Hunan: 13 verified destinations
We cover 13 destinations in Hunan, covering 23 attractions that require an advance real-name reservation. Each city page carries the booking rules, whether hotels there register foreign guests, and what is worth eating — checked against official sources with the date attached.
Where we have verified guides
- Changde
1 attraction need advance booking · verified 2026-06-13
- Changsha
2 attractions need advance booking · verified 2026-06-11
- Chenzhou
4 attractions need advance booking · verified 2026-06-13
- Fenghuang
No booking-required attraction recorded · verified 2026-06-13
- Huaihua
No booking-required attraction recorded · verified 2026-06-13
- Loudi
1 attraction need advance booking · verified 2026-06-13
- Shaoshan
3 attractions need advance booking · verified 2026-06-13
- Shaoyang
No booking-required attraction recorded · verified 2026-06-13
- Xiangxi (Jishou)
2 attractions need advance booking · verified 2026-06-13
- Yiyang
No booking-required attraction recorded · verified 2026-06-13
- Yueyang
2 attractions need advance booking · verified 2026-06-13
- Zhangjiajie
5 attractions need advance booking · verified 2026-06-11
- Zhuzhou
3 attractions need advance booking · verified 2026-06-13
Booking rules, sight by sight
Each of these has its own page with the release rule, the passport rule and the official channel.
- Taohuayuan / Peach Blossom Spring · Changde
- Liuye Lake · Changde
- Changde Poetry Wall & Hexie old riverfront · Changde
- Hunan Museum · Changsha
- Orange Isle · Changsha
- Yuelu Academy & Yuelu Mountain · Changsha
- Dongjiang Lake & 'Misty Little Dongjiang' · Chenzhou
- Misty Little Dongjiang dawn boat / photography platform · Chenzhou
- Gaoyiling Danxia ridges · Chenzhou
- Mangshan National Forest Park, Yizhang · Chenzhou
- Fenghuang Ancient Town · Fenghuang
- Nine-attraction combo ticket · Fenghuang
- Tuojiang River boating & night sightseeing cruise · Fenghuang
- Zhijiang surrender memorial & Tianhou Palace archway · Huaihua
- Gaoyi Ancient Village, Huitong County · Huaihua
- Meishan Dragon Palace show cave · Loudi
- Zeng Guofan's Former Residence — Fuhou Tang, Shuangfeng · Loudi
- Mao's Former Residence · Shaoshan
- Bronze Statue Square & Mao Zedong Comrade Memorial Museum · Shaoshan
- Dripping Water Cave · Shaoshan
- Langshan / Mount Lang Danxia scenic area — Xinning · Shaoyang
- Eight Horns Stockade & One-Line Sky · Shaoyang
- Fuyi River raft drift, Langshan · Shaoyang
- Furong Town / Wangcun waterfall town · Xiangxi (Jishou)
- Aizhai Bridge, canyon & skywalk · Xiangxi (Jishou)
- Qianzhou Ancient Town, Jishou · Xiangxi (Jishou)
- Anhua dark-tea country & Baishaxi tea town · Yiyang
- Taohuajiang Bamboo Sea · Yiyang
- Zi River old tea-trading streets, Anhua · Yiyang
- Yueyang Tower · Yueyang
- Junshan Island · Yueyang
- Dongting Lake & the old waterfront · Yueyang
- Zhangjiajie National Forest Park · Zhangjiajie
- Tianmen Mountain · Zhangjiajie
- Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon Glass Bridge · Zhangjiajie
- Baofeng Lake, Wulingyuan · Zhangjiajie
- Yellow Dragon Cave, Wulingyuan · Zhangjiajie
- Mausoleum of Emperor Yan / Yandi Ling, Yanling County · Zhuzhou
- Shennong Valley National Forest Park, Yanling County · Zhuzhou
- Zhuzhou Fantawild / Fangte theme parks, Yunlong · Zhuzhou
- Shennong City & Shennong Tower, Zhuzhou centre · Zhuzhou
What to eat in Hunan
6 dishes recorded in Hunan cities, each with its Chinese name in characters you can show a waiter, a price band and an ordering tip.
- Sanxiaguo · 三下锅
- Tujia bacon · 腊肉
- Sour-fish soup · 酸汤鱼
- Stinky tofu · 臭豆腐
- Sugar-oil baba · 糖油粑粑
- Spicy crayfish · 口味虾
Guides that cover Hunan
- China's Rice Terraces: Yuanyang vs Longji vs Ziquejie — When to Go and What to Expect
- China's National Parks: The Official List of 5 — and Why It Isn't Zhangjiajie
- China's National Parks and Best Hikes: A Foreigner's Guide to the Great Outdoors
- First-Time China Itinerary: 7, 10 & 14-Day Routes for Foreign Visitors (2026)
- China Danxia UNESCO Red-Cliff Landscapes: A Foreigner's Guide to the Six (and the Best Others)
- China's Ancient Towns and Water Towns: Which Are Worth It (and Which Are Tourist Traps)
- When to Visit China: A Season-by-Season and Region-by-Region Guide for Foreigners
13 of these 13 destinations carry verified coordinates, so they also appear on the offline map. Every booking-required sight across China is in the booking index.