Back from Hohhot's ordeal, really don't recommend visiting in July-August because...

✨Best travel time: May-October, with July-August being the most beautiful season for grasslands

🚘Transportation:
Flight: Baita International Airport, about 15km from downtown
Train: Hohhot Station and East Station
City transport: Buses, taxis, shared bikes

✅Must-visit attractions:
📍Inner Mongolia Museum
Opening hours: 9:00-17:00 (closed Mondays)
Ticket: Free
Recommended visit: 2-3 hours

📍Dazhao Temple
Opening hours: 8:00-18:00
Ticket: ¥35
Recommended visit: 1-2 hours

📍Xilituzhao Temple
Opening hours: 8:00-18:00
Ticket: ¥30
Recommended visit: 1 hour

📍Zhaojun Tomb
Opening hours: 8:30-17:30
Ticket: ¥65
Recommended visit: 1-2 hours

📍Xilamuren Grassland (about 90km from downtown)
Recommended visit: 1 day
Experience horseback riding, stay in yurts, watch grassland sunset

📍Five-Pagoda Temple
Opening hours: 8:30-17:00
Ticket: ¥35
Recommended visit: 1 hour

🍜Food recommendations:
1. Hand-grabbed mutton: Recommend Ge'erle Amma Milk Tea House
2. Roast whole lamb: Grassland Pastoral Mongolian Camp
3. Hot pot lamb: Little Sheep Headquarters
4. Milk tea: Lao Suiyuan Shaomai Restaurant
5. Shaomai: Deshun Yuan
6. Oat noodles: Xibei Youmian Village

💒Accommodation recommendations:
Mid-high end: Shangri-La Hotel, Wanda Vista Hotel
Budget: Home Inn, Hanting and other chain hotels
Unique experience: Grassland yurts

👜Shopping recommendations:
1. Ethnic crafts: Inner Mongolia Specialty Mall
2. Dairy products: Mengniu, Yili specialty stores
3. Cashmere products: Erdos specialty stores

📌Notes:
1. Large temperature differences on grassland, bring warm clothes
2. Respect ethnic minority customs
3. Summer sun protection
4. Be careful when horseback riding on grassland

🗓Suggested itineraries:
🔹2-day tour:
D1: Inner Mongolia Museum - Dazhao Temple - Xilituzhao Temple - Five-Pagoda Temple
D2: Xilamuren Grassland day trip

🔹3-day tour:
D3: Zhaojun Tomb - General's Office - Islamic Culture Street

👍Nearby tour recommendations:
1. Resonant Sand Bay (about 180km)
2. Genghis Khan Mausoleum (about 200km)