Lijiang Transportation
Take a flight to Lijiang can be the best way while take a tourist bus cost much time yet the road zigzags among the mountains.
Lijiang Airport is located in the south of Lijiang city, 28 kilometers away from the downtown. It was opened in July, 1995. Now it has flights to Kunming, Xishuangbanna, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Guiyang. It also offers chartered airplane service. By the way, there are flights from Kunming to Lijiang every day and the trip is about 40 minutes' flight.
To get to the airport, you can take the airport shuttle bus in the Lijiang downtown. Of course you can take a taxi to the airport directly which may cost more.
Airport inquiring telephone number: 0888-5173081
Yes, you can take a bus from Kunming to Lijiang but it takes eight hours to take a non-stop bus from Kunming to Lijiang, the ticket price is about RMB 186 Yuan. While it takes three hours to take a bus from Dali to Lijiang, the price is RMB 50 Yuan.
It is one of the best ways to go sight-seeing on the down town by bike. You can hire a bike at No. 70, Xenia Street, the Red Sun Square and the Youth Hotel. The rent is about fifteen Yuan per day. But the service of bike for rent in the Youth Hotel is only for the guests who stay in the hotel .
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Lijiang Featured Tour Packages
Old Lijiang is a UNESCO listed site, which is well known for its sound preservation of ancient buildings and the distinctive Naxi culture.China Highlights offers a great variety of tour packages to explore this ancient city and around. Find below the most popular ones.
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