Highlights

See film locations from The Painted Veil

Stroll along the stone streets in this original ancient town

A well-trained English-speaking tour guide

Enjoy beautiful scenery of karst landscape along the way from Guilin-Huangyao

Air-conditioned Coach

Hotel pickup and drop off

You will be picked up at your Guilin hotel at about 8:00. If you are in Yangshuo, you will be picked up at Yangshuo Park at 9:00. The guide will call or leave you a message the night before your tour to prearrange the meeting time. It takes 3 hours from Guilin to Huangyao and an hour and a half from Yangshuo to Huangyao. Although you will have a long time on the coach, the beautiful scenery of karst landform along the way is unmissable.

You will arrive in Huangyao in around 11:00am. Huangyao Ancient Town is one of the four most famous ancient towns. It is also the place where the popular film The Painted Veil was shot. This film was adapted from William Somerset Maugham’s novel. Greta Garbo, one of the most famous actresses in Hollywood, was the chef actress when the film was first shot in 1936. After 70 years, this film was shot again in this ancient town, with Naomi Watts as the female leading role.

Not only will you visit the attractions in the film, but you will also experience local life and culture. The buildings in the village are laid out in a pattern of Nine-Palaces and Eight-Diagrams, which embodies Linnan style of architecture. You will visit the old stage to watch a folk art performance and then your guide will show you around and explain the history and culture of the town. You can walk around, experience local life and find local delicious snacks. You will leave Huangyao at 3:00pm and arrive back to Guilin at 6:30pm.