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China is an enormous country with a rich history, stunning landscapes, and a vibrant culture. From the Great Wall to the Forbidden City, China has a wealth of must-see destinations for travelers. Explore bustling cities like Shanghai and Beijing, relax in picturesque countryside towns, and savor the delicious cuisine. Start planning your adventure today!
If you're looking for a travel destination with a rich cultural heritage, breathtaking natural scenery, and vibrant modern cities, look no further than China. As one of the world's largest countries, China is home to an incredible array of sights, sounds, and experiences that are sure to captivate and inspire travelers from all over the world.
One of the most famous attractions in China is the Great Wall, a massive stone fortification that was built over a period of centuries to protect the country from invaders. Today, the Great Wall is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world, and visitors can explore it by hiking, taking a guided tour, or even riding a cable car.
Another must-see destination in China is the Forbidden City, a sprawling complex of palaces, temples, and gardens that was once the home of China's emperors. Today, the Forbidden City is a UNESCO World Heritage site, and visitors can explore its many treasures, including the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the Imperial Garden, and the Palace of Heavenly Purity.
For nature lovers, China offers an incredible array of natural wonders, from the towering peaks of the Himalayas to the lush forests of Yunnan Province. One of the most famous natural attractions in China is the Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, home to the towering sandstone pillars that inspired the scenery in James Cameron's film Avatar.
Of course, no trip to China would be complete without experiencing its vibrant and bustling cities, such as Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong. These cities offer a unique blend of ancient traditions and modern innovation, with world-class shopping, dining, and entertainment options.
Whether you're interested in history, culture, nature, or modern city life, China has something for everyone. So why not start planning your trip today and discover all that this incredible country has to offer?
Popular Stays in China
Explore some of the most affordable vacation packages and accommodation stays in China
Located in JingAn and SHA Exhibition Center, Merry Hotel Shanghai is a perfect starting point from which to explore Shanghai. Both business travelers and tourists can enjoy the hotel's facilities and services. Free Wi-Fi in all rooms, 24-hour room service, facilities for disabled guests, Wi-Fi in public areas, car park are just some of the facilities on offer. Guestrooms are designed to provide an optimal level of comfort with welcoming decor and some offering convenient amenities like television LCD/plasma screen, internet access – wireless (complimentary), non smoking rooms, air conditioning, heating. Enjoy the hotel's recreational facilities, including fitness center, sauna, spa, massage, before retiring to your room for a well-deserved rest. Discover all Shanghai has to offer by making Merry Hotel Shanghai your base.
PEK/BJS - Beijing Capital International Airport - 17 miles NE
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Located in downtown Beijing within the Central Business District the hotel offers easy access to the commercial - shopping and historical sightseeing spots of metropolitan Beijing including the Forbidden City - Tiananmen Square - Heavenly Temple - Lama Temple - Ritan Park - Pearl Market - Silk Market - and Friendship Store.
Situated in Beijing s diplomatic-commercial and financial centre and just 40 minutes from the international airport - Kerry Hotel Beijing s preferential location is enhanced by its proximity to major cultural- shopping and entertainment sites.
The hotel s stylish interior is matched by modern day comforts such as Wi-Fi connectivity throughout the hotel including all 486 guestrooms- public areas and even in the limousines. Paperless check-in and check-out - complimentary minibar and 24-hour gymnasium are some of the hotel s signature services. The Club rooms and suites offer discerning travellers a line-up of enhanced hardware and amenities-including access to The Club Lounge with exclusive privileges.
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Wine and dine facilities are presented through four establishments. Kerry s Kitchen delivers authentic- well-cooked Asian cuisine using the finest quality ingredients- while Kerry s Pantry is perfect for grabbing a quick bite. Specializing in authentic Cantonese cuisine - The Horizon Chinese restaurant also serves Beijing and Sichuan signature dishes. An award-winning bar and lounge- Centro features live jazz- fine wines and real cocktails in a seductive atmosphere.
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Spreading 6000sqm- the hotel s Fitness Centre- Kerry Sports- features a 24-hour gymnasium- indoor swimming pool- multi-purpose courts and a recreation room-plus an outdoor jogging track. For MICE organizers - an excess of 6000sqm space offers extensive options for event planning.
PEK - Capital International Airport - 35 KM SW
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The luxurious award-winning Shangri-La Hotel Beijing is a landmark in the western part of the city and closed to the financial street and technology district - the major historical sightseeing spots - shopping areas and 30 minutes from the Beijing Capital Airport. Its location and fine reputation has made it the choice for business and travelers and meeting organizers to Beijing.In compliance with Beijing Household Waste Management Regulations effective from 1 May 2020 Shangri-La Hotel Beijing will no longer be providing disposable personal amenities such as toothbrushes- comb- loofah pads- razor set- nail set- shoe mitts in guest rooms. These items will only be available upon request.
For your well-being and added peace of mind- we have embraced a series of safety standards and precautionary measures- so you can cherish the moments that truly matter.
To learn more about our health and safety commitment and measures we have in place across our hotels-visit www.shangri-la.com-cares.
We have been closely monitoring the COVID-19 situation and are following guidelines from the World Health Organisation -WHO and respective local health agencies where we have operations. We understand there are many concerns during this time and wish to assure our guests that the safety and well-being of our guests-customers and colleagues are of paramount importance to us.
In view of the current COVID-19 situation-for all reservations made prior to 1 April 2020-including advanced purchase rates-travelling to our hotels globally before 31st July 2020- we will waive the cancellation charges regardless of booking channel-if cancelled more than 24 hours prior to arrival date.
Golden Circle has extended tier status for all Diamond and Jade members globally. With this extension-all Golden Circle Diamond and Jade members will maintain their current tier status and benefits until 31 December 2021.
Enjoy innovative design and sweeping Shanghai views at the soaring Holiday Inn Shanghai Pudong centrally located in Pudong Business District. The hotel is 38 kilometers from Pudong International Airport and 5 kilometers from the Shanghai New International Exhibition Center, near Metro Line 2/4/6/9 to speed you around the city.
The hotel offers 352 contemporary guest rooms with high-speed Internet. Make use of our seven high-tech meeting rooms including one ballroom, and six breakout rooms.
Holiday Inn Shanghai Pudong is not only a place that mixes fashion and elegance, but also a resort for you to enjoy and unwind during your leisure time or business trip.
The Holiday Inn Shanghai Vista is conveniently located in the heart of Shanghai putting the travelers and guests in an ideal location for shopping, dining and sighting, travelers and guests will enjoy quick convenience to Nanjing Road, Yu Garden, The Bund, Shanghai Natural History Museum and Shanghai Changfeng Ocean World, only a short taxi drive from Railway Station, Airport and National Convention & Exhibition Center, 40 minutes drive to Shanghai Disney Resort. The hotel is is only 5 minutes walk from hotel to Metro Line 7 and 13, making it a piece of cake to get to your meetings on time and sight attractions easily. Our hotel features 290 contemporary designed guestrooms consist of 4 Executive Floors and a total of 58 suites. Guests can also utilize your very own in-room desk and high-speed Wi-Fi and Wired Internet Access. Our Fitness Centre and indoor pool offer impressive views of the city . The Holiday Inn Shanghai Vista is the ideal choice for conventions and meetings, with its versatile and stylish function rooms including Continental Ballroom, three conference rooms. After a day of meetings or sightseeing, the Lobby Lounge is a great place to relax and enjoy specialty drinks. Enjoy Western and Asian cuisine at Inn Place Cafe and experience authentic Chinese local dishes at Huishenglou Restaurant. Be it for vacation or work, Holiday Inn Shanghai Vista is the ideal choice for you to find a hotel accommodation in Shanghai China.
XIY - Xian Xianyang International Airport - 22 mi NW
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Shangri-La Hotel Xian is conveniently located in the bustling Gaoxin Hi-Tech Zone within a city rich in historical and cultural significance. The property is convenient to abundant global and local corporate companies-the regions many historical sites and museums and is within walking distance to Century Ginwa- Golden Eagle shopping and Lotus Hypermarket.Situated amidst beautifully landscaped gardens - Shangri-La Hotel Xian is located in the bustling Gaoxin Hi-Tech Zone within a city rich in historical and cultural significance. The hotel is convenient to abundant global and local corporate companies.The regions many historical sites and museums - including the Terracotta Warriors Museum and Xians breathtaking city walls - and is within walking distance to Century Ginwa shopping and Golden Eagle shopping-Lotus hypermarket and many other eateries.It is the only Xian Hotel with a tour manager and provides weekend free shuttles bus to the downtown.
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Among the hotels deluxe facilities are a 25-meter indoor pool - a Chi spa -a fully-equipped 24 hours health club with hot tub - steam and sauna-beauty salon -kids club.The hotels renowned restaurants-intl cafe with garden-Chinese with pdr and thai with pdr and garden-offer a delectable selection of exquisite cuisine - while the Lobby Lounge provides an elegant backdrop for afternoon tea or evening cocktails with a 1824SQM of pillarless grand ballroom with maximum 1820pax and eight function rooms with a full range of technological capabilties-the property offers the high-end conference and events experience-making Shangri-La Xian a well-earned reputatuin for meeting excellence.
Shangri-La Xian features 395 beautifully-appointed guestrooms and suites - each with free wired internet and Wi-Fi access and generous amenities. Spectacular floor-to-ceiling windows afford picturesque city views.
Holiday Inn Beijing Temple of Heaven is located between South 2nd Ring Road and South 3rd Ring Road, close to Beijing South Railway Station, Beijing Railway Station, Fangzhuang Food Street, Wangfujing, a famous commercial street. It takes about 10-minute-walk to Puhuangyu Subway Station of Line 5 or Jingtai Subway Station of Line 14. The hotel is about 20 minutes’ drive to Yizhuang Economic Development Zone, 45 minutes’ drive to Beijing Daxing International Airport and 70 minutes to Beijing Capital Airport.
The hotel is in a convenient location, being 1. 3km from Temple of Heaven Park (South Gate), 2. 6km from Beijing Natural and History museum, 4. 8km from Tiananmen Square, 6. 4km from Forbidden City, 4. 9km from National Museum of China, 6. 8km from Beijing Happy Valley, 5. 24km from National Grand Theatre and 4. 2km from Madame Tussauds Beijing.
Hotel rooms have elegantly decorated and well equipped with broadband Internet access. There are three restaurants with different flavors in the hotel. Comfortable lobby bar is an ideal place for relaxing or gathering friends. There are two grand banquet halls of 504 square meters and 368 square meters respectively, and 9 small multi-functional conference rooms, which can meet the needs of different conferences. The hotel also provides a variety of well-equipped fitness and entertainment facilities, providing you with diligent service, so that you can truly experience the feeling of being relaxed and comfortable.
Holiday Inn Beijing Chang An West is located on the west extension of Chang’an avenue, It is about 10 minutes walk to arrive at Wukesong Huaxi LIVE and Cadillac Arena. The hotel is conveniently located across the street from Third medical center of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Armed Police General Hospital and China Railway Construction Corporation. Chinese PLA General Hospital 301 Hospital and Wukesong station of subway line 1 are closed at hand. It is adjacent to China Railway Group Limited, China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation CRRC, SINOGRAIN. Hotel is about 6km away from Beijing West Railway Station and 9km away from Fengtai Railway Station.
Hotel is managed by IHG. It has 312 rooms and suites with modern facilities such as high-speed Internet, LED TV, safe, mini bar, adjustable shower and advanced bath amenities. The courtesy of Executive Floor can provide guests with multiple high value-added services. 1200 square meters of meeting space, the grand ballroom of 388 square meters and 470 square meters of conference center can be split into two independent space according to the demand, otherwise 6 different area of the multi-function meeting rooms for holding business talks, theme activities and an ideal place for wedding ceremony, our excellence event team and perfect one-stop service make your meetings and activities successful.
Things to do in China
Choose from a range of unique experiences and fun activities in China
Take this one day Giant Panda and Leshan Buddha day trip to see the cute pandas and the hill-big Buddha. As Chinese national treasures, giant pandas live only in China, most of whom live in the Sichuan province. It is well known that Chengdu is the home of the giant panda and the Giant Panda Breeding Research Base in Chengdu is the best place to visit these lovely creatures. More than 90 pandas are available for you to watch them have fun and enjoy them play in the half open yard. You will also visit the Leshan Giant Buddha, the largest Buddha statue in the world, which is said "The Buddha is a hill, and the hill is a Buddha."
This day tour (Options: Private Tour or Group Tour) will take you to visit the Chengdu Panda Breeding Research Base and Leshan Grand Buddha. See the adorable pandas and the world's tallest Buddha. Chengdu Panda Base is one of Chengdu's most popular tourist attractions, and it focuses on getting these beautiful creatures to live happy and healthy lives.
Options:
Private Tour: the tour guide will only guide you to visit all tourist sites.
Group Tour: other travellers will be arranged in your group on the same travel date to visit all tourist sites.
Spend a morning with some of China’s most famous residents at the Dujiangyan Giant Panda Center or the Chengdu Panda Breeding Center from Chengdu. Led by a professional panda keeper, meander through the facilities and observe the pandas while you learn about their breeding and life stages. Also, you'll have the opportunity to visit the Red Panda area to learn more about this quiet yet territorial mammal.
Highlights:
Perfect combination of the classic panda tour, the authentic Sichuan flavors and the personal experience of China life within 24 hours.
Most traditional and fascinating Chinese culture experience and the only one traditional Chinese painting experience now in Chengdu.
Considerate tour guide who speaks fluent English.
Safe, clean and comfortable car and professional and experienced driver.
Itinerary:
We will pick you up 7:30 am at your hotel.
First stop is the Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding and Research Center, where will spend 2.5 to 3 hours. Ticket fee has been NOT included.
Second stop is one of the most popular Sichuan restaurants, where we will have both the original Sichuan cuisine and exquisite desserts. All food costs have been included.
Third stop is the Kuanzhai Alley, where we will tour about 2 hours.
Fourth stop is an undisturbed place near the Alley, where we will have an about one-hour-long experience of the traditional Chinese painting.
Professional Interpretation helps you to know pandas, Sanxingdui and Jinsha relics better.
We have 3 options for people with different demands.
Option 1: Private day tour to visit Chengdu panda base and Sanxingdui Museum in one day. Visit Chengdu panda base in the afternoon and then visit Sanxingdui museum which is considered the most significant archaeological discoveries of the 20th century and is referred to as the Ninth Wonder of the World in the afternoon by private transfer
Option 2: 6 hours jointed small group to visit Sanxingdui museum by public shuttle bus in the afternoon.
Option 3: Private day tour for the people who desirably want to know more abt Sanxingdui. Visit Jinsha site which created by the Sanxingdui people's successors about 3000 years ago in the morning and then visit Sanxingdui museum in the afternoon by private transfer.
Please click the "check availability" button to check the 3 options.
*The most popular attractions of Chengdu: pandas and Leshan Buddha.
*Sightseeing tour only without tourist traps.
*Best use of time and money, visit pandas and Grand Buddha in 1 day.
*English speaking small group, transfer+guide+entry tickets all inclusive, easy and comfortable.
enjoy nice environment and happy pandas ,watch pandas enjoy eat morning food .our tourguide will explain why Panda only from Sichuan and some intersting story about pandas
so there have two differen place you can take option on this tour
1 Chengdu Giant pandas breeding center in the earlier morning close to city able to see many of pandas red panda , but here is most busy places for tourist
2 Dujingyan center , it is about 1.5 hours drive from City under the Qingchen mountian of natual habitat , skip the lines and crowded toursist enjoy the peaceful envirnment and active pandas
plus after panda can take your to Kongfu Panda town temples tasty local food
at Dujingyan center the guest optional panda volunteer program, you can working with Panda Center staff to clean their cages, preparing panda food such as making panda cake, and smashing bamboo for panda， enjoy see panda take lunch and deserts; learn the people how to rescue them from wild
This relaxing day trip to Chengdu from Xi'an takes you to explore the top attractions of Chengdu. The guide will take you visit Panda Breeding Center. See the pandas play, feed, and lounge around.Tasty lunch, One way bullet train ticket, private guide and transfer service are inclusive.
Why People Love China
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5551jagmeetb5Nov 2023We had a day free on our business trip to Guangzhou. Decided to take a 1/2 day city tour with Zack. It was raining that day so it kind of spoiled the experience. However, Zack did everything he could to make it enjoyable. He speaks fluent English and is a good story teller. He also took us to a t...
BB9887XChamada5Nov 2023Spending time with Yoyo means a lot of knowledge you will get, she makes your day easier and interesting, lovely guide she cares about you and your friends and your money, we can see she is very expert on this location, the place was amazing, my words will never give the exact image for the Great...
HHelen_M5Nov 2023Michelle was a fantastic tour guide, and our Tuktuk drivers were great. We went to several places, including one where we got to watch them make the famed Xi'an noodles (and they are worthy of the fame!). We ended up at a lovely brewpub and got to sample several of their beers. I was travelling a...
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Frequently Asked Questions about China
What are some of the most popular tourist attractions in China?
China has a wealth of attractions, from the Great Wall to the Forbidden City. Other popular destinations include the Terracotta Warriors in Xi'an, the Huangshan Mountains, and the karst formations in Guilin.
What are some unique experiences to have in China?
One unique experience is to visit the Giant Panda Breeding Research Base in Chengdu. You can also take a boat ride through the stunning karst formations in Guilin or explore the vibrant street food scene in Beijing.
What are some must-try foods in China?
Don't miss out on trying Peking duck, hot pot, and dumplings. Other delicious dishes include kung pao chicken, mapo tofu, and xiaolongbao.
What are some family-friendly activities in China?
Families will love visiting the Shanghai Disney Resort or the Chimelong Ocean Kingdom in Zhuhai. You can also take a bike ride on the ancient city walls of Xi'an or visit the Beijing Zoo to see the pandas.
What are some budget-friendly activities in China?
There are plenty of free or low-cost activities in China, such as walking along the Bund in Shanghai or exploring the hutongs of Beijing. You can also take a hike along the Great Wall or visit the Temple of Heaven.
What are some luxury accommodations in China?
For luxurious accommodations, try the Waldorf Astoria in Shanghai or the Mandarin Oriental in Beijing. The Aman Summer Palace in Beijing is also a beautiful option.
What are some mid-range accommodations in China?
There are many great mid-range options in China, such as the Novotel in Xi'an or the Grand Mercure in Shanghai. The DoubleTree by Hilton in Beijing is also a great option for those looking for a comfortable stay at a reasonable price.
What are some unique accommodations in China?
One unique accommodation option is the Songtsam Retreat at Shangri-La in Yunnan province, which offers stunning views of the mountains. Another option is the Neri Hotel in Shanghai, which is housed in a converted 1930s mansion.
What are some safety tips for traveling in China?
Be aware of your surroundings and keep an eye on your belongings, especially in crowded areas. It's also a good idea to carry a copy of your passport and visa with you at all times. Finally, be sure to stay up to date on any travel advisories or warnings from your home country.
What is the best time of year to visit China?
The best time to visit China depends on where you're going and what you want to do. Generally, the spring and fall are good times to visit, as the weather is mild and there are fewer crowds. However, if you want to visit the Harbin Ice Festival, you'll need to go in the winter, and if you want to see the lotus flowers in bloom in the summer, you'll need to plan accordingly.