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Getting To & Around Chongqing
A vertical metro, a train through a building, a river cable car, and why addresses are useless in the 8D city.
Use DiDi with a map pin, never an address — Chongqing's vertical geography makes street numbers meaningless.
Getting To & Around Kunming
The spring-city airport, the metro to the lake, and high-speed rail as the gateway to Dali and Lijiang.
Book the Dali and Lijiang trains 2–3 days ahead — they sell out in spring and summer, and walk-up tickets are rare.
Getting To & Around Guangzhou
The metro is the city's backbone, the APM loops the new CBD, and the Canton Fair has its own shuttle.
Use the metro over DiDi in rush hour — Guangzhou traffic is among China's worst, and the metro is fast, clean and signed in English.
Getting To & Around Yangshuo
High-speed rail to Yangshuo station, the Li River ferry from Guilin, and e-bikes for the karst countryside.
Rent an e-bike — it's the only way to reach the karst backroads and river bends that the shuttle buses skip.
Getting To & Around Zhangjiajie
Bullet train from Changsha, the airport-to-park shuttle, and why inside the park you walk, bus, and ride cable cars — not taxis.
Base in Wulingyuan town, not Zhangjiajie city — it's at the park gate and saves an hour each way.
Getting To & Around Qingdao
The airport's far out, the metro covers the coast, and the old town is walkable — how to move in Qingdao.
Take Metro Line 3 between the train station, brewery and old town — it skips the traffic and the one-way streets.
Getting To & Around Harbin
Sub-zero arrivals, the metro to the Ice Festival, and why you dress for the taxi wait, not the ride.
Take the metro to the Ice Festival — taxis queue for an hour at closing time and the metro skips the line.
Getting To & Around Dalian
No airport metro, but trams, buses and DiDi cover the peninsula — and the coastal road is best by taxi.
Ride the 201 tram through the old town — it's a moving museum and the cheapest tour in town.
Getting To & Around Chengdu
Two airports, a metro that covers the pandas and the old town, and why DiDi beats the traffic.
Take Metro Line 3 to the panda base — it skips the morning traffic that can double the taxi time.
Getting To & Around Sanya
High-speed rail across Hainan, airport transfers, and the bus + DiDi mix that connects all four bays without renting a car.
The high-speed rail from Haikou is often cheaper than flying into Sanya direct — and the coastal views are worth it.
Beijing Metro & Airport Express
From PEK or PKX to the city center, then across Beijing on 27 lines of spotless, English-signed metro for ¥3-9 a ride.
Avoid the airport taxi line at rush hour — the Airport Express beats traffic and drops you straight onto the metro grid.
Maglev & Metro from Pudong
Ride the 431 km/h maglev from PVG, then hand off to the world's longest metro — all in English, all in under an hour.
The maglev only hits top speed 09:00-10:45 and 19:00-20:45; other hours it's a still-fast 300 km/h — still quicker than any taxi.
Getting around Xi'an
A compact old city wrapped in a wall — metro lines hit every sight, and the wall itself is the best ring road.
The metro runs under the wall; Line 2 connects the train station, Bell Tower and the Big Wild Goose Pagoda in one straight line.