China Travel Guides

The beautiful city of Yangshuo in China’s Guangxi province (near Guilin) is famed for its strange-shaped karst mountains and serene rivers. Known as the “heavenly hometown of travel on earth” …

Guilin is an intoxicating city. Osmanthus trees bloom at every turn, and the air is heavy with their sweet fragrance. Located in the South of China, the climate here is …

Old Xi’an City is one of the most exciting cities to visit in China. This ancient capital city is also one of China’s most popular tourist destinations. Even with only …

Most sites offering a Great Wall of China Tour fail to tell you anything how about how to get on or off the wall. It’s all about the wall itself, …

When the ex-husband’s girlfriend invited me to go on a China vacation to celebrate her 50th birthday, of course, I said yes! Who better to travel halfway around the world …

Located just a couple of hours outside of Shanghai, the serene and beautiful Unesco World Heritage gardens at Suzhou are a feast for the eyes. Two of the most beautiful …

The ethereally beautiful Humble Administrator Garden is the biggest of Suzhou’s nine classical gardens. Covering an enormous 50 thousand square feet, it’s also the largest private garden in China, and …

I’m pretty well-travelled but the only interesting facts about China I heard before I visited were half-baked horror stories from ex-pat colleagues. Almost all of these storytellers had “done” China …