Powered by real Chinese reviews
Plan the China trip locals would plan for you
Free · No sign-up · Full itinerary with real local picks
Essentials for your trip
View all →Latest from the blog
View all →Yangmei Zhu Xiejie: A One-Hour Beijing Hutong Walk
A twelve-stop walk along Yangmei Zhu Xiejie, from a sesame-paste latte to paper-cut city maps, doable in about an hour.
How to order food in China without speaking any Chinese
Set up WeChat and Alipay before you land and you can order, customise and pay for a meal in China by tapping a QR code on the table — no Mandarin required.
China travel apps: seven to install before you fly
Seven apps do most of the work in China: Alipay and WeChat Pay for money, AMap Global for maps, DiDi for cars, Railway 12306 for trains, plus a VPN and an offline translator. Set them up before you fly.
Best time to visit China by region: a month-by-month comparison
Shanghai's plum rains, the south's typhoon months, Tibet's monsoon and two national holiday weeks fall in different months. Match the region to the calendar before you book.
A 3-Day Hangzhou Route: West Lake, Lingyin, Xixi Wetland
Three days across Hangzhou: the West Lake loop by bike, the temples and old streets of the second day, and the wetlands and canal-side lanes of the third.
Chongqing 1949 Grand Theatre: A Rotating Stage in Chongqing
The Chongqing 1949 Grand Theatre stages the five days before the city's liberation on a 360-degree rotating stage, with the audience turning with the set.
Get insider China travel tips in your inbox