Our Grand Tour of China
With highlights, best hotels and best meals
| Province/Country | Places | Date | |
| Mongolia | Ulan Bataar - monasteries | Oct 2005 | |
| Beijing | Beijing - Raj Indian restaurant, bar by the lake, hutongs, drum tower, bell tower, forbidden city, great wall | Sept 2004, Oct 2005 | |
| Tianjin | Tianjin | Oct 2005 | |
| Jiangsu | Nanjing - city wall and gates, Fuzimiao shopping district, boat hire on the canal | Oct 2005 | |
| Suzhou - Sicily restaurant with black beer, formal gardens, canals, fish feeding frenzy, sleeper boat on the Grand Canal | Oct 2005 | ||
| Zhejiang | Hangzhou - boat trip on the lake, illuminated fountains | Oct 2005 | |
| Shanghai | Shanghai - Astor House hotel, Captain Hostel rooftop bar, Indian kitchen restaurant, Yuyuan garden tea house, maglev fast train to the airport | Oct 2005 | |
| Shanxi | Datong - Yungang Buddha caves, Hunyuan hanging monastery | Oct 2005 | |
| Pingyao - De Yu Yuan hotel, traditional old town, old houses with wooden beams and courtyards, city walls with watchtowers | Oct 2004 | ||
| Shaaxi | Xi'an - terracotta warriors, Islamic street market | Oct 2004 | |
| Sichuan | Chengdu - High-Fly pizza, panda centre | Oct 2004 | |
| Leshan - giant Buddha, boat trip | Oct 2004 | ||
| Yunnan | Panzhihua railway station | Oct 2004 | |
| Lijiang - Tian Shung Xing hotel, Well Bistro and other restaurants, traditional old town, wooden houses, cobbled streets, Naxi people traditional dancing | Oct 2004 | ||
| Shuhe - picturesque old farming town | Oct 2004 | ||
| Old Dali - Yu Yuan guest house, Sunshine café on travellers' street, picturesque town, city walls, tour round the lake | Oct 2004 | ||
| Jinhong bus station, Mengla border town (to Laos, joins up with the grand tour of south-east Asia.) | Oct 2004 | ||
| Hong Kong | Hong Kong - markets, harbours, Star
ferry
New Territories - Kam Tin walled village |
Feb 1980, Oct 1999 | |
| Macau | Macau | Feb 1980 | |
| Guangdong | Zhuhai - Dr Sun Yat Sen house | Feb 1980 | |
| Canton railway station | Oct 1999 | ||
| Guangxi | Nanning bus station | Oct 1999 | |
| Pingxiang taxi station (to Vietnam, joins up with the grand tour of south-east Asia) | Oct 1999 | ||
| Taiwan | Taipei - Grand hotel, Camel Valley Mongolian bbq | Nov 1980 | |
| Hualien - Taroko gorge | Nov 1980 | ||
| Tibet | Lhasa - Yak hotel, Barkor, Jokhang, Potala (one of our wonders of the world), Dreprung & Sera monasteries | Oct 1996 | |
| Gyantse - yak ride | Oct 1996 | ||
| Shigatse - Tashilumpo monastery, market | Oct 1996 | ||
| Shegar - Sakya monastery | Oct 1996 | ||
| Nyalam, Zhangmu border town (to Nepal, joins up with the grand tour of India.) | Oct 1996 |