Air
Most passengers first take a fight to Kunming and then transfer by bus/plane to Lijiang. Now there are direct flights from Shanghai to Lijiang.
Lijiang airport is 28km from the city center. It takes 40 minutes to travel by plane from Kunming to Lijiang and the ticket price is about RMB 530. The passengers can buy tickets at Shengmin airline ticket center on Tuodong Road, Kuming (opposite to Provencal Tobacco Building, Sheng Yancao Dalou in Chinese) and Fuhui Road in Lijiang.
In Lijiang Airport there are airport shuttle buses traveling between the airport and the town. The terminal is at the entrance of Xincheng Yunnan airlines ticket office. The shuttle bus passes an entrance to the ancient city of Lijiang. The whole journey takes 30 minutes and the ticket price is RMB 10. At the entrance to the ancient city of Lijiang passengers can take a taxi (RMB 6) and arrive at the center of the ancient city of Lijiang. To arrive at the airport directly, take the No. 1 Bus at New Street (Xin Dajie).
Taxi
In the old city of Lijiang tourists can walk around or take a taxi. Smaller sized cars are RMB6 for the first 3 KM and 1.6/KM thereafter and bigger cars like Santana are RMB7 for the first 3 KM and 1.8/KM thereafter. Although few drivers use the meter during the day, most journeys should not cost more than RMB6.
September 30th, 2011 at 12:04 am
How do I get from the airport to the bus station in Lijiang? How long does it take? If the method is by bus, how often do these buses leave from the airport ?
September 30th, 2011 at 1:35 am
From the airport, you could take shuttle bus for one hour to its terminal in downtown Lijiang. Then, you could hire a taxi driving to the nearby Lijiang Gao Kuai Bus Station in 20 minutes, which operates buses to Kunming and Dali.