COLO’s Traveler Guide: Guilin
Times listed are based on the timetable at the time of visit.
Day 1
Tokyo Haneda 0920 (All Nippon Airways ANA923) > Guangzhou 1350
Guangzhou Airport (Airport Transfer) > Guangzhou South Station
Guangzhou South 1757 (China Railway G2950) > Yangshuo 1946
Yangshuo Station (Hotel Transfer) > Hilton Garden Inn Guilin Yangshuo
Accommodation: Hilton Garden Inn Guilin Yangshuo
Day 1 Tips
・Guangzhou South Station is the train terminal station farthest from Guangzhou Airport. Taking the subway apparently takes about an hour and a half, so I arranged a shuttle.
Days 2-3
・Xianggong Mountain Scenic Area Sunrise
・Guilin River Cruise
・Raft Boat
Dinner:
・Yuelu Private Kitchen
・Yuanyuan Farmhouse Restaurant
Days 2-3 Tips
・After much consideration, I stayed in Xingping located between Guilin and Yangshuo. It features the scenery depicted on the 20-yuan note and offers enjoyable short river cruises.
・Xingping also has an old town. I found a liquor shop who sold rice-based baijiu (rice shochu). I purchased both bottle-aged and osmanthus-infused varieties. Unlike what sold in souvenir shops, these seemed to be small-batch productions and they were quite delicious.
Day 4
Hilton Garden Inn Guilin Yangshuo (Hotel Transfer) > Yangshuo Station
Yangshuo 08:24 (China Railway G2949) > Guangzhou South 10:23
Guangzhou South Station (Airport Transfer) > Guangzhou Airport
Guangzhou 15:05 (ANA924) > Tokyo Haneda 20:00