Chengdu Attractions

Places covered in the Chengdu travel guide: Chengdu Panda Base, Du Fu Thatched Cottage, Dujiangyan, Jinli, Kuanzhai Alley, Mount Qingcheng, and more.

These stops are the places named in theChengdu travel guide— the three-day shape, food, and what to confirm before you go live on that page. Open a stop for the write-up that sits under it.

Chengdu Panda Base

Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding: 55 yuan tickets booked up to 14 days ahead, 07:30 opening, why mornings matter, and metro plus bus routes.

Du Fu Thatched Cottage

Du Fu Thatched Cottage: 50 yuan tickets, 09:00 to 18:00, which metro exit reaches the north gate, a one-hour garden route, and nearby Huanhuaxi Park.

Dujiangyan

Dujiangyan from Chengdu: the train from Xipu, 80 yuan tickets, a walking route via Fish Mouth, Anlan Bridge and Baopingkou, and when it beats Mount Qingcheng.

Jinli

Jinli Ancient Street: a free 550 m lantern street beside Wuhou Shrine, built in 2004, best after dusk, what snacks to try, and how it compares with Kuanzhai.

Kuanzhai Alley

Kuanzhai Alley guide: the Wide, Narrow and Well lanes of Qing banner housing, rebuilt in 2008, free to walk, Line 4 Exit B, and when to go for fewer crowds.

Mount Qingcheng

Mount Qingcheng from Chengdu: front mountain temples for 80 yuan or quieter back mountain trails, train to Qingchengshan, hours, cable cars and a half-day route.

Wuhou Shrine

Wuhou Shrine guide: 50 yuan tickets booked 14 days ahead, 09:00 to 18:00, the Three Masterpieces stele, Liu Bei's tomb, the red-wall lane and the Jinli exit.