Guilin

Guilin, formerly romanized as Kweilin, is a prefecture-level city in the northeast of China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. It is situated on the west bank of the Li River and borders Hunan to the north. Wikipedia

Population 4,931,137 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in China

Visas and entry What your passport needs for China
Daylight 10 h 35 in Dec, dark by 17:51 · 13 h 42 in Jun
  1. January: 10 h 44 of daylight
  2. February: 11 h 18 of daylight
  3. March: 11 h 59 of daylight
  4. April: 12 h 44 of daylight
  5. May: 13 h 22 of daylight
  6. June: 13 h 42 of daylight
  7. July: 13 h 34 of daylight
  8. August: 13 h 03 of daylight
  9. September: 12 h 20 of daylight
  10. October: 11 h 36 of daylight
  11. November: 10 h 56 of daylight
  12. December: 10 h 35 of daylight
Tourist office · 1.4 km Guilin City Visitor Center

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Markets

  • 南站市场

    No hours mapped

    630 m from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

Somewhere to run

Getting around

More train stations: GuilinNan 4.1 km, 芦笛岩下站 4.8 km, 芦笛岩上站 5.0 km

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