Where to Go for National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival? Raffles City Chongqing Guide Ready for You, Full of Fun and Food

This year has passed especially quickly, and in the blink of an eye, National Day is almost here. This year, National Day coincides with the Mid-Autumn Festival, giving everyone an 8-day holiday. Many of you might already be packed and ready to make up for the travels missed since the Spring Festival, embarking on a spontaneous trip. But where should you go for the long National Day holiday? If it were previous years, Yu Fan would recommend going abroad for a few days of disconnected life. However, due to well-known reasons this year, forget about going abroad. It's better to stay in China and find a place to visit. If you don't have a particular destination in mind, Yu Fan recommends Chongqing. As the city with the highest tourist reception in China for three consecutive years (540 million in 2017, 550 million in 2018, 657 million in 2019), it's a true internet-famous capital, food capital, and hot spring capital. It's also Lonely Planet's most promising tourist city in the world. You won't regret coming to Chongqing. Not only does it have abundant beautiful scenery and delicious food, but the locals are warm, inclusive, and not xenophobic. This is a city that would give up its bridges for tourists. You've made the right choice by coming.

Once in Chongqing, where to go? In the past, I might have recommended a bunch of viral internet-famous spots, but now I'll recommend a place more worth visiting: Raffles City Chongqing. Here's why: Raffles City Chongqing is located above Chaotianmen, where the two rivers meet. It's at Chongqing's zero-kilometer point, the true city center. It's not only a new landmark building for Chongqing but also the largest foreign investment project in the city, a massive complex with an investment of 24 billion yuan. It features the world's longest horizontal skyscraper, the best city observation deck in Chongqing, a Chinese version of the Hanging Gardens, over 400 shops, and over 100 types of cuisine. During the crowded short holiday, you can enjoy a one-stop experience of eating, drinking, and entertainment without leaving Raffles City. See the most dazzling night views, eat the most authentic Chongqing hotpot, experience the most magical mountain city landscape, and witness the amazing "mandarin duck pot" of the two rivers... In short, enjoy everything to the fullest.

Famous international cities often have famous rivers, like the Seine for Paris, the Thames for London, the Hudson for New York, and the Huangpu River for Shanghai. These rivers, flowing for thousands of years, are not only top natural resources for the metropolis but also must-visit spots we eagerly share. Chongqing is the same, surrounded by the Jialing River and the Yangtze River. The confluence of the Yangtze and Jialing is Chaotianmen, Chongqing's geographical center. Historically, this city gate was the largest among Chongqing's seventeen gates (nine open, eight closed). Facing the confluence of the two rivers, it was also the gate for welcoming officials and receiving imperial decrees, holding a special place in the hearts of Chongqing locals.

Above Chaotianmen, a historical landmark of Chongqing, a new city landmark has been built: the 24-billion-yuan Raffles City Chongqing. Its "sailing against the wind" design attracted worldwide attention even before completion, and after opening, it drew massive crowds. With its 250-meter-high sky garden, the world's longest horizontal skyscraper, a 270-degree panoramic observation deck, 235,000 square meters of commercial space, over 400 stores, and over 100 types of cuisine, it's definitely more worth visiting than any previous internet-famous spot in Chongqing. So how to explore it? Yu Fan recently spent a few days there with friends, acting as a scout. Now let me share the experience with you:

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