📍HONGYADONG

A must-see when in Chongqing, Hongyadong is an 11-storey, 75 meters stilt house constructed on a steep cliff. You can take an elevator to each level where various bars, café and restaurants are arranged, or you can embrace a workout and go up by stairs (been there, done that!) 😅🥵 The symbolic Hongya Dripping on the 2nd floor is a small waterfall cascading down the cliff and makes for great pictures! On the other side of Hongyadong, you’ll be approached by numerous photographers that can take a nice shot in front of this picturesque scene. I paid ¥30rmb for my picture and they sent it to my WeChat after editing the lighting. 📸 What you’ll find around there: Floor 2️⃣ - Zhiyanhe Bar Street is crowded with numerous well-known bars including the most spiritual one in Chongqing - Feiyu Music Bar, which is close to Hongya Dripping. The street has a traditional appearance but is filled with modern elements. Floor 4️⃣ - Tianchengxiang Bayu Culture Street presents traditional local dwellings with red eaves and grey tiles. It is filled with restaurants selling traditional Chongqing food like Chongqing Hotpot, Pork Dumplings, Walnut Cookies, Hot and Sour Rice Noodles. Floors 9️⃣/1️⃣0️⃣ - Foreign dishes, such as pasta, Japanese dishes, and Korean snacks, can be tasted in Banquet Food Street. NenluTea dessert is located there and has been praised by Lonely Planet Magazine! Floor 1️⃣1️⃣ - In Exotic Balcony Street, you’ll find exotic garnitures and handiwork and also have coffee and hamburgers there. There is also a ship-like pirate-theme bar with half of a ship’s hull suspended from the ceiling. 💥Fun fact: the 1st floor and the 11th floor are accessible by two different roads! #thisischina #hongyadong #chongqing