Spring is here, and it’s time to go on a date with beautiful spring! Let’s go to the park, enjoy the flowers, and feel the breath of spring. So, what are some of the best places to go for a weekend getaway in Chongqing? Here are some of our recommendations for you. Check them out!
1、Yuzhong · Fotu Pass Park
Fotu Pass Park is located on the site of the former “Fotu Night Rain”, one of the twelve scenic spots of Bayu. The beauty plum blossoms in Fotu Pass Park are the most famous. The Fotu Pass section of Chongqing Rail Transit Line 2 is a famous check-in spot. Under the warm welcome of a garden full of beauty plum blossoms, the monorail train seems to be shuttling through the sea of flowers, and this is the “train to spring”.
Travel Guide:
Address: No. 8, E’gen Lane, Changjiang Road, Yuzhong District
Tickets: Free
Transportation Guide:
Subway: Take Line 2 of the subway and get off at 【Fotu Pass】station.
Bus: Take bus No. 1410 and get off at 【Lizibaba】station, then walk about 100 meters to the park.
Self-driving: Search “Fotu Pass Park” for navigation
Parking Lot: Huacun Interchange – Roadside Parking, Guan Yue Temple Parking Lot
2、 Zhaomu Mountain Forest Park
Spring returns to the earth, flowers are the messengers. From the middle of January, the red plums in Zhaomu Mountain Forest Park began to bloom. Around the Spring Festival, thousands of red plum blossoms bloom, creating a sea of flowers that are truly vibrant and lively.
Walk along the lakeside and paths, enjoy the flowers while strolling, and as the breeze blows, a faint fragrance fills the air. The flower sea that is etched in our memories has returned, and both close-up and distant views are beautiful.
Close-up, the petals are delicate and juicy, and the flowers are bright and elegant. From afar, they are blooming in layers, resembling a spring painting. Close-up, they are flowers, from afar, they are paintings. In a waking dream, we pick a touch of spring, and pick up a touch of spring color.
The east wind blows open thousands of flowers on the trees, early spring flowers bloom, tourists are intoxicated. Whether you wander through the sea of flowers to find fragrance or ride a bicycle to follow the faint fragrance, it is the most beautiful enjoyment of this spring.
Recommended activities:
Recommended Zhaomu Mountain Park group: Zhaomu Mountain Forest Park, Bailin Park, Tianhu Park, Jinzhou Park, Zhu Lin Park, De Yu Yuan, Xing Zhu Yuan, Yunshu Park, Jinshan Park, Palm Spring Park, etc.
Food Recommendations: Jiuchen Hotpot, Dazhulin Braised Chicken, Qingcong Xiaochang Chongqing Xinghui Liangjiang Store, etc.
Cultural and Tourism Check-in Spot Recommendations: Xinghui Liangjiang Art Business Center, Chongqing Dazhulin Jinke Le Fang Shopping Center, etc.
Travel Guide:
Address: No. 88, West Section of Jinkai Avenue, Liangjiang New Area
Tickets: Free
Flower Viewing Period: March – April: Red leaf plum, cherry blossoms, magnolia, crabapple, purple wisteria, peach blossoms, yellow trumpet creeper
Self-driving: Search “Zhaomu Mountain Forest Park” for navigation
Bus: Take Line 5 and get off at Renhe Station, then walk up the mountain
3、 Chongqing Nanshan Botanical Garden
“The spring color in the garden cannot be contained”, is the best interpretation of Chongqing Nanshan Botanical Garden. The cherry blossoms, tulips, beauty plum blossoms, camellia, and other flowers in the botanical garden are blooming in full splendor, vying with each other for beauty.
Strolling through Nanshan Botanical Garden, the scenery is like a scene from a Makoto Shinkai movie. Pink clouds drift, faint fragrance comes, flowers fill the trees, a piece of crimson cloud, magnificent, falling flowers are scattered, falling pieces of pink dream.
Location: Chongqing Nanshan Botanical Garden (No. 101, Nanshan Botanical Garden Road, Nanshan District, Chongqing City)
Opening Hours: 09:00-17:00
Tickets: 30 yuan (discount price 29 yuan) without greenhouse; 50 yuan (discount price 48 yuan) with greenhouse
Ticket Purchase Entrance: Click here to purchase
Entry Method: Ticket holders and free visitors shall enter the park upon presentation of the entry verification code, their ID card, and their personal Yukan code, after registration of personal information and normal health screening.
Transportation Guide:
Bus Route: Take bus No. 384 to Nanshan Station, get off and walk 116 meters to reach Nanshan Botanical Garden;
Self-driving: Search “Chongqing Nanshan Botanical Garden” for navigation to enjoy the flowers.
4、 Chongqing Garden Expo Park
Chongqing Garden Expo Park is a super-large urban ecological park that combines natural and cultural landscapes. It covers an area of 3300 mu (800 mu of water area) and has 4 major functional areas, 5 characteristic buildings, 127 city exhibition gardens, and more than 660 species of plants, totaling more than 12 million plants.
More than 500 grafted Chinese flowering crabapple trees are full of red flowers, beautiful and charming, symbolizing a “prosperous new year” in the coming year, attracting visitors to stop and admire and take pictures.
Take a boat on the lake and watch the colorful spring flowers blooming along the lakeshore. The sparkling lake reflects the scenery of the surrounding area, the green mountains and clear waters are intoxicating. Here, there are rich natural resources, high-quality air quality and waters. Come to Chongqing Garden Expo Park and enjoy the beautiful spring scenery together.
Travel Guide:
Address: No. 1, Longjing Road, Yuanyang Street, Yubei District
Tickets: Free
Sightseeing Bus Ticket Purchase Entrance: Click here to enter
Transportation Guide:
① Light Rail: Take Metro Line 3 to Garden Expo Park Station. If you do not transfer, walk straight ahead for 500 meters to reach the East Secondary Entrance (Entrance).
② Bus: Take Bus Nos. 555, 559, 575, 623, 633, 676, 883, 965 to Garden Expo Park Main Entrance Station. After getting off the bus, cross the overpass to reach the main entrance of the Garden Expo Park.
③ Self-driving: Self-driving: Search “Chongqing Garden Expo Park” for navigation. Self-driving friends can also navigate to Chongqing Garden Expo Park (Main Entrance) or Chongqing Garden Expo Park East Secondary Entrance (Entrance)
5、 Taisiya Forest Park
Taisiya Forest Park has over 80 imported varieties of tulips, including “Dutch Beauty” and “French Light”, which are separated by winding paths. The color matching and layout design are very characteristic. Blue small boats and white swings are dotted in the sea of flowers. Sitting in them, you are the tulip flower fairy.
Trampolines, slides, sandpits, small football fields, swings… all sorts of amusement facilities are in the children’s playground, you won’t get tired of playing all day long. Let the children have their fill of outdoor fun. Fashionable trendsetters, look here. Rainbow slides, jungle flyover, zipline, and other exciting and thrilling Internet celebrity projects can make you scream with excitement.
It is very convenient to eat in the park. There are Shiguang Douhua Restaurant, Wooden House BBQ, snack shops, slow coffee shops, greenhouse garden restaurants, etc., there is always a delicacy that can hit your taste buds. You can also bring your own food and eat in the flower corridor.
Travel Guide:
Location: Aftercao Road, Xinfacun, Zhongliang Town, Shapingba District, Chongqing
Ticket Price: 29.9 yuan (if there are changes, the ticket price at the ticket purchase entrance shall prevail)
Transportation Guide:
Self-driving route: Search “Taisiya Forest Park” for navigation
Bus Routes:
1. Metro Line 1 to “Shuangbei Station”, transfer to Bus No. 296 at Shuangbei Metro Station to Zhongliang Town
2. “Geleshan Square” starting station, take Bus No. 243 to Zhongliang Town
3. “Beibei Bus Station” take Bus No. 525 to Qingyun Village
4. “Zhongliang Town” take T009 sightseeing bus to Gate 1 of the park
Small Tips:
1. The temperature difference between day and night is large, it is recommended to bring a jacket. If you need to spend the night, you can book a tent or nearby homestay.
2. When you are with friends, you can bring board games to add fun to your trip.
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