Beijing (July 10–11)

July 10

• Forbidden City
• Jingshan Park
• Hutongs

July 11

• Great Wall (Mutianyu)
• CBD/skyscrapers

Chengdu (July 12–13)

July 12

• Panda Base

July 13

• Taikoo Li / Chunxi Road
• Relaxed food/city days

Chongqing (July 14–15)

July 14

• Hongyadong
• Liziba Station

July 15

• Wulong Karst daytrip

Zhangjiajie (July 16–18)

July 16

• Glass Bridge + Canyon

July 17

• Zhangjiajie National Forest Park

July 18

• Tianmen Mountain

Fenghuang + Fanjingshan (July 19–20)

July 19

• Fenghuang Ancient Town

July 20

• Daytrip/tour to Fanjingshan

Shanghai (July 21–22)

• The Bund
• Nanjing Road
• Yu Garden
• Lujiazui skyline

We’re planning to use Trip.com for trains/hotels and book most trains around 2 weeks in advance.

A few questions:

• Does this route/logistics make sense?
• Are we rushing too much anywhere?
• Is Fanjingshan worth it in July weather?
• Any places along this route we REALLY shouldn’t miss?
• Better alternatives to any city on the route?

I used ChatGPT for most of the planning and suggestions, Fanjingshan is added because me and my friend were really impressed by how it looks.