PreeChina · Sight Guide
9 sights within 253 km of Guilin. Pick the ones you want and PreeChina can build a private, custom or tailor-made tour around them.
At a Glance
Price
Per person, in US dollars. The price covers the guide, the ground service, and the transport, meals and tickets in the itinerary, and it falls as the group grows. What a price includes and leaves out.
| Travelers | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day trip | USD 305 | USD 220 | USD 185 | USD 175 | USD 160 | USD 155 | USD 145 | USD 135 |
Premium hotels and first-class rail raise the price: the selectors on Private Tours show by how much. The final price is confirmed in writing before anything is booked.
Why These Sights
9 ancient towns and villages sights lie within 253 km of central Guilin, from Daxu Ancient Town at 16 km to Xijiang Miao Village at 252 km. They are: Daxu Ancient Town, Xingping, Yongningzhou Old City, Linxi-Bajiang Scenic Area, Dong Villages Scenic Area, Zhaoxing Dong Village, Huangyao Ancient Town, Basha Miao Village, Xijiang Miao Village.
This page lists the sights and how far each one sits from the city centre. It does not set a length for the trip: your private itinerary decides which sights to combine, the order and the number of days.
The Guilin city guide covers the city itself.
Map
The gold marker is central Guilin. Numbers run from the closest sight to the farthest.
Sight by Sight
16 km from central Guilin, straight line
A Ming and Qing trading port on the Li River, with a long street of blue stone slabs.
46 km from central Guilin, straight line
An old town beside the Li River, with its old street and ferry landing still standing.
53 km from central Guilin, straight line
A Ming-dynasty stone-walled prefecture town, with its gates and walls still standing.
100 km from central Guilin, straight line
A district with a concentration of Dong village drum towers and wind-and-rain bridges.
118 km from central Guilin, straight line
The Huangdu Dong culture village area, with a cluster of drum towers and wind-and-rain bridges.
133 km from central Guilin, straight line
One of the largest Dong villages. It divides by clan into five groups, and each group built its own drum tower and wind-and-rain bridge, so the five drum towers all differ in form.
146 km from central Guilin, straight line
A Ming and Qing stone-slab street town, with banyan trees, old bridges and ancestral halls along the stream, all well preserved.
152 km from central Guilin, straight line
Men wear a topknot and a waist knife and keep the tradition of carrying guns, which makes it a rare gun-carrying village in China. Villagers shave heads with sickles, plant a tree for each newborn, and cut that tree to make the coffin after death, with no gravestone.
252 km from central Guilin, straight line
Described as the largest Miao settlement in China: more than 1,200 households across a dozen hillside villages that have grown together. Stilt houses stack up both slopes, and the view across at night is what people come for.
Distances
| # | Sight | Type | Straight line |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daxu Ancient Town | Ancient Town | 16 km |
| 2 | Xingping | Ancient Town | 46 km |
| 3 | Yongningzhou Old City | Ancient City | 53 km |
| 4 | Linxi-Bajiang Scenic Area | Ethnic Village | 100 km |
| 5 | Dong Villages Scenic Area | Ethnic Village | 118 km |
| 6 | Zhaoxing Dong Village | Ethnic Village | 133 km |
| 7 | Huangyao Ancient Town | Ancient Town | 146 km |
| 8 | Basha Miao Village | Ethnic Village | 152 km |
| 9 | Xijiang Miao Village | Park | 252 km |
Straight-line distances from the centre of Guilin. Road and rail distances are longer.
Independent Travel
Arranging these 9 stops yourself keeps the budget lower. It also means booking each one and the transfers between them. Compare a private tour with independent travel, or ask PreeChina to plan it.
Custom Tour
This route is a starting point: 1 day and 9 stops. PreeChina plans it as a private, tailor-made trip and changes the stops, the days and the pace to your group.
Questions
This page lists 9, all within 253 km of central Guilin in a straight line.
Daxu Ancient Town, at 16 km from the centre in a straight line.
252 km in a straight line. The road distance is longer.
It depends on which sights you combine. Your private itinerary sets the number of days, the order and the pace with you.
Anyone who wants a slow day. The route links 9 stops, so each visit is short. Tell PreeChina which stops matter most and the others can go.
Explore More
This route is in Guangxi. The province page lists its city guides, themes, museums and other routes.
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Tell us when you arrive in Guilin, who is travelling and how much time you have. We build the route around your group.
