72 Strange Buildings (72 Qilou)
七十二奇楼 · Qīshí’èr Qí Lóu
A giant cluster of old Tujia stilted wooden houses rebuilt high on a steel frame in the city, lit up at night above a street of food stalls and free folk shows.
No booking needed1–2 hours
Tip
Go on the evening you arrive in or leave Zhangjiajie. For a free view, look from the traffic island opposite the entrance. Try rice tofu and blood-cake duck in the food street.
- Opening hours
- Open all day; lights about 19:00/19:30 until 22:00–23:30 depending on season; evening shows roughly 20:00–22:20 To be confirmed
- Price
- Evening ticket about ¥88 (includes the outdoor shows); daytime about ¥48 To be confirmed
- How to book
- Buy at the ticket centre by the entrance or on Trip.com. To be confirmed
- Getting there
- About 10 minutes by taxi from central Zhangjiajie (about ¥15), or bus 7, 16 or 17. Leaving at night, walk a few hundred metres away from the gate before calling a DiDi. To be confirmed
- Address in Chinese
- 湖南省张家界市永定区七十二奇楼
Photo: Codas · CC BY-SA 4.0
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