Chengdu Tiantai Mountain weekend 2-day tour

Number of days: 2 days
Time: August
Average cost: 450 yuan
With whom: parent-child
Tour kinds: self-driving, independent travel, weekend trips
Updated: 2024.08.12

On the weekend, I decided to go on a short trip to Tiantai Mountain in Chengdu. On the first day, I drove 3 hours in the morning to the visitor center, but I was told that Tiantai Mountain had received a rainstorm warning and would not be notified whether it would open at 12 o'clock. Go to the nearby Pingle Ancient Town, the commercial atmosphere is relatively strong, but the food is quite cost-effective. At noon, I ordered local specialties: bowl chicken, sweet duck, milk soup noodles, vegetarian tofu pudding, and rake vegetables, which tasted good, about 120 yuan. The most distinctive thing in the ancient town is a lottery self-service store, with a lottery of 2 yuan once.

After visiting the ancient town, I rushed to Tiantai Mountain and bought 2 large and 1 small tickets for a total of 145 yuan on China-TravelNote.com. Since it is a temporary trip, you can only book accommodation as soon as possible. The visitor center offers a wide list of hotels, but many are fully booked and unbooked are on the expensive side. The family hurriedly booked a 4.8-rated homestay for 150 yuan a night, but later found out that it was outside the mountain gate and not inside the attraction. The owner of the homestay is good, and he personally drove us to the gate of the scenic spot, and the transportation car Leijiashan Station. At that time, it was 16 o'clock, and the last train of the transportation bus at 18 o'clock, we bought a total of 50 yuan for 2 large and 1 small passes, and took the scenic transportation bus to Zhengtai Mountain. Due to time constraints, we only played in the scenic spot on Zhengtai Mountain for one and a half hours, passing through Leiyin Temple, Millennium Yew, Monk Street, Hydrangea Sea, Zhanmulin High-altitude Plank Road, Jinlong River, Butterfly Beach, Forgetfulness Sea, Bailongdu, Qintai Stone and other scenic spots. "Jiuzhai does not look at the water when he returns, and he does not play in the water when he returns from the rooftop", the attractions on Tiantai Mountain are not very good, but there are many places to play in the water, adults and children like it, and there are people playing in the water near the attractions, playing with water guns, water fights, stepping on water, etc. Unfortunately, the weather was cool that day, and the river was cold and refreshing, so I didn't go into the water.

At 17:20, I walked back to the gate of Zhengtai Mountain, only to find that there was a long queue of people queuing up to take the transportation bus. After waiting for about an hour, we got on the bus back to the Leijiashan station at the entrance of the scenic spot. I took a photo at the staff at the door, and agreed to continue the tour up the mountain tomorrow morning, and took the private car of the owner of the homestay to the homestay. The owner of the homestay brought the dinner menu, the price on it is so expensive, twice as expensive as that of Minle Ancient Town, but it's probably this price! We only ordered shredded pork with Beijing sauce, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, sauerkraut vermicelli soup, and 2 bowls of rice, totaling more than 80 yuan. After dinner, I went to look for fireflies, but only found a few near the homestay, which was boring. I slept at night and had insomnia, and did not fall asleep until early morning.

I got up at 7:30 the next morning. The steamed buns, porridge, and fried egg noodles handmade by the boss are sufficient in portion, 10 yuan per person. We still bought a pass and took a transportation bus to Zhengtai Mountain. This time, I still visited Zhengtai Mountain - Panlong Waterfall first. On the way, we still experienced the previous attractions and continued to move forward, passing by Zhiyin Spring, Concubine Pool, Concentric Stone, Herb Stacked Creek, Moon Cave Flying Water, and Panlong Waterfall. Among them, the Qintai stone is a testimony of the love of Sima Xiangru and Zhuo Wenjun, which is quite romantic. The noble concubine pool is the place where Tang Xuanzong asked the Taoist priest Yang Tongyou to summon the soul of Yang Guifei. Panlong Waterfall is magnificent and spectacular. Return to Bailongdu the same way and take a ferry to Shibali Herb Gully. This route is steeper and more rugged, not suitable for the elderly and very small children. Most of the attractions are artificial entertainment facilities, and the play experience is average. Due to time and physical strength, I did not visit other attractions below the main rooftop, and returned home at 16 o'clock.

Overall, Chengdu Tiantai Mountain is okay as a short-distance tourist attraction, but the accommodation must be in the scenic spot before you can drive into the scenic spot. Of course, it is said that private cars can only be parked in hotels or B&Bs, and you still need to walk or take a transportation car to get to the attractions. Of course, the hotel prices in the scenic spot are correspondingly higher, and I don't know how cost-effective it is. The attractions are too scattered, and I personally feel that it takes at least 3-5 days to completely visit the attractions, otherwise there must be a trade-off, so we only chose two routes above the main rooftop this time to visit. In terms of food, the scenic spot is generally expensive, and the food in Pingle Ancient Town is cost-effective. In short, the child likes to play in the water very much, and the tour is not very tired, but it is still a relatively satisfactory trip.