Destinations
Pick a place to find what to book, how to get there and what to do when you arrive.
Beijing
All Beijing guides- How to book Forbidden City ticketsUse the Palace Museum’s English ticket site with a foreign passport. Get the release time right, check your booking and find the Meridian Gate entrance.
- A day trip to the Great Wall at MutianyuPlan Mutianyu from Beijing, buy admission, shuttle and the right ride, choose a Tower 14 or Tower 6 route, and make your return pickup.
- A half-day around Beijing’s hutongsWalk Beijing’s hutongs from the Drum and Bell Towers to Yandai Xiejie and Shichahai. Save these Chinese map pins and metro exits.
- How to Use the Beijing Subway: Tap a Bank Card or Buy a TicketUse one foreign bank card per person, tap through the correct gates, and find a ticket or staffed fallback if the reader declines.
Shanghai
- A half-day in Shanghai: Yu Garden to the BundA half-day Shanghai route with Yu Garden hours and tickets, the North and South Gates, and a walk via the Customs House to the Bund.
- Shanghai Museum East or People’s Square? Where to go and how to get inPick the correct Shanghai Museum branch, find the right metro exit and gate, and know whether you need a ticket.
- Shanghai Disneyland tickets: how to book and enter with a foreign passportBook the right ticket, register each traveler’s passport, and get from Metro Line 11 to the staffed ticket check.
Xi’an
Chengdu
Hangzhou
- How to Get to West Lake in Hangzhou and Walk Its Northern ShoreTake Metro Line 1 from Hangzhou East to Fengqi Road, then walk from Broken Bridge across Bai Causeway.
- Shanghai to Hangzhou by High-Speed TrainChoose the right stations, book a high-speed train with your passport, and take the Hangzhou Metro to West Lake.
Suzhou
Hong Kong
- Hong Kong to Guangzhou by High-Speed TrainChoose your Guangzhou station, book with a foreign passport, and clear both border checks at West Kowloon.
- Hong Kong to Shenzhen by High-Speed TrainChoose Futian or Shenzhen North, book with your passport, and get through both immigration checks at West Kowloon.