[Anhui Tour] Hefei Edition

🌄 Core Recommended Attractions

1️⃣ Luogang Central Park
❤️ Features: The world's largest urban park, a 12.7 square kilometer green lung that absorbs the equivalent of four New York Central Parks, an ecological miracle reborn from the Garden Expo site.
💎 Highlights:
✅ Starry Lawn → "A ten-thousand-square-meter green carpet studded with glowing star lights, running at night feels like stepping on the Milky Way"
✅ Jinxiu Lake Cycling Path → "36 kilometers of colorful trails through Cherry Blossom Valley, egrets' wing tips skim water ripples"
✅ International Garden Expo Area → "Exhibits from 38 countries condense the scenery of five continents, golden-edged gardens clash with Suzhou ink wash style"
👥 Suitable for: Cyclists / Families with children / Drone enthusiasts.
🕐 Recommended time: 1 day (overnight camping base for stargazing).
📌 Tips: Rent an electric bike to avoid exhaustion; direct access via Metro Line 5; avoid weekend crowds.

2️⃣ Chaohu Scenic Area
❤️ Features: The 800-li lake sky holds the "Pearl of Central Anhui," Laoshan Island resembles a green conch floating in glass, Silver Screen peonies bloom with a thousand-year fairy posture.
💎 Highlights:
✅ Zhongmiao Yunshui Bay → "Chaohu’s version of Anaya, pure white church cuts through the sunset"
✅ Laoshan Island Wenfeng Tower → "Climb the seven-story ancient tower from the Ming Dynasty, a thousand sails turn into paper-cut art pasted on glass mirrors"
✅ Hongshizui Reef → "Volcanic rock soaked in amber light, a holy place for wedding photography"
👥 Suitable for: Sunset hunters / Geology fans / Ancient architecture enthusiasts.
🕐 Recommended time: 5 hours (combo ticket includes ferry).
📌 Tips: Choose speedboat round trip to avoid queues; try the lake delicacies at 'Yumen Zhen' for knife fish wontons.

3️⃣ Anhui Museum
❤️ Features: 218,000 cultural relics refining Jianghuai civilization, Warring States Chu large tripod stabilizes the universe, Huizhou ancient residences dismantled and rebuilt.
💎 Highlights:
✅ Bronze Hall → "Shang and Zhou beast-face patterned large cymbals resonate for millennia, gold-inlaid bronze crossbow mechanism hides a killing formation"
✅ Huizhou Architecture Maze → "Entire Qing Dynasty residence moved indoors, winter melon beams and coiled dragons swallow the moon"
✅ Internet-famous Spiral Staircase → "Spiral sky steps wrapped in Han patterns, aerial shot looks like a time tunnel"
👥 Suitable for: History researchers / Architecture fans / Museum enthusiasts.
🕐 Recommended time: 3 hours (free with reservation).
📌 Tips: Free rubbings of Huizhou carvings on the second floor; try Bao Gong fish at the top-floor restaurant.

4️⃣ Sanhe Ancient Town
❤️ Features: 2,500 years of Jianghuai water post, Taiping Army’s "Sanhe Great Victory" ancient battlefield, Sanhe locks six bridges nurturing a Nobel Prize cradle.
💎 Highlights:
✅ Quezhu Covered Bridge → "1,500-year-old wind and rain corridor hung with red lanterns, black awnings shatter reflections on dark tiles"
✅ Yang Zhenning Former Residence → "Youth wartime refuge, carved windows hide physics manuscripts"
✅ Wangyue Pavilion → "Seven-story flying eaves overlook the confluence of three rivers, Huizhou stone carving museum hides hundreds of plaques"
👥 Suitable for: Ancient town lovers / Study tour groups / Followers of 'Luzhou Moon' filming locations.
🕐 Recommended time: 4 hours (stay at Gunan Street riverside guesthouse).
📌 Tips: Free admission before 8 AM; traditional rice dumplings fried fresh in oil with shrimp paste and spicy sauce.

5️⃣ Bao Gong Park
❤️ Features: Living fossil of Northern Song judicial system, the three execution knives from the "Zha Mei Case" still gleam coldly, Song Dynasty stone tiger guards Bao Gong’s remains.
💎 Highlights:
✅ Qingfeng Pavilion → "Elevator directly to the ninth floor for city views, Bao Zheng’s family instructions are as sharp as carved knives"
✅ Fuzhuang → "Lake island hides Bao family ancestral hall, wisteria waterfall floods the blue stone legal code stele"
✅ Lianquan Pavilion → "Drinking from the corrupt official’s well causes stomach pain, modern visitors toss coins to test integrity"
👥 Suitable for: Anti-corruption study groups / Song culture fans / City strollers.
🕐 Recommended time: 2 hours (free admission).
📌 Tips: Night light show is a must-see; Huaihe Road pedestrian street duck oil biscuits are a 5-minute walk.

6️⃣ Hechai 1972
❤️ Features: Prison high walls reborn as an art matrix, steam train crashes through graffiti walls, café imprisoning panda sculptures.
💎 Highlights:
✅ Home Appliance Story Museum → "Old TV plays 'Desire,' wax figures freeze 1980s wedding scenes in front of sewing machines"
✅ Dome Art Museum → "Prison workshop suspends a giant cloud, light trails pierce iron bars"
✅ Diesel Engine Garden → "Rusty machine tools bloom roses, jazz breaks the dusk"
👥 Suitable for: Artistic youth / Industrial ruin photographers / Vintage market lovers.
🕐 Recommended time: 3 hours (night live shows are more exciting).
📌 Tips: Check in at the black and white 'Hefei' wall; try the coffee festival’s exclusive special drinks.

🍲 Ba Du Gastronomic Chronicles
🔥 Li Hongzhang’s Hodgepodge → Sea cucumber and tendon dance with ham’s salty freshness (Geng Fuxing on Laijie restores Beiyang banquet)
🔥 Sanhe Rice Dumplings → Indica rice batter wraps river shrimp and spring bamboo shoots (ancient town oil-fried crescent, paired with spicy sauce bursting with juice)
🔥 Feixi Old Hen Soup → Three-year-old native chicken stewed into amber broth (Motan Resort slow-cooked over firewood)
🔥 Zhuangmu Rice Balls → Glutinous rice wrapped mountain mushrooms steamed to creamy shine (Liu Hongsheng on Huaihe Road lightly bites to release the filling)

🗺️ Three-day Science and Culture Itinerary
🔸 Essential 1-day
08:00 Luogang green wave → 12:30 Museum binds bronze soul → 15:00 Bao Gong Park Zha Mei case → 19:00 Laijie tear into hodgepodge

🔸 In-depth 3-day Jianghu
D1: Chaohu sail chasing → Laoshan Island climb Wenfeng Tower → Zhongmiao lake delicacies → Stay at Yunshui Bay
D2: Sanhe black awning boat → Wangyue Pavilion overlook Sanhe confluence → Hechai 1972 panda → Laijie night feast
D3: Sunac Park battle White Dragon roller coaster → Xiangyuan Flower World bungee jump → Return with vacuum rice dumplings

🔑 Science and Innovation Survival Rules
1️⃣ Transportation
- Metro Line 5 connects Luogang / Bao Gong Park | High-speed rail to Hefei South Station, tourist bus shuttle to Sanhe (10 minutes per trip)
2️⃣ Tickets
- Sanhe Ancient Town combo ticket 50 RMB | Chaohu ferry ticket 60 RMB | Sunac Park 230 RMB | Luogang free