Guilin

City Name:Guilin

Other China city

Location, 500km (310 miles) NW of Hong Kong, 1,675km (1,039 miles) SW of Beijing

One of the most-visited Chinese cities, Guilin (pop. 630,000), located in the northeastern part of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, has long been famous for its limestone karst hills. Formed more than 200 million years ago when the oceans receded from this area, the towers sprout from a patchwork of paddy fields and flowing streams, creating a dreamy, seductive landscape that leaves few souls unstirred. Time and space meet here to produce a masterpiece of nature's handiwork.

Though there are a few hills in the city that can be explored, and the Li River cruise from Guilin to Yangshuo remains one of top river journeys in the world, Guilin is also being used as a base to visit the Yao, Miao, and Dong minority villages to the northwest. Unfortunately, the cost of Guilin's overwhelming popularity is a degree of unrelenting exploitation and extortion audacious even by Chinese standards; foreigners are overcharged for everything.

Guilin Pictures

Guilin Attractions:

City View	Cormorant Fishing	Diecai Shan (Folding Brocade Hill)	Duxiu Feng (Solitary Beauty Peak)	Elephant Trunk Hill
Fubo Hill	Li River to Ysh	Reed Flute Cave	Seven-star Park ( Cave)	Yangshuo
Zhuang Minority villages