[2025 Liyang Stay] Travel Guide for Tianmu Lake Yu Biboyuan Hotel (Updated Jun)

I've visited this treasure of a small town, Liyang, multiple times over the past three years, and each trip unlocks new surprises 🥳. Here, mountains and waters blend seamlessly—Tianmu Lake's scenic beauty rivals that of Qiandao Lake. The vast bamboo forests feel like stepping into a natural oxygen bar, offering profound relaxation for both body and mind. Now in the vibrant month of March, it's the perfect season for a spring outing. If you're planning a trip to Tianmu Lake during the Qingming holiday, don't miss this carefully curated 2-day, 1-night travel guide❗ 【Travel Guide❓】 **Day1️⃣ Tianmu Lake Scenic Park** **Itinerary🚶** Park Entrance → (Boat from Pier) Longxing Island → (Boat) Tea Island → Huli Mountain → Lakeside Plaza → Exit **❶ Longxing Island** ✔️ Choose to hike around the island for an immersive nature experience, or trek through the bamboo forest for 30 minutes to reach Tianmu Overlook, where you can take in the breathtaking lake and spring scenery. ✔️ Pause at Colorful Butterfly Valley to admire the vibrant, diverse butterflies. ⛴️ Boats depart every 30 minutes; note that the last boat leaves Longxing Island at 16:30. **❷ Tea Island** ✔️ Features sandy beaches, boardwalks, bridges, and ancient architecture—perfect for photo ops. ✔️ Participate in spring tea culture activities, enjoy tea art performances, learn about tea traditions, or even try handcrafting tea yourself. **❸ Huli Mountain** ✔️ Walk or take a sightseeing cart from Tea Island to Huli Mountain. Climb the Zhuangyuan Pavilion for panoramic lake and mountain views. ✔️ Pass through a dreamy butterfly-themed flower field for effortlessly atmospheric photos. ☆ During Qingming, special events like "Enchanted Butterflies," "Butterfly Fairy Strings," "Lakeside Butterfly Dance," and "Butterfly Flower Market" will be held. **📅Day2️⃣ Tianmu Lake Nanshan Bamboo Sea** **Itinerary🚶** Park Entrance 🚶🏻 → Mini Train 🚂 → Cable Car 🚞 → Jiming Village → Panda House 🐼 → Return by Cable Car 🚞 → Gondola 🚡 → Wu Yue's First Peak ⛰️ → Return by Gondola 🚡 → Longevity Square → Bird Paradise 🐦 → Jinghu Lake 🚣🏻 → Exit ➡️ ☆ Ride the mini train and cable car through the bamboo sea, soaking in the vast, serene greenery. ☆ Visit the Panda House to meet adorable pandas Huali and Xing'an. ☆ At Bird Paradise, observe a variety of bird species. ☆ Glide across Jinghu Lake on a bamboo raft for a leisurely escape. **【Transportation❓】** 🚗 **Drive**: Navigate directly to📍Tianmu Lake Scenic Park. 🚄 **High-Speed Rail**: From Liyang Station, a 15-minute taxi ride takes you to the park. **【Accommodation❓】** 🏨 **Tianmu Lake Encounter·Bibo Garden Hotel** ✔️ Prime lakeside location right at the park entrance for easy access. ✔️ Elegant neo-Chinese design with balconies offering stunning lake and mountain views. ✔️ Stay includes🎫2 Tianmu Lake Scenic Park tickets +🎫2 Nanshan Bamboo Sea tickets—exceptional value!

🌿Spring's Top Destination! This heavenly city of Liyang is worth visiting again and again After numerous visits to Liyang, I discovered that Tianmu Lake is most beautiful in spring! The April breeze carries the fragrance of tea and flowers, with delicious lake fish and emerald bamboo forests - every photo looks like a scene from a Miyazaki animation. Save this Qingming Festival travel guide for an immersive two-day spring experience! 🚗[Travel Guide] Spring Journey Plan ✓ Driving: 2.5h direct from Hangzhou to "Tianmu Lake Water Park," with increasingly beautiful mountain scenery along the way. Play "Want to Go to the Beach" for the perfect road trip soundtrack ✓ High-speed Rail: 15min taxi from Liyang Station to the scenic area, or take Bus No. 9 to explore local life for just 1 yuan ✓ Admission/Boat Tickets: 162 yuan includes boat tickets for the Water Park. Hourly boats sail to the center of the lake, connecting "Huli Mountain → Longxing Island → Tea Island," the lake breeze instantly refreshes you 🌸[Morning: Butterfly Flower Sea Awakens Spring] The butterfly flower field at the entrance is breathtaking! Fields of February Orchids and Iceland Poppies sway in the wind, with butterfly sculptures hidden among the flowers - every shot resembles Monet's garden 📸 🐾[Noon: Adventure to Longxing Island's Enchanted Wilderness] ▪️ Bamboo Forest Hike: 30-minute climb to "Tianmu Scenic View," with rustling bamboo leaves as background music, overlooking Tianmu Lake's jade surface sparkling like diamonds in the sunlight ▪️ Must-visit Butterfly Valley: Step through glass doors into a fairytale! Thousands of butterflies dance around you, landing on your fingertips - hold your breath! The science museum reveals the romantic transformation from cocoon to butterfly 🍵[Evening: Tea Island's Leisurely Escape] Don't miss the Qingming Festival special experience! Wear hanfu and carry bamboo baskets for tea picking, learn Song Dynasty tea preparation techniques - watch tea powder create rich foam in the cup, transporting you to ancient scholars' gatherings. The tea village market fills with the aroma of roasted tea - perfect to buy some Liyang White Tea as souvenirs 🌺[Night: Encounter Flower Cart Fantasy at Huli Mountain] Take the sightseeing car from Tea Island to Huli Mountain, passing roads lined with hydrangeas and azaleas. Catch the "Butterfly Theme Flower Parade" where performers in butterfly wing costumes dance gracefully, creating magical moments in the light ✨ 🎋[Day 2 - South Mountain Bamboo Sea: 5 Hours in Bamboo Paradise] ▪️ Mini Train Through Bamboo Sea: Rumble through green tunnels with bamboo tips brushing the windows, sweet bamboo fragrance filling the air ▪️ Bamboo Raft Lake Tour: Pole toward the lake center, mountain reflections misty like ink paintings, every shot reminiscent of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" ▪️ Hike to Wu-Yue's First Peak: Challenge yourself with 1,500 steps, ring the bell for blessings at the top, the mountain breeze whispers "worth it" 🏡[Accommodation Recommendation: Sleep with Lake Views] Highly recommend "Tianmu Lake Yu Bipoyuan Hotel" at the scenic area entrance! New Chinese-style courtyards with scenic views, full lake panorama from your balcony, wake up to lake views, watch sunset turn the water golden-red 🌅 Plus, includes Water Park + South Mountain Bamboo Sea tickets - great value! 🍲[Foodie List: Spring Specialties That Will Blow Your Mind] ✔️ Tianmu Lake Clay Pot Fish Head: Rich creamy broth, fresh fish without fishiness, impossible to stop at three bowls ✔️ Liyang White Tea: Must try pre-Qingming first harvest! Clear tea with lasting sweetness, perfect with lake views ✔️ Bamboo Shoot Dishes: Spring bamboo forest gifts! Braised pork with dried bamboo shoots, oil-braised bamboo shoots, each bite crisp with wild flavors 🦋[Qingming Festival Specials: April 4-6, 2025] ▪️ "Butterfly Dream" Light Show: At nightfall, butterfly light effects dance by the lake like scattered stars ▪️ "Butterfly Dream Strings" Concert: Guzheng and pipa play "Butterfly Lovers," music drifting with lake breeze ▪️ "Butterfly Market": Handmade butterfly accessories, spring potted plants fill the market - take home an orchid to extend spring Spring in Liyang offers tea-scented slow living, deep breaths among lakes and mountains, and healing in every corner. This Qingming Festival, bring your loved ones and turn spring into poetry! 🌸

🏨Hotel name: Tianmu Lake Yu·Bibo Garden Hotel The hotel next to the entrance of Tianmu Lake Landscape Garden, Yu Bibo Garden, is a treasure place for leisure and vacation! 🌳🌅Close to Tianmu Lake, with first-line lake view, elegant and tranquil environment, surrounded by nature. The surrounding forest coverage rate is over 95%, the natural oxygen bar 🍃 has fresh air, the green mountains and forests ➕ the rippling lake water. 🌟Although the hotel is not large in scale, it is elegantly and stylishly decorated. Stepping into the lobby, the details of Chinese classical beauty are eye-catching! 🏡🏠We chose the parent-child tree house, which is built next to the lake. We walked to the balcony to enjoy the green scenery of the rippling Tianmu Lake and the mountains and forests! It has a two-story design, with a large bed on the first floor and a loft on the second floor. There are sensor lights next to the stairs, log furniture, and the decoration is warm and bright. 💯The service is also a perfect experience, considerate butler service, shuttle bus pick-up and drop-off... The surrounding scenery is picturesque, there are rich and colorful parent-child activities, and you are close to nature. It is very suitable for a parent-child vacation! ! The restaurant is located on the first floor and is connected to the waterfront platform. Although there are not many choices for breakfast, the food is great! 🍜Especially noodles and Chinese snacks are also delicious! 🌸There is a garden behind the hotel where you can stroll around and have a panoramic view of Tianmu Lake. 📝Note tips: 1.🚗Nanjing can be reached by car in about 1.5 hours. A few tips when arriving. The parking lot is a little far away and it is best to unload your luggage at the hotel door first. ➡️It is about a 10-minute walk from Tianmu Lake Tourist Resort. 2. In addition, when you push the door of the room near Tianmu Lake, you can see the beautiful scenery of the lake and mountains. 🌅🌈I will definitely go and stay there next time I have a chance! ! !

LiYang Tianmu Lake Yu BiBo Garden Hotel. Location: No. 3 Yingbin Avenue, Liyang City, Changzhou. The forest coverage rate exceeds 95%, earning it the title of 'China's Longevity Town'. Tianmu Lake is at the core of the Su-Xi-Chang region, reachable within 1.5 hours by car from Nanjing, about 2 hours from Hangzhou, and roughly 2.5 hours from Shanghai. Yu BiBo Garden Hotel is Tianmu Lake Group's brand new masterpiece in 2023, the third 'Yu' series high-end resort hotel. The standalone bar located on the second floor--Yu BAR is a great spot for a nightcap. Yu BiBo Garden is not large in size, with only 23 guest rooms, but offers 7 different types of rooms to choose from, each with a high-quality large bathtub. Tianmu Lake Group's brand new masterpiece in 2023, it is also the third 'Yu' series high-end resort hotel following Yu ShiLan and Yu Tianmu Lake. The hotel stands by the lake, occupying the prime resort spot of Tianmu Lake. The lush mountains provide a picturesque backdrop, while the rippling blue lake adds a gentle hue. The two stone lions at the front showcase the Chinese way of welcoming guests. On one side is the oriental architecture with white walls and flying eaves, and on the other is the Suzhou-style garden with pine and cypress trees. Stepping into the lobby, one is amazed by the details of 'classical Chinese beauty'. Yu BiBo Garden is not large in size, with only 23 guest rooms, but offers 7 different types of rooms to choose from, catering to the needs of different customers. The Chinese design is integrated into every detail, from the shelf on the washstand to the dressing table painted with images of ladies... Sitting here to dress up is like traveling back to the household of an ancient noble. On the other hand, the rooms are big and new! The room size starts from 34m², with a standard one-bedroom and one-living room configuration. Take the cable car to overlook the 'Nanshan Bamboo Sea', watch the cute daily life of giant pandas; at the top Chinese 'Yu Shui Hot Spring', embark on a private hot spring pilgrimage. The standalone bar located on the second floor--Yu BAR is a great spot for a nightcap. Order a cocktail, sit at the outdoor bar, and enjoy the evening breeze while watching the neon lights change in the distant mountains, romantic and comfortable. The hotel's restaurant is cleverly set on the first floor, connected to the waterside platform!

The ears hear the melody of nature, and the eyes see the sky full of green vitality. I came to soak in the hot springs again and again on the weekend The environment here is quiet, elegant, and comfortable. I have a different experience every time I come here. On Friday afternoon, I drove 250 kilometers from Shanghai, about 3 hours to Tianmu Lake Yubibo Garden Hotel. The hotel's small tree houses are built on the shore of Tianmu Lake, deep in the bamboo forest, with beautiful scenery. The hotel staff drove us to the 'Elf House'; I liked it at first sight, a duplex two-story building, the upper room is suitable for children to sleep, with a guardrail and a row of doll pigs are quite warm. The downstairs is a big bed. It is convenient to go to the Royal Water Hot Spring to soak in the hot spring mountain. The hot spring is open-air, the water quality is clean, the air is fresh and the temperature is suitable. The fish therapy hot spring experience is particularly good. The waiter also actively provides ginger tea, saying that the water temperature is about 35 degrees, drink some ginger tea to warm up~ Liyang Encounter·Tianmu Lake Hotel/Tianmu Lake Encounter·Bibo Garden Hotel Two stores are interchangeable The 699 yuan package includes: Encounter Tianmu Lake Hotel /Encounter·Bibo Garden Hotel /, choose 1 from 2 Each room includes 2 big 1 small breakfast (children under 1.2M) Double Royal Water Hot Spring/Double Landscape Garden including boat/Double Nanshan Bamboo Sea including ground track or cable car/Sandpot Fish Head Set Meal 1【Choose 1 from 4] Free parking and WiFi;

Still, it's the people of Changzhou who know how to enjoy a bath, surrounding the small Lake Tianmu with a ring of hot spring islands. Of course, Liyang has more than just hot springs, with so many popular spots to check in without stepping on any landmines. Baoyan Zen Temple Starting from Lake Tianmu Park, it's only a 10-minute drive by car, and it's even more popular because it's very photogenic, which is why it's known as the 'Little Chiang Mai' of Liyang. Fangsuo Cultural Village The best way to experience this place is definitely in the evening, with the octagonal pavilion tower being the Tianmu Academy, like a lighthouse. Ascending the spiral staircase is like ascending to heaven. Nanshan Bamboo Sea The popular bamboo sea tourist train is here, and by taking the train to the top of the mountain, you can get up close and personal with two giant pandas. Lake Tianmu Mountain and Water Garden The Lake Tianmu Mountain and Water Garden is the core scenic area of Lake Tianmu, where you can take a cruise to a distant island. Walking around the island, you can watch performances and interact with peacocks. 🏨 Hotels The hotels around Lake Tianmu are all part of one group. For hot springs hotels, the Lake Tianmu Yuhu Peninsula Hot Spring Hotel is recommended. If you're not into hot springs, you can try the treehouse hotel Lake Tianmu Yu·Bibo Garden Hotel, and if you want to eat fish head, you can stay at the Lake Tianmu Hotel

Happy New Year, Happy New Year, Happy New Year, New Year is good! 👀Attractions: Tianmu Lake Landscape Garden, Nanshan Bamboo Sea is free of charge🏜️ 🚗Departure from Shanghai: self-driving for 3 hours (free of charge for Spring Festival highway🤭) ✅: 🏨Tianmu Lake Yu Beibo Garden——Log cabin + Landscape Garden Dragon drum🐲, dragon lantern🏮, dragon dance🎤......Feel the combination of tradition and modernity in the festive atmosphere of Tianmu Lake ✅: 🍽️You must try this fish head hot pot🍲......Unique! Highly recommend the red soup, add some side dishes, it's refreshing and satisfying ✅: Weather conditions☁️, pay attention to keep warm, it might be below zero, choose down jacket or fleece coat🧥

|Lock this hotel, it's worth crying. Jiangsu Liyang!|Lock this hotel, it's worth crying. Jiangsu Liyang hides an excellent holiday resort with pleasant scenery all year round You can get a vacation experience of accommodation, play, and hot springs Please!! I will be very sad if anyone hasn't stayed in this hotel The geographical location really won my heart, located next to Liyang Tianmu Lake The forest coverage rate is over 95%, known as the "longevity town of China". The lush forest is its freehand background The rippling lake is its gentle bottom color |The view is too good, you can see the lake and the mountain when you open the window You can enjoy the view of Tianmu Lake and the mountain scenery while lying on the bed! I feel like I can stay in the hotel all day The lake view family room is super large There is a king size bed and a single bed, no problem for four people Chinese design is integrated into the details, sitting in front of the dressing table painted with the picture of a lady, as if traveling to the ancient big family The hotel's entertainment facilities are simply unspeakable The hotel has a bar, chess and card room, and a water park. You can play in the water park during the day In the evening, you can choose to chat with a few friends in the bar, or play mahjong in the chess and card room, no matter which activity you choose, it's super fun!! There are many places to play Tianmu Lake Landscape Garden: National 5A scenic spot, with China Tea Culture Garden, Jiangnan Tea Village, Zhuangyuan Pavilion, etc. Nanshan Bamboo Sea: National 5A scenic spot, where you can not only see pandas and flamingos, but also take a bamboo raft to tour the clean lake, enjoying your own leisure time ·Yushui Hot Spring: The rare calcium bicarbonate type natural hot spring in East China has more than 60 outdoor soaking pools, among which the bamboo tip soaking pool at the highest point of the mountain can overlook the bamboo sea of ten thousand acres I really want to recommend this hotel to everyone. During these days in the hotel, I have lived the life I longed for. Promise me, are you ready to rush?