🌿 A must-see for budget travelers in July and August! 4 slow-paced cities with a small budget, where you can have fun with an average of 600+ per person!
(Attached with a route + food list, students and workers can go with your eyes closed)
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1. Xingyi, Guizhou ✅ Budget: 600 yuan/3 days
✨ Reason for recommendation: 22℃ natural air-conditioned city, Wanfenglin green waves, Maliang River Waterfall cools down by 10℃! Small and not crowded, prices are touching.
🏞 Recommended attractions
• Wanfenglin: Free cycling on the rural trail, check in the same Buyi village as "Where Are We Going, Dad".
• Maliang River Grand Canyon: Tickets are 35 yuan, and hiking under the waterfalls is super cool (half price with student ID).
• Wanfeng Lake: 5 yuan boat ticket to visit the "Pearl of the Plateau", and take beautiful photos of the castle in the middle of the lake.
🚶 3-day slow tour route
• Day1: Arrive in Xingyi → Cycling in Wanfenglin (stay at Buyi homestay 80 yuan/person).
• Day2: Wanfeng Lake cruise → Nanlong Ancient Village to learn batik (experience fee 20 yuan).
• Day3: Maling River Grand Canyon → Return.
🍜 Food recommendation
• Sour soup beef hot pot: 30 yuan per person, sour and spicy appetizer!
• Egg fried rice: 5 yuan/portion at Wanfenglin snack stall, super spicy.
• Hand-grabbed glutinous rice: 3 yuan/piece on the street, paired with water for dipping in zheergen!
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2. Guangxi·Liuzhou ✅ Budget: 500 yuan/3 days
✨ Recommended reason: snail noodle paradise! Liujiang night view is free, 40 yuan per person to stay in the city center, good news for students.
🌉 Recommended attractions
• Longtan Park: Free! Karst landscape + wind and rain bridge, take oil painting photos at will.
• Ma'anshan Observation Deck: Climb to the top before sunset and overlook the panoramic lighting moment of Liuzhou (free admission).
• Qingyun Vegetable Market: 5 yuan for noodles + 3 yuan for sugar water, a local breakfast paradise.
🚶 3-day shopping route
• Day1: Longtan Park → Yaobu Ancient Town Night View (stay at Wuxing Street Youth Hostel 40 yuan/person).
• Day2: Qingyun Vegetable Market Morning Tea → Industrial Museum → Ma'anshan Sunset.
• Day3: Liujiang Pedestrian Bridge → Baisha Wharf to see the river view → return.
🍜 Food Recommendation
• Snail Noodles: Jiaojie/Jubao Old Store, 8 yuan/bowl + 3 yuan for duck feet!
• Dew Glutinous Rice Balls: 2 yuan/piece at Qingyun Market, with glutinous meat filling.
• Duck Feet Pot: Feiluozhuang costs 25 yuan per person, taro + snails are super tasty!
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3. Quanzhou, Fujian ✅ Budget: 550 yuan/3 days
✨ Reason for recommendation: Half of the city is bustling and half of the city is fairyland! 0 yuan to visit the thousand-year-old temple, 10 yuan snacks to fill your stomach, full of southern Fujian style.
🕌 Recommended attractions
• Kaiyuan Temple: Free! Red walls and eaves + ancient tower pigeons, 7 o'clock in the morning, few people and good photos.
• Xiapu Village: 40 yuan hairpin flower surround + fisherwoman costume, take a hairpin flower photo at the seaside (same style as Zhao Liying).
• Luoyang Bridge: Stroll along the ancient bridge of the Song Dynasty and see the oyster reefs at low tide (free ticket).
🚶 3-day cultural route
• Day1: West Street → Kaiyuan Temple → Bell Tower (stay in the ancient city area B&B 60 yuan/person).
• Day2: Hairpin experience in Xiapu Village → Watch the sunset at Binhai Park.
• Day3: Luoyang Bridge → Overseas Transportation History Museum → Return.
🍜 Food Recommendation
• Noodle soup + fried dough sticks: Guozai Old Shop in Shuimen, 10 yuan for a warm stomach breakfast.
• Four-fruit soup: Bingzhengtang 7 yuan/bowl, agar + taro balls are super refreshing!
• Ginger duck: Stan ginger duck 45 yuan/half, burnt and not greasy.
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4. Zhejiang Huzhou (Nanxun Ancient Town) ✅ Budget: 400 yuan/2 days
✨ Reason for recommendation: Free tickets to the Jiangnan water town! Rowing boats cost 20 yuan per person, and the night view of Baijianlou is 10 times quieter than Xitang.
🏯 Recommended attractions
• Baijianlou: Free! The Ming and Qing architectural complex along the river, the evening blues moment is as beautiful as an ink painting.
• Xiaolianzhuang: The private garden of the richest man in the late Qing Dynasty, the lotus pond is in full bloom in July (combined ticket 85 yuan, optional).
• Water bus: 3 yuan/station, it is super pleasant to take a slow tour of the ancient town on the canal.
🚶 2-day daze route
• Day1: Arrive in Nanxun → stroll in Baijianlou → stay overnight in a riverside homestay 150 yuan/room.
• Day2: Water bus → Jili Lake Silk Museum → return.
🍜 Food recommendation
• Shuangjiao noodles: Zhuangyuanlou 12 yuan/bowl, crispy fish + fried fish double toppings!
• Dingsheng cake: 3 yuan/piece, bean paste filling is glutinous and not sweet.
• Xun hoof: ancient method of sauce-flavored elbow, 35 yuan/portion with rice, super satisfying~
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💡 General tips for budget travel
• Transportation: Green train + bus priority, use shared electric vehicles for transportation in Xingyi/Liuzhou.
• Accommodation: Youth hostel + B&B with multiple rooms. Choose B&B outside the scenic area in Nanxun and save half.
• Avoid pitfalls: Be careful when buying in the snack street in the scenic area! Go directly to the local vegetable market (such as Liuzhou Qingyun and Quanzhou West Street).
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