Have you been to Yaohu Town, babies?

Here's a travel guide for Yixing Yaohu Town 🎀🎀:

🎈Preparation

🏷- Documents: Bring your ID card and other documents like student or senior cards for discounted tickets.
🏷- Clothing: Pack long-sleeve jackets for spring and fall, light breathable clothes and sun protection for summer, and warm clothing for winter.
🏷- Items: Phone, camera, charger, power bank, and comfortable shoes.

🚌Transportation Guide

🚗- Driving: About 1.5 hours from Wuxi/Changzhou via S48 Shanghai-Yixing Highway (Yunhu exit); about 2 hours from Nanjing/Suzhou.
🚄- High-speed rail: Take a taxi for about 40 minutes from Yixing Station to the town.
🚍- Bus: Take Yixing rural bus route 202, though service is limited.

🌲Attractions

💐- Yaohu Core Area: Enjoy lakeside walks and cycling during the day; watch light shows at night (open on weekends and holidays). Take a rowing boat to experience the charm of Jiangnan water towns.
🌷- Pottery Culture Experience Area: Try hand-making pottery and purple clay teapots at pottery workshops; appreciate traditional Yixing purple clay and Jun pottery at the exhibition hall.
🌹- Tea Gardens and Bamboo Forests: Experience tea picking and tasting in spring; hike through the bamboo forest sanctuary for a serene atmosphere.

🥃Food Recommendations

🧉️- Yixing Black Rice: Glutinous rice with Nanzhu leaves, fragrant and soft.
🍹- Salted Meat with Bamboo Shoots: Tender local bamboo shoots stewed with salted meat, delicious flavor.
🍸- Yangxian Snow Bud Tea: Local green tea with a fresh, sweet aftertaste.
🍻- Heqiao Dried Tofu: A specialty snack with rich braised flavor.

🏠Accommodation Options

⛪- Yaohu Resort Hotel: Located in town, newly opened in 2024, elegant environment.
⛪- Yixing Longyin Creek Mountain Homestay: 10-minute drive, wabi-sabi design style.
⛪- Yixing Futao Hot Spring Hotel: 15-minute drive, perfect for relaxing in hot springs.

💡💡Travel Tips

🛎- Best Season: Spring and autumn are ideal; tea picking from March to May, beautiful autumn colors from September to November.
🛎- Visit Duration: Half-day tour can include lake scenery, pottery experience, and tea tasting; full-day tour can be combined with Yixing Bamboo Sea or Zhanggong Cave.