Long weekends and first landings — 18 curated routes in three pacing styles
Packed itineraries — see as much as possible, move fast · 5 routes
5 daysCompactBeijing → Xi'an → Shanghai: three imperial cities linked by high-speed rail
5 daysCompactIce festivals, Russian domes and Siberian tigers — China's deep-freeze winter showcase
5 daysCompactBund panoramas, tower decks, Disneyland and a water-town day — the megacity blitz
5 daysCompactCity walls, Sun Yat-sen's mausoleum, the Nanjing Massacre memorial — history on the Yangtze
5 daysCompactYungang caves, Pingyao's Ming walls and Qiao courtyards — China's timber treasury
Balanced pace — moderate rhythm, fewer hops per day · 4 routes
5 daysComfortableTerracotta warriors, city walls at dusk and Tang palace grounds — without the rush
5 daysComfortableGerman old town, Tsingtao brewery taps and Mount Lao's sea cliffs
5 daysComfortableCliff-hanging Hongyadong, monorail-through-building and UNESCO rock carvings
5 daysComfortableLi River cruise, Yulong bamboo rafts, cycling karst lanes and Xingping sunsets
Slow travel — deep, easy-going, experience over checklist · 9 routes
5 daysRelaxedImperial icons, the Great Wall and hutong life — China's greatest hits in one stop
5 daysRelaxedBund towers, West Lake poetry and Suzhou gardens — classical China's soft south
5 daysRelaxedLi River cruise, Yangshuo countryside and the Dragon Backbone rice terraces
5 daysRelaxedSkylines, theme parks and dim sum — the easy visa-run classic for SE Asian travellers
5 daysRelaxedGiant pandas, 2,300-year-old waterworks, teahouses and the fiery Sichuan table
5 daysRelaxedPandas, teahouses, courtyard lanes and chili-laden evenings — unhurried Sichuan
5 daysRelaxedWest Lake mornings, Longjing pickings and canal evenings — slow Jiangnan
5 daysRelaxedUNESCO gardens, silk museums and canal towns — Jiangnan's soft side
5 daysRelaxedYalong's crescent sand, Wuzhizhou reef snorkelling and Nanshan's sea Guanyin
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