Forbidden City, Beijing

Located in the very heart of Beijing, magnificent Forbidden City, also known as Imperial Palace Museum, is the symbol of imperial power. Built in Yongle Period, Ming Dynasty (1406 – 1420 AD), it is the largest and well-preserved wooden building complex of the world. These were laid out very precisely in accordance with a feudal code of architectural hierarchy which designated specific features for reflecting the paramount authority and status of the emperor.

Forbidden City can be taken as a sample of the traditional Chinese palatial architecture. In 1987, it became a World Heritage Site. Besides, it is also listed by UNESCO as the largest collection of preserved ancient wooden structures in the world. Forbidden City ranks the second place in top 10 attractions in China.

Terracotta Warriors, Xi’an

As one of the greatest discoveries in the archaeological history, Xian Terracotta Warriors has been buried underground for more than 2,000 years till 1974. Known as the eighth wonder of the world, now is the biggest underground military museum to display all mighty terra-cotta warriors and horses made in Qin Dynasty (221 B.C. – 206 B.C.). From its history, Qin Terracotta Army is covered by a mysterious face.

There are four main categories of figures in this museum: chariot warriors, infantrymen, cavalrymen, and horses. It deserves its place on the UNESCO world heritage list.

Yangtze River

The Mother River of the Chinese Nation, the Life-blood of China, mighty Yangtze is the largest and longest river in China with a length of over 6,300 kilometres. It is a curious blend of the grand natural scenery and brilliant human culture.

Flowing through 9 provinces, this ‘Travelling-Through-the-Heavens’ River, finally pouring into the East China Sea through Shanghai. Section between Chongqing and Yichang are the magnificent one. Take a comfortable Yangtze River Cruise, you will have chance to appreciate the magnificent Three Gorges, which are regarded as one of the most spectacular scenic attractions in China, and all powerful Three Gorges Dam.

Li River, Guilin

Li River Scenic Area is the biggest and the most enchanting Karst tourist site of the world. Li River, expressed perfectly the inner core of the scenery and also the custom of the city – mild, delicate, genial but also proud.

The 83-km-long waterway from Guilin to Yangshuo is the masterpiece of Li River. Along the river, the rolling peaks, steep cliffs, green hills and clear water constitute a fascinating hundred-mile pictures gallery. The natural beauty of the Li River is indeed beyond any descriptions, you have to be there to see with your own eyes and to feel with your own heart.

Yellow Mountain (Mt. Huangshan), Anhui

Located in the south part of Anhui Province, Yellow Mountain is one of the top mountain-view spots of China and known as the No. 1 Mountain under heaven. It features imposing peaks, grotesquely-shaped rocks, steep cliffs, fantastic caves and those peculiarities that make the mountain outstanding among others. Yellow Mountain is celebrated for having all the features of mountain scenery.

Due to the weather condition, misting, clouding, natural scenery in the area changes beyond prediction. Yellow Mountain can be divided into Beihai Scenic Area, Xihai Scenic Area, Songgu Scenic Area, Yungu Scenic Area, Yuping Scenic Area, Baiyun Scenic Area and Hot Spring Scenic Area.

In 1990, UNESCO enrolled it as a World Heritage Site. Yellow Mountain plays a important role in top 10 attractions in China.

The Bund, Shanghai

The Bund, Shanghai’s famed waterfront promenade, stretches 1.5km along the west bank of Huangpu River, is known as the “the exotic building clusters of Shanghai”. And it is one of the most popular attractions in Shanghai.

Facing the modern skyscrapers Oriental Pearl TV Tower and Jinmao Tower across the river, the Bund is a big stage displays its rich collection of early 20th-century architectures. These buildings were built respectively during the 20s and 40s of the 20th century with different architectural styles but were well harmonized. The buildings are all decorated with floodlights. At night, the Bund is brightly lit, glittering and dazzling to the eye. It is the symbol and mark of Shanghai.

West Lake, Hangzhou

West Lake is a previous natural gift of Hangzhou as an apple of the eye. Located in the west part of Hangzhou, embraced by green hills by three sides, this lake is reputed for beautiful scenery, a multitude of historical sites, brilliant cultural relics, and a profusion of native products.

Ancient Chinese people praised the West Lake as a place of intoxicating beauty for its serenity water surface and the long narrow river levee that full of sense of “willow down and flowers reign”. Legend goes that the West Lake was a heavenly jewel fallen to earth. Pragmatists insist that it is a mere lagoon on Hangzhou’s western fringe. In any case, West Lake has inspired painters for centuries.

Jiuzhaigou Valley, Sichuan

Situated in the northern part of Sichuan Province, Jiuzhaigou Valley is a well-known fairyland that features perennially snow-capped mountain peaks, verdant and lush forest, stretches of serene lakes, and various birds and animals.

It is also a world of water, the clearest in the world. Water brings Jiuzhai Valley its most enchanting views, which is the soul of the place. Bright green waters, icy waterfalls, colorful forest (especially in autumn) and pure snow mountains surrounded, all contributing to the unique view of Jiuzhai Valley and earning it a place on the UNESCO World Natural Heritage List.

A symbol of ancient Chinese civilization, the Great Wall of China is one of the world’s oldest and most magnificent man-made scenes, which can even be seen from the space. It enjoys the same reputation with another two landmarks of China – Forbidden City and Terracotta Army. Given its outstanding architectural achievement and remarkable historical influence, the Great Wall was listed as a UNESCO World Natural and Cultural Heritage site in 1987, the first of its kind in China.

The Great Wall was originally built over 2500 years ago during the West Zhou Dynasty, and served as a functional military defense to prevent the invasion of the northern nomadic minorities. It had been playing a crucial role in wars in ancient Chinese history, therefore, the walls were continually to be extended in the next 2000+ years, till the end of Ming Dynasty. As a result, the Great Wall was expanded to 15 provinces and municipalities in China, and formed in a beautiful shape of “Long” (Chinese style dragon). There are Northern Great Wall and Southern Great Wall, according to location. With its original thousands of miles length (Northern Great Wall), it was widely named “Wan Li Chang Cheng” (Long Wall of Ten Thousand Li). But actually the Great Wall of Ming Dynasty is 8851.8 km or 20,000 li long, much longer than the original 10,000 li.

Through thousands of years and the replacement of the dynasties, many parts of the Great Wall have been severely damaged from erosion, and some are even endangered and have disappeared. The present preserved Great Wall was mainly built in 14 century, hence called Ming Great Wall, which starts in the Hushan in Liaoning Province and end in Jiayuguan of the eastern point. Today, Beijing, Chengde in Hebei Province, Yulin in Shannxi Province and Jiayuguan in Gansu Province are the top destinations for Great Wall sightseeing or hiking. And the most famous sections of China Great Wall include Badaling, Mutianyu, Jinshanling, Simatai, Jiayuguan Pass, Juyongguan Pass and Shanhaiguan Pass. Among them, Mutianyu section is most recommended to international travelers. While Jinshanling and Simatai sections are best for hiking or trekking.

The Great Wall is a place steeped in history and offers a lot to discover. For those who are fascinated with it and greedy for knowledge about it, on this page, you will find massive information of Great Wall, the historical development, the background stories, the building glamour and its facts and figures. The introduction of some wild Great Wall in Beijing is provided as well.

Obviously, a Great Wall tour is a must when you’re in China. So we have crafted dozens of Great Wall tour packages, and here list the best-selling ones for you. Please feel free to send us an inquiry. Besides, to ensure you a best Great Wall experience, we provide you very useful travel tips about the hiking routes, transportation, accommodation, restaurant, as well as the Great Wall maps.

No matter you are a history-loving traveler or a freak of natural landscape, you will never get tired of the Great Wall — one of the seven wonders in the world.

Silk Road Facts
The Silk Road is a route to discover the history and the ancient culture about China. In its Chinese section, it stretches more than 4,000km linking cities like Xi’an, Lanzhou, Xining, Dunhuang, Turpan and Urumqi from east to west China. In Silk Road’ heyday, Korean peninsula, Japan region, Indian peninsula, Mediterranean east bank area and Middle East region, all involved in this international trading route. Xi’an was the world richest city in the world and crowded by the merchant all across the globe in the Silk Road heyday. Today Xi’an is modern city of central China with similar population with London and yet still it is not the top ten best cities in China. In the west, it was during the time of the Byzantine Empire, the Silk Road reached its peak.

The Silk Road also represents an early phenomenon of political and cultural integration due to inter-regional trade. Immeresly goods and treasures were not the only thing that got exchanged through the ancient route, religions and cultural traditions were also spread along the Silk Roads. Buddhism and Islam both spread into China though the Silk Road, numerous western merchants settled down in ancient China and merged in those ethnic group people along the silk route.

The Silk Road was not just a road or a trading route, the concept also refers to both the terrestrial and the maritime routes connecting Asia and Europe. The overland Steppe route stretching through the Eurasian steppe is considered to be the ancestor to the Silk Road. It was during the Ming dynasty in ancient China, the maritime silk route had reached its peak. It was after the Ming dynasty —— during the Yuan dynasty that the world-known Venetian traveler Marco Polo followed silk route reached China overland via Khotan in 1287–88.

Badaling Great Wall

Badaling Great Wall, also known as Ba Da Ling (八达岭) in Chinese spelling is the most representative part of the Great Wall of China, as well as the most visited section. It is located in Yanqing County, over 70 kilometers (43 miles) the northwestern suburbs of Beijing city. The Great Wall is a symbol of ancient Chinese civilization and a world-renowned fortification. Stretching 6,350 kilometers on the mountains in Northern China, the Great Wall was first built in the 7th century B.C. and completed during the reign of the first Emperor of Qin. It was extended during the Ming Dynasty. Being one of the “seven wonders of the world”, it has been listed as a world cultural heritage.

Mutianyu Great Wall

Mutianyu Great Wall is located in Huairou District, Beijing, 73 kilometers away from Beijing downtown area. It is one of the famous sections of China Great Wall. Mutianyu Great Wall was first built in the mid-6th century during the Northern Qi, making it older than the Badaling section. In 1569, the Mutianyu Great Wall was rebuilt and till today most parts of it are well preserved. The Mutianyu Great Wall has the largest construction scale and best quality among all sections of Great Wall.

Jinshanling Great Wall

Jinshanling Great Wall is one of the best preserved parts of the Great Wall which may shows its charms to the hiking fans at all times. With a distance about 140 kilometers (87 miles) northeast of Beijing city, Jinshanling Section connects to the Simatai Section of the wall in the east and Gubeikou section in the west. It is the most representative part of the Chinese brick-made dragon.

Gubeikou Great Wall

Gubeikou section is the most complete part of the Great Wall since it had been built up. Located along the Yanshan Mountain range in the northeast of Miyun County, Gubeikou Great Wall welcomes people who are fond of adventures.

Simatai Great Wall

For adventurers and hiking fans, Simatai section of the Great Wall is more attractive than the other two sections Badaling and Mutianyu. Simatai Great Wall is situated in the Gubeikou Town in the northeast of Miyun County, Beijing. This well-preserved and undeveloped site possesses the most charming scene of the Great Wall. With the breath-taking landscape surrounding the glorious Great Wall, Simatai is the best choice for adventurers and photographers.

Jiankou Great Wall

Jiankou Great Wall is located about 30 km away from Huairou County, outskirt of Beijing. The mountains around are quite different from each other. Jiankou Great Wall above steep mountains and cliffs seems more magnificent, as well as more advantageous.Mutianyu Great Wall is on the east side of it, and Dazhenyu Great Wall on the west. Jiankou Great Wall got its name because it is W-shaped, looking like a full bow buckling an arrow. Jiankou Great Wall is one of the most dangerous sections of the Great Walls of China. It lists the most times on all kinds of painting albums of the Great Wall. It has always been a hot spot for the photographs of the Great Walls of China.

Shanhaiguan Pass

Shanhaiguan Pass or Shanhai Pass is called as the “First Pass under Heaven”. This great architecture is located in Qinhuangdao as a part of this city. In 1961, Shanhaiguan became a site of China First Class National Cultural Site. With the other two famous Great Wall passes Jiayuguan and Juyongguan, they are three major pauses of the Great Wall of China.

Jiayuguan Pass

Jiayuguan Pass, or Jiayuguan Fortress, is the first pass at the west of the Great Wall of China. It is situated between the Wenshu and Heishan Mountains at the foot of Jiayuguan Hill of Qilian Mountain. Along with Juyongguan and Shanhaiguan, it is one of the main passes of the Great Wall.

With a length of 733 meters and an area about 33,500 square meters, Jiyuguan Pass has tow gates that one on the east side of the pass, and the other on the west side. On each gate there is a building. It consists of three defense lines: an inner city, an outer city and a moat.

Jiayuguan Pass is well-known as “the Impregnable Pass under the Heaven”. It is also the most magnificent and best-preserved pass among the total over one thousand passes along the Great Wall of China. Jiayuguan Pass was built in the early Ming dynasty, about 1372. It was built on the extreme western edge of China. Legend has it that the official in charge asks the designer to calculate how many bricks would be used. The designer gives him the number and when the project is finished, only one brick is left. It is put on the top of the pass as a symbol of commemoration.

China has built a high-speed passenger rail network in recent years and will continue to expand rapidly. By the end of 2017, China’s railway mileage reached 127,000 kilometers, of which 25,000 km are high-speed rail, accounted for 66.3% of the world’s total high-speed, which made China’s high-speed system the world’s largest high-speed network.

China’s high-speed trains are similar to those of France’s TGV, Germany’s ICE and Japan’s Shinkansen. The fast trains with a top speed of 250 – 350km/h are called CRH, China Railway High-speed.

If you want to travel around China, the high-speed trains will be your ideal vehicle since they are clean, comfortable and modern. Unlike the conventional trains in China, no smoking is allowed on high-speed trains, not even between carriages.

The seats are as good as that on the plane or even better. Most high-speed rail tickets have corresponding seats, and only a small number of standing tickets are sometimes sold on limited trains. There’s never a mad crowd with numerous people sitting in the aisles as well as in seats.

The ticket prices for china high-speed trains are reasonable and, on most routes, the frequency of departure is very high, so people can buy tickets conveniently.

The giant panda（Ailuropoda melanoleuca; Chinese: dà xióng māo）also known as panda bear or simply panda, is a bear native to south central China.

The giant panda is one of the cutest animals in the world with two large, distinctive black patches around its eyes, and its round face and chubby body. It can be 1.2-1.8 meters in body length, 10-12 cm in tail length and 80-120 kg in weight and even weigh to 180 kg. Though it belongs to the order Carnivora with sharp paws, the giant panda’s diet is over 99% bamboo. The lifespan of pandas in the wild is between 18 to 20 years old, but can be over 30 in captivity.

The giant panda has been living on earth for at least eight million years and is known as the “living fossil” and the “national treasure of China”. The panda diplomacy has made an indelible contribution to the development of foreign friendly relations. It is also the image ambassador of World Wildlife Fund. A 2013 report stated that the wild giant panda population had increased to 1,864 by the end of 2013. By the end of 2015, there were 422 captive panda populations in China.

The giant panda is a unique species of China, and its main existing habitats are Sichuan, Shaanxi and the mountains of Gansu.

Giant Panda Facts

The giant panda (scientific name: Ailuropoda melanoleuca; Chinese: dà xióng māo) also known as panda bear or simply panda, is a kind of mammal which belongs to ursidae, carnivora. The panda is a unique species of China, and its main existing habitats is the mountainous area around the Sichuan Basin in the Midwest of China and the Qinling area in southern Shaanxi. According to the 2016 data, there are about 2060 pandas living in the wild in the world. In 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) reclassified the species from “endangered” to “vulnerable”.

The giant panda’s black-and-white fur and cuddly appearance have endeared him to the world and have a large number of fans around the world. The giant panda has become the most important symbol of the protection of endangered species since the World Wildlife Fund used it as its emblem in 1961. Not only that, the giant panda is also an important representative of China’s friendship in diplomatic activities.

Morphological Feature

What does a giant panda look like? It has a very cute appearance. Its head to body length is 12 to 18 meters, and the tail is 10 to 12 centimeters long and weighs 80 to 120 kilograms. It can even weigh up to 180 kilograms. Captive pandas are slightly heavier than wild ones, and males weigh slightly more than females.

The black and white fur on panda’s head and body is good for it hiding in trees and snow and not easily detected by predators. They have relatively sharp claws and powerful forelimbs, which are good for giant pandas to climb tall trees. Giant pandas have very thick skin to protect them from cold. The average thickness of the skin is about 5 mm, and can reach to 10 mm.

Giant pandas have very poor vision. But they can still move freely when night falls, because its pupils are split like cats.

Habit and Habitat

Giant pandas prefer to live alone and each giant panda has a separate area of activity. Apart from estrus, they often live alone. The area of the panda’s nest is about 3.9 to 6.4 km². The male’s nest area is slightly larger than the female’s. There is an overlap between the individual nests, but there is no overlap between the females.

Most wild pandas live in thick bamboo forests whose sea level is 2600-3500 meters, where the air is rarefied with cloud and mist curling up all the year round. Some other factors also affect the distribution and density of pandas in the wild: the distribution of bamboo, topography and water, whether there are hiding places and the nests for panda cubs and the mountain potential. However, human disturbance is the main factor affecting the distribution of giant pandas nowdays.

The giant panda has the character of not being afraid of cold and wet and never hibernate. Even the temperature is 4-14 ℃ below zero, they still cross bamboo groves covered by snow.

Diet

What do giant pandas eat? Pandas, like other bears, are omnivorous who are in the transition from carnivores to herbivores. Captive pandas’ main food is bamboo, radish and steamed corn bread while wild panda will also eat grass, wild fruit, insects, bamboo rat or even sheep. The average giant panda eats as much as 9 to 14 kg of bamboo shoots a day to compensate for the limited energy content of its diet.

Follow Marco Polo’s footprints, the ancient silk road is a once in a life time journey. It was one of the most important arteries of trade and culture in world history. Centuries before planes and trains and merchants ships brought our world close together, Silk Route was the first link that ever connected East and West and the life blood of international trade in ancient time. Immensely caravans and merchants have traveled on this route between ancient China and Mediterranean bank area for two millennia. The trading activity has brought culture exchange, religions spreading and contrasts to the connected regions and formed a remarkable culture tie featured by Asian, European and the Mediterranean bank

Started from the ancient China capital city Changan (Xian at present), the Silk Route stretches more than 7000 kilometres reaching the Mediterranean bank. The route were firstly created by an envoy called Zhangqian assigned by the Han dynasty King to deliver gifts which was mainly silk for those local loads in west China area to hold their loyalty and to be an ally of China.

Since the Chinese highly qualified silk had made its fame to the western countries, the merchants sought the opportunity of trading Chinese silk along this route and gained a great fortune. Few people would really finish the whole silk route journey rather they just mainly traded in a certain period of certain local crafts such as silk, blanket and carpet etc to other merchants of other periods. Each time everybody marked the price up along the way. In the end, silk, perfume, jade and sliver from China, cotton from India, ivory from Saudi Arabic, spicy from Iran and olive oil and wine from Mediterranean bank were all traded along the Silk Road. Thousands and thousands people have taken part and numerous goods traded in this great international trade at that time. The main cities along the Silk Road had grown larger and more important in helping the trade and merchant and caravans. Cities like Changan, Dunhuang, Kashgar, Istanbul and Rome had gained great benefits along the trading process.

Today, Chinese president Xi Jinping has announced to invest 14 billion dollars to boost the new Silk Road program which has a rather poetic name called One Belt One Road. It is more like a modern version of the ancient Silk Road, call it the “Silk Road Plus” if you are an Apple fan. The “One Belt One Road” is aiming to help those connected regions in culture and economy exchange with a more advance road net work consisted by airplanes, railways, high ways and even container ships.

While the ancient Silk Road today is rather a historical travel route on which you can experience interesting history and enjoy exotic culture. The Chinese section Silk Road stretches more than 4,000km on the gigantic regions of northwester China, an almost dizzying agglomeration of desert, grassland, raging river and colossal mountains. The best highlights are a series of historical towns, ruins and cultural sites linked as a chain of pearls which are Terracotta Warriors in Xi’an, the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, the Qinghai Lake in Xining, the Heaven Lake in Urumqi, the Gaochang Ancient City in Turpan, etc.

There are also several ethnic groups regions along the silk route such as Mongolians, Huis, Uygurs and Hazaks who have maintained their unique traditions, cultures, living habits and religious beliefs embodying the culture exchange soul spirits of the Silk Road. All these magnificent ancient towns fulfilled with exotic cultures and mysterious history is waiting to present you a splendid Silk Road journey! Pack your baggage! Join us to trace the footprints of ancient travelers and create a unique Silk Road journey of your own!!

Silk Road Facts
The Silk Road is a route to discover the history and the ancient culture about China. In its Chinese section, it stretches more than 4,000km linking cities like Xi’an, Lanzhou, Xining, Dunhuang, Turpan and Urumqi from east to west China. In Silk Road’ heyday, Korean peninsula, Japan region, Indian peninsula, Mediterranean east bank area and Middle East region, all involved in this international trading route. Xi’an was the world richest city in the world and crowded by the merchant all across the globe in the Silk Road heyday. Today Xi’an is modern city of central China with similar population with London and yet still it is not the top ten best cities in China. In the west, it was during the time of the Byzantine Empire, the Silk Road reached its peak.

The Silk Road also represents an early phenomenon of political and cultural integration due to inter-regional trade. Immeresly goods and treasures were not the only thing that got exchanged through the ancient route, religions and cultural traditions were also spread along the Silk Roads. Buddhism and Islam both spread into China though the Silk Road, numerous western merchants settled down in ancient China and merged in those ethnic group people along the silk route.

The Silk Road was not just a road or a trading route, the concept also refers to both the terrestrial and the maritime routes connecting Asia and Europe. The overland Steppe route stretching through the Eurasian steppe is considered to be the ancestor to the Silk Road. It was during the Ming dynasty in ancient China, the maritime silk route had reached its peak. It was after the Ming dynasty —— during the Yuan dynasty that the world-known Venetian traveler Marco Polo followed silk route reached China overland via Khotan in 1287–88.

Silk Road History
The merchants and Chinese silk were reaching Rome before the time of Christ. Through this Silk Road, the Chinese civilization was introduced to the Western countries and vice versa the Western culture came to the East. The Silk Road is a chapter recording the friendship between the European and Asian peoples. Traders of Chinese, Persians, Greeks, Syrians, Romans, Armenians and Indians…exchanged peculiar goods of their county, such as Chinese silk and tea, nephrite jade, spice, etc.

With a history more than 2,000 years, the Silk Route in China can be dated back to the Han dynasty (207 BCE – 220 CE) in ancient China. Though the Silk Road was mainly a trading route, it was started as a political mission in the first place. During the West Han Dynasty, the contemporary king Wu had sent an ambassador called Zhang Qian to visit western region countries to seek for potential allies to fight against the Huns which was a threat to central China in the north at that time. Zhang Qian brought a large amount of treasures from China which was mainly high quality exquisite silk to present to those kings and loads in west regions as a gift of good will. It was a treacherous journey and Zhang Qian didn’t succeed until the second time he made his journey west years later. He was a brave explorer, a brilliant diplomatist and the first man broke down the barriers between the ancient China, western regions and the central Asia. What he did made a great foundation to the Silk Route formation in later years.

In the following years in history, many great figures had made significant contributions to the development of the Silk Road. Alexander the Great founded the city of Alexandria Eschate during the Greek empire which later became a major staging point on the northern Silk Route. Not to mention those Chinese kings had subsequently sent numerous embassies to Syria, Anxi, Tiaozhi and Tianzhu over the years to keep the long-term trading connections with those Silk Road region countries. These connections marked the beginning of the Silk Route trade network had extended to the Roman Empire and the Silk Road finally reached its peak during the Byzantine Empire time in the west.

Today, the ancient Silk Road is more like a historical textbook for everyone to read and to catch about what happened during that ancient time. It played a significant role in the development of the civilizations of China, the Korea, Japan, the India, Persia, Europe, the Horn of Africa and Arabia, opening long-distance political and economic relations between the civilizations. In June 2014, UNESCO designated the Chang’an-Tianshan corridor of the Silk Road as a World Heritage Site. Silk Road in China now has brought great elegance to the tourism in China even in the world!

Silk Road Travel Tips
Silk Road travel refers to Silk Road cities travel. The cities along this route just like pearls shining with unique features. In China section, it goes across five provinces namely Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia, Qinghai and Xinjiang. While the representative destinations of them are Xi’an, Lanzhou, Xining, Dunhuang, Turpan, Urumqi, and Kashgar. It is a journey covering a vast land area from central China to northwest China, without doing a well-prepared homework plan, this mysterious journey could be confusing.

So how to pick out a more reasonable and economic route among these Silk Road destinations? What should be packed in Silk Road Tour? When is the best time for Silk Road travel and when shall be avoided? Notes on security and do’s and don’ts along the Silk Road journey etc, all could be found here in this page. We have hand-picked the most frequently asked questions and most read & useful travel tips about the Silk Road to settle your doubts and ensure you a worry free and comfortable journey. With this comprehensive travel information, you can make out a Silk Road Trip which is regarded as one of your China tours in your life.

Silk Road Tours
The Silk Road is a famous trade passageway in ancient China, going across Asia to Europe. Since it opens, the Silk Road has attracted so many worldwide travelers to come here explore and experince. TopChinaTravel Silk Road Adventure which is made out of our experience and knowledge helps modern travelers to explore this road and immerse into this ancient saga. You’ll see fascinating places, such as Dunhuang, Turpan, Urumqi and Kashgar, offering irrefutable evidence by their magnificent ruins that you are walking on the sun baked sands of a history created with blood, sweat and tears.