfast	Tour Code: YMPT-03

Shanghai Huangshan Hongcun 3 Day Round Trip by Flight	from US$640 p/p
Shanghai Huangshan Trip - Three Days Tour Attractions: Huangshan Scenic Area - Brush Pen Peak, Begin-to-Believe Peak, Cloud Dispelling Pavilion, Grand Canyon; Tunxi old street; Hongcun Village Tour Type: A private tour for your family or your friends exclusively Departure: Choose your own date Hotel: 2-night stay with daily breakfast	Tour Code: YMPT-04

Hangzhou Huangshan Hongcun 3 Day by Coach	from US$410 p/p
Hangzhou Huangshan Round Trip - Three Days Tour Attractions: Huangshan Scenic Area - Brush Pen Peak, Begin-to-Believe Peak, Cloud Dispelling Pavilion, Grand Canyon; Tunxi old street; Hongcun Village Tour Type: A private tour for your family or your friends exclusively Departure: Choose your own date Hotel: 2-night stay with daily breakfast	Tour Code: YMPT-05

Guangzhou Huangshan Hongcun 3 Day Round by Flight	from US$810 p/p
Guangzhou Huangshan Round Trip - Three Days Tour Attractions: Huangshan Scenic Area - Brush Pen Peak, Begin-to-Believe Peak, Cloud Dispelling Pavilion, Grand Canyon; Tunxi old street; Hongcun Village Tour Type: A private tour for your family or your friends exclusively Departure: Choose your own date Hotel: 2-night stay with daily breakfast	Tour Code: YMPT-06

Beijing Huangshan Hongcun Shanghai 9 Day Tour	from US$1210 p/p
Tour Type: A private tour for your family or your friends exclusively Departure: Choose your own date Service: Private transfer + private car or van + hotels + private local tour guides + entrance fees + Meals as listed + intercity transportation Hotel: 7-night stay with daily breakfast	Tour Code: YMPT-07

Beijing Huangshan Hongcun Hangzhou Shanghai 11 Day Tour	from US$1240 p/p
Tour Type: A private tour for your family or your friends exclusively Departure: Choose your own date Service: Private transfer + private car or van ( or coach ) + hotels + private local tour guides + entrance fees + Meals as listed + intercity transportation Hotel: 9-night stay with daily breakfast	Tour Code: YMPT-08

Beijing Xian Hangzhou Huangshan Hongcun Shanghai 13 Day Tour	from US$1700 p/p
Tour Type: A private tour for your family or your friends exclusively Departure: Choose your own date Service: Private transfer + private car or van ( or coach ) + hotels + private local tour guides + entrance fees + Meals as listed + intercity transportation Hotel: 12-night stay with daily breakfast	Tour Code: YMPT-09

Huangshan travel information

Huangshan (Tunxi) Train Routes
Train from Beijing: K45 20 hours (11:30 - Next morning 07:33) Hard sleeper: RMB323 Soft sleeper: RMB511
Train from Shanghai: K8418/8419 13 hours (17:45 - next morning 06:55) Hard Sleeper RMB 169 Soft Sleeper 264
Train from Nanjing: K25 6 hours (15:30 - 21:24) Hard sleeper RMB105 Soft sleeper RMB159
Train from Guangzhou: K222/223 19 hours (09:10 - next morning 03:48) Hard Sleeper RMB308 Soft Sleeper RMB486
Train from Xiamen: K2522 23 hours (21:15 - next day 19:44) Hard Sleeper RMB 217 Soft Sleeper RMB 350

Huangshan (Tunxi) Flight Routes
Flights from Beijing: daily two flights, 2 hours, full airfare RMB 1090
Flight from Shanghai: daily flight, 1 hour and 5 minutes, full price RMB 580
Flight from Guangzhou: daily flight, 1 hour and 40 minutes, full price RMB 960

Travel Overland to Huangshan (Tunxi)
There are Expressways linking Huangshan (Tunxi) to Hangzhou, Shanghai, Nanjing and Hefei.
The long distance buses running to the following places:
Hangzhou: 3 hours
Shanghai: 6 hours
Hefei: 6 hours
Jiuhuashan: 4 hours
Shexian: 45 minutes
Yixian: 1 and half hours

Where to visit
1 Tunxi （屯溪）:
Laojie (Old Street), a souvenir street lined with ooden shops and Ming-style Huizhou buildings. Wancuilou on the Laojie offers an in-depth look at Huizhou architecture, furniture and antiques.
2.Huangshan Mountain（黄山）: Beginning to Believe Peak, Flower Blooming on a Brush Tip, Purple Cloud Peak, Flying Rock,Bright Summit Peak, Aoyu Peak, Lotus Flower Peak, Lianrui Peak and Heavenly Capital Peak.
3.Yixian （黟县）：
Yixian is well known for its two outstanding Ming and Qing Dynasties villages - Xidi and Hongcun (World Heritage). You can easily go to Yixian either from Tangkou Town or Tunxi.
Xidi: typical of the elegant Huizhou style buildings with its 124 vernacular houses.
Hongun: 10km northeast of Yixian County, the village is dated back to southern Song Dynasty, a world cultural hertiage.
4.Shexian （歙县）
25km east of Tunxi, a day trip possoble from Tunxi. the town is a grand center of Huizhou culture.

Where to stay
Visitors to Huangshan usually have several places for their short stay.
Stay at Tunxi(屯溪）: Tunxi is a springboard for visiting Huangshan Mountain, Yixian and Shexian
1. Huangshan International Hotel(5*): 31 Huashan Road, Tunxi, Huangshan, China Tel: 0559-2565678
2. Xiang Ming Hotel (5*): Yingbing Road 2, Tunxi District,Huangshan Tel: 0559-2579999　
3. Huangshan Golf Hotel(5*): 0559-2568000
3. Huangshan Old Street Hotel: 0559-2339188,2534466
4. Tiandu International Hotel: 0559-2588888
5. Ancient Town Youth Hostel：0559-2522088
Stay at Tangkou Town（汤口）: Tangkou is on the way from Tunxi to Huangshan, the nearest town to Huangshan Mountain
1. Sinotrans Huangshan Jianguo Hotel: 0559-5586688
2. Zhongrui Huayi Hotel: 0559-5566888
3. Huangshan Pine Ridge Lodge: 0559-556338
4. Huangshan Tangkou Hotel: 0559-5563366
Stay at Hotspring area（温泉区）: at the foot of south Huanghshan
1. Huangshan Resort & Spa: 0559-5585103
2. Taioyuan: 0559-5562666
Stay at Yungu area(Yungu cable car- 云谷): at the foot of east Huangshan
1. Yungu Hotel: 0559-5586444
Stay at Summit（山顶）: On the top of Huangshan
1. Beihai Hotel: 0559-5582555
2. Paiyunlou Hotel: 0559-5581558
3. Huangshan Shilin Hotel: 0559-5584040
4. Xihai Hotel: 0559-5588888
5. Yupinglou Hotel: 0559-5582288

Where to dine
The flavor of cuisines in Huangshan features strong Hui taste, which has a history of more than a hundred years. Hui, is one of the eight major cuisines of China.

Laojie in Tunxi is the best hangout for lunch and dinner. At the entrance to Laojie, there is a bustling two-storey restautant traditonal Chinese lanterns offer the yummy local food satisfying customers. The foods include Huntun (wontons), Jiaozi (dumplings), noodles, hotpot, Baozi(steamed buns stuffed with meat or vegetable), etc. Another important food area is so called Food Street (Meishijie) which is found on Qianyuan Nanlu near the junction with Xinyua Lu. The street is lined with a spectrum of restaurants specialised in Hui cuisines.

What to buy
Huangshan can boast of varieties of locally made goods constantly on display looking for buyers, such as Huangshan Tea. The four treasures of the study, Hui (Huizhou) Ink and She (Shexian) Inkstone are among the top shopping list.

Folk arts including brick carving, stone carving, wood carving and bamboo carving, also the miniature gardens of Hui style and the jumped-up bamboo articles and furniture are all characterized with and decorated with local art flavor. Laojie (Old Street) is the best place to select your souvenirs from Huanghshan.

How to enjoy nightlife
Little nightlife found on the summit of Huangshan except watching TV and surfing on internet if you take your laptop. The exotic bars, pubs and karaoke are common both in Tunxi and Tangkou. Kindly reminder: there are some pubs and KTV owners are engaged sex trades using young girls as baits for dirty money. Just keep away from them!

Drinking tea has been an indispensable part of daily life in Mt, Huangshan and visiting a tea house should be an essential part of your visit. You can go to the theater, maybe you will be interested in its silvery aria.

Get around
Huangshan city center (Tunxi) is walkable. If you feel tired, taking a rickshaw is a good choice. Rickshaws are everywhere - by the hotels, on the streets, near the train and bus stations. Don't forget bargain with the drivers. Most of the pedicab rides within Tunxi cost between 5 and 10 yuan. Check Huangshan Expressway for more information.

At the time of my writing, Huangshan has currently 376 registered taxis. As for a popular but small tourist city, the number of taxi is enough for the market. Huangshan Taxi Fares: flat fee of RMB5 covers the first 3km; RMB1.5 with each additional km.

Huangshan International Airport
Huangshan Airport, also called Tunix Airport, is only 7kms from the city center. The airport links the airlines to Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai, etc.
Tel: 0559- 2934160 2934111
Add: Huashan Lu 23, Tunxi, Huangshan

Transport From Airport to Tunxi:
Bus No.18 and Bus No.19 shuttle between the airport and Tunxi from 7:00am-17:30pm.
There is taxi service at the first floor of the airline terminal. It will take you 10-15 yuan from the Airport to Tunxi by taxi.

Transport from Airport to Huangshan Mountain
Firstly take bus or taxi to Tunxi Long-distance Bus Station, then go to Tangkou Town where change for special green bus for Huangshan Moutain.

Huangshan Train Station & Long-distance Bus Station
Huangshan Railway Station is in Tunxi, connecting the trains to the major cities of China like Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.
Train Enquiry Phone: 0559-2116222 2117031
Tunxi Long-distance Station is in front of the railway station, then it is really convenient to go to Huangshan Mountain by coach.
The taxi rate is about RMB 100-120 from Railway Station to Huangshan Mountain. Check Huangshan Taxi.
Bus enquiry phone: 0559-2566666

Tangkou Bus Station is at the foot of Huangshan, opening long-distance bus to Shanghai, Jiangxi, Jiangsu and so on.
There is another bus station near the New National Line Change Center, Huangshan Scenic Area Center. There are nonstops to some cities of China such as Shanghai, Huangshan etc.

Huangshan Travel Tips
1. The best time to visit Huangshan
Generally speaking, there is no bad time to visit Huangshan Mountain. Different seasons offer distinctly different views. Use this travel guide to help you make a smart choice about when to visit Huangshan Mountain. Check out When is the best time to visit Huangshan.
2. Health & safety
1)Huangshan People's Hospital: This hospital is one of the best option if you need meidical service. Add: 4 Liyua Lu, Tunxi Phone: 0559-2517036
2)Huangshan People'Second Hospital: 0559-2577834，2576078
3.Fast Facts
1) Huangshan Tourism Adminitration: 0559-8500235
2) Bank of China Tunxi office: 158 Laojie (Old Street), Tunxi (9am-5pm Mon-Fri, 10.30am-3.30pm Sat & Sun)
3) Post Office: The main post office is 39 Qianyuan South Road, Huangshan ( (9am-6:00pm Mon-Fri) 0559-2319003
4) PSB in Tunxi: 77 Yanan Road, Tunxi 0559-2512929

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