Kunming Travel Guide
Kunming, praised as the Spring City, is the provincial capital of Yunnan Province. It is always the gateway for Yunnan tours. How to get to Kunming from home and abroad? What to see beside the Stone Forest in Kunming? How about the weather of the spring city? Here we offer you some useful travel guide about Kunming, hoping these will help you know more about Kunming and arrange your trip to Kunming more effective.
Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2007, Kunming Stone Forest is the most famous attraction in Kunming, as well as Yunna Province. Stone Forest offers unique karst landscapes with millions of stones standing in different shapes. While visiting Stone Forst in Kunming, you will noty only appreciate the stunning landscape of stones, but also learn about the culture and customs of the local Sani ethnic group, such as the legend of Adshima.
In fact, Kunming offers many things to do and see for tourists from home and abroad. Besides visiting the world famous Shilin Stone Forest in Kunming, you can also visit the Dianchi Lake and West Hill in the city center. Also, you can visit the local flower and bird market to experience the local life. And you will miss a chance to join in a Pu’er Tea Ceremony, during which you will not only taste the authentic Pu’er tea, one of the special products in Yunnan, but also learn about the history and culture of the Ancient Tea Horse Road.
Kunming has gained t he reputation of being the Spring City because of its fine weather in all seasons. So it is suitable to visit Kunming all year round. And between March to October, there are most beautiful sceneries with largest number of festivals of different ethnic minorities in Yunna. Also, Kunming offers really good air quality than most of other cities in China.
As the provincial capital of Yunnan Province and the center of western China area, Kunming is a gate way to southern China, as well as Southeast Aisa and South Asia. Most cities in China have the domestic flights Kunming. Furthermore, there are many international flights from Kunming to Southeast Asia, South Asia and America. It is also convenient to get to Kunming by train from major cities in China.
Kunming Changshui International Airport is the only airport in Kunming, which offers the most flights to Southeast Asia and South Asia than any other airports in China. It is locates about 25 kilometers away from Kunming downtown area and at 2102 meters above the sea level. You can easily get to Kunming Changshui Airport from Kunming downtown, Stone Forest, Daly or Lijiang by bus or car.
When you visit Kunming, you will not forget to taste the authentic Yunnan Rice Noodles. Besides., there are also many other delicious dishes and snacks in Kunming, such as Erkuai, Yunnan-Style steamed chicken, etc.
Kunming is one of the cities in China which offer 72-hour Visa Free transit since October 1st, 2014. It means that foreign passengers do not need to apply for Chinese Visa when transiting from Kunming to the third country and can stay 3 days in Kunming. Let’s check how to apply 72-hour Visa Free Transit inKunming Changshui Airport and recommended attractions for a 3 days Kunming tour.
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