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How many days do you
need in China?

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China is a continent pretending to be a country: ten days is the smallest number that lets a first trip breathe — Beijing, Xi’an and Shanghai without spending the holiday in transit. Give the planner your days and your interests; it sketches the route and tells you, honestly, what will not fit.

1 · Days on the ground (arrival to departure)

2 · What draws you (pick up to three)

The sketch is computed on this page only — nothing is uploaded or stored.

Why we built this honestly

Most “10 days in China” itineraries online are written by people who never missed a train. We plan these routes for a living: every inter-city move costs most of a day, arrival and departure days are half-days at best, and a day where nothing is scheduled is the day people write home about. The sketcher prices all of that in — and then tells you what to protect and what to let go.

Turn this sketch into a written itinerary The 7/10/14-day guide