Beijing’s Forbidden City
One place certain to be on anyone’s “To-do” list on their first trip to Beijing is the Forbidden City. China tours will always have this, along with the Great Wall, at the centre of the Beijing section of the holiday....
Chinese New Year
By far the most important festival or National Holiday to the Chinese is the Spring Festival or Chinese New Year as it is also called. It is a time for families to come together and as such could probably be most related to Christmas in...
Scenic China
Now most people are aware of China’s famous sights such as the Great Wall, Terra-cotta Warriors of Xian and the Forbidden City and, of course, they are all “must-sees” but what about where to go for the best natural scenery?...
Suzhou’s Gardens
Traditional Chinese Gardens – the path to enlightenment through horticulture. The Zen gardens of Japan derived from China....
A Visit to Pingyao
One of the places that I’d usually recommend to someone who wants to visit somewhere a bit different on China tours is Pingyao....
Visiting Shangri La
I was sent to this mythically named town in the clouds in 2012 on one of our regular fact finding missions at The China Travel Company....
