Dali City (Chinese: 大理市, Bai: Dallit sil) is the county-level seat of the Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture in northwestern Yunnan. Dali City is administered through 12 township-level districts, two of which are also commonly referred to as Dali.
Dali is one of Yunnan's most popular tourist destinations.
Sights include:
Dali Municipal Museum (大理市博物馆): This centrally located museum houses permanent exhibitions on archaeological findings from the region, on paintings and on Buddhist sculptures.
Three Pagodas and Chongsheng Temple
Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils film city
Xizhou: a historical town famed for its architecture and woodwork
Shuang lang: on the east side of the lake, once a small fishing village, now a rather high-class tourist destination, most buildings and businesses having overtaken the village since 2012. The coast is now completely built up by tourism estates.
Cang Mountain, west of the Old City and the Three Pagodas
Stele in memory of Kublai Khan's conquest of Yunnan (元世祖平云南碑), erected on top of a large stone tortoise in Sanyue Lane (三月街) at the foot of the Cang Mountain, west of the Old City.