Regions
Five regions of China worth more than one city
A city takes two nights. A region asks for a week and changes the trip: these are the routes where landscape, altitude and ethnic minorities matter more than monuments.
The Silk Road
From Xi'an to Dunhuang, the Gansu corridor between desert, Buddhist caves and rammed-earth walls. Nine to twelve days overland, without hurrying.
Deep Yunnan
Kunming, Yuanyang, Dali, Lijiang and Shangri-La on one route: terraces, minorities and altitude. How many days, when to go, and how to link it together.
Tibet
Lhasa, Shigatse and Nyingchi, with the two things that actually block the trip: the entry permit and the altitude. How it is organised and how many days.
Zhangjiajie and Fenghuang
The sandstone pillars of Wulingyuan and the old town of Fenghuang, in northwest Hunan. How many days, how to link the two, and when to go.
Hainan
The tropical island of China: Sanya, Haikou and the east coast. When to go, how many days, and how to attach it to a mainland trip without losing time.
How to choose
- History overland
- The Silk Road, from Xi'an to Dunhuang, along the Gansu corridor between desert and Buddhist caves.
- Landscape and minorities
- Yunnan in depth: rice terraces, altitude and twenty-five ethnic minorities.
- Altitude and paperwork
- Tibet, where the entry permit is sorted before the flight and acclimatization sets the pace.
- Geology and old town
- Zhangjiajie and Fenghuang: the sandstone pillars and the stilt houses over the river.
- A beach to finish
- Hainan, the tropical island, as the closing note on a mainland trip.
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