Recommended rural travel routes in Quzhou
Two-day tour in Longyou county
Route:
Day one: Longyou residential estates – Longshan Sports Town – Longhe Fishery Park – Guantan Commune Homestay or Longshan Sports Town for accommodation
Day two: Longyou grottoes – Jiang family's courtyard
Features: ancient buildings, 1,000-year-old grottoes, flowers and sports events
Best seasons: Spring, summer and autumn
Most recommended: Longyou residential estates and Longshan Sports Town
Longyou residential estates, located on Jiming Mountain, are among the most authentic ancient residential buildings in the county. Located at the foot of Longshan Mountain, Longshan Sports Town boasts a wide variety of sports and fitness facilities and is a good place for an outing and teambuilding exercises.
Two-day tour at Qianjiangyuan National Park
Route: Yuxi Royal Tea Plantation – Provincial Modern Agricultural Park – Tantou village – Yilongfang Kaihua Longding Tea Culture Garden – Huang'an village
Features: Tea-related activities, rural delicacies, fruit picking and folk customs of the Xi ethnic group
Best seasons: Spring, summer and autumn
Most recommended: Yilongfang Kaihua Longding Tea Culture Garden
Yilongfang Kaihua Longding Tea Culture Garden features Anhui-style architecture decorated with creative tea sets and tea-related wall paintings. Visitors can pick tea leaves, learn to how to stir fry them, and then taste the tea brewed with their freshly-fried leaves.