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first opening to sightseers during the Sui dynasty, the 137-hectare Seven Stars
Park makes for some pleasant strolls.
To get here, walk, cycle or catch bus 10 or 11 from the train station.
OTHER HILLS
Just west of Solitary Beauty Peak is
Wave-Subduing Hill
( Fubo Shan; admis-
sion ¥25; 7am-6pm)
, which offers more great views as well as the chance
to see Song- and Tang-dynasty Buddhist carvings etched into the walls of
Returned Pearl Cave
( Huanzhu Dong). Just south of the city centre is
Elephant Trunk Hill
( Xiangbi Shan; admission ¥75; 7am-6.30pm)
, per-
haps best viewed from one of the bamboo rafts (about ¥15) that float down the
Li River.
Hills
Solitary Beauty Peak, Guilin
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