5 Epic Road Trips in China: When to Go & What to See


Best Road Trips in China When to Take the Trip What to See Where to Stop
Beijing to Shanghai Spring or Autumn The Great Wall, Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square, Suzhou Gardens, Shanghai Bund Tianjin, Jinan, Qufu, Nanjing, Hangzhou
Sichuan-Tibet Highway Summer Mountains, Tibetan culture, monasteries, hot springs Chengdu, Kangding, Litang, Daocheng, Yading, Lhasa
Yunnan Loop Spring or Autumn Stone Forest, Tiger Leaping Gorge, Shangri-La, rice terraces, minority cultures Kunming, Dali, Lijiang, Shangri-La, Yuanyang
Silk Road Spring or Autumn Deserts, ancient cities, Silk Road history, mosques, Buddhist caves Xian, Dunhuang, Turpan, Kashgar
Guilin to Yangshuo Summer Karst mountains, Li River, rice paddies, rural villages Guilin, Yangshuo