🌸The ceiling of reverse travel in April | 5 unpopular small towns to take care of your relaxing vacation | with nanny-level strategies
-Blogger Xiaokai takes you to escape the crowds! The first niche guide to relaxation on the entire network, a complete guide to food, accommodation, travel and photography!
🔍A quick overview of the highlights of the trip
✅ Avoid crowds! All unpopular destinations ✅ Ancient towns/islands/mountains and waters covered ✅ Girls' exclusive filming guide (with camera positions) ✅ Cost-effective itinerary of 1500+ per person ✅ Locals' private food map revealed
1. Fujian Zhangzhou (Minnan Xiao Kenting)
✨Recommendation reason: Minnan old town 10 times slower than Xiamen, sea view not inferior to Pingtan, food beats Quanzhou🚗Transportation: High-speed rail goes directly to "Zhangzhou Station", 1.5h taxi from Xiamen Airport🏡Accommodation: Recommended B&B in the ancient city (200+/night) with Minnan red brick courtyard📸Must-check-in: ❶ Volcano Island Monument Valley (Pink Castle + Seaside Lighthouse) ❷ Daimei Ancient Village (740-year-old water ancient houses)❸ Cape Zhenhai (the same meadow cliff as in "The Left Ear")🍜Food Guide: ▫️Jianguo Oyster Omelet (30-year-old crispy oyster omelet + pickled radish slices) ▫️Xiaohong Four-fruit Soup (with taro balls/adazi, a great summer heat reliever) ▫️Muxueting (Thai milk ice + red bean taro ball ice) ⚠️Avoid pitfalls: Don't eat seafood in the scenic area! Take a taxi to the Longwen District Vegetable Market for self-selected processing
2. Jiangxi Jingdezhen (City of Art Healing)
✨Recommendation reason: The ultimate dream place for literary youth, making ceramics/visiting the market/shooting blue and white porcelain blockbusters🚗Transportation: High-speed rail direct access, it is recommended to rent an electric car in the city (30/day)🏡Accommodation: Sanbao Village Designer B&B (with pottery experience class)📸Photo guide: ❶ Imperial Kiln Museum (night shot of beautiful arched buildings) ❷ Bingding Chai Kiln (the sacred feeling of light and shadow penetrating the blank)❸ Taoxichuan Night Market (Friday/Saturday night, meet independent designers)🍜Food guide: ▫️Fuzhou Nongkou Youtiao stall (youtiao wrapped glutinous rice cake ceiling) ▫️Small yellow croaker vegetable garden (sauced duck/three claws pot) ▫️Blue Pi Coffee (ruin aesthetics in the broken factory)🎨In-depth experience: sketching in Yaoli Ancient Town, making pottery in Sanbaopeng
3. Zhejiang·Songyang (the last secret place in Jiangnan)
✨Recommendation reason: The secluded ancient village turned over by National Geographic, surrounded by clouds and mist like a fairyland🚗Transportation: It is recommended to rent a car in Hangzhou (3h)🏡Accommodation: Chenjiapu Village Cliff B&B (recommended Fei Niao Ji/Xianfeng Bookstore B&B)📸Photography route: ❶ Yangjiatang Village (golden Potala Palace at dusk) ❷ Songzhuang Village (600-year-old stone arch bridge + stream) ❸ Damushan Tea Garden (biking tea picking experience)🍜Food guide: ▫️Baixian Noodle House (firewood stove water noodles + dried plum fried egg) ▫️Coarse tea and light rice (stewed salt chicken + mountain tapioca pearls) ▫️Old Street Lantern Plate (freshly fried shredded radish cake)
IV. Yunnan · Mangshi (a small town with Southeast Asian style)
✨Recommendation reason: 10 times less people than Xishuangbanna! Streets full of palm trees + Dai snacks✈️Transportation: Fly to Dehong Mangshi Airport, ride a shared electric car in the city🏡Accommodation: Stay near Mangshi Square, 80 per person in a pool hotel📸Pretend to be abroad: ❶ Menghuan Shwedagon Pagoda/Silver Pagoda (wear Dai clothes to take sunset silhouettes) ❷ Tree-wrapped Pagoda (the spectacle of tree roots wrapping pagodas)❸ New Play Factory Block ("We love Mangshi so much" graffiti wall)🍜Food guide: ▫️Dream Dehong (lemon sapie/pao luda) ▫️Mengbanasi Night Market (roasted pork skin/beef jerky/soaked chicken feet) ▫️Lanlu breakfast (beef shredded rice in clear soup + 20 kinds of seasonings)
V. Guangxi Chongzuo (Sino-Vietnamese border paradise)
✨Recommendation reason: cross-border waterfall + pastoral song, the real version of "The Journey of Flower" shooting location🚗Transportation: Nanning Airport car rental (2h direct access)🏡Accommodation: Mingshi Pastoral Secret Land Lishi (bamboo raft afternoon tea + starry sky bar)📸Border wonders: ❶ Detian Waterfall (take a bamboo raft to see Vietnamese vendors up close) ❷ Mingshi Pastoral (ride the karst peak forest gallery)❸ Anping Xianhe (the same secret place as the boat trip of Hua Qiangu) 🍜 Food guide: ▫️Old Street Local Cuisine Restaurant (Fragrant Leaf Beef + Fake Lobelia Wrapped Meat) ▫️Vietnamese Rice Noodle Roll + Drip Coffee) ▫️Roasted Suckling Pig (Food Stalls Near Shuolong Town Border Inspection Station)
⚠ ️Tips Exclusive for Girls
1 ️⃣ Outfit Suggestions: White/Light Color Long Skirt + Straw Bag (Prepare Suspender Skirt in Zhangzhou/Mangshi) 2️⃣ Safety Tips: Sunscreen is required in Chongzuo/Mangshi (SPF50+ is a must) 3️⃣ Budget Control: It is recommended to spend 3-4 days/city, and the whole trip is 10-12 days, with an average cost of 4000-6000 per person 4️⃣ Packing List: Sunscreen/Mosquito Repellent/Folding Kettle (Some B&Bs have few supporting facilities)