Cities

This Shaoxing travel guide is born from my favorite kind of day trip in Zhejiang: a slow morning on a black-awning boat, a cup of warm yellow rice wine, and…

This Ningbo travel guide comes from someone who used the city as a base for years while exploring Zhejiang. Ningbo rarely tops foreign bucket lists — it sits in the…

This Fuzhou travel guide is the piece I wish someone had handed me before my first trip to the capital of Fujian. Most foreign visitors rush past Fuzhou on the…

Our Seda travel guide takes you to a remote valley in the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan, China, where a hillside is covered with thousands of small crimson wooden…

This Kuqa travel guide is for travelers tracing the ancient Silk Road through southern Xinjiang, China. Kuqa (库车, historically Qiuci) sits in Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang, China, a desert oasis where…

This Zhaosu travel guide is for travelers heading to the Ili Valley of northwest China. Zhaosu, in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China, is famous as the “horse town” of…

This Bingzhongluo travel guide is for travelers who want the raw, road-less-traveled side of Yunnan. Bingzhongluo (丙中洛) is a high valley in Gongshan County, part of the Nujiang Lisu Autonomous…

This Ruili travel guide is for travelers curious about one of China’s most distinctive trading towns. Ruili (瑞丽) lies in the Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture of Yunnan, China,…

This Mangshi travel guide is for travelers who have already ticked off Yunnan’s headline stops and want something slower, greener, and genuinely local. Mangshi (芒市) is the seat of the…

Our Xinduqiao travel guide heads to a small town on the Tibetan plateau edge of western Sichuan, China, that has earned the nickname “Photographer’s Paradise” among Chinese travelers. Xinduqiao is…