Leshan city has a history of over 3000 years.
Arrivals from [wiki=f4aa575f70b3f78887deb96ce611b187]Chengdu[/wiki], [wiki=55b210da416ad9696c6dd74e4b836b7e]Chongqing[/wiki], [wiki=88db1caf8f14a50587afe511e08a721f]Emei[/wiki], [wiki=8902a0ea6e95f56ed1fba159a8e8d12b]Jiajiang[/wiki], [wiki=29c555442558c4690c616881e5b58777]Kangding[/wiki], [wiki=d87abfa6addbfdd905b90a5485aab226]Ya'an[/wiki], [wiki=c054a2fae46dd12727d534c9c4ef7d06]Yibin[/wiki], [wiki=da2f2a648d9d1bcc32f6c55c4090b703]Zigong[/wiki] and most other surrounding towns and cities.
The nearest train stations are in [wiki=88db1caf8f14a50587afe511e08a721f]Emei[/wiki] and [wiki=8902a0ea6e95f56ed1fba159a8e8d12b]Jiajiang[/wiki], both about forty minutes away by bus. These stations are on the [wiki=08b9a179ae67e6d81b865889bc2e9417]Kunming[/wiki]-[wiki=0161bb061215dd12cf010e11e2031971]Xian[/wiki] railway line and this can be the cheapest way to reach Chengdu. :)
As of 2015, there is a newly opened high-speed connection between Chengdu and Emei Shan. The journey to Chengdu from Leshan takes approximately 50min (aprox 45RMB) and to Emei Shan takes 15 min (aprox 11RMB). The high-speed train station is located on the west side of the city and well connected to the city center and Buddha. Bus number 3 runs from the high-speed station to the Buddha directly, (say 45min, easy to see where to get out if you pay attention.) 1RMB,
Sells bus, train and aeroplane tickets with ¥5 commission per ticket.
Maps of the city are: available for ¥4 from street kiosks, printed on every bus stop and online [http://knows.jongo.com/res/article/12487].
Pedicab - Leshan has many pedicabs that are cheap and convenient for short journeys.
* Public bus - Buses are regular and uncrowded in Leshan. Most are fairly modern and charge ¥1 per journey which you normaly pay to the conductor. You may have to request your stop.
* Taxi - During the day the first two kilometres are charged at ¥5 and after at the rate of ¥0.70/km. A fuel surcharge of ¥0.50 is currently added at the end of the journey and is explained by a white sticker in front of the front passenger seat.
Probably the most convenient hotel for most travellers especially since it's literally across the street from where the Leshan Buddah tourist boats start their 30min cruise
Three-star hotel.
* Leshan's only four-star hotel.
It takes only 1 working days to get the visa extension instead of 5 working days in most of the other cities. The problem is that you need to be registred to apply so you inevitably need to stay in a hotel (the hotel will do the registration for you) and there is no cheap one in this city.