Thing To Do in Hefei

Hefei City, located in central Anhui Province, is a low-key provincial capital city, also the political, economic, and cultural center of Anhui. It borders Huainan to the north, Chuzhou to the northeast, Wuhu to the southeast, Tongling to the south, Anqing to the southwest and Lu'an to the west.

Compared with famous Huangshan (where picturesque Yellow Mountain is located), Hefei is really unfamiliar to many foreign travelers. However, this less-known city also has its own charm. If you happen to visit Hefei, or visit nearby, you can find something to kill your time in Hefei as well. For travelers who are interested in Chinese ancient history and historical stories, you can have a very good time in Hefei. Besides, it is also very convenient to travel to Yellow Mountain and Mount Jiuhua after your Hefei tour.

Anhui Museum		Bao Zheng's Ancestral House		Sanhe Ancient Town
The newly-built Anhui Museum has a typical building of traditional Huizhou architecture with features of five directions connected. It enjoys a collection of almost 220,000 cultural relics in many distinctive categories.		Visiting Bao Zheng's Ancestral House, you can not only learn the story of Bao Zheng, but also admire the traditional complex. Climbing to the top floor of the building, the view from above is also a big highlight of this park.		Sanhe Ancient Town is a typical water town with long history and great cultural landscape. There will be some interesting activities like Dragon Lantern Play and Dragon Boat Competition in traditional Chinese Festivals.

Hefei Weather and When to Go

Located in the mid-latitude zone, Hefei has a humid subtropical monsoon climate. With obvious monsoons, it enjoys four distinct seasons, mild climate and moderate rainfall. The annual average temperature is 15.7 °C.
The best time to visit Hefei is spring (March ~ May) and autumn (September ~ November) when the weather is neither too hot nor too cold. In the spring, there are many colorful flowers to appreciate. Xinghua Park, Niujiao Daxu Scenic Area are the most popular places to enjoy spring landscape. Many people will visit there to enjoy the beautiful flowers and fluttering butterflies. Zipeng Mountain and Dashushan Forest Park are good resorts for autumn holiday. When the sky is very clean, you can clearly see the surrounding scenery from the mountain top as well as the multi-colored leaves.

How to Get around Hefei

As the capital city of Anhui, Hefei can be reached very easily from many big cities and main tourist cities in China.

Flights to Hefei: Hefei Xinqiao International Airport is the main airport serving Hefei. You can take a flight to this airport from many important cities, such as Beijing (about 2hrs), Xian (about 2hrs), Guilin (about 1hr 40mins), Chengdu (about 2hrs), Guangzhou (about 2hrs), Xiamen (about 2hrs), Kunming (about 2.5hrs), Qingdao (about 2hrs), etc. and regional or international flights from Macau, Taipei, Seoul, Bangkok, Novosibirsk.

High Speed Trains to Hefei: It is also efficient to take a high speed train to Hefei from many domestic cities, like Shanghai (2~4hrs), Beijing (3.5~5hrs), Xian (5~6hrs), Guilin (7.5hrs), Chengdu (10~15hrs), Guangzhou (6.5~9hrs), Xiamen (6~6.5hrs), Kunming (about 10hrs), Qingdao (6~6.5hrs), etc.