By Experience
Single days you can book on their own
Not itineraries. Each one is a standalone activity — a workshop, a morning, an afternoon — that fits inside a single day and belongs to no route. Pick the city you will already be in.
Beijing北京
Half-day workshops inside the city.
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Beijing · Clay Rabbit Painting
Paint the plague-born rabbit god of Beijing, and carry him home.
Beijing · Cloisonné & Ink Making
One craft you only watch. One you take a brush to.
Beijing · Cloth Shoes & Tea
Ninety operations go into one sole. Then somebody pours you tea.
Chengdu成都
Everything here starts and ends in Chengdu.
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Chengdu Foodie Tour by Tuk-Tuk
A 1.5–2 hour private tuk-tuk food ride through Chengdu's old east-side lanes, with 4–5 signature dishes and a local food guide.
Chengdu · Sichuan Cooking Class
Bargain at the stall, cook at your own wok, eat in a garden.
Chengdu · Opera Backstage & Teahouse
Tai chi at dawn, an antique market, then the wrong side of the curtain.
Chengdu · Pandas & Opera Backstage
Pandas before the crowds, face-changing from three feet away.
Qingcheng青城山
70 km west of Chengdu — morning and afternoon, bookable apart.
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Leshan乐山
A long day south of Chengdu.
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Mt Emei峨眉山
An overnight, not a day trip.
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Jiuzhaigou九寨沟
Northern Sichuan, in the panda valleys.
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Songpan松潘
On the road north, inside the old walls.
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Zhangjiajie张家界
Two hours at a loom in Hunan.
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Shenzhen深圳
Two half-days on what the city actually builds.
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Linhai临海
The walled old town itself — you come for the wall, not passing through.
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Hengdian横店
China’s biggest film backlot — you come here to act, not to watch.
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Hangzhou杭州
Tea hills and the lake — and one of them carries on to Jingdezhen.
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Shanghai上海
In the city: a tech afternoon, a tasting walk, and a night view from the North Bund.
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Six stops. Here is where each one is.
Lujiazui, about 4 hours. The floor and the car decide the price.
Three hours, on these streets in Huangpu
Meet at 333 Middle Huaihai Road. About 3 hours, 10 to 15 tastes.
You stand on a North Bund roof. Lujiazui is opposite.
An evening ticket. A 320-metre open deck, Lujiazui opposite.
