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Shanghai
上海
China's sharpest contrast of historic treaty-port streets, contemporary skyline and everyday lane life.
Signature experiences
The Bund · Yuyuan Garden
Choose places before routes
Choose the China cities that fit your trip.
Start with what each destination genuinely offers: its defining experiences, realistic stay, nearby extensions and connection to the next city. Then build your own order instead of accepting a generic route.
Compare all 9 destinations- Destinations
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- 2–4 cities
See the place before the route
Choose the cities that make you want to keep exploring.
Each card gives you a visual first impression, a realistic stay and the signature experiences worth opening. Add a city when it feels right.
02
Suzhou
苏州
A lived-in canal city where classical gardens reward slow looking rather than checklist sightseeing.
Signature experiences
Humble Administrator's Garden · Suzhou Museum
03
Hangzhou
杭州
A lake-and-hills city where landscape, tea culture and Southern Song history are part of the urban fabric.
Signature experiences
West Lake · Lingyin Temple and Feilai Peak
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Beijing
北京
China's imperial and political capital, with monumental axial planning, courtyard neighborhoods and Great Wall access.
Signature experiences
Forbidden City / Palace Museum · Temple of Heaven
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Tianjin
天津
A Haihe port city of former concession streets, vernacular crafts, comic storytelling and distinctive local food, about 30 minutes from Beijing by rail.
Signature experiences
Italian Style Area · Ancient Culture Street
06
Chengde
承德
A Qing imperial summer capital where a vast landscape palace and outlying Tibetan Buddhist temples form one World Heritage ensemble.
Signature experiences
Chengde Mountain Resort · Putuo Zongcheng and Xumi Fushou temples
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Guangzhou
广州
A two-millennia trading city where Cantonese food, Lingnan craft and a modern Pearl River skyline coexist.
Signature experiences
Chen Clan Ancestral Hall · Shamian Historical District
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Shenzhen
深圳
A young design-and-technology metropolis with a long coastline, migrant food culture and older walled settlements beneath the skyline.
Signature experiences
Shenzhen Bay Park · Nantou Ancient Town
09
Guilin & Yangshuo
桂林与阳朔
A multi-day karst landscape cluster linking Guilin city, the Li River corridor, Yangshuo countryside and Longji rice terraces.
Signature experiences
Li River core cruise · Yulong River countryside
Build a sensible city order
Choose 2–4 cities, set each stay, then connect the route.
Add cities, adjust the nights and move them up or down. Pace checks allow about six practical sightseeing hours per day; they never remove a sight you selected. Every leg then shows distance and reviewed train times when available.
Reviewed train connections
City connections at a glance
Every selected leg gets a rough direction and distance in your ordered plan. Reviewed train-time estimates are highlighted here when available.
Connection diagram, not to scale. Distance labels are approximate straight-line measurements between named city reference points—not rail or road distance. Lines show reviewed connections, not railway tracks. Train times are reviewed station-to-station planning ranges, not live schedules.
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North China
45 min–1h 15m≈180 km straight-lineDirect train
30–40 min≈110 km straight-lineDirect train
4h 20m–6h≈1,070 km straight-lineBeijing ↔ Shanghai
02
Yangtze Delta
25–35 min≈85 km straight-lineDirect train
45 min–1h 20m≈160 km straight-lineDirect train
Also direct
1h 10m–2h≈120 km straight-lineSuzhou ↔ Hangzhou
6h 55m–8h≈1,210 km straight-lineShanghai ↔ Guangzhou
03
South China
2–3h≈380 km straight-lineDirect train
30 min–1h 5m≈100 km straight-lineDirect train
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Start with the places, not a pre-written route.
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