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Lonely Planet: The world’s leading travel guide publisher

Lonely Planet
Discover China is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Explore the Forbidden City in Beijing, marvel at the Terracotta Warriors in Xi’an, or wander around the pagodas and lilting willows of Hangzhou’s West Lake -all with your trusted travel companion. Discover the best of Chinaand begin your journey now!

Inside Lonely PlanetDiscoverChina:

Full-colour maps and images throughout

Highlights
and itineraries help you tailor your trip to your personal needs and interests

Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots

Essential info
at your fingertips – hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, prices

Honest reviews for all budgets – eating, sleeping, sight-seeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss

Cultural insights give you a richer, more rewarding travel experience – history, festivals, cuisine, architecture, religion, environment, wildlife, painting, literature, film

Free, convenient pull-out Beijingmap (print version)

Covers Beijing, Great Wall, Xi’an, Shanghai, Three Gorges, Huangshan, Hangzhou, Yangshuo, Fenghuang, Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Sichuan, Macau, Yunnan and more

The Perfect Choice:
Lonely Planet
Discover China, our easy-to-use guide, filled with inspiring and colorful photos, focuses on China’smost popular attractions for those looking for the best of the best.

Looking for a comprehensive guide that recommends both popular and offbeat experiences, and extensively covers all the country has to offer? Check out
Lonely Planet
China guide.

Looking for a guide for Beijing or Shanghai? Check out
Lonely PlanetBeijing guide and
Lonely Planet Shanghaiguide for a comprehensive look at all these cities have to offer;
Lonely Planet Pocket Beijing and
Lonely Planet Pocket Shanghai, handy-sized guides focused on the can’t-miss sights for a quick trip.

About Lonely Planet: Since 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world’s leading travel media company with guidebooks to every destination, an award-winning website, mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet covers must-see spots but also enables curious travellers to get off beaten paths to understand more of the culture of the places in which they find themselves. The world awaits!

‘Lonely Planet. It’s on everyone’s bookshelves, it’s in every traveller’s hands. It’s on mobile phones. It’s on the Internet. It’s everywhere, and it’s telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.’ – Fairfax Media

‘Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.’ – New York Times