China > Hunan > Tianmen Mountain
Tianmen Mountain
N 29°3.09', E 110°28.744'
2016-04-10
http://www.chinahighlights.com/zhangjiajie/attraction/tianmen-mountain.htm
Our rating: 7.60
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Tianmen Mountain is a popular natural tourist attraction. It can be reached by the longest cable car in the world (2017) from the center of Zhangjiajie city. We arrived in the evening and spent the night at the hotel Zhangjiajie Dachengshanshui International Hotel (booking.com ). Good hotel in 3 kilometers from the airport and within walking distance from the cable car. Lower station is not yet marked on google.maps, so look for Tianmenshan Suodao Parking Lot. The cable car is working from 7:30. Although we came to the opening, the queue was already quite large and mostly consists of Chinese tourist groups. We spent in the queue about two hours. If you do not have time choose a bus which takes you to the escalators, but it's clear that the cable car is much more interesting.
The queue for the Tianmen Mountain cable car ©Yuriy Buriak
Tianmen Mountain ©Yuriy Buriak
Zhangjiajie city is quite gloomy from above.
Tianmen Mountain ©Yuriy Buriak
Tianmen Mountain ©Yuriy Buriak
The cable car is long but fast.
Tianmen Mountain ©Yuriy Buriak
Tianmen Mountain ©Yuriy Buriak
The famous "serpentine" of 99 turns, used by shuttle buses.
Tianmen Mountain ©Yuriy Buriak
At the top everything is simple: along the perimeter of the mountain, there is a hiking trail along which the mountain can be bypassed. In some places, you can use small cable cars and reach the temples at the very top.
Tianmen Mountain Map ©chinahighlights.com
Tianmen Mountain ©Yuriy Buriak
Tianmen Mountain ©Yuriy Buriak
Tianmen Mountain ©Yuriy Buriak
Tianmen Mountain ©Yuriy Buriak
Tianmen Mountain ©Yuriy Buriak
Tianmen Mountain ©Yuriy Buriak
In the distance is visible a part of the trail with a glass floor, which can be accessed for an additional fee.
Tianmen Mountain ©Yuriy Buriak
The main attraction is the Tianmen Cave or 'Heaven's Door'. This is the most popular place.
Tianmen Mountain ©Yuriy Buriak
World Wingsuit Championship was held here.
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Also, you can find videos with small airplanes flying through the cave.
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You can even meet information about the flight of jet fighters, but there is no photo or video evidence on the Internet. Above the cave, there is an entrance to the escalator in the rock, which will take you down to another escalator, then to the third one and so on. They will take you down to the foot of the cave. Then you can either go down by 999 steps of "Stairway to Heaven", or continue descending by the escalators, they are on the left, inside the rock.
Tianmen Mountain ©Yuriy Buriak
Downstairs, the shuttle will take you to the center of Zhangjiajie. In 2017 here was built the world's longest track for parkour. Video:
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And in 2018, Range Rover drove up the stairs.
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Getting there: It's surprisingly easy to get here. The lower cable car station is located in Zhangjiajie (张家界市). It has its own airport Zhangjiajie Hehua Airport or Dayong (DYG), located just 5 kilometers from the lower station. Taxi drivers at the airport want $20 for these 5 kilometers, although the real price is $5. If your hotel speaks English, you can ask them to call you a taxi to the airport. You can also come by train, travel time from Shanghai is about 20 hours.
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Location : ------------ 1 - Far beyond the settlements, you must spend minimum a day 2 - Near the small town, you need to walk long distance 3 - Can be reached only by car 4 - A small town with a poor public transport 5 - Outside the settlements, but with excellent transport links 6 - A small town with excellent transport links 7 - Medium-size city 8 - Suburb of the capital or major city, the ability to reach by public transport 9 - Big city 10 - Capital
Impressions : ------------ 1 - No point in visiting 2 - Boring, wasted time 3 - You can visit, if you have a lot of free time and nothing better to do 4 - A lot of things, but not so interesting 5 - It seems to be interesting, but hard way to spoil the impression 6 - There is something interesting, but the rest is not worth the attention 7 - Probably interesting, but for everybody 8 - Very cool, but difficult to see everything and long-distance trails 9 - Very cool, but there are similar facilities in other locations 10 - Very cool, this is not anywhere else
Number of tourists (weekend afternoon) : ------------ 1 - Crowds, impossible to see everything normally 2 - A lot of tourists, a long wait 3 - A lot of tourists, the organization is lame 4 - A lot of tourists, but good organization 5 - There are many tourists, but they are concentrated in one place and you can walk freely 6 - Many tourists everywhere, but the large space is compensated 7 - The average number of tourists. To photograph, you must wait 8 - Tourists are, but they do not interfere 9 - There are few tourists 10 - You are alone
State : ------------ 1 - Only title left 2 - Dull ruins 3 - On restoration 4 - The picturesque ruins 5 - Have not been restored, the state is poor 6 - Partially destroyed, but the rest of the normal state 7 - Have not been restored, good condition 8 - OK, but it is possible to make better 9 - Looks good from the outside, partial repair inside or without repair 10 - In excellent condition, well-groomed area
Picturesque (for the photographer) : ------------ 1 - - 2 - - 3 - Horrible background, normal pictures only from the top 4 - wires and cars do not allow make normal photo 5 - Interfere with foreign objects 6 - In the city, but more or less normal photo can be made 7 - Beautiful, but you can take pictures with just one point 8 - Very nice, but you can only shoot at a certain time 9 - Very nice, but hard to get to the good weather or permanently interfere with tourists 10 - Very nice, but occasionally interferes with the weather or tourists
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Our rating - 7.60
Location : ------------ 1 - Far beyond the settlements, you must spend minimum a day 2 - Near the small town, you need to walk long distance 3 - Can be reached only by car 4 - A small town with a poor public transport 5 - Outside the settlements, but with excellent transport links 6 - A small town with excellent transport links 7 - Medium-size city 8 - Suburb of the capital or major city, the ability to reach by public transport 9 - Big city 10 - Capital
Impressions : ------------ 1 - No point in visiting 2 - Boring, wasted time 3 - You can visit, if you have a lot of free time and nothing better to do 4 - A lot of things, but not so interesting 5 - It seems to be interesting, but hard way to spoil the impression 6 - There is something interesting, but the rest is not worth the attention 7 - Probably interesting, but for everybody 8 - Very cool, but difficult to see everything and long-distance trails 9 - Very cool, but there are similar facilities in other locations 10 - Very cool, this is not anywhere else
Number of tourists (weekend afternoon) : ------------ 1 - Crowds, impossible to see everything normally 2 - A lot of tourists, a long wait 3 - A lot of tourists, the organization is lame 4 - A lot of tourists, but good organization 5 - There are many tourists, but they are concentrated in one place and you can walk freely 6 - Many tourists everywhere, but the large space is compensated 7 - The average number of tourists. To photograph, you must wait 8 - Tourists are, but they do not interfere 9 - There are few tourists 10 - You are alone
State : ------------ 1 - Only title left 2 - Dull ruins 3 - On restoration 4 - The picturesque ruins 5 - Have not been restored, the state is poor 6 - Partially destroyed, but the rest of the normal state 7 - Have not been restored, good condition 8 - OK, but it is possible to make better 9 - Looks good from the outside, partial repair inside or without repair 10 - In excellent condition, well-groomed area
Picturesque (for the photographer) : ------------ 1 - - 2 - - 3 - Horrible background, normal pictures only from the top 4 - wires and cars do not allow make normal photo 5 - Interfere with foreign objects 6 - In the city, but more or less normal photo can be made 7 - Beautiful, but you can take pictures with just one point 8 - Very nice, but you can only shoot at a certain time 9 - Very nice, but hard to get to the good weather or permanently interfere with tourists 10 - Very nice, but occasionally interferes with the weather or tourists
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Visitor's rating - 0.00
Location : ------------ 1 - Far beyond the settlements, you must spend minimum a day 2 - Near the small town, you need to walk long distance 3 - Can be reached only by car 4 - A small town with a poor public transport 5 - Outside the settlements, but with excellent transport links 6 - A small town with excellent transport links 7 - Medium-size city 8 - Suburb of the capital or major city, the ability to reach by public transport 9 - Big city 10 - Capital
Impressions : ------------ 1 - No point in visiting 2 - Boring, wasted time 3 - You can visit, if you have a lot of free time and nothing better to do 4 - A lot of things, but not so interesting 5 - It seems to be interesting, but hard way to spoil the impression 6 - There is something interesting, but the rest is not worth the attention 7 - Probably interesting, but for everybody 8 - Very cool, but difficult to see everything and long-distance trails 9 - Very cool, but there are similar facilities in other locations 10 - Very cool, this is not anywhere else
Number of tourists (weekend afternoon) : ------------ 1 - Crowds, impossible to see everything normally 2 - A lot of tourists, a long wait 3 - A lot of tourists, the organization is lame 4 - A lot of tourists, but good organization 5 - There are many tourists, but they are concentrated in one place and you can walk freely 6 - Many tourists everywhere, but the large space is compensated 7 - The average number of tourists. To photograph, you must wait 8 - Tourists are, but they do not interfere 9 - There are few tourists 10 - You are alone
State : ------------ 1 - Only title left 2 - Dull ruins 3 - On restoration 4 - The picturesque ruins 5 - Have not been restored, the state is poor 6 - Partially destroyed, but the rest of the normal state 7 - Have not been restored, good condition 8 - OK, but it is possible to make better 9 - Looks good from the outside, partial repair inside or without repair 10 - In excellent condition, well-groomed area
Picturesque (for the photographer) : ------------ 1 - - 2 - - 3 - Horrible background, normal pictures only from the top 4 - wires and cars do not allow make normal photo 5 - Interfere with foreign objects 6 - In the city, but more or less normal photo can be made 7 - Beautiful, but you can take pictures with just one point 8 - Very nice, but you can only shoot at a certain time 9 - Very nice, but hard to get to the good weather or permanently interfere with tourists 10 - Very nice, but occasionally interferes with the weather or tourists
* - Note: Description of the evaluation is not always appropriate for a particular object, it's just a little help