Contrary to Longmen Cave, Guanyan is one of the best-equipped cave in Guilin. The cave contains 3 floors. The first floor is an underground river that's accessible only by boat, followed by an elevator that goes through a waterfall and leads to the second and the third floor. And then, a single-seat railcar will take you out of the cave and continue a little odyssey for 3 kilometres, and you can see the breath-taking landscape alongside the river coming towards you.

Dubbed the “Bellagio of Drag Strips,” zMAX Dragway is a one-of-a-kind motorsports venue that debuted in 2008 as the world’s first four-lane, all-concrete drag strip. Located at Charlotte Motor Speedway, it hosts thrilling NHRA events like the Four-Wide Nationals and the Carolina Nationals, drawing fans from all over.

This village is located inside the Longji Rice Terrace scenic area, constructed on top of a mountain, separated from the outside world and only accessible by an hour's walk. It is a village of Yao people, a minority branch, made up of hundreds of stilt houses. If you want to watch the sunset or sunrise, this would the perfect spot. There are hotels in the village where you can stay for the night, and spend some time enjoying the tranquility of nature.

Further inland, in the southern part of the island, lie the so-called masticochoria (mastic villages). These well-preserved, fortified villages date from the 14th-16th centuries and were centres for the cultivation of mastic. Mastic is the sweet-tasting gum of the lentisk bush, which was exported all over the Mediterranean – and the area still produces around 300 tonnes of mastic every year. The most picturesque villages are Pyrgi, with its houses decorated in black and white geometric patterns called xysta Mesta, where towers and walls surround a baffling labyrinth of village streets as well as Olympoi and Vessa are all a worth a visit.