TWT Travel Binder: China

For us, China is a series of colorful, dissolving images:
The Great Wall, chalky mountains like castle towers,
endless feasts, ancient fishing boats, lacquered scrollwork,
enormous golden buddhas and of course, panda bears.

Here are some resources to help you plan your own “travels with two” to China.

CHINA – GENERAL
Guides
Official Tourism Guide
National Geographic
New York Times
Frommers
Fodors
Conde Nast Traveller
Concierge.com
Globe Trekker
Articles
Conde Nast Traveller: 12 Perfect Days in Classic China
Travel + Leisure: China Made Easy
Budget Travel: Do-it-Yourself China
Travel + Leisure: China’s New Appeal
Westways: Awakening Dragon

Map of China's provinces

BEIJING
Guides
Time Out
Articles
NGT: Insiders Map: Forbidden City
Budget Travel: Conquer a Forbidden City
Budget Travel: Trip Coach: Beijing
Travel + Leisure: Reinventing Beijing
Travel + Leisure: Most Romantic Places: Red Capital Ranch

Great Wall, Beijing - Photo by Philip Larson

SHANGHAI
Guides
NGT
Anthony Bourdain
Articles
Rick Steves: Sky-Scraping Shanghai
Conde Nast Traveller: Secret Shanghai
Travel + Leisure: Most Romantic Places: The Cupola at Three on the Bund

Yu Yuan Gardens, Shanghai - Photo by Nigel Jones

HONG KONG
Guides
Time Out
NGT
Islands Magazine
Anthony Bourdain
Articles
NGT’s Intelligent Travel: I Heart My City: Emma’s Hong Kong
Travel + Leisure: Hong Kong’s Greatest Hotels
Travel + Leisure: Eating in Hong Kong
Travel + Leisure: Top Hotel Spas: Hotel Intercontinental Hong Kong
Budget Travel: Hong Kong Chills Out
Budget Travel: The Orient Express: Hong Kong
CNN: 24 Hours in Hong Kong

Hong Kong from Victoria Peak - Photo by Dennis Tang

OTHER CHINA DESTINATIONS
Articles
Travel + Leisure: Preserving the Towns of the Yangtze River Delta
Budget Travel: The Chinese Yosemite
NGT’s Intelligent Travel: China’s Mystic Waters
NGT: Historic Places Rated: Macao
Conde Nast Traveller: Macau: The Game Changer
Budget Travel: Forgotten Kingdom: Lijang
Travel + Leisure: Romantic Escapes: Banyan Tree Ringha
Travel + Leisure: Subdued Suzhou
Conde Nast Traveller: The Secret of the Caves: Dunhuang
Conde Nast Traveller: China Lost & Found: Hangzhou
Conde Nast Traveller: Off the Radar Asia: Driving the Sichuan Province
Conde Nast Traveller: Shangri-La’s Last Stand: Yunnan Province

Giant Buddha, Sichuang, China - Photo by James Spurrier

Fishing boat, Yangzhou - Photo by Vincent Raal

Panda Research Center, Chengdu - Photo by avlxyz (flickr)

Lijiang, Yunnan Province - Photo by Filipe Fortes

China Travel Agents & Tours
Wild China
Smithsonian Journeys
Natural Habitat Adventures
Big Five Tours & Expeditions
Globus Journeys
Gerald Hatherly – Abercrombie & Kent
Guy Rubin – Imperial Tours
China Travel
China Tour 360

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