Guangxi Province Travel Guide

Guilin is a beautiful place to visit. The best season "offically" is Apr to May, but I advice you to go on Mid-Feb. and Mar. Those are the times when it is already warm enough to sit outside. The most popular place you can visit is the west street in the town called Yong Shuo. There are bars, and small faminly hotels that you can hangout to. You have great chances to meet new friends just go and sit in a bar. If you are a fan of outdoor climbing, Yongshuo is also really famouse with the natural mountain climbs. Find yourself a local guide, do hinking trip around Lijiang river, visit the local valiges, you are going to experince the most beautiful, truly Chinese scenaries. Once you got to Yangshuo, you should rent a bike for the day. It's really cheap, almost cost you nothing, and yet you go anywhere you like fast enough with it. You don't want to go by car because you need to enjoy.

Never, ever go during the three "Golden Weeks （黄金周）", that is in the week of May 1st, in the week of 1st October and in the week of the Spring Festival (春节）, otherwise you'll meet plenty of nasty Chinese tourists and high rates. We arrived on April 29th and stayed until May 1st and just left when the big wave of tourists came. There are some hotels just beside the ocean and we stayed in a pretty good one (which might have changed yet). If you don't go during those three holidays, you might even get a discount (we got half the price...). Don't stay in the city center. We had a look at a hotel just near the train station and it was pretty awful, with rats running around in the toilet.

White Lion Hotel

We checked around a number of other hotels on West Street and decided that White Lion offered the best in terms of style and comfort... The rooms have air con, tv, good quality beds and bedding, and the interior decor is appealing... It's expensive in the high season, but worth it...

One note: the hotel uses solar energy so shower temperature is not always reliable...

Phone: 086-773-8827778
Address: 103 West Street
Website: www.whitelionchina.com