Xizhou: Bai courtyards and local snacks

Explore Bai family houses and lived-in streets, stopping for a Xizhou baba, the local flatbread.

Getting there and back: Taxi from Dali Old Town to Xizhou. Visitors also mention buses, but this entry supplies no unverified timetable. Two traveller accounts describe a roughly 30-minute car leg, not a duration from every Dali hotel.

Time and walking: Visitors describe a single-town half day; a full Erhai circuit is another full-day product. One submission schedules eating/strolling in Xizhou from 12:00–14:30; this is not a fixed visit limit. Slow walking through homes, lanes and field edges, with cafe pauses; no kilometre total is given. Cafe/meal stops are seated; homes and lanes still involve walking.

Who it suits: Suits Bai houses, local snacks and slow field-edge strolling. Less suitable if you expect no commercialisation or a town entirely unlike Dali Old Town. The 2018 taxi price is not used. Old Town and Xiaguan starts differ; a half day and a full lake circuit are different. Visitors enjoy Bai houses, lived-in streets and Xizhou baba pastries. Weishan by rail: old streets and everyday food: Both have half-day traveller reports: Xizhou is roughly 30 minutes by car from Old Town; Weishan's short train still needs hotel–station transfers. Choose for your accommodation.