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Xi'an 西安 · 1 month ago
Give Kunming two days on the way west, not a stopover of two hours
Kunming 昆明 · 1 month ago
Hunan Museum tickets go a week ahead and vanish at weekends
Changsha 长沙 · 1 month ago
Stay a night in the old town instead of day-tripping from Shanghai
Suzhou 苏州 · 1 month ago
Two stations, and the fast one is not the near one
Pingyao 平遥 · 1 month ago
Do the cable car and the river views after dark, and queue on the south bank
Chongqing 重庆 · 1 month ago
Cruise or raft, decide by how much time you want on the water
Guilin 桂林 · 1 month ago
Zhangjiajie is not a day trip from Changsha — give it two nights
Changsha 长沙 · 1 month ago
Walk over the 1957 bridge and take the two-yuan ferry back at dusk
Wuhan 武汉 · 1 month ago
Be at the panda base for opening or do not bother going
Chengdu 成都 · 1 month ago
Sort your payments and data in Shanghai before you head inland
Shanghai 上海 · 1 month ago
Kumbum early in the morning, when the pilgrims outnumber the visitors
Xining 西宁 · 1 month ago
April is peony month, which means flowers and a full city
Luoyang 洛阳 · 1 month ago
Stay in the Former French Concession and give the Bund one evening
Shanghai 上海 · 1 month ago
Give Yungang half a day, and start at the far end of the cliff
Datong 大同 · 1 month ago
Tiger Leaping Gorge is a two-day walk, not an afternoon photo stop
Lijiang 丽江 · 1 month ago
Sleep one night on Gulangyu and watch the day-trippers leave
Xiamen 厦门 · 1 month ago
Walk the West Lake causeways at dawn, then again at dusk
Hangzhou 杭州 · 1 month ago · 1 found this useful
Sleep inside the walls; the town is worth the evening, not the day
Pingyao 平遥 · 1 month ago
The whole country runs on Beijing time, so Dali's evenings arrive late
Dali 大理 · 1 month ago
Lu Xun's Hometown is free, and still needs a booking on busy days
Shaoxing 绍兴 · 1 month ago
Longmen in the afternoon, west bank first, for the light on the Buddhas
Luoyang 洛阳 · 1 month ago
Summer Harbin is nearly empty, and the food is in Daowai either way
Harbin 哈尔滨 · 1 month ago
Come midweek — Shanghai empties into Hangzhou at the weekend
Hangzhou 杭州 · 1 month ago
The free museum tickets vanish in minutes — buy the Tang murals instead
Xi'an 西安 · 1 month ago
Give the old town one night, then move to a village on the lake
Dali 大理 · 1 month ago
Wild mushroom season is glorious, and not the moment to experiment
Kunming 昆明 · 1 month ago
Give the tea hills a whole morning, and walk over to Nine Creeks
Hangzhou 杭州 · 1 month ago
In Chongqing, trust exit numbers and lifts, not the blue dot
Chongqing 重庆 · 1 month ago
At the Stone Forest, walk twenty minutes past the tour groups
Kunming 昆明 · 1 month ago
Order the half set of the water banquet, unless there are six of you
Luoyang 洛阳 · 1 month ago
Chongqing hot pot is beef tallow and it does not do subtle
Chongqing 重庆 · 1 month ago
The old noodle houses open at dawn and are done by nine
Suzhou 苏州 · 1 month ago
Take the lake road slowly, and think twice about the scooter
Dali 大理 · 1 month ago
Laoshan takes a whole day and the bus is slower than it looks
Qingdao 青岛 · 1 month ago
Two ways in, and the fast train station is 130 kilometres away
Dunhuang 敦煌 · 1 month ago
The Qianling monkeys are quick, and they know what a plastic bag is
Guiyang 贵阳 · 1 month ago
Take the dunes in the last two hours of light, with your ankles covered
Dunhuang 敦煌 · 1 month ago
Two gardens a day, both at opening — five in a day is a mistake
Suzhou 苏州 · 1 month ago
Half an hour from Xiamen, and almost nobody makes the trip
Quanzhou 泉州 · 1 month ago
Come between October and December, and check which station your train uses
Guangzhou 广州 · 1 month ago
Breakfast is mianxian hu, and you point at what goes in it
Quanzhou 泉州 · 1 month ago
Stay in the old west of the city, not among the towers
Guangzhou 广州 · 1 month ago
Book the Forbidden City the evening the slots open, seven days out
Beijing 北京 · 1 month ago
Quanzhou is a walking town, and most of its sights are free
Quanzhou 泉州 · 1 month ago
Use Xining to get used to the altitude before anything higher
Xining 西宁 · 1 month ago
Rent a bike, not a car — the good roads here are the small ones
Yangshuo 阳朔 · 1 month ago
Check when the Ice and Snow World actually opens before you book flights
Harbin 哈尔滨 · 1 month ago
Sleep in the Yulong valley, and keep West Street to one drink
Yangshuo 阳朔 · 1 month ago
Beef noodles before ten, and pick your thickness at the counter
Lanzhou 兰州 · 1 month ago
Nanjing runs on duck, and the cheap versions are the good ones
Nanjing 南京 · 1 month ago
The Drum Tower night market is the reason to stay the night
Kaifeng 开封 · 1 month ago
One district per half day is a plan, not a failure of ambition
Beijing 北京 · 1 month ago
Purple Mountain is a full day on foot — start at the top and walk down
Nanjing 南京 · 1 month ago
Lanzhou is a good one-night stop, and the stations are far apart
Lanzhou 兰州 · 1 month ago
Book Jade Dragon days ahead, and give yourself a day at altitude first
Lijiang 丽江 · 1 month ago
Buy the draft beer in a plastic bag, like everyone else
Qingdao 青岛 · 1 month ago
Order the split pot and learn to say wei la
Chengdu 成都 · 1 month ago
Changsha eats late, spicy and standing in a queue
Changsha 长沙 · 1 month ago
Walk the old town uphill from the pier and finish on Signal Hill
Qingdao 青岛 · 1 month ago
Qinghai Lake is a long day, and July is the one to aim for
Xining 西宁 · 1 month ago
Take the intercity train to Songchenglu, not the high-speed one
Kaifeng 开封 · 1 month ago
Yangshuo station is not in Yangshuo
Yangshuo 阳朔 · 1 month ago
Twenty minutes from Hangzhou, and worth a night rather than an outing
Shaoxing 绍兴 · 1 month ago
The free sights on Purple Mountain still need booking, and close on Mondays
Nanjing 南京 · 1 month ago
Two days in Guiyang, then get out to the villages
Guiyang 贵阳 · 1 month ago
Gulangyu ferries are real-name and leave from the terminal you did not expect
Xiamen 厦门 · 1 month ago
Kaifeng's mornings are the good part — walk Shudian Street early
Kaifeng 开封 · 1 month ago
An afternoon in a teahouse counts as a day's sightseeing here
Chengdu 成都 · 1 month ago
Use Guilin as a gateway and sleep among the peaks instead
Guilin 桂林 · 1 month ago
Two hours from Beijing, and worth an overnight rather than a day trip
Datong 大同 · 1 month ago
Eat in the lanes behind Zhongshan Road, not on Gulangyu's pastry street
Xiamen 厦门 · 1 month ago
Breakfast is rice noodles, and you assemble them yourself
Guilin 桂林 · 1 month ago
Visit Dayan, sleep in Shuhe or Baisha
Lijiang 丽江 · 1 month ago
One ticket covers the sights, and the wall is the best of them
Pingyao 平遥 · 1 month ago
Guozao: eat breakfast standing up, and finish before nine
Wuhan 武汉 · 1 month ago
January in Harbin is minus twenty — dress like the locals, not like a skier
Harbin 哈尔滨 · 1 month ago
Book Mogao a month out — it is the one thing you cannot improvise
Dunhuang 敦煌 · 1 month ago
Guizhou eats sour first and hot second — start with the fish
Guiyang 贵阳 · 1 month ago
Do the Gansu museum before you go west, not after
Lanzhou 兰州 · 1 month ago
Pick the Shanghai airport that matches your next train, not your flight price
Shanghai 上海 · 1 month ago
If you only see one section of the Wall, make it Mutianyu
Beijing 北京 · 1 month ago
Yellow wine and fennel beans, warm, in a bowl
Shaoxing 绍兴 · 1 month ago
Climbing the Hanging Temple is capped — book it, or you just look up
Datong 大同 · 1 month ago
Book the Hubei museum for the bells, and not on a Monday
Wuhan 武汉 · 1 month ago
Ride the whole city wall, and start from the South Gate late in the day
Xi'an 西安 · 1 month ago
Morning tea is breakfast, lunch and the local institution — go twice
Guangzhou 广州 · 1 month ago
Welcome to China Unhurried, and why it exists
Planning · 1 month ago