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The free museum tickets vanish in minutes — buy the Tang murals instead
Xi'an 西安 · Panda · 1 month ago
Give the old town one night, then move to a village on the lake
Dali 大理 · Panda · 1 month ago
Give the tea hills a whole morning, and walk over to Nine Creeks
Hangzhou 杭州 · Panda · 1 month ago
At the Stone Forest, walk twenty minutes past the tour groups
Kunming 昆明 · Panda · 1 month ago
Laoshan takes a whole day and the bus is slower than it looks
Qingdao 青岛 · Panda · 1 month ago
Two ways in, and the fast train station is 130 kilometres away
Dunhuang 敦煌 · Panda · 1 month ago
Take the dunes in the last two hours of light, with your ankles covered
Dunhuang 敦煌 · Panda · 1 month ago
Two gardens a day, both at opening — five in a day is a mistake
Suzhou 苏州 · Panda · 1 month ago
Half an hour from Xiamen, and almost nobody makes the trip
Quanzhou 泉州 · Panda · 1 month ago
Come between October and December, and check which station your train uses
Guangzhou 广州 · Panda · 1 month ago
Stay in the old west of the city, not among the towers
Guangzhou 广州 · Panda · 1 month ago
Book the Forbidden City the evening the slots open, seven days out
Beijing 北京 · Panda · 1 month ago
Quanzhou is a walking town, and most of its sights are free
Quanzhou 泉州 · Panda · 1 month ago
Use Xining to get used to the altitude before anything higher
Xining 西宁 · Panda · 1 month ago
Check when the Ice and Snow World actually opens before you book flights
Harbin 哈尔滨 · Panda · 1 month ago
One district per half day is a plan, not a failure of ambition
Beijing 北京 · Panda · 1 month ago
Purple Mountain is a full day on foot — start at the top and walk down
Nanjing 南京 · Panda · 1 month ago
Lanzhou is a good one-night stop, and the stations are far apart
Lanzhou 兰州 · Panda · 1 month ago
Book Jade Dragon days ahead, and give yourself a day at altitude first
Lijiang 丽江 · Panda · 1 month ago
Walk the old town uphill from the pier and finish on Signal Hill
Qingdao 青岛 · Panda · 1 month ago