Day 01
Customizable Chongqing Urban City Walk
Please select the attractions from below.
Feel free to revise or omit any of them based on your preference.
Option 1:
- 09:00 AM: Meet the guest at the agreed site (airport or hotel lobby).
- 09:30 AM: Spend 15 minutes sightseeing at Liziba Monorail Station to spot the modern infrastructure and the Tik-Tok-trending view of the monorail passing through a building.
- 09:30 AM-10:30 AM: Visit Ciqikou Old Town (English name - Porcelain Harbor) to witness a microcosm of Chongqing in terms of residential complexes and folk livelihood dating back to the medieval period (900-1100 AD).
- 11:00 AM: Take a stroll through Eling Park (English name - Goose-neck Peak) and the Eling Er'chang Cultural-Creative Zone to see the former consular offices and Chiang Kai-shek's summer resort during WWII, when Chongqing served as the auxiliary capital, as well as a factory heritage-themed zone that has gone viral on social media for its posters and billboards.
- Take a lunch break.
- 13:00 PM-14:00 PM: Visit the Three Gorges Museum (city museum). Not available on Monday.
- 14:30 PM-15:00 PM: Walk through Jiefangbei Square (English name - Liberation Monument), the biggest pedestrian street in southwestern China, to feel the city vibe and try local street snacks and food.
- 17:00 PM: Drop-off.
Option 2:
- 09:00 AM: Meet the guest at the agreed site (airport or hotel lobby).
- 09:15 AM: Visit Kuixinglou Building.
- 09:30 AM-10:30 AM: Explore the mountain alleyways, focusing mainly on colonial heritage sites such as a chapel and missionary hospital from before the 1940s, and take a tea break with folkloric performance and river views.
- 11:30 AM: Visit the Qixinggang City Walled Gate relic, the only surviving one of Chongqing's 17 walled gates.
- 12:00 PM: Visit the Yangtse Cableway, the only operating cableway on the Yangtse River and also a Tik-Tok hotspot.
- 12:30 PM-13:30 PM: See Chongqing's WWII colonial heritage and city vibe at Longmenhao Old Street, a replicated building complex built on a cliff and dedicated to the 1940s.
- Take a lunch break.
- 17:00 PM: Shop for souvenirs at Raffles City Shopping Mall.
Additional sites are also possible, with the overtime pay policy applying if necessary. These include Huguang Guild House, a river cruise for the night view, Chongqing Crown Escalator, and 18-Steps Old Street. Feel free to revise the plan.
