Lodging & Dining

The canals of Suzhou have carried travelers for more than a thousand years, and today the city pairs that heritage with a remarkable choice of places to sleep. This guide…

Content Preview Our guide to the best hotels in Dali helps you decide where to stay in Dali, whether you want a room with a private Erhai Lake sunrise or…

Content Preview This guide to the best hotels in Zhangjiajie shows where to stay in Zhangjiajie for easy access to the quartz-sandstone pillars that inspired the floating mountains in the…

Content Preview Our guide to the best hotels in Lhasa helps you choose where to stay in Lhasa, Tibet, China, with the Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple, and the Barkhor circuit…

Eating in China is one of the best parts of any trip, but if you have a food allergy it is also the part that keeps you up at night….

Sanya sits at the southern tip of Hainan and is the closest thing mainland China has to a proper tropical beach escape. If you are planning a trip and typing…

Xi’an is where the Silk Road began and where the Terracotta Army sleeps underground. It is also one of the easiest Chinese cities to enjoy on foot, because the old…

Most wine travellers think of Bordeaux or Napa. Few think of the Gobi Desert edge in northern China. Yet Ningxia, a slender region along the Yellow River, has quietly become…

Ten years ago, “Chinese beer” meant one pale lager poured ice-cold from a green bottle. That picture is outdated. Today a China craft beer guide has to cover a fast-growing…

Nanjing sits on the Yangtze about three hours west of Shanghai, and it eats duck the way some cities eat beef. The locals joke that a Nanjing table sees a…