The Character of Sichuan Cuisine

PRIVATE CHINA JOURNEY

The Character of Sichuan Cuisine

Product type
Private Sichuan journey
Route
Chengdu · Pixian · Meishan · Leshan · Zigong · Yibin · Lizhuang
Duration
6 days / 5 nights

Journey highlights

  • Market spice discovery
  • Pixian douban and pickle workshops
  • Leshan street food
  • Zigong salt culture
  • Lizhuang Hanfu dinner
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Follow Sichuan flavour from markets and fermentation workshops to literary heritage, salt history, baijiu culture and a Hanfu dinner.

DAILY DETAILED ITINERARY

Day by day.

Daily order may be adjusted for weather, reservations and local operating conditions without reducing the confirmed experience.

Day 1

First taste of Chengdu

Arrive and explore independently. Your guide will introduce the landscape, local history and cultural context behind the day’s key stops. The pace leaves room for photographs, questions and unhurried discovery; final timing and visiting order are confirmed around local conditions and reservations.

First taste of Chengdu
Day 2

Markets and Sichuan flavour

Visit a market, classic restaurant and douban producer before a river-fish dinner. Your guide will introduce the landscape, local history and cultural context behind the day’s key stops. The pace leaves room for photographs, questions and unhurried discovery; final timing and visiting order are confirmed around local conditions and reservations.

Markets and Sichuan flavour
Day 3

Dongpo flavours and Leshan

Make pickles, visit the Sansu Shrine and taste local mala tang. Your guide will introduce the landscape, local history and cultural context behind the day’s key stops. The pace leaves room for photographs, questions and unhurried discovery; final timing and visiting order are confirmed around local conditions and reservations.

Dongpo flavours and Leshan
Day 4

Leshan and Zigong

Sample Leshan favourites and explore salt history and salt cuisine. Your guide will introduce the landscape, local history and cultural context behind the day’s key stops. The pace leaves room for photographs, questions and unhurried discovery; final timing and visiting order are confirmed around local conditions and reservations.

Leshan and Zigong
Day 5

Yibin and Lizhuang

Discover distilling culture, Yibin noodles and a Hanfu-themed dinner. Your guide will introduce the landscape, local history and cultural context behind the day’s key stops. The pace leaves room for photographs, questions and unhurried discovery; final timing and visiting order are confirmed around local conditions and reservations.

Yibin and Lizhuang
Day 6

Lizhuang farewell

Free time in the old town before departure. Your guide will introduce the landscape, local history and cultural context behind the day’s key stops. The pace leaves room for photographs, questions and unhurried discovery; final timing and visiting order are confirmed around local conditions and reservations.

Lizhuang farewell

COST INFORMATION

What is arranged.

Usually included

  • Accommodation specified in the final written confirmation
  • Private or small-group ground transport shown in the itinerary
  • Local guide or host services as confirmed
  • First-entry attraction tickets explicitly listed in the quotation

Usually not included

  • International and domestic flights unless expressly stated
  • Meals, optional activities and personal expenses not listed
  • Single-room supplement and excess luggage charges
  • Travel insurance, visas and any item not shown in the final confirmation

Hotels, meals, vehicle type, guide language and exact inclusions are confirmed in the final quotation and booking confirmation for your dates and group size.

04 · TRAVEL NOTES

Before you go.

Documents & fitness

Carry a valid passport and visa. Names used for hotels, rail, flights and reserved attractions must match your travel documents. Please tell us about mobility, dietary or health requirements before booking.

Weather & adjustments

Weather, traffic, ferry or rail schedules and attraction reservations may affect the visiting order. We will keep the confirmed journey standard and communicate material changes.

05 · BOOKING & CANCELLATION

Clear terms before payment.

Reservation

A booking is confirmed after the agreed deposit is received and a written confirmation is issued. The standard suggested deposit is 20%; peak dates, scarce accommodation, large groups or non-refundable resources may require more.

Balance

The balance is normally due 45–30 days before departure. Bookings made within 30 days of departure usually require full payment.

Changes

Changes are free before confirmation. After confirmation, price differences, supplier charges and necessary non-recoverable costs may apply and will be explained in writing first.

Cancellation

Cancellation charges depend on notice given and actual non-refundable supplier costs. The exact schedule and any product-specific conditions will be shown in your quotation and travel contract before payment.

Unused services

After departure, recoverable unused services are refunded after deducting services already used or costs that cannot be cancelled.

Force majeure

For events beyond reasonable control, we will discuss rescheduling, substitution or refund of the recoverable balance in line with the contract and applicable law.

Your product page is an itinerary guide. The dated quotation, booking confirmation and signed travel contract contain the final commercial terms.