Fenghuang Ancient Town Tours & Night View Travel Guide

Fenghuang Ancient Town Travel FAQs

• What is the fun at night in Fenghuang Ancient Town?

  The nights in Fenghuang Ancient Town are crazy. There is a street of bars, and there are many of them, not far from each other. Their names are very seductive: Encounter, Seated with Who, Lost, Burning Bar, etc. Walking through a street of night markets on Hongqiao East Road, you will probably be surprised by the musical noise coming from the bars. Each bar has a resident singer singing vigorously. In contrast, the kind of bar that attracts attention not only by its name is a bit more popular, such as Escape to Utopia-Flower Story. It is an outdoor bar with flowers as its soul and decoration theme, featuring live outdoor performances. At this bar, seated by the bar, you can overlook the entire Sha Wan complex.

• What are the special snacks in Fenghuang?

  You can't miss out on the local specialties on your trip. People from Fenghuang like to cook with much oil and salt and spices. A cook would be out of his comfort zone if he didn't put chili in dishes. Therefore, guests who are particular about what they want to eat must remind the restaurant owners and chefs. The local main dishes are usually made into hot pots. Blood duck is the number one dish in Fenghuang. It is not easy to make but tastes good. It is the kind of food that you want to praise when you take one bite. There are other hot pots such as Miao fish hot pot and preserved flavor hot pot. Meat dishes include braised pork, steamed meat with rice flour, stir-fried or stewed meat with mushrooms, and fried meat with boletus (specialties of Laer Mountain in Fenghuang. A small number of people will have adverse reactions), fried bacon with fiddlehead and shallot. The local dishes of Fenghuang are wonderful and have special tastes, such as boiled tofu in sour soup, fried glutinous rice with hot and sour chili, hot and sour mash with wild onion and glutinous rice, wild onion sour soup, and sour radish. They taste sour. The local wild vegetables include wild celery, star jelly, shepherd's purse, wild shallots, etc. They can be found in different seasons.

• What is the Xiangxi Fenghuang Fair and what are its characteristics?

  As for local fairs, as the saying goes, "Those who have not been to a Xiangxi fair cannot be considered to have really visited Xiangxi." If you go to Fenghuang without going to the market, it is not really a visit to Fenghuang. Not only is there a wide variety of agricultural products at low prices, but there are also a variety of rare products with ethnic characteristics. The market in Miao towns is also a place for Miao girls to vie with each other for beauty. At a glance, you can see various colorful ethnic costumes. The market in the towns of Fenghuang is held once every five days. Laershan, Heku and Shanjiangzhe are the Miao markets. Not only the nearby Miao villages come here for the market, but also traders from Huayuan, Jishou, Luxi, Mayang, Songtao (Guizhou), Tongren, and Xiushan (Chongqing). It can be described as "three provinces to the same market". The variety of items, the low prices, and the exquisite ethnic handicrafts are one of the best in all the fairs.

• How is the accommodation in Fenghuang Ancient Town and what are the prices?

  Most of the accommodations in Fenghuang Ancient Town are homestays, usually equipped with TVs, hot water, toilets, and air conditioning. The environment is clean. The price of hotel rooms fluctuates greatly: 100-120 yuan on weekdays, 150-200 yuan on weekends, and almost 600-800, or even higher, during the Golden Week. This is because there are currently fewer hotels and inns in Fenghuang and demand exceeds supply. However, if you stay in a hotel in Fenghuang Ancient Town, you will usually spend most of your time wandering around the town, enjoying the scenery and the atmosphere.

• How about the spending in Fenghuang?

  The consumption level in Fenghuang is not high. The food here is good and inexpensive, and there are many local snacks and well-known dishes, such as tangyuan (sweet dumplings), fried meat with boletus, blood duck and pickled fish. There are ice rice shrimp, bean jelly, fried crayfish and Miao pickles, all of which are distinctive local specialties; in summer, you can also eat the icy sweet dumplings, which are delicious and sweet and sour. Although the locals prefer food with strong flavors, due to the increasing number of tourists, they will take into account the preferences of their guests when cooking. The locals are warm and considerate.