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- Majestic Yangtze
from £1940 - Indian Resort - 4* - Belle Mare
from £100 - Various accommodation
from £2229 - Adderley Hotel - 3* - Cape Town
from £83 - Glories of China
from £1840 - Cape Diamond Hotel - 3* - Cape Town
from £43 - Join the forbidden city tour of Beijing, China
from £949
- Swissôtel Krasnye Holmy - 5* - Moscow
from £216 - Majestic Yangtze
Shanghai from £1940 - Indian Resort - 4* - Belle Mare
Mauritius from £100 - Various accommodation
Beijing from £2229 - Adderley Hotel - 3* - Cape Town
from £83
Cultural treasure-house of East Asia
Chinas cultural riches and 5000 years of tumultuous history place it, without doubt, among the worlds greatest travel destinations. The Great Wall, Xians Terracotta Army, the Forbidden Palace and Tiananmen Square: the very names reverberate with history and legend.
Chinas paradoxes are many: Shanghais skyscrapers contrast with Beijings historical treasures, while in rural provinces, mechanisation has not yet reached many traditional farming villages. Celebrated places and sights abound this is the land of the Yangxi River, the Silk Route and the bamboo forests of the panda. Spectacular Guilin brings the vistas of rivers and misty peaks in traditional ink paintings to life, while far to the west, the fabled Tibetan city of Lhasa beckons pilgrims to the roof of the world.
Chinese food from noodles to Imperial banquets ranks among the worlds great cuisines. From acrobatics to martial arts, calligraphy to Chinese opera, the vibrant, distinctive culture of this great land is everywhere to be seen.
Now reunited with the mainland, visually stunning Hong Kong offers a warp-speed shop till you drop lifestyle combined with enclaves of tradition and tranquil outlying islands. Nearby, exotic Macau is a gamblers paradise with colonial Portuguese flair.
Beijing, as the site of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, is facing enormous investment, which will see its historic areas refurbished and protected, and transport and accommodation improved.
Chinas tourism infrastructure is rapidly improving, but flexibility and patience are still required. In return, China rewards visitors with memories to be treasured for a lifetime.
Lucy Moss
Chinas cultural riches and 5000 years of tumultuous history place it, without doubt, among the worlds greatest travel destinations. The Great Wall, Xians Terracotta Army, the Forbidden Palace and Tiananmen Square: the very names reverberate with history and legend.
Chinas paradoxes are many: Shanghais skyscrapers contrast with Beijings historical treasures, while in rural provinces, mechanisation has not yet reached many traditional farming villages. Celebrated places and sights abound this is the land of the Yangxi River, the Silk Route and the bamboo forests of the panda. Spectacular Guilin brings the vistas of rivers and misty peaks in traditional ink paintings to life, while far to the west, the fabled Tibetan city of Lhasa beckons pilgrims to the roof of the world.
Chinese food from noodles to Imperial banquets ranks among the worlds great cuisines. From acrobatics to martial arts, calligraphy to Chinese opera, the vibrant, distinctive culture of this great land is everywhere to be seen.
Now reunited with the mainland, visually stunning Hong Kong offers a warp-speed shop till you drop lifestyle combined with enclaves of tradition and tranquil outlying islands. Nearby, exotic Macau is a gamblers paradise with colonial Portuguese flair.
Beijing, as the site of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, is facing enormous investment, which will see its historic areas refurbished and protected, and transport and accommodation improved.
Chinas tourism infrastructure is rapidly improving, but flexibility and patience are still required. In return, China rewards visitors with memories to be treasured for a lifetime.
Lucy Moss
- Forbidden City (Palace Museum)
So called because the Ming and Qing dynasty emperors kept this pleasure dome off limits for 500 years, the Forbidden City or Imperial Palace is a massive network of restored buildings containing a stately 9999.5 rooms (the half-a-room contains a stairway, and the room count couldn't go any higher, as 10,000 rooms would make it like heaven). Now Beijing's Palace Museum, it is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site. - Central-Mid-Levels Escalator
The Central-Mid-Levels Escalator offers a unique taste of what it's like to live in Hong Kong's most exclusive areas. The world's longest covered outdoor escalator is an incredible 800 metres long and moves about 36,000 people a day. - Panjiayuan Market
Once only held at weekends, the open-air Panjiayuan Market is now China's largest bric-a-brac market and a must for every visitor to the capital. - Beihai Park
Beihai Park, situated just west of the northern gate of the Forbidden City, is an imperial garden dating back more than 1000 years. The building at the centre is a former palace of a number of successive dynasties, which used to be called the Winter Palace by westerners. - Lama Temple
Beijing's Lama Temple is a vibrant riot of colour. Its Chinese name, Yonghegong, means "Palace of Harmony." The prayer halls and gardens are hung with amazing mandalas, which symbolise spiritual or meditative worlds to Buddhists.
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