Best time is to visit in early morning when there is no visitors.

One of the most beautiful village in China!

It once was political ,economic and cultural center of the song dynasty .

 This was was second time visiting Lijiang in 2 years. The first time I didn't spend enough time to enjoy the nightlife in Old Town. There are many restaurants, bars and clubs with fantastic entertainment. You can just walk along the sidewalk and see into each one, listen to the music, check out the entertainment, look at the food and menus and decide where you want to go. The food is delicious. After 9 pm the place really rocks, with everyone having a good time.

Lovely old town with interesting architecture, innovative water system, and no traffic. A nice find in China.
Enjoyed walking around the place with Keith of Lijiang Guides - he real knowledgable about Lijiang and its people.

People live in an old town, but their life are new.  Even have some new vegetables i never saw before. How busy the market is.

photos by Lance W.
 
 

All i want to say is Old Town, Lijiang is a fantastic place to me, the culture and history is attractive and people here are really nice and simple, you can go to talk to them every time anything and they will talk to you , and most of them can speak English some even can speak over 5 kinds of languages, i am not kidding!