Chongqing Classic 1-Day Tour

Best Season: March to May, September to October

Route Overview

D1 Ciqikou Ancient Town (2 hours) → Three-Layer Road (2 hours) → Single-Track Lizhiba Station (2 hours) → Chongqing Nanshan Scenic Area (2 hours) → Yangtze River Cableway (1 hour) → Chongqing Global Financial Center (1 hour) → Hongya Cave Folk Custom Area (2 hours)

Tips

Considering factors such as fewer people, experience, and not detouring, the first day in Chongqing is arranged without checking in to popular spots.

D1

Travel Tips

Start at the first stop, Ciqikou, where the morning has the fewest people and can best experience the authentic old Chongqing atmosphere; after arriving at Three-Layer Road from Ciqikou, it's very convenient to go to Futuguan Station to take the light rail; then head to Lizhiba for a comprehensive experience of Chongqing's three-dimensional transportation; then go to the top of Laojun Cave in Nanshan to enjoy tea and scenery. After descending from Nanshan, you can just reach the less crowded Shangxin Street to take the cableway, and enjoy the night view at Chongqing Global Financial Center in the evening.

Ciqikou Ancient Town (2 hours) ->-> San Ceng Ma Road (2 hours) ->-> Single-track Lizhiba Station (2 hours) ->-> Chongqing Nanshan Scenic Area (2 hours) ->-> Yangtze River Cableway (1 hour) ->-> Chongqing Global Financial Center (1 hour) ->-> Hongya Cave Folk Custom Area (2 hours)

Ciqikou Ancient Town

San Ceng Ma Road

Single-track Lizhiba Station

Chongqing Nanshan Scenic Area

Yangtze River Cableway

Chongqing Global Financial Center

Hongya Cave Folk Custom Area

Transportation Guide

The transportation for the day's itinerary can be completed by the city's subway and bus. To go to Shibati, you can take the subway or bus and get off at Jiaochangkou Station. To visit the Liberation Monument and Hongya Cave, you can walk there.

Dining Guide

Chongqing is the birthplace of small noodles and hot pot, and most of its food types also have a spicy and fragrant characteristic. Today, with small noodle shops and hot pot restaurants spreading all over the country, when you arrive in the mountain city, you must taste the most authentic Chongqing snacks. The Ba Yi Road delicious street near the Liberation Monument gathers all kinds of local food, and there are also many well-known restaurants on the hanging feet building of Hongya Cave. You can choose to dine in these two areas during today's itinerary.

Bayi Road Food Street

Snack Street

Hao You Lai Hot and Sour Rice Noodles (Bayi Road Headquarter Store)

Hot and Sour Rice Noodles

Chongqing Famous Snack City

Snack City

Hongya Cave International Food Street

Snack Street

Satay King (Hongya Cave Branch)

Theme Restaurant

Little Swan Hot Pot (Hongya Cave Branch)

Hot Pot

Accommodation Tips

Visiting Chongqing is a must-check place, with convenient transportation, and the functions of catering, accommodation, entertainment, and shopping are very complete. Most travelers will choose to stay here, where the Liberation Monument, Da Du Hui Square, pedestrian street shopping center, Hongya Cave, Luo Han Temple, Chaotianmen Square are all gathered.