Tours and holidays with added interest
Anhui
- Anqing
- Bengbu
- Bozhou
- Chaohu
- Chizhou
- Chuzhou
- Fuyang
- Hefei
- Huaibei
- Huainan
- Huangshan
- Lu'an
- Ma'anshan
- Suzhou
- Tongling
- Wuhu
- Xuancheng
Fujian
- Fuzhou
- Fuzhou is the provincial capital of Fujian Province. It is located on the lower reaches of the Minjiang River and faces out towards Taiwan
- Longyan
- Nanping
- Ningde
- Putian
- Quanzhou
- Quanzhou has a natural harbour par excellence and therefore has a long history as the country's maritime gateway
- Sanming
- Xiamen
- Previously known as Amoy, Xiamen is still one of the country's most important ports
- Zhangzhou
Gansu
- Baiyin
- Dingxi
- Gannan (Tibetan)
- Jiayuguan
- Most visitors coming to Jiayuguan aim to see the western End of the Great Wall in this bleak desert setting
- Jinchang
- Jiuquan
- There are few sites of great interest in Jiuquan but the city has a pleasant atmosphere and makes for a worthwhile excursion from Jiayuguan which has seen rather too much development
- Lanzhou
- Lanzhou sits at the gateway to the Gansu Corridor and therefore really marks the start of the Silk Road
- Linxia (Hui)
- Longnan
- Pingliang
- Qingyang
- Tianshui
- Wuwei
- Zhangye
Guangdong
- Chaozhou
- Dongguan
- Foshan
- Guangzhou
- Heyuan
- Huizhou
- Jiangmen
- Jieyang
- Maoming
- Meizhou
- Qingyuan
- Shantou
- Shanwei
- Shaoguan
- Shenzhen
- Yangjiang
- Yunfu
- Zhanjiang
- Zhaoqing
- Zhongshan
- Zhuhai
Guangxi (Zhuang)
- Baise
- Beihai
- Chongzuo
- Fangchenggang
- Guigang
- Guilin
As the old saying goes: "The Scenery in Guilin is the finest under Heaven"
- Hechi
- Hezhou
- Laibin
- Liuzhou
- Nanning
- Qinzhou
- Wuzhou
- Yulin
Guizhou
- Anshun
- Bijie
- Guiyang
- Liupanshui
- Qiandongnan (Miao & Dong)
- Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture is a rural prefecture being the south-eastern corner of Guizhou Province rather than the area around any one major city
- Qiannan (Buyei & Miao)
- Qianxinan (Buyei & Miao)
- Tongren
- Zunyi
Hainan
- Haikou
- Sanya
Hebei
- Baoding
- Cangzhou
- Chengde
- Handan
- Hengshui
- Langfang
- Qinhuangdao
- Shijiazhuang
- Tangshan
- Xingtai
- Zhangjiakou
Heilongjiang
- Daqing
- Daxing'anling
- Harbin
- Hegang
- Heihe
- Jiamusi
- Jixi
- Mudanjiang
- Qiqihar
- Qitaihe
- Shuangyashan
- Suihua
- Yichun
Henan
- Anyang
- Hebi
- Jiaozuo
- Kaifeng
- Luohe
- Luoyang
- Nanyang
- Pingdingshan
- Puyang
- Sanmenxia
- Shangqiu
- Xinxiang
- Xinyang
- Xuchang
- Zhengzhou
- Zhoukou
- Zhumadian
Hubei
- Enshi (Tujia & Miao)
- Ezhou
- Huanggang
- Huangshi
- Jingmen
- Jingzhou
- Shiyan
- Suizhou
- Wuhan
- Xiangfan
- Xianning
- Xiaogan
- Yichang
Hunan
- Changde
- Changsha
- Chenzhou
- Hengyang
- Huaihua
- Loudi
- Shaoyang
- Xiangtan
- Xiangxi (Tujia & Miao)
- Yiyang
- Yongzhou
- Yueyang
- Zhangjiajie
- Zhuzhou
Inner Mongolia
- Alxa
- Baotou
- Bayan Nur
- Chifeng
- Hinggan
- Hohhot
- Hulunbuir
- Ordos
- Tongliao
- Ulanqab
- Wuhai
- Xilin Gol
Jiangsu
- Changzhou
- Huai'an
- Lianyungang
- Nanjing
- Nanjing means 'southern capital' and, at various times throughout history, Nanjing has been the political centre of the whole country
- Nantong
- Suqian
- Suzhou
- Taizhou
- Wuxi
- Xuzhou
- Yancheng
- Yangzhou
- Zhenjiang
Jiangxi
- Fuzhou
- Ganzhou
- Ji'an
- Jingdezhen
- Jiujiang
- Nanchang
- Pingxiang
- Shangrao
- Xinyu
- Yichun
- Yingtan
Jilin
- Baicheng
- Baishan
- Changchun
- Jilin
- Liaoyuan
- Siping
- Songyuan
- Tonghua
- Yanbian (Korean)
Liaoning
- Anshan
- Benxi
- Chaoyang
- Dalian
- Dandong
- Fushun
- Fuxin
- Huludao
- Jinzhou
- Liaoyang
- Panjin
- Shenyang
- Tieling
- Yingkou
Ningxia (Hui)
- Guyuan
- Shizuishan
- Wuzhong
- Yinchuan
- Zhongwei
Qinghai
- Golog (Tibetan)
- Haibei (Tibetan)
- Haidong
- Hainan (Tibetan)
- Haixi (Mongol & Tibetan)
- Huangnan (Tibetan)
- Xining
- Yushu (Tibetan)
Shaanxi
- Ankang
- Baoji
- Hanzhong
- Shangluo
- Tongchuan
- Weinan
- Xi'an
- The importance of Xi'an throughout Chinese history is reflected in a wealth of top-class sites for visitors
- Xianyang
- Yan'an
- Yulin
Shandong
- Binzhou
- Dezhou
- Dongying
- Heze
- Jinan
- Jining
- Laiwu
- Liaocheng
- Linyi
- Qingdao
- Rizhao
- Tai'an
- Weifang
- Weihai
- Yantai
- Zaozhuang
- Zibo
Shanxi
- Changzhi
- Datong
- Jincheng
- Jinzhong
- Linfen
- Lüliang
- Shuozhou
- Taiyuan
- Xinzhou
- Yangquan
- Yuncheng
Sichuan
- Bazhong
- Chengdu
Capital of Sichuan, home of the pandas and gateway to Tibet
- Dazhou
- Deyang
- Garzê (Tibetan)
- Guang'an
- Guangyuan
- Leshan
Leshan is most often visited as a day excursion from Chengdu, and primarily for a visit to the Big Buddha or Dafo.
- Liangshan (Yi)
- Luzhou
- Meishan
- Mianyang
- Nanchong
- Neijiang
- Ngawa (Tibetan & Qiang)
- Panzhihua
- Suining
- Ya'an
- Yibin
- Zigong
- Ziyang
Taiwan
Tibet (Xizang)
Xinjiang (Uyghur)
- Ürümqi
- First time visitors will enjoy wandering the streets of Urumqi and just experiencing the strong Muslim influence without necessarliy having any particular tourist attraction in mind
- Aksu
- Aksu was an important stop along the northern branch of the ancient Silk Road. Today it has an administrative role but is generally bypassed by tourists.
- Altay
- Bayingolin
- Bortala
- Changji (Hui)
- Hotan
- Ili (Kazakh)
- Karamay
- Kashgar
- Kashgar is perhaps one of the most famous cities of the whole ancient Silk Road. It is still very remote being located almost as far west as it is possible to travel within the mainland. Most visitors to Kashgar time their arrival to coincide with the Kashgar Sunday Market
- Kizilsu (Kirgiz)
- Kumul
- Tacheng
- Turfan
- The modern city of Turfan is not the most interesting place to visit. However, with a history stretching back over 2000 years and more there is a wealth of interest around the city that justifies a stay of several days
Yunnan
- Baoshan
- Chuxiong (Yi)
- Dali (Bai)
- Dehong (Dai & Jingpo)
- Diqing (Tibetan)
- Honghe (Hani & Yi)
- Kunming
- Kunming lies close to the Tropic of Cancer but at altitude. It therefore enjoys a delightful climate being neither too hot nor too cold throughout much of the year, giving rise to its title 'The City of Eternal Spring'
- Lijiang
- Lijiang is the home-town of the Naxi ethnic minority group. The delightful Old Town is a maze of alleys now lined with shops and cafes to keep visitors entertained for days
- Lincang
- Nujiang (Lisu)
- Pu'er
- Qujing
- Wenshan (Zhuang & Miao)
- Xishuangbanna (Dai)
- Yuxi
- Zhaotong
Zhejiang
- Hangzhou
Hangzhou is one of the Ancient Capitals. One of the most distinctive features of the city is the gorgeous West Lake. Hangzhou's location and natural resources have earned it the epithet:
"Land of Fish and Rice,
Home of Silk and Tea"- Huzhou
- Jiaxing
- Jinhua
- Lishui
- Ningbo
- Quzhou
- Shaoxing
- Taizhou
- Wenzhou
- Zhoushan
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China's Prefectures
A Prefecture is the next level of Administrative Division below the provincial level. Each Prefecture is made up of several counties. Prefectures can be rural or urban. We use them to divide the country into manageable chunks as they form a complete set with predefined boundaries. It is therefore clear which site belongs to which Prefecture.
The following is a list of every prefecture, grouped by alphabetical province or autonomous region, then displayed alphabetically. Those prefectures that we have covered in some detail have a link to the relevant page. Others will follow so bookmark this page and return later. You can always email us if you have specific queries.
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