7 Helpful Notes When Traveling Self-sufficient Phuong Hoang Ancient Town

International payment cards become useless when shopping, eating and drinking in Phoenix, so you need to prepare enough cash.
7 useful notes when traveling self-sufficient Phuong Hoang
The ancient small village reflecting on the Da Giang stream in Phuong Hoang district, the autonomous Chau Gia, the Miao Xiangxi in the west of Hunan province, China is quite famous on the world tourist map, mesmerizing many traveler. The ancient Phuong Hoang tours from Ho Chi Minh City or Hanoi cost about 15-18 million VND / adult for 6 days 5 nights. However, you absolutely can travel on your own, and need to be prepared carefully because Phuong Hoang's location is not convenient in traveling, having to travel many stages.
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. Visa
More than 1,000 km from Hanoi, the ancient Phuong Hoang town lies deep in mainland China. That is why the information that Vietnamese people can use the passport to go to ancient Phuong Hoang by train as a few reviews is completely wrong. The passport allows short-term travel only in the provinces bordering the North
You must apply for a Chinese visa to go to Phoenix.



The normal service visa price (from June to September) is about 70-85 USD / person (about 1.5-1.9 million VND / person), at peak (from October to May) about 130- 190 USD / person (about 3 - 4.2 million VND / person) depending on time to work quickly or slowly. In addition, you can apply for a visa by yourself according to the instructions of the embassy or consulate in Ho Chi Minh City, but it is quite time consuming.
Photo: Thiet Nguyen
2. Move
To save money, you can take the train from Gia Lam station (Hanoi), transfer multiple stations to Cat Thu station (Jishou) Time spent on the train for a long time, only suitable for those who have ample time.



The fastest way to go to Ancient Town is to fly to Zhangjiajie (Hunan Province), transit in Guangzhou, then take a bus or train to reach the small town. Good airfares are quite rare.
Bus from Truong Gia Gioi to Ancient Town: There are about 2-3 trips a day, buy at Truong Gia Gioi bus station. Tickets are only sold 24 hours before the departure date, costing about 80 yuan / person (about 290,000 dong).
- By train: It takes 2 hours by train from Truong Gia Gioi station to Cat Thu station, costs about 20 yuan / person (about 72,000 VND) and then continue to take the bus, take an extra hour to get to Phuong Hoang, cost 25 yuan / people (about 90,000 VND). You can buy train tickets early through online ticketing sites to avoid tickets running out.
3. Hotel
Compared to other ancient towns in China, hotels in Ancient Town are just beautiful outside, old furniture, not clean, mainly hostels.



Some big hotels are very expensive, they run out of rooms quickly. You have to watch a long time and book a room through some Chinese websites and applications such as Ctrip, Qunar, Meituan ... will have cheaper prices.
4. Eat and drink
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Shrimp cake and fried rice cake roll are two snacks to try when coming to Phuong Hoang, cost about 5 yuan / item (about 18,000 VND). Fish hot pot and beef noodle soup are also two famous dishes here, suitable for eating in winter, when it is cold snow because the food in Phuong Hoang is quite spicy and hot.



If you can't eat spicy, tell the chef before eating. To know the quality of the dish, you can use the meituan app to check before arrival. Especially, the fruit here is very fresh and delicious.
5. Buy souvenirs and language
Do not forget to bargain when buying or renting a boat walking on the river in Phuong Hoang because the owner, the service always screams high prices for tourists. There are many international visitors to visit but most of them are not fluent in English. Should prepare some translation software such as Pleco, Google Translate ..



. to be able to communicate when ordering food, buying or needing help ...
6. Nice photo location
Photo: Thiet Nguyen
If you want to take a panoramic photo, instead of standing on the Hongqiao bridge across the river built in ancient Chinese architecture, you can find an abandoned 4-storey house near the end of the town, located at a rather high position, enough to cover the scene. Besides, the view from here is also quite interesting because you can separate from the crowds of thousands of tourists every day, hide from the noise of the bustling bars below at night, enjoy the tranquility. own.




7. Currency
International payment cards become useless when shopping and dining in the ancient town of Phuong Hoang. There are also rare ATMs and banks here, so it is very inconvenient to exchange foreign currencies, even in USD. Only one or two places have money exchange services with quite high rates and require a lot of procedures, quite a long wait. Therefore, it is best to have enough cash prepared before going to be more active.
According to Vi Yen / Star
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