Shaolin Holidays
The Shaolin Monestary is at the heart of Mount Songshan. It's the sacred, founding place of numerous martial arts such as kung-fu, karate and taekwondo...
Shaolin: What to see nearby?
What our travellers think of their stay
The Shaolin Monestary is at the heart of Mount Songshan. It's the sacred, founding place of numerous martial arts such as kung-fu, karate and taekwondo...
China: our articles for your holidays
Xi'an and the must-see terracotta army
In the city of Xi’an , in north-western China, visitors will be enthused by the archeological treasures. These inconceivable statues were buried here eons ago. They make Xi'an into an essential destination that you absolutely must see during any trip to the region!
Emilie Joulia
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The spectrum of Chinese landscapes: such diversity!
China presents such a variety of landscapes that I'd find it difficult to talk about the different aspects of its geography. With over 5,000 kilometers separating its borders, there are a number of different environments for its inhabitants to experience without leaving the country. In the east, there are mainly fertile plains, mountains, and the coast. In the west, rolling plateaux, mountains, deserts and steppes.
Anonymous
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Temples or the source of religion in China
Truly an embodiment of their era, temples show us the customs of the populace over the centuries and enable us to understand how society was organized, what people believed, and how they lived.
Anonymous
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Yunnan, for sustainable travel in China
It's not easy to be a responsible tourist in China! The environment here suffers like nowhere else; historic buildings are destroyed to make way for pale, concrete imitations; and the Chinese love the kind of guided tours that involve large groups of tourists being dragged from one point to another by a guide yelling into a microphone. Oh dear! Adopt a sensible approach, and make yourselves ambassadors for a different kind of tourism!
Laetitia Santos
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