China Travel Guide
As everyone who has at least once been to China can tell you - China isn't just a country - it's a totally different world. It would be best for you to have some couple of years and unlimited patience, so that you can choose one of the innumerous tours of the country, beginning with following the Silk Road, then sailing down the Yangzi River, or exploring the Dr Seuss landscape of Guangxi Province.
Being the third among the largest countries in the world, there are plenty of attractive places and destinations you can visit in China. It is a land of great cultural and ethnic diversities. Yet, it is not only its enormous size that attracts visitors...China is filled with history. Wherever you turn you will see signs of the great ancient civilization, such as The Great Wall, Terra-Cotta Warriors & Horses and the Yangtze River. China has a recorded history of 5,000 years and it was one of the world's earliest civilizations. It was also one of the countries where economic activity developed for the first time. Today, you can find spectacular architecture and towering skylines in Shanghai and Beijing, a wealth of luxury accommodations – and as always – exquisite cuisine. And all of these modern features have kept a scent of the ancient world.
There is an enormous variety of cities and towns in China. Some are bigger than small countries, others represent of a couple of cottages. But if you prefer the shop-till-you-drop metropolises, then you should definitely visit Beijing, the capital city of China. Beijing is also known as Peking and is a tourist city for its many places of interest, such as ancient architecture, royal gardens, mansions, towers, temples, palaces, and modern structures. It is a gathering place of artists and other talented people from all around the world. Beijing is also a city that almost everyone enjoys. For those who are new arrivals it provides a gentle introduction to the country and for travelers who've been roughing it round outback China, the creature comforts on offer are a delight. It is a home to a huge population, and it's quite possible to spend years here eating Western food, dancing to Western music, and socializing with like-minded foreigners. This is so, because Beijing is a somehow private city. Every newcomer is treated in a way so that they can see as little of everyday life of Beijinians as possible. And because of that enigmatic atmosphere, the China's capital city is even more attractive to tourists from all around the world.
Another enormous city that should be at the top of your destination list is Hong Kong. Hong Kong works as a gateway into Southeast Asia and into China. The view of sky-scrapered Hong Kong Island, across the harbor from Kowloon, is one of the most stunning urban panoramas on the whole Globe, but Hong Kong also holds some surprises for the travelers – alongside the myriad shopping possibilities are a surprising number of inviting beaches, rewarding hiking trails and some surviving bastions of Chinese village life, most of them in the New Territories. An excellent infrastructure, an efficient underground system and all the other facilities of an international city make this an extremely soft entry into the Chinese world.
In fact, what is more important about China this day is that Beijing is actually site of the 2008 Summer Olympics and currently hundreds of ultramodern buildings are being constructed. This means that the overall outlook of Beijing will not only preserve its historical appearance and atmosphere but will add a touch of the highly modern and developed taste of the New World.
