Tour Recommendations

The overwhelming number of beautiful, fascinating, and stimulating places to visit in China and Taiwan can make it difficult to decide where to go, especially when you have limited time. Here are a few suggestions to get you started.

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If you want to focus on the most popular tourist destinations in China, check out our "China Highlights" 11-day and 15-day (including a leisurely stop in Hangzhou) tours:


Beijing's Forbidden City (photo by Saad Akhtar)	Xi'an's terracotta soldiers (photo by Mark Kao)	The Li River near Guilin	The Bund in Shanghai (photo by CIT)

If you're primarily interested in China's stunning natural scenery, consider our "Majestic Scenery" and "Yunnan Highlands" tours:


Emei's Golden Summit	Zhangjiajie's landscapes	Kunming's "Stone Forest" (photo by Mark Kao)	A meadow in Shangri-La

Those who want to see the famed Three Gorges of the Yangtze River (Changjiang) and also visit popular destinations like Beijing, Xi'an, and Shanghai should look at our "Magnificent Yangtze/Ancient Capitals" and "Mysterious Tibet" tours, the latter of which also features a three-day stop in Lhasa, Tibet, the most important center for Tibetan Buddhism:


The "Lesser Three Gorges" (photo by Jeremy Barwick)	Oriental Pearl Tower, Shanghai (photo by Tim Wang)	The Great Wall at Badaling (photo by Mark Kao)	Potala Palace, Lhasa (photo by David Wong)

Our "Jiangnan Gourmet Food/Yellow Mountain Tour" features a great combination of authentic local cuisine, relaxing environments, mountain scenery, traditional culture, and the fast-paced world of cosmopolitan Shanghai in a shorter 10-day trip:


A view of Shanghai from the Jinmao Tower (photo by Jakob Montrasio)	The canals of Zhouzhuang (photo by Jakob Montrasio)	West Lake in Hangzhou (photo by Preetam Rai)	Sunrise from the top of Yellow Mountain (photo by Mark Kao)

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