Help choose the location of the 2007 Wikitravel Get-together!

Lanzhou Travel Guide

From Wikitravel

Asia : East Asia : China : North West : Gansu : Lanzhou
Jump to: navigation, search

Lanzhou (兰州) is an industrial city of about three million people on the shores of the Yellow River in the west of China. It is the capital of Gansu and was a stop on the old Silk Road.

Contents

Get in

Get around

See

Do

Buy

Eat

Lanzhou is famous for its beef noodle soup (Lan2 Zhou1 Niu2 Rou4 La1 Mian4). The noodles are always hand pulled, and the bowl is usually served hot and spicy with as much beef as you care to pay for. If you're in Lanzhou, be sure to look up a chain called Ma1 Zi1 Lu4.

Drink

Sleep

Get out

There is a back route south via Xiahe, Hezuo and on past Langmusi into Sichuan province.

This article is an outline and needs more content. It has a template, but there is not enough information present. Please plunge forward and help it grow!