From the grandeur of the Great Wall and the Forbidden City to the beauty of Guilin's peaks, this large country can pack a lot of beauty and culture into one itinerary.

Even if you've visited Beijing or Shanghai before, there is so much still to explore - perhaps a trip down to Chengdu to visit the pandas and sample spicy Sichuan cuisine? Or maybe to Huangzhou to drift along the West Lake and pick green tea?