China
Guilin Travel Guide
Otherworldly karst peaks rising over the Li River
Nature & Outdoors
Top Attractions in Guilin
Highlights included in EME itineraries
History2h
Daxu Ancient Town
A 1,000-year-old trading town on the Li River, cobbled lanes of timber shopfronts largely untouched by tourism.
Nature & Outdoors2h
Elephant Trunk Hill
Guilin's emblem — a riverside crag arched like an elephant dipping its trunk into the Li, framing a moon-shaped water cave.
Nature & Outdoors1.5h
Fubo Hill
A riverside crag of Buddhist grottoes and a sword-testing rock, with a stair to a sweeping view over the city.
Music & Nightlife2h
Impression Liu Sanjie Show
A vast open-air night spectacle on the Li River, hundreds of performers and lit karst peaks staged by Zhang Yimou.
History2h
Jingjiang Princes' City
A walled Ming princely palace older than Beijing's Forbidden City, wrapped around Solitary Beauty Peak.
water4h
Li River
The karst river of a thousand ink paintings — bamboo rafts drifting past sugarloaf peaks, water buffalo, and fishermen with cormorants.
Planning Your Guilin Itinerary
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Currency
CNY
Language
Mandarin Chinese
Visa
Tourist (L) visa required for most nationalities; visa-free transit available in major cities. Check entry requirements.
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