Attractions

Norbulingka Summer Palace in Lhasa, Tibet, China was for two centuries the seasonal retreat of the Dalai Lamas, a walled estate of gardens, pavilions, and leafy avenues on the western…

Sera Monastery in Lhasa, Tibet, China is one of the three great Gelugpa university monasteries of the Tibetan plateau, and it earns its place on almost every visitor’s list for…

Chimelong Ocean Kingdom, in Hengqin on the southern edge of Zhuhai, Guangdong Province, is the largest ocean-themed park in the world by some measures, and the first time I walked…

Hengdian World Studios is the largest film and television production base in the world, and unless you already love Chinese period dramas you may not realize that a huge share…

Binglanggu (槟榔谷) sits in the hills of Baoting Li and Miao Autonomous County, about 28 km northwest of Sanya on Hainan’s southern coast. Unlike the resort strips of Yalong Bay…

Why Shiniuzhai Is Our Hunan Adventure Pick Hunan is famous for Zhangjiajie’s spires, but the travelers we send west of Changsha for a real adrenaline day go to Shiniuzhai (石牛寨)…

Why Xiqiao Mountain Earns a Stop in Foshan Most visitors to the Guangzhou–Foshan sprawl never look up at the green dome 20 km south of the city, and that is…

Why Lotus Mountain Guangzhou Is Our Half-Day Favorite When travelers ask us for an easy escape from Guangzhou’s noise, we point them south to Lotus Mountain Guangzhou, in Panyu District….

Why Luya Mountain Is Our Shanxi Mountain Pick Most travelers treat Shanxi as a province of temples and old walls, then skip the mountains. That is a mistake, and Luya…

Why Mount Tai Still Tops Our Shandong List Of all the peaks we route travelers to in eastern China, Mount Tai (Tai Shan) in Tai’an, Shandong, is the one we…