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Qinghai Lake is a long day, and July is the one to aim for
Xining 西宁 · Panda · 1 month ago
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Twenty minutes from Hangzhou, and worth a night rather than an outing
Shaoxing 绍兴 · Panda · 1 month ago
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The free sights on Purple Mountain still need booking, and close on Mondays
Nanjing 南京 · Panda · 1 month ago
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Two days in Guiyang, then get out to the villages
Guiyang 贵阳 · Panda · 1 month ago
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Gulangyu ferries are real-name and leave from the terminal you did not expect
Xiamen 厦门 · Panda · 1 month ago
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Kaifeng's mornings are the good part — walk Shudian Street early
Kaifeng 开封 · Panda · 1 month ago
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An afternoon in a teahouse counts as a day's sightseeing here
Chengdu 成都 · Panda · 1 month ago
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Use Guilin as a gateway and sleep among the peaks instead
Guilin 桂林 · Panda · 1 month ago
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Two hours from Beijing, and worth an overnight rather than a day trip
Datong 大同 · Panda · 1 month ago
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Visit Dayan, sleep in Shuhe or Baisha
Lijiang 丽江 · Panda · 1 month ago
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One ticket covers the sights, and the wall is the best of them
Pingyao 平遥 · Panda · 1 month ago
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January in Harbin is minus twenty — dress like the locals, not like a skier
Harbin 哈尔滨 · Panda · 1 month ago
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Book Mogao a month out — it is the one thing you cannot improvise
Dunhuang 敦煌 · Panda · 1 month ago
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Do the Gansu museum before you go west, not after
Lanzhou 兰州 · Panda · 1 month ago
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If you only see one section of the Wall, make it Mutianyu
Beijing 北京 · Panda · 1 month ago
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Climbing the Hanging Temple is capped — book it, or you just look up
Datong 大同 · Panda · 1 month ago
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Book the Hubei museum for the bells, and not on a Monday
Wuhan 武汉 · Panda · 1 month ago