China Travel Guides by Region
Browse 317 source-checked city travel guides grouped by region of China.
Seven regions, used the way Chinese geography classes still cut the map: south, east, southwest, northwest, north, central, northeast. Each region page is a short orientation plus the city guides we have actually written — not a complete atlas.
South China38 guides
Lingnan coast and Hainan: morning tea, arcade streets, and a winter beach when the mainland is cold.
BaiseBeihaiChaozhouChongzuoDanzhouDongguanFangchenggangFoshanGuangzhouGuigangHaikouHechiHeyuanHezhouHuizhouJiangmenJieyangLaibinLiuzhouMaomingMeizhouNanningQingyuanQinzhouSanyaShantouShanweiShaoguanShenzhenWuzhouXiamenYangjiangYulinYunfuZhanjiangZhaoqingZhongshanZhuhai
East China76 guides
The Yangtze Delta loop — gardens, West Lake, the Bund, and Huangshan a train ride west.
AnqingBengbuBinzhouBozhouChangzhouChizhouChuzhouDezhouDongyingFuyangFuzhou JiangxiFuzhouGanzhouHangzhouHefeiHezeHuai'anHuaibeiHuainanHuangshanHuzhouJi'anJiaxingJinanJingdezhenJinhuaJiningJiujiangLianyungangLiaochengLinyiLishuiLongyanLu'anMa'anshanNanchangNanjingNanpingNantongNingboNingdePingxiangPutianQingdaoQuanzhouQuzhouRizhaoSanmingShanghaiShangraoShaoxingSuqianSuzhou (Anhui)SuzhouTai'anTaizhou (Jiangsu)Taizhou (Zhejiang)TonglingWeifangWeihaiWenzhouWuhuWuxiXinyuXuanchengXuzhouYanchengYangzhouYantaiYichunYingtanZaozhuangZhangzhouZhenjiangZhoushanZibo
Southwest China47 guides
Pandas and hotpot, Yunnan old towns, Guilin karst, and Lhasa as its own permit-and-altitude plan.
AnshunBaoshanBazhongBijieChengduChongqingDaliDazhouDehongDeyangDiqingGuang'anGuangyuanGuilinGuiyangHongheKunmingLeshanLhasaLijiangLincangLiupanshuiLuzhouMeishanMianyangNagquNanchongNeijiangNgariNyingchiPanzhihuaPu'erQamdoQujingShannanShigatseSuiningTongrenWenshanXishuangbannaYa'anYibinYuxiZhaotongZigongZiyangZunyi
Northwest China43 guides
West of the passes: the Terracotta Army, the Yellow River, and plateau gates with longer rides between them.
AksuAltayAnkangBaiyinBaojiDingxiDunhuangGuyuanHaidongHaixiHamiHanzhongHotanIliJiayuguanJinchangJiuquanKaramayKashgarKorlaLanzhouLongnanPingliangQingyangShangluoShiheziShizuishanTianshuiTongchuanTurpanUrumqiWeinanWuweiWuzhongXi'anXianyangXiningYan'anYinchuanYulinYushuZhangyeZhongwei
North China36 guides
Imperial Beijing plus Shanxi caves and Hebei temples on the same dry north China plain.
AlxaBaodingBaotouBayannurBeijingCangzhouChangzhiChengdeChifengDatongHandanHengshuiHingganHohhotHulunbuirJinchengJinzhongLangfangLinfenLvliangOrdosQinhuangdaoShijiazhuangShuozhouTaiyuanTangshanTianjinTongliaoUlanqabWuhaiXilingolXingtaiXinzhouYangquanYunchengZhangjiakou
Central China42 guides
The two-river middle — Wuhan, Changsha, the Henan old capitals, and Zhangjiajie as the mountain extra.
AnyangChangdeChangshaChenzhouEzhouHebiHengyangHuaihuaHuanggangHuangshiJiaozuoJingmenJingzhouKaifengLoudiLuoheLuoyangNanyangPingdingshanPuyangSanmenxiaShangqiuShaoyangShiyanSuizhouWuhanXiangtanXiangyangXianningXiaoganXinxiangXinyangXuchangYichangYiyangYongzhouYueyangZhangjiajieZhengzhouZhoukouZhumadianZhuzhou
Northeast China35 guides
Harbin ice, Qing palaces in Shenyang, and Dalian on the Yellow Sea. Winter is the point of Harbin.
AnshanBaichengBaishanBenxiChangchunChaoyangDalianDandongDaqingFushunFuxinHarbinHegangHeiheHuludaoJiamusiJilin CityJinzhouJixiLiaoyangLiaoyuanMudanjiangPanjinQiqiharQitaiheShenyangShuangyashanSipingSongyuanSuihuaTielingTonghuaYanjiYichun (Heilongjiang)Yingkou