One day in Chengde

Imperial palace

The park was enormous but we managed to have a good walk around. As it was mid April the trees were in full bloom and in addition we had blue sky so the experience was very nice. Also we went late afternoon so it was not very crowded. You can rent boats on the water and take a ferry around and at the edge of the park there was a beautiful pagoda. If the ticket was not so expensive I would have come to this park two times as it was just lovely to wander around. Almost 200 CNY to enter.

Hiking

Then we did a hike to the Sledgehammer peak, it can be seen from most part of the city and we just wanted to challenge ourselves with an hike. The taxi driver let us off by the cable car entrance, it was 50 one way and 80 for both ways. However we had decided to walk. We got pointed in the right direction by and started off. 
It is a really nice hike in nature and some parts with steppes they have made. We ended up spending 4 hours in total as we brought snacks and made a stop on the way and a longer stop on the peak. When walking you will pass another Stone Mountain called frog rock, from there you have to walk down a lot before you walk up up up to get to the peak. This part is quite steep. Almost on the top there is a resting area with a nice pavilion. On the peak it self there is not room for many people and it was super windy when we were there. Because there were not many people we could actually sit up there for a while and enjoy the view from every side of the peak, having the city on one side and just mountains on the other side.

Potala palace

This place is definitely worth a visit. Although it is said to be a replica of the Potala in Tibet it is still an amazing place on the outside it looks different from other temples in China however as you go Inside and up to the terrace I got a feeling I have seen it before. As many temples in china look the same with some unique features.
We got a lot of good photos here and the weather was really good. The ticket was 80 rmb to enter and although we came just before closing time we still got to see what we came to see with no feeling of rushing. There is a lot of stairs to go to the top but it is worth it. As we came mid April the tourist season was hot started for full yet so it was not very crowded.

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Post by Iris-ka | Aug 9, 2023