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…
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Best Hotels in Kashgar, Xinjiang, China
Kashgar is the last big city on the old Silk Road before the road simply runs out into the desert, and it is the most atmospheric place in Xinjiang, China…
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Best Hotels in Dunhuang, Gansu, China
Dunhuang is a small city with an outsized problem: almost everything worth seeing sits either inside a desert or four kilometres south of the last house. The Singing Sand Dunes…
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Best Hotels in Huangshan, Anhui, China
Huangshan holds one of the hardest lodging decisions in China: sleep on the mountain or sleep in the town at its foot. Get it wrong and you will either stand…
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Hebei Cuisine Guide: Northern Flavors Around Beijing
Most visitors to China eat in Beijing. Then they cross one provincial border — fifty kilometres, a single train ride — and find that the kitchen next door has been…
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Best Hotels in Turpan, Xinjiang, China
Picking where to stay in Turpan is a decision about heat, not about luxury. Turpan is one of the lowest and hottest inhabited places on earth — the basin floor…
