Vegetarian and Vegan Travel in China: Where and How to Eat Meat-Free
Traveling with a vegan friend I once traveled with a friend who’d been vegan for a decade, and watching her eat her way across China was a masterclass in creative…
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Songpan Travel Guide: Ancient Tibetan Gate Town to Jiuzhaigou
If you drive north out of Chengdu toward the alpine lakes of Jiuzhaigou, you pass through a walled town that was already a frontier garrison when the road was only…
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China Buddhist Temple Route Guide
There are more Buddhists in China than in any other country, and the country responds by hiding its best temples in places that have no business being tourist sites —…
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China Travel with Teens Guide
We have travelled with four teenagers across this country over eight years — our own and other people’s — and the thing we have learned is that China is one…
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Shanxi Historic Route Itinerary: Temples, Towns and Pagodas
Shanxi is the province that quietly holds the oldest buildings in China. Before any other place on this list, it gave the country the Hanging Temple bolted to a cliff,…
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Yunnan and Guizhou 10-Day Itinerary
Most ten-day plans in this corner of southwest China pick one province and refuse to leave it. That is a mistake, and we have made it ourselves more than once….
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China Nature Reserves Guide
China protects its wild places on a scale most visitors have no idea about: well over a thousand designated nature reserves on the mainland, and since 2021 a parallel system…
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Best Hotels in Leshan, Sichuan, China
Leshan is a city that lives in the shadow of its own landmark. At the confluence of the Min, Dadu, and Qingyi rivers, workers in the Tang dynasty cut a…
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Best Hotels in Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
Urumqi is the largest city you have probably never considered staying in. It sits at 800 metres on the northern edge of the Tarim Basin, with the Tianshan range standing…
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Harbin Ice Hotel Guide: Sleeping Inside the Snow Festival
Search for ice hotels Harbin and you will find listings that reappear every November and disappear by March, priced by the hour and rebranded each season. Every January the city…
