China

Conservation Center of giant panda bears in Chengdu When planning a tourist trip through China there are cities or areas of the great Asian country that you may not consider as essential visits, contrary to what happens with Beijing Beijing, Xian or Shanghai. However, they should be considered as alternatives because they have enough attractions to include them in a route through China.

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Beijing night photo taken from space That the capital of China is a city that is having huge economic and urban development in recent years, is something well known. Now you can visualize this development thanks to this photo from space, which has just been published by NASA after it was taken by Expedition 26 which is in the International Space Station (ISS).

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This list of the best tips for traveling to China is a reflection of our two trips to the country and our experiences, with which we hope to help you organize this incredible destination that at times, can be a bit more complicated than expected but in the end , will give you amazing surprises.

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Day 25: Hong Kong - London - Barcelona Luck that as soon as we enter the flight that takes us to London, yesterday that it was our last day of the trip to China for free and that we spent enjoying Lantau, I took a sleeping pill and that is that flights back home kill me. Thanks to that I have slept almost half of the trip and I woke up when they were delivering breakfast and we were only two hours from landing in London, at which time I took the opportunity to make a brief summary of what to see in China in 25 days that It will be the article with which we finish the diary of this trip.

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The first of the recommendations to visit China that we want to give you is about the processing of the visa to China. The first thing we recommend is that you enter the official processing website and take a look http://www.visaforchina.org/MAD_ES/ From here you have two options, the first is to process it personally at the Madrid Office ( Today and even though we have searched for the information, we do not know if it can be processed in Barcelona personally) or by postal mail, which is the option we have chosen, despite being somewhat more expensive.

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Day 23: Macao: Long Senate Street, San Pablo Ruins, Fortress of the Mount, Senate Square, Holy House of Mercy or Church of Santo Domingo, Rua da Felicidade - Taipa Island: The Venetian - Hong Kong It's 6: 30 in the morning when the alarm sounds. Today we have a promising day and we have many things to see in Macau, which will be our destination today, after spending yesterday enjoying Hong Kong.

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Day 22: Hong Kong: Kowloon Park - Tsim Sha Tsui: Avenue of the Stars, Star Ferry, Clock Tower, Ladies Market - Central Plaza - Victoria Peak It's 8 in the morning when we are already leaving through the door of the Innsight, our accommodation in Hong Kong these last 4 days of the trip to China for free willing to eat all the things we have to see in Hong Kong.

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161 Hotel The first of the hotels in China we stayed at. Located in Lishi Hutong, very central and located in a very quiet area of ​​the city. To get from Beijing airport, the cheapest way is to take the Airport Express, get off at Dongzhimen station and from there take underground line 2 (navy blue line) to Yonghehong and then change to line 5 to Donsi.

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Day 24: Hong Kong - Lantau: Ngong Ping 360 Cable Car, Nong Village, Po Lin Monastery, Big Buddha- Hong Kong Airport Today is our last day in Hong Kong and the last also of the incredible trip to China for free that we have made, but That is why we are not going to get up early today and that is because we have the flight that will take us back home at 11 p.m., so today we have almost a full day to continue enjoying the trip, and many things to see in Lantau in a day .

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Day 20: Yangshuo - Cycling route around Yangshuo: Big Banyan tree, Moon Hill, Yulong Bridge - Yangshuo Today we wake up at 6 in the morning, but we are not going to lie to you and that is that we have arrived moment in this trip to China for free in which the night does not fit us, no matter if it is 6 or 8 hours, so, as today we have a fairly quiet day, although we have several things to see and do in Yangshuo, we opted for delaying the alarm 20 minutes and thus take a little more rest after arriving yesterday in the city on the Li River cruise to Yangshuo.

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Day 21: Yangshuo - Guilin - Shenzhen - Hong Kong It's 5:45 in the morning when the alarm sounds. It is very true what we said yesterday when we spent the day in Yangshuo and it is that the nights no longer cover us and we wake up practically as tired as when we went to bed and it is that this trip to China for free is being as complete and today it will not be less, since we will transfer from Guilin to Hong Kong.

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Day 19: Guilin - Cruise on the Li River - Yangshuo At 6 in the morning and not to lose the habit we have adopted since we started this trip to China for free, the alarm sounds to start up and it is that today we will take a cruise on the Li River to Yangshuo, where we will spend the next 2 nights.

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Day 18: Guilin: Fenghuang - Longshen Rice Terraces (Jinkeng) - Guilin It's 5:15 in the morning and the alarm sounds. This trip to China for free is going to kill us and we wake up earlier every day. Although we will not deny that it is always for a good cause and today is that we are going to see the Longshen Rice Terraces from Guilin or the Dragon Spinazo Rice Terraces, as they are also known.

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Day 16: Fenghuang: Hong Bridge, East Gate Tower, Yang Family Ancestral Hall, Tianhou Temple, Fenghuang Walls, North Gate Tower, Stone Road, Wooden Bridge, Wanming Pagoda Today we wake up at 6 in the morning with spectacular views of Fenghuang from our room at the Fenghuang Melody Inn that are well worth the transfer we made yesterday from the Chinese Avatar Mountains and that start today with many places to see in Fenghuang .

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Day 14: Wulingyuan - Zhanjiajie National Park We wake up at 6:30 in the morning and after having breakfast some of the buns we bought last night after arriving from Zhangjiajie to Welingyuan we left the Destination Youth Hostel, where by the way, as in all the accommodations that we have been offering free tea and coffee service, although they only put the kettle on you, so we advise you to take home coffee or tea if you like, on the way to the entrance of the Zhanjiajie National Park We have only 200 meters.

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Day 13: Chengdu - Chongqing: Flight to Zhangjiajie - Wulingyuan Alarm clock at 4 in the morning? Yes, today we have a most productive day and we will spend the whole day of transfers to get to one of the jewels of China: Zhanjiajie National Park or Avatar Park, as many know it.

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Day 12: Chengdu - Leshan Great Buddha - Chengdu We wake up at 6 in the morning and at 7 we are already having breakfast in the lounge of the Ibis Chengdu Hotel and it is that today, after being yesterday knowing the Panda Bear Conservation Center in Chengdu, we're going to see Leshan's Big Buddha. It's 7:30 in the morning when we approach the hotel reception to tell one of the girls to please give us the name of the bus station we have to go to catch the bus from Chengdu to Leshan and So go with the taxi directly, without having to go around.

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