✈ Direct from Seoul, Tokyo, Osaka, Singapore, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Dubai, London…
- Great Wall at Mutianyu (1.5 h)
- Forbidden City & Jingshan park
- Summer Palace & Fragrant Hills
Day trip: Mutianyu Great Wall before dawn — beat every tour bus by two hours.
✈ Direct from Seoul, Tokyo, Taipei, Singapore, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Frankfurt…
- Zhujiajiao water town (1 h)
- Suzhou gardens (1.5 h)
- Hangzhou’s West Lake (2.5 h)
Day trip: Suzhou gardens + a canal dinner cruise — home by 9 pm.
✈ Direct from almost everywhere in SE Asia, plus Seoul, Tokyo, Sydney, Addis Ababa…
- Canton Tower & Pearl River night cruise
- Foshan Ancestral Temple & kung fu show
- Shamian Island colonial walk
Day trip: Foshan — temples, kung fu, and the best dim sum you’ll ever argue about.
✈ Direct from Singapore, Bangkok, Seoul, Tokyo, Jakarta, Manila…
- Dameisha beach & seafood
- OCT-Loft creative district
- Wutong Mountain sunrise
Day trip: Dapeng Peninsula — Ming-era fortress, quiet beaches, oyster farms.
✈ Direct from Seoul, Tokyo, Singapore, Bangkok, Kathmandu, Frankfurt…
- Panda Base at breakfast time
- Leshan Giant Buddha (2 h)
- Mount Emei hot springs (2.5 h)
Day trip: Leshan Buddha from the river, then a monastery lunch above the clouds.
✈ Direct from Seoul, Tokyo, Singapore, Bangkok, Helsinki…
- Terracotta Army (1 h)
- Ming City Wall by bike
- Mount Hua sunrise (2 h)
Day trip: Terracotta Army at opening, Huashan cable cars by noon — for the brave.
✈ Direct from Seoul, Tokyo, Osaka, Singapore, Bangkok, Amsterdam…
- West Lake by dawn
- Longjing tea village pickings
- Wuzhen water town (1.5 h)
Day trip: Meijiawu tea village — pick, roast, sip, repeat.
✈ Direct from Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Seoul, Jakarta, Manila…
- Gulangyu Island, no cars allowed
- Fujian Tulou roundhouses (2.5 h)
- Nanputuo Temple & island ring road
Day trip: Tulou villages — 700-year-old roundhouses, tea with the 8th-generation keeper.
✈ Direct from Bangkok, Singapore, Seoul, Osaka, Vientiane, Yangon…
- Stone Forest (1.5 h)
- Dianchi Lake & seagulls (winter)
- Dali old town by fast rail (2 h)
Day trip: Stone Forest at opening, then a Yi-ethnic lunch village.
✈ Direct from Seoul, Osaka, Tokyo, Singapore, Frankfurt…
- Old Town colonial architecture
- Beer Museum — fresh from the source
- Mount Lao, Taoist temples over the sea
Day trip: Mount Lao — cliffside temples, tea fields, and the coast road back.
✈ Direct from Seoul, Tokyo, Singapore, Bangkok, Doha, Rome…
- Hongya Cave night lights
- Ciqikou old town
- Wulong Karst (2.5 h)
Day trip: Wulong Karst — the natural bridges from Transformers, minus the robots.
✈ Direct from Seoul, Tokyo, Osaka, Bangkok, Irkutsk…
- Ice & Snow World (Dec–Feb)
- Saint Sophia Cathedral
- Siberian Tiger Park
Season pick: Yabuli ski resort (2.5 h) — China’s oldest slopes.
✈ Direct from Seoul, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, plus domestic links to every hub…
- Li River cruise (4 h)
- Yangshuo countryside & West Street
- Longji rice terraces (2.5 h)
Day trip: Longji terraces at sunrise — village breakfast above the clouds.
✈ Domestic links to all major hubs; charters from Seoul and Bangkok in season…
- Avatar pillar forest (Yuanjiajie)
- Grand Canyon glass bridge
- Tianmen Mountain & skywalk
Day trip: Tianmen Mountain — 99 bends, a hole in the rock, and the world’s longest cable car.
