Kunming Markets & Old Street Food

Zhuanxin Market, old-street rice noodles, Mushuihua wild mushrooms and the Dounan night market: two days to taste the flavours of Yunnan.

Built around how locals eat. On Day 1, snack at Zhuanxin Market, stroll the old street and the flower and bird market, then have crossing-the-bridge rice noodles on Nanqiang Street in the evening. On Day 2, visit the wild mushroom trade at Mushuihua, eat baba and snacks in Guandu Ancient Town, and head to Dounan Flower Market in the evening before leaving from Kunming South Station. Visiting in the rainy season offers the widest selection of wild mushrooms.

Wild mushroom season runs from about June to October. Eat mushrooms only at reputable restaurants, and make sure they are thoroughly cooked.

Day by day

Day 1 · Zhuanxin Market & old-street rice noodles

Kunming City（Zhuanxin Farmers' Market、Kunming Old Street (Wenming Street)、Jingxing Flower and Bird Market、Nanqiang Street）

Take the metro about 40 minutes from Kunming South Station into the city. Walk about 20 minutes from Zhuanxin Market to Nanping Street.

Most Zhuanxin Market stalls close around 6 p.m., so go during the day.

Stay: Nanping Street, Jinma Biji Archway

Day 2 · Mushroom market, Guandu & Dounan

Kunming City（Mushuihua Wild Mushroom Market、Guandu Ancient Town、Dounan Flower Market）

In the morning, take a taxi about 20 minutes to Mushuihua, then about 20 minutes to Guandu Ancient Town. Take the metro in the evening to Dounan, which is near Kunming South Station.

The mushroom trade is busiest from early morning to late morning.

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