Yangshuo(chin. 阳朔, Pinyin: Yángshuó) is located 65kilometers to the south of Guilin. With a population about 300,000, this place ranks as the number one tourism county of china. It is home to Zhuang, Yao, Miao and eight other minority groups what makes a stay very special. The legendary beauty of Guilin’s mist-shrouded pinnacles that have inspired poetry and art for scenery as Guilin, but is a much smaller and quieter town and is closer to the craggy limestone hills. as a saying goes,” Guilin’s scenery is the most beautiful in the world ,yet yangshuo’s scenery is far more superior to tht of Guilin”. in yangshuo county alone, there are over 20,000 hills. the most notable scenic spots of yangshuo are :lotus cave , moon hill, page boy hill, the big banyan tree, snow lion ridge and the yulong river.

Yangshuo is a great place for exploring the countryside by bike, gain first hand experience of rural China and a different perspective of the region. Many tourists just visit Yangshuo for a few hours at the end of a boat cruise but a longer stay allows visitors to relax and enjoy its mellow atmosphere. Yangshuo really is a great place to relax for a few days or even a few weeks. The scenery is gorgeous, the life place is slow. Whether boating mountain-climbing or cycling. you can fully appreciate the natural splendor of yangshuo.

Yangshuo is famous as a place to relax in a relatively hassle free, peaceful, beautiful environment. You can walk to any where in ten minutes, and two of the roads are almost nothing but guesthouses, souvenir shops, and western style resturants. every other building is a hotel, and the downtown section is a series of pedestrian-only streets, hostels and cafes. The west street is all flanked by small shops and vendor’s stands selling all kinds of souvenirs and snacks. And in Yangshuo there is no shortage of western food, English menus, English speaking staff, western music, and western movies. Most of the businesses are geared towards budget travelers, but just ride five minutes out of town on a bicycle and verdant rice paddies, limestone pinnacles, and tiny rural hamlets await and all of the western oriented businesses are quickly forgotten.