Border Town Tea Tuo, a step into three provinces • Three days and two nights travel guide

Step into the real Border Town described by Shen Congwen, located at the junction of Hunan, Guizhou, and Chongqing provinces, known as the summer retreat treasure land where you can 'step across three provinces' ⛳Location: Border Town Tea Tuo Ancient Town Scenic Area, Huayuan County, Xiangxi 🎫Ticket: Ancient town is free, La La Ferry (Hunan-Chongqing) ¥2, Tourist boat (step across three provinces) ¥25 🅿Parking: There is a parking lot inside the ancient town ¥40/vehicle (3 days 2 nights) ✈Transportation: 🚗1. Self-driving: Depart from Guilin, take the Baomao Expressway 🚅2. High-speed rail travel: Take the train to Jishou, then take a bus to Huayuan County, and finally take a bus to the Border Town 🇨🇳Border Town itinerary: ✅ 3 days and 2 nights in Border Town Tea Tuo, per capita ¥1000 💫Day1: Depart from Guilin at 13:00 → Arrive at Border Town at 19:30 → Check into a homestay (Xiangxing Mansion) → Go downstairs and have dinner at the Three Provinces Restaurant about 5m away (ate corner fish, combining the spiciness of Hunan, the numbness of Chongqing, and the sourness of Guizhou) 💫Day2: 🎈7:30-9:00: Opposite the homestay is Cuicui Island, go downstairs and use a drone to capture the full view of Border Town by the river → Breakfast 🎈9:00-11:10: Walk along the river to Cuicui's former residence → White Pagoda → Return to Tea Tuo Ancient Pier 🎈11:30-15:30: La La Ferry → Tri-provincial junction check-in (20-minute walk), you can choose to take a small boat to row in the Xishui, passing through three provinces (Guizhou, Hunan, Chongqing), check-in at the tri-provincial junction, ticket price ¥25 (peak season), return to La La Ferry directly stop at the opposite (Chongqing) Hong'an Ancient Town → The First Gate of Southeast Chongqing → Liu Deng Memorial Square → Hong'an Old Street → Quotations Tower → Three No-Care Island → Lunch (Chongqing hot pot) 🎈15:30-16:30: Return to Tea Tuo Ancient Town → Tea drinking → Rest at the homestay 🎈19:00-22:30: Sunset glow → Dinner → Listen to songs in a small tavern 💫Day3: Check in along the way → Breakfast → Hanging Wall Highway (ticket ¥68/person) → Aizhai Bridge → Guilin 🍱Food recommendations: Sour and spicy corner fish, oil cake, rice tofu, fried potato flowers, glutinous rice crust, barbecue, beef noodles/soup, Chongqing hot pot 🎙Overall feeling: Border Town is suitable for walking tours, the scenic area is not highly commercialized, the prices are not expensive, and the place is clean, tidy, and orderly. The town is naturally simple and leisurely, it is the prototype of Shen Congwen's famous work 'Border Town', and the ethnic Tujia and Miao style in the ancient town is unique. The waterscape along the river is like a Jiangnan ink painting no matter how you shoot it, and you must experience the 'Three No-Care Island' and 'La La Ferry'! 📽Here you have old streets, natives, and the atmosphere of daily life, as well as the slow life like small bridges and flowing water! Among them, Cuicui Island is being renovated and is more modernized; 🎞The true beauty of Border Town is actually the beauty of Shen Congwen's beautiful words, as well as the beauty of kind and simple human nature and first love in the dark. There is a river by the town, and an island in the river. When night falls, feel the lights of thousands of homes, you need time to understand the culture of Border Town Tea Tuo