Cities

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…

Our Danba travel guide brings you to a green river valley in western Sichuan, China, where ethnic Tibetan communities have built white-walled stone watchtowers and terraced villages for more than…

Our Huangyao ancient town guide introduces a settled, atmospheric riverside town in eastern Guangxi that has changed surprisingly little since the Ming and Qing dynasties. Built more than 1,000 years…

Our Chongzuo travel guide takes you to one of Guangxi’s quietest and most rewarding corners, a borderland where dramatic limestone karst rises straight out of emerald rice paddies and some…