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Chongqing Mountain City & Dazu

Chongqing Mountain City & DazuComfortable

Cliff-hanging Hongyadong, monorail-through-building and UNESCO rock carvings

HongyadongDazu Rock CarvingsCiqikou Ancient Town
RouteChongqing (fly in & out — CKG)
PaceComfortable
Best timeOct–Apr (misty season is atmospheric; summer is a furnace)

Trip Summary

Five days across China's vertical city: the stilt-stack of Hongyadong at night, the Liziba monorail threading a tower, the Yangtze cableway over the river, Ciqikou's porcelain lanes, Eling Park's twin-bridge panorama and a full day among the Dazu rock carvings' thousand-year Buddhas.

Trip Highlights

  • Hongyadong's 11 stilt floors glowing over the Jialing
  • Watching the monorail pass through the 19th floor at Liziba
  • The Yangtze cableway's river-crossing view both directions
  • Dazu's Reclining Buddha and the 1,000-armed gilded goddess
  • Hotpot on a 20th-floor terrace above the night bridges

Day by Day

Hongyadong

Day 1 — Arrive Chongqing

Fly into Jiangbei (CKG), metro Line 10/3 to town. First night at Hongyadong's lantern stack and the Qiansimen bridge view.

Flight in · Chongqinginternational flights, destination pre-filledBook →
Stay · Chaotianmencliff-stack base over the Jialing — bridge lights at the doorBook →
Car rental · Chongqingpick up at Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport on arrivalBook →
Liziba Monorail Station

Day 2 — Vertical city classics

Morning at Liziba's monorail-through-building (film from the platform below), the cableway crossing, Eling Park panorama and Jiefangbei's neon evening.

Stay · Chaotianmensame river-stack baseBook →
Tickets · Yangtze River Cablewayskip-the-line entryBook →
Tickets · Eling Parkskip-the-line entryBook →
Dazu Rock Carvings

Day 3 — Dazu day trip

Coach or bullet-train-and-bus to the Baodingshan carvings: the Reclining Buddha, the hell-and-heaven wheel and the gilded thousand-hand Guanyin. Return by dusk.

Stay · Chaotianmenthird neon nightBook →
Tickets · Dazu Rock Carvingsskip-the-line entryBook →
Ciqikou Ancient Town

Day 4 — Ciqikou & river

Morning in the porcelain-town lanes of Ciqikou for tea houses and chili shops, afternoon river walk; night hotpot with the bridge lights.

Stay · Chaotianmenfinal hotpot night above the riverBook →
Tickets · Ciqikou Ancient Townskip-the-line entryBook →

Day 5 — Departure

Last street breakfast of xiaomian, then metro to CKG and out.

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