Slow Travel in Yangzhou for Three Days

Hello everyone! I have carefully planned a three-day, two-night in-depth slow travel guide for Yangzhou, with a budget controlled within 3000 RMB. It highlights the authentic lifestyle philosophy of "water inside the skin in the morning, skin wrapped in water at night," taking you to measure the thousand-year-old poetry city with your footsteps, eat a bowl of hot dried tofu threads, listen to a piece of pingtan (traditional storytelling and ballad singing), stay one night in a garden inn, and live like an "old Yangzhou" for a day. 🌸【Yangzhou · Three Days Two Nights Poetic Slow Life】 > Theme: March Blossoms · Garden Elegance Gathering · Morning Tea and Local Life > Budget: ¥2980 per person (single) > Best Season: March-May, September-November (spring blossoms, crisp autumn) 🚄 Day 1｜Arrive in Yangzhou · First Encounter with the Slow City Life 🚉 Transportation (¥420) ✅ Round-trip high-speed rail: ¥276 City transportation: taxi + bus + shared bike, about ¥144 for 3 days ✅ Total transportation: ¥420 🏨 Accommodation (¥880) Stay at a boutique garden homestay by Slender West Lake Recommended: "Changle Inn," "Heyuan · Huajiantang," "Xiangli · Slender West Lake Branch" White walls and black tiles, deep courtyards, green views from the window, attentive service Price: ¥440/night × 2 nights = ¥880 (including double breakfast) ✅ Accommodation fee: ¥880 🍽 Lunch: Fuchun Teahouse (Main Branch) One of Yangzhou’s "Top Three Morning Teas," a century-old brand Must order: Kuilongzhu tea, hot dried tofu threads, crab roe soup dumplings, Wuding big buns ✅ Lunch: ¥98 🏯 Afternoon: Slender West Lake · Garden Landscape Tour on the Lake 【Slender West Lake Scenic Area】🌸 Ticket: ¥100 (off-season ¥80, 60+ years old ¥50) Recommended to enter from the south gate and exit from the north gate, combining walking and boat ride Must-see: Five Pavilion Bridge, Twenty-four Bridge, White Pagoda, Xu Garden Optional: Take a painted boat tour ¥40 ✅ Ticket + boat ride: ¥140 🌃 Evening: Dongguan Street + Night Tour of the Ancient Canal Walk to 【Dongguan Street Historic District】 Check-in spots: Xie Fuchun Fragrant Powder Shop, Sanhe Simei Pickles, Guangling Book Market Must eat: Huangqiao sesame seed cake, lotus root starch balls, Yangzhou fried rice (street stalls are more authentic) ✅ Snacks + souvenirs: ¥60 🗓️ Day 2｜Garden Elegance Gathering · A Day as Old Yangzhou 🍜 Breakfast: Yiyuan Restaurant or Quyuan Teahouse Experience the "water inside the skin" lifestyle: morning tea from 9 to 11 am Recommended: Jade siu mai, thousand-layer fried cake, shrimp roe wontons ✅ Breakfast: included in accommodation 🏯 Morning: Ge Garden + He Garden (Two Famous Gardens of Jiangnan) 【Ge Garden】🏛️ Ticket ¥45 | One of China’s Four Famous Gardens, known for "Four Seasons Rockeries" 【He Garden】🏛️ Ticket ¥45 | "The First Garden of Late Qing," blending Chinese and Western styles, 100-meter-long corridor ✅ Tickets for both gardens: ¥90 🍽 Lunch: Jiangjiaqiao Dumpling and Noodle Shop (Local favorite) Must order: potstickers, dumpling noodles, Yangzhou coarse stir-fry ✅ Lunch: ¥35 🕉 Afternoon: Daming Temple + Climb Qiling Pagoda 【Daming Temple】🌸 Ticket ¥45 | Departure point of monk Jianzhen’s eastward voyage, full of Zen atmosphere Climb Qiling Pagoda to overlook Yangzhou city, excellent view ✅ Ticket: ¥45 🛁 Evening: Authentic "Skin Wrapped in Water" — Bath + Foot Massage 【Yangzhou Scrubbing Hall or Lianhua Bridge Foot Massage Room】 Yangzhou foot massage is an intangible cultural heritage, famous nationwide Full body massage + foot massage + bath: ¥128/90 minutes ✅ Experience fee: ¥128 🗓️ Day 3｜Cultural Treasures · Take Home a Piece of Poetry 🍜 Breakfast: Gonghechun or Siwangting Morning Tea - Try a different "Yangzhou flavor": stewed noodles at Gonghechun, steamed dumplings at Siwangting ✅ Breakfast: ¥30 🏛 Morning: Yangzhou Museum + China Grand Canal Museum (Must visit!) 【Yangzhou Museum】🏛️ Free | Learn about Yangzhou’s 2500-year history 【China Grand Canal Museum】🏛️ Free | Popular check-in spot, 6 impressive exhibition halls Reserve the immersive "Damingdu Water Supervision" exhibition: ¥30 (highly recommended) ✅ Tickets + reservation: ¥30 🎁 Before lunch: Restock at Dongguan Street or Explore Alley Flavors Buy souvenirs: Xie Fuchun salted duck egg powder (¥68) Sanhe Simei pickle gift box (¥58) Yangzhou lacquerware small ornaments (within ¥100) ✅ Souvenirs: ¥200 🚉 Afternoon: Return Trip Taxi to Yangzhou Station ¥25, high-speed rail back ✅ Transportation included in total budget ✅ Total Budget Breakdown (Per Person) | Item | Cost | | Round-trip High-speed Rail (Shanghai) | ¥276 | | City Transportation | ¥144 | | Accommodation (2 nights garden homestay) | ¥880 | | Meals (6 main meals, 3 breakfasts + snacks) | ¥353 | | Attraction Tickets (Slender West Lake, Ge Garden, He Garden, Daming Temple, Canal Museum) | ¥310 | | Foot Massage and Bath Experience | ¥128 | | Souvenirs + Emergency | ¥289 | | Total | ¥2980 ✅ > 💡 Students can save to within ¥2400: ticket discounts + youth hostel accommodation + bus travel 🌟 **Travel Blogger’s Private Tips** 1. Go early for morning tea: Fuchun and Quyuan have lines of 1 hour or more after 9 am! 2. Wear Hanfu to stroll gardens: Ge Garden and He Garden are perfect for photos, rentals available in scenic areas 3. Must reserve Canal Museum: "Damingdu Water Supervision" exhibition tickets are hard to get! 4. Stay in the old city: close to attractions, rich nightlife 5. Don’t just eat sweet: Yangzhou cuisine is sweet with a hint of salt, you can ask for "less sweet" when ordering > 🌿 Travel Blogger’s Honest Words: > Yangzhou, > is a city where once you arrive, you don’t want to rush. > Its beauty is not in the number of attractions, > but in the warmth of a bowl of morning tea, > the melodious sound of pingtan, > and the focused gaze of a foot massage master. 🎒 Come to Yangzhou! Be a leisurely person for a day, listen to the wind, drink tea, watch flowers, and live slowly.** 🍵🌸🛶