When the weather is good, you can go cycling or hiking with your family or friends. Cycling with the wind in your face is refreshing, so where are some good cycling routes in Zhongshan? See the main text for details, and let’s go check it out!
1、Xiangxiang Xiaolanghuan Greenway
The Xiaolanghuan section of the greenway is a fitness and leisure greenway. There is a public fitness park here with complete fitness equipment. There is also a professional bicycle racing track, which is an important gathering place for veteran cyclists. This greenway is suitable for those who like adventure, mountaineering and fitness. Go cycling with your friends on weekends!
Cycling along the Xiangxiang Greenway, you can enjoy many attractions and historical sites, visit the Zhongshan Hot Spring Park to soak in hot springs and enjoy delicious food, go to Quanlin Mountain Villa for recreation and leisure, visit the Classical Furniture Corridor to admire European-style classical furniture with a Ming and Qing Dynasty style, see the ancient crane village with its ancient charm…Experience the unique human and natural charm of Xiangxiang.
Cycling Guide
Rental: The park provides bicycle rental services.
Things to Do: Xiangxiang’s wide variety of foreign trade stores are very popular, so if you have time, you can spend some time browsing.
Special Food: Don’t miss Xiangxiang tea cakes. Sèfěn is also a signature dish of Xiangxiang.
2、Minzhong Water Town Greenway
The Minzhong Water Town section of the greenway starts at the Hongqili Bridge and runs through the Minzhong Shazi Village, Xinping Village, Xinping Si Village, Xinjian Village, Yicang Village, Yu’an Village, Qun’an Village, and Yanjiang Village, a total of 8 villages.
It passes by tourist attractions such as Shaitian Mingzhu, Mingcai Fruit Orchard, Yu’an Renjia, and several fruit farms, and ends at the Hengmen Waterway embankment, with a total length of 27.5 kilometers. It is the longest and most water town-style greenway trail in the city. The greenway runs through tens of thousands of acres of Shaitian Water Town scenery, passing by numerous rivers, fruit forests, vegetable gardens, fish ponds, cultivated land, and embankments, showcasing only the water town scenery.
Men casting nets in boats, women washing clothes by the river, children playing naked in the river, and stilt houses built by the water, all exude a strong, indelible water town charm… This is the perfect blend of the unique natural ecology and human ecology of the Pearl River Delta.
Minzhong Water Town produces a variety of fruits, with more than 30 types of fruits such as bananas, lychees, longans, mangoes, etc., fragrant throughout the year. Picking fruits has become one of the most beloved leisure activities for tourists who come to the water town.
Cycling Guide
Rental: Each station has a variety of bicycles for rent.
Route Attractions: Yu’an Renjia, Mingcai Fruit Orchard, Shaitian Mingzhu.
Special Food: It is famous for its Water Town Three Treasures, Seafood Banana Buds Soup, Banana Braised Pork, and other dishes.
3、Wugui Mountain Greenway
This greenway, after a short distance along the Chenggui Highway, turns into the Zhongshan Vocational Education Park, and then enters the Wugui Mountain Scenic Area.
From the foot of Wugui Mountain, a newly opened greenway runs along the mountain and all the way to the Peace Village in the mountains. Along the way, you can also admire bamboo forests and ponds, instantly escaping from the hustle and bustle of the city. After about 2 kilometers of mountainside greenway, you reach a small village nestled in the mountains – Peace Village. The quaint village houses are like a paradise.
Cycling Guide
Route Attractions: Xianzonglong Garden, Zhongshan Vocational Education Park, Peace Village
4、Bo’ai Road Greenway Section
The Zhongshan Greenway Zimaling Demonstration Section extends westward from the Bo’ai Road Changjiang Road intersection along the north side of Bo’ai Road, forming a strip connecting Zimaling Park and the Zimaling South Gate Fitness Plaza, with a total length of 1.4 kilometers. The newly added green space alone reaches 3.1 hectares.
Cycling along the Bo’ai Road Greenway, you’ll experience a change in scenery at every step. On the green belt of the Xiao’ao Creek Village next to Bo’ai Road, small but complete, there are small ponds, lawns, pavilions, corridors, and other small elements exquisitely laid out, creating a natural ecological leisure space.
Cycling Guide
Route Attractions: Zimaling Park, Famous Tree Garden, Sun Yat-sen Park.
5、Nanlang Cuiheng Greenway Section
The starting point is the Zhongshan Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery, and the end point is the Nanlang Mangrove Yikou Wetland Park, with a total length of about 5.9 kilometers.
The Cuiheng Village section is the one with the most human landscape among all the greenway stations in Zhongshan. The Zhongshan Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery, Sun Yat-sen’s Former Residence Memorial Hall, Zhongshan Film and Television City, etc., are all well-known attractions. In addition to the rich human landscape, the mangrove scenery here is also worth mentioning. After passing Yikou Village, it is the seaside, and what you see is all mangrove forest, and you can often see seabirds flying out of the forest.
Cycling Guide
Rental: There are no bicycle rentals at the station here, so be careful!
Route Attractions: Zhongshan Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery, Sun Yat-sen’s Former Residence Memorial Hall, Zhongshan City, Mangrove Wetland Park.
Special Food: Yikou Wonton, Yikou Seafood
6、Jinzhong Reservoir Greenway
The Jinzhong Reservoir Greenway Loop Trail is 11.6 kilometers long.
The vast reed marshes, verdant lake waters, soaring waterbirds, mountain pines and bamboo forests, and sweet Lingnan fresh fruits will leave you mesmerized. The Jinzhong Greenway is undoubtedly the most beautiful greenway in Zhongshan. There is no city’s bustling crowd or traffic here. The clean and refreshing greenway is perfect for taking your significant other for a romantic bike ride.
The Jinzhong Reservoir Greenway has many people and the terrain and route are relatively complex. It requires a high level of experience and adaptability for enthusiasts, so you might want to “conquer” this route!
Cycling Guide
Rental: There are many rental shops at the entrance and exit of the Jinzhong Reservoir, and because the Jinzhong Reservoir Greenway is steep and has many slopes, it is recommended to choose a mountain bike with gears.
Special Food: The local farmhouse dishes here are very authentic, and the freshly prepared reservoir fish are very popular.
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