10 Days in Hefei
Ten days adds the Binhu lakeshore, a hot-spring day at Bantang and forest hills, rounding the lake basin at a pace the summer heat allows.
Quick Answer
Is 10 days enough for Hefei?
10 days lets you go beyond Hefei's core into neighborhoods, food markets, and one or two day trips at a relaxed pace.
Source: NihaoVisit Hefei guide
10-day Hefei itinerary at a glance
Use our full Hefei travel guide as the base and adapt it to 10 days. Keep the city's three signature attractions as the backbone; fill the rest with neighborhood walks, food markets, and an easy day trip.
Arrival — Baogong Park & the Old Center
The park gathers the shrine, tomb and 1999 Qingfeng Pavilion of Bao Zheng (999-1062), the Song judge born here; afterwards the downtown residence of statesman Li Hongzhang and a Lei Street supper.
- hefei baogong park
- hefei lihongzhang residence
Anhui Museum & Swan Lake
The museum's Chu bronze ding, unearthed in 1933 and weighing around 400 kg, shares halls with the five-pillar bronze vessel dug up in 1959 whose purpose is still argued over; evening by the CBD lake.
- hefei anhui museum
- hefei swan lake
Xiaoyaojin & the Old Quarter
In the 215 AD battle, 800 riders of Wei general Zhang Liao broke a 100,000-man siege on this ground; the temple on the old crossbow-training platform, then the city-god temple quarter.
- hefei xiaoyaojin park
- hefei mingjiao temple
- hefei city god temple
Sanhe Ancient Town
About 40 km south, the 2,500-year-old river town keeps the 1858 battlefield story and the street where physics Nobel laureate Yang Zhenning sat out the war years.
- hefei sanhe ancient town
Chaohu — Zhongmiao & Mushan Island
The lake, around 780 square kilometres and one of China's five great freshwater lakes; the short ferry from Zhongmiao reaches Mushan Island and its seven-storey, 51-metre pagoda.
- hefei zhongmiao mushan island
Binhu — Memorial & Lakeside Forest
The factual galleries of the 1949 crossing-the-Yangtze campaign stand by the lakeside forest park, where boardwalks run through wetland woods to open water — an easy afternoon of shade and birds.
- hefei cross yangtze memorial
- hefei binhui forest park
Science Island & Dashu Mountain
The research island hosts the EAST fusion machine — a 1,056-second plasma run in 2021 and a 403-second run in 2023; grounds are outside-only except scheduled open days. The 284-metre wooded hill nearby makes the afternoon.
- hefei science island
- hefei dashu mountain
Three Kingdoms New City
A slow morning at the Wei garrison walls raised in 233 AD on the city's northwest, where the moats and gate lines of the old camp still read clearly from the walkways.
- hefei three kingdoms city ruins
Bantang Hot Springs — Chaohu City Day
About 70 km east at Chaohu city, the Bantang springs have drawn bathers for over 1,000 years; the neighbouring tulip hills add colour in spring. An honest day trip or a night at a bath hotel.
- hefei bantang hot springs
Markets & Departure
A market breakfast of xiaolongxia (crayfish) and duck-oil shaobing, a slow walk along the moat, then the HSR from Hefei South — Nanjing under an hour, Shanghai about two.
- hefei city markets
Budget for 10 days in Hefei
| Tier | Per day | 10 days total |
|---|---|---|
| Backpacker | USD $50–$80 | USD $500–$800 |
| Mid-range | USD $100–$200 | USD $1,000–$2,000 |
| Luxury | USD $300+ | USD $3,000+ |
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