China

Your comprehensive travel guide to China. Discover must-see places and attractions, tips for independent or group travel, and a ranking of the best hotels.

photo China Hotel Guest Scores in 2026 Crown a Small Mountain Town China Hotel Guest Scores in 2026 Crown a Small Mountain Town
Hotels
Ask travellers to name China's best hotel city and most will say Shanghai. Guest reviews point somewhere else entirely, to…
photo Sanya's Four Bays Compared: Which One to Book Sanya's Four Bays Compared: Which One to Book
Hotels
Sanya's coastline runs for more than 200 kilometers, and on a hotel map it looks like one continuous resort. It…
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Rules
Hainan gets called the "Hawaii of China," and for most visitors the first practical question is not which beach but…
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Vacation ideas
Hainan sells itself on beaches, and Sanya at the island's southern tip has the best of them. Yet most of…
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Life hack
Hainan is China's southernmost island, and people call it the "Hawaii of the East" for a reason: long beaches, rainforest…
photo Zhangjiajie Adventure Beyond the Crowds and Glass Bridge Zhangjiajie Adventure Beyond the Crowds and Glass Bridge
Life hack
Zhangjiajie sits in the northwest of Hunan province. Its landscape inspired the floating mountains in "Avatar": some three thousand sandstone…
photo What a Zhangjiajie Trip Costs, from Flights to Park Tickets What a Zhangjiajie Trip Costs, from Flights to Park Tickets
Holiday ideas
Photos of Zhangjiajie sell the place before any guidebook does. Sandstone pillars stand in fog, and the Hallelujah Mountains from…
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Places
Zhangjiajie looks the way the photos promise, and that is rare. Over 3,000 sandstone pillars rise from the forest floor…
photo A Three-Day Zhangjiajie Itinerary Without the Crowds A Three-Day Zhangjiajie Itinerary Without the Crowds
Tours
Photographs of Zhangjiajie look doctored. Sandstone pillars several hundred metres tall, mist pooling in the gorges between them, a pine…
photo Nature Day Trips to Escape Chongqing Nature Day Trips to Escape Chongqing
Places
Chongqing wears visitors down faster than most Chinese cities. Thirty million people live on hills above two rivers, roads stack…
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History
Chongqing does not look like any other Chinese megacity. Hills squeeze the center onto a narrow peninsula between two rivers,…
photo Ten Budget Hotels in Chongqing, From Airport to Jiefangbei Ten Budget Hotels in Chongqing, From Airport to Jiefangbei
Hotels
Chongqing is a mountain city of 30 million people stacked on two rivers with an old town culture of its…