Find places you want to visit
Browse attractions across 49 cities, from museums and historic neighborhoods to gardens and day trips. Open a full guide for visit tips, reservation information and official links.
Explore the city guides →About China Travel Kit
A little preparation.
More time to explore.
Planning your own trip to China? China Travel Kit helps you choose places to visit, put together an itinerary and work out what to book before you go—all in English.
Whether you are figuring out your first day in Beijing or how to pay for lunch, start with the part of the trip you need help with.
Your travel kit
From the first idea to the day you arrive
Turn your ideas into a trip
Start with a suggested city itinerary, choose your visit dates and add attractions to a booking timeline. Download calendar reminders to keep track of upcoming reservations.
Choose a city and start planning →Sort out the everyday essentials
Get practical help with mobile payments, train tickets, hotel check-in and internet access. Find steps to try, useful Chinese phrases and alternatives when something does not work.
Open the travel playbooks →Explore possible visa-free entry options
Use your passport country, travel dates and route to find entry policies worth checking. Follow the official references to confirm the conditions for your own trip.
Open the entry checker →Not sure where to start?
- Choose a city. Browse its attractions and open the places that interest you.
- Shape your days. Use the city itinerary as a starting point, then adjust it to your pace.
- Prepare your bookings. Check each attraction's guide, add your dates to the planner and use the linked official channels to book.
You can explore the guides and use the planner without creating an account. Your saved plan stays in the browser you use. Where a ticket release time is available, the planner shows it in your device's time zone as well as Beijing time.
A few things to check before you go
Opening hours, ticket releases and entry rules can change. Use the official links in each guide to check the latest arrangements for your visit date. The “checked” date tells you when we last reviewed a source.
Pages marked Full guide include practical visit information. Pages marked Basic details help you identify a place, but you will need to confirm its hours, tickets and visitor entrance with the venue. The planner helps you organize bookings; tickets are purchased through the venue or booking service you choose.
About the site
China Travel Kit is an independent English-language travel guide. We bring together information from tourism authorities, venues and transport operators with practical planning suggestions to help you explore China on your own.
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Spotted an outdated detail, a broken link or something that could be clearer? Send us the page link and what you found so we can make the next traveler's planning a little easier. Please leave out passport numbers and private booking details.