5A and 4A Attractions in China-Lake Baiyangdian

Lake Baiyangdian

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Lake Baiyangdian (白洋淀景区)
Address:	Anxin County, Baoding City., Baoding, Hebei
Phone:	0312-5330211, 5355258
Web site:	http://www.517byd.net
Price Range:	Lotus Garden ￥50 per person, Baiyangdian Cultural Garden ￥50 per person, Window of Baiyangdian ￥20 per person, Fishermen’s Eden ￥20 per person, Yuanfei Lotus Garden ￥20 per person, Leisure Isle ￥20 per person, Mandarin Duck ￥20 per person, Wangjiazhai Folk Custom Village ￥100 per person (including food and board). All the above scenic spots must be visited on the boat. ~ 50RMB
Hours:	8：00-18：00
Level:	AAAAA
Tourist Rating:
Short Description:	Baiyangdian is located 45 kilometers east of Baoding City, it is the largest fresh water lake of North China with a total area of 336 square kilometers.there are 36 villages, 8000 hectors of bulrush and 146 lakes. The lakes connect with one another, dotted with bulrushes, forming a unique natural water landscape. Every year, from May to August, the white and pink lotus blossom with fragrance spreading all over Baiyangdian. Baiyangdian produces lots of agriculture products such as rice, fish, shrimp, lotus root, etc.

 

Description

Baiyangdian is located 45 kilometers east of Baoding City, it is the largest fresh water lake of North China with a total area of 336 square kilometers.There are 36 villages, 8000 hectors of bulrush and 146 lakes. The lakes connect with one another, dotted with bulrushes, forming a unique natural water landscape.

 

Best Travel Time

Summer and Autumn.

 

 

Advice when traveling Tibet

Tibet people are religious people and visitor may find their customs and practices are very different to that in the countries they come from. Although Tibet people are among the easiest to get along with in China but there are still some points you should be sensitive about when you travel there. 1. Do not photograph them without permission. 2. Do not talk the sensitive issues like politics &, religion. 3. Take your hat off when entering a chapel. 4. Do not take photos during a prayer meeting and in some larger monastery, you may need to pay a small fee for the privilege of taking a photo. 5. Do not touch or remove anything on an altar. 6. Do not wear shorts or short shirts in a monastery and do not smoke in a monastery. 7. Do not eat horse, donkey and dog when in Tibet. 8. Always walk around monasteries, piles of Mani stones, pagodas and other religious structures in a clockwise direction. 9. Never touch Tibetan People on the head.

Why Choose Online Tour Operators in China

Nowadays, more and more people want to go China to explore its beautiful attractions and to experience the unique ethnic culture. Certainly almost all the visitors that have been there liked their travels very much.

 

Before a visiting plan, the biggest problem is how to make it valuable. That means, using the least money, enjoying the most beautiful places and also the best services. It's not that ideal if choose a local travel agency in USA or other cities outside of China. They usually cost you a big deal that you have to hesitate if it worth that so much. Out suggesting is to select a Chinese local travel agency or a tour operator that also belong to mainland China.

 

The reason is, they do know local customs better, and they will propose a much lower price that you can feel not that hurt with all your heart. And if you can make it as earlier like one month even half a year as you can, you can also be given a nice discount. The people there are always enthusiastic and helpful, willing to assistant you to make out the most comfortable and reasonable travel plan as you wish. The itineraries are personal designed and tailor made for each customer, which mostly access to their need.

 

The online tour operator will give you a bilingual tour guide that to accompany you all the way from your arrival on the airport until the departure time, a private driver, and a perfect travel itinerary. You would neither be bothered by the noisy and neither crowded big group nor stay with strangers, thus you will go with only your friend or the people you like to be with.

 

Whatsoever, the only thing you need to confirm is whether the tour operator company is a real one not a virtual. Be sure they do have an operator license and they are capable to do this business. Once it has been chosen, the last thing for you to do is just waiting for the departure day. And of course, you need to buy the international air ticket, for the price list usually doesn't include that. 

 

Wholesale market in Beijing

Since China is the world's biggest manufactory, many buyers know that if you have chased the right way, one can get a much lower price than the mall or common shop, which is wholesale buying. Compared with the retail in some big malls or specialty stores, the wholesale has a much lower more acceptable price, in addition that you usually have to buy a bulk of the same kind of products. But not always, sometimes you can also buy one with that by wholesale price.

 

Some big cities in china like Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, etc, have their local wholesale market. Put Beijing for example, the famous wholesale market in Beijing was coined to be the Zoo, which is named as that because it situated beside the Beijing Zoo. Those are several buildings that constructed the Zoo wholesale market, inside there are numerous vendors with different kinds of products ranging from closing, handbag, shoes, hats, jewelry, cosmetics, etc. sellers of one kind always gathered in one floor, such as, the first floor often dose with foods and jewelry, the second and third floor is selling girls' clothes which is the main customer of those wholesale market, and the fourth floor is for shoes, the fifth is serving food for the hungry and tired buyers. Not every one of the buildings is set the same like this structure but similar.

 

There're two kinds of buyers in this wholesale market, the real wholesale buyers and the common consumers who intend to get a lower price pretend or not pretend to be a real wholesale buyer. As the Chinese saying goes, "early bird gets the worm." Usually the real wholesale buyers go to pick up their goods earlier in the morning, with big black bags in the hand, in which they can pad a bulk of stuffs. They often from different places even other countries, so they always have to take large amount of goods home. Therefore, the sellers would give a lower price or a discount if the quantity is big enough, but the price is much different from individual sale. So, if you want to get a lower price, you have to behavior like you are a constant wholesale buyer that had been there for many times.

When Travelling in Guangzhou

Guangzhou situated in south of China, which is in name of Chinese rapid growing developed countries. Its economy always presents China's nowadays development, and also shows a highly reputation on the international world. Beside the economy, Guangzhou still has its local custom that maybe different from other places in China.

 

Eat in Guangzhou:

Yum cha is a term in Cantonese which literally means "drink tea". It is an integral part of the culinary culture of Guangdong Province, Hong Kong and Macau. In any city with a sizeable population of Cantonese people, to yum cha is a tradition on weekend mornings, and whole families gather to chat and eat dim sum and drink Chinese tea. Tips: The cost of the seat fee in the tea house is 2 RMB for one person. The snacks in the tea house cost 3 - 8 RMB (depends on the size of the snack - small dish, medium dish or large dish).

 

There are all kinds of fruits here in Guangzhou: durian, litchi, pineapple, longan fruit, pitaya, etc. It is not easy to find them in other places of China. The good climate of Guangzhou is good for the growth of these special fruits. Tips: In the farm produce fair, you can get very good deals of these fresh fruits if you are good at bargaining. The price here is lower than the supermarkets of Guangzhou.

 

The litchi farm is the best place for the travellers to eat litchis in Guangzhou. The litchi farm is like the litchi buffet and you can eat as many litchis as you can. You can also see the famous Xiyuangualv litchi tree here. The Xiyuangualv litchi is very expensive (cost 50000 RMB for one pure Xiyuangualv litchi!!). Tips: In June and July of every year, there will be litchi holidays in Zengchang, Guangzhou. If you visit here in this period of time, you can get the litchi buffet at only 15 - 20 RMB in the litchi farms. One thing you need to remember is that having too many litchis is not very good for your health.

 

Subway of Guangzhou:

The Line 2 subway of Guangzhou is the most advanced subway system in China. The Line 2 subway goes from Suanyuanli to Xiangang. Tips: The flag-fall price of the subway is 2 RMB and you will need to pay 1 RMB for every additional 3 stations. The subway is a very choice for your Guangzhou travel and you can take it to most scenic spots and shopping malls of Guangzhou. It is also a good option for you if you don't like the traffic jam.

 

There're some other words about travelling in Guangzhou. The climate there is not like the other cities of china with obvious different four seasons, it is not cold in winter and summer is hot. Don't forget to resist from sunburn if you are going to Guangzhou in hot summer like August and September.

What A Tour Package is

For most of the visitors, a travel is a leisure time to relax themselves, leaving the noising and annoying city life, finding a peaceful land for their heart. They want to spend the least energy but to feel the most beautiful scenery.

 

So what a tour package is? It is catering for those people, who want to save energy for appreciating the scenic spots, leaving the other thins to the travel agency. Thus a tour package is suitable for them, which is planned before. You can select one that satisfied you mostly depend on the different attractions it includes. It contains the hotel accommodation in twin shared room with daily breakfast, meals as specified in the itinerary, flights, trains or buses as specified in the itinerary, airport tax and fuel fee, private car/coach for transfers service and sightseeing program as indicated in the itinerary, local English-speaking tour guide for transfers and sightseeing program as indicated in each city, entrance fees to scenic spots, charge and government Taxes.

 

And what’s excluding as follows:

Enter or exit China international airfare or train tickets, air tickets or train tickets which are not specified in the itinerary on the first arrival day and last departure day, hotel room/Cruise cabin single supplement, personal expenses such as laundry, drinks, fax, telephone call, optional activities，etc, gratuities to the tour guide, driver, hotel bellboy, national tour guide accompany from the arrival city to the departure city in China, excess baggage charges, fees for entry visa to China, services not mentioned in the itinerary, and traveler insurance.

 

As mentioned below, the only thing you should do is to choose a certain line that fit you so well, and then, calculate your departure time because you have to buy an international air ticket by yourself. If everything is done, you are supposed to enjoin your lovely trip to find a gorgeous China.

 

 

 

Save Money in China Tour

With about 6.5% of the world's land and a population of more than a billion, China is consider to be one of the world's biggest country. It has numerous splendid scenic spots and attractions. The most popular cities are Beijing, Shanghai, Xian, Gulin, Lhasa, Chengdu, Hongkang, Shigatse, etc. the travel agent usually have their tour packages that including several of them depending on the length of your schedule in China.

 

On the average, the local travel agencies and tour operators in China will cost less than agencies abroad. And there are also different price for the different agencies and different seasons. For example, the peak season in China usually goes from April to November, thus the price would be higher between those times, for the other months, it would be lower than high season. So does the quotation price by travel agency. So if your time are free and don't need in a hurry, I suppose you going in the low season, but be remember what the most attractions you want to see, because each of them have a best time to visit.

 

There's another way to save your money. Consult the tour online operator as earlier as you can, then make your private plan quite before the departure date. Then you will have a 50%-20% discount, it depends on the departure day you expected. Theoretically speaking, the more time you left, the big discount you will get.

And do remember don't change your plan, I mean, if you cancel your plan, your subscription will be gone; if you change your plan within 10days, you have to pay for the hotel room single supplement or other fees.

 

The last thing you should notice, don't buy anything the price is not list on the label, or the product that looks not worth the price. You can buy the souvenirs in certain shop certificated by government.