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Travel China by what you love

Seven ways into the country — each with suggested routes, the right season and the guides who know that subject best.

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Hiking & wild landscapes

Ridge walks on unrestored Great Wall, sandstone pillar forests, rice terraces and alpine valleys — with a guide who knows which trail is empty today.

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Dim sum mornings, Sichuan heat, Yunnan mushrooms and a tea hillside in Hangzhou — eaten in the places these dishes actually come from.

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Dynastic capitals, terracotta armies, Silk Road caves and the museums where China explains itself.

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3,000 km in a day without an airport, or four slow days down the Yangtze — China's two great linear journeys.

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Pandas before the crowds, hands-on cooking, bikes in the countryside and hotels chosen for the nights children need to sleep.

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Sunrise on the wall, mist between sandstone pillars, night markets and blue-hour skylines — planned around light, not opening hours.

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Tea hills, hot springs, tai chi mornings and hospital-grade check-ups — journeys built for recovery rather than coverage.