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The Temple of Heaven: a wonderful open-air paradise

I've never seen anything like it! This significant ensemble was offered to me on more than 267 hectares and includes various splendid spaces: the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests, the Imperial Vault of Heaven, the Palace of Abstinence, and the Circular Mound Altar.

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Yunnan, for sustainable travel in China

It's not easy to be a responsible tourist in China! The environment here suffers like nowhere else; historic buildings are destroyed to make way for pale, concrete imitations; and the Chinese love the kind of guided tours that involve large groups of tourists being dragged from one point to another by a guide yelling into a microphone. Oh dear! Adopt a sensible approach, and make yourselves ambassadors for a different kind of tourism!

The Tibetan plateau: a harsh life with mountains!

Welcome to the biggest and highest plateau in the world. At an average height of 4,200 meters, it is so high that you have trouble breathing. On it you will find the highest mountains in the world, including Everest and Lhotse , which is 8,516 meters high. It's not surprising that very few people live here, but the countryside is magnificent.

Beijing's hutongs: fragile pearls of Chinese tradition

Witness to a long vanished working class architecture, the hutongs are an area of narrow passages and intertwined alleys that remind you what towns used to be like in China.

Walk in Zhangjiajie

Zhangjiajie park, which is also called Wulingyuan, covers part of the Wuling mountains. Marvel over the walk beside the Jian Bian Xi river and discover the superb site of Shen Tang Wan.

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