3-Day Slow Parent-Child Tour in Chengdu: Pandas, Handicrafts and Urban Vibes ds4
Exploration
Check in to the hotel and take a short rest
Complete the check-in procedure and drop off your luggage. The hotel provides children's slippers and has parent-child floors, which is very suitable for families.
Check-in at Chunxi Road + IFS Giant Panda Sculpture
Walk to IFS and take photos with the wall-climbing giant panda. Stop by the LEGO store and toy shops in the mall along the way, kids will love it very much.
Parent-Child Time at Fangsuo Bookstore in Taikoo Li
This characteristic bookstore located underground in Taikoo Li has a dedicated children's picture book area and handmade material kits, where children can sit down to flip through books and make collages.
Chunxi Road Snack Dinner
Go to the snack street on the B1 floor of Yinshi Plaza for dinner. Non-spicy clear soup wontons, egg baked cakes and ice jelly are recommended, which are well accepted by children. It costs about 80 yuan for two people.
Exploration
Depart for the Panda Base after Breakfast
Take the early direct shuttle to the Panda Base, and you will arrive in about half an hour. First visit the Moon Delivery Room to see the youngest panda cubs, then watch the adult giant pandas along the walking trail. There is also a red panda activity area in the base.
Casual Meal inside the Panda Base
Have lunch at Zhuyun Restaurant inside the base, which serves panda-shaped rice balls and children's set meals. The environment is very clean, and it costs about 100 yuan for two people.
Dongjiao Memory Handmade Pottery Workshop
After taking the direct shuttle bus back to downtown from the Panda Base, take a taxi to Dongjiao Memory. At yuanpei Handmade Creations in Dongjiao Memory, parents and children can do wheel throwing and clay sculpting together to make an exclusive teacup or small animal figurine. The teachers are very patient, so it is completely fine even for people with no prior experience. The experience fee includes firing service, costing about 198 yuan.
Strolling around Dongjiao Memory Park and Dinner
After finishing the handicraft, take a walk around the park to see the old locomotive and industrial-style factory buildings. Children can climb on the open-access locomotive. Have dinner at a home-cuisine restaurant in the park, and tomato fried egg noodles and sweet and sour pork ribs are recommended.
Exploration
Rowing in Renmin Park and Heming Tea House
Take a taxi to Renmin Park. First go to the artificial lake to rent a small duck-shaped cruise boat, the two-person boat costs 30 yuan for half an hour. Then go to Heming Tea House to order two cups of gaiwan tea. Children can eat Zhong Dumplings and Sandapao, and watch senior masters do ear picking and boil water.
Lunch and Stroll at Kuanzhai Alley
It takes a few minutes to walk from the park to Kuanzhai Alley. Have lunch at "Chengdu Impression", and the non-spicy fish-flavored shredded pork and cold noodles with chicken shreds are recommended. Right next to the restaurant are stalls for sugar figure blowing and sugar painting, where children can blow a small rabbit-shaped sugar figure by themselves.
Shu Embroidery Parent-Child Experience Course
Take a taxi to Shujiang Jinyuan near Wenshu Monastery, where there is a special Shu embroidery experience course designed for parent-child pairs. The teacher will teach you to thread needles, split embroidery threads, and embroider a simple ginkgo leaf or small panda on an embroidery hoop. The course lasts about 80 minutes, including material and instruction fees, and the total cost for two people is 160 yuan.
Snack Restock and Return Trip Outside Wenshu Monastery
After the experience ends, walk to the Gongting Pastry Shop outside Wenshu Monastery to buy some pepper salt crisps and scallion pancakes to take home. There is a cold jelly stall nearby where you can have a small bite to tide you over. Then take a taxi back to the hotel to pick up your luggage and conclude the trip.