10 of the most beautiful places to visit in China and Tibet

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China and Tibet’s landscapes range from glacier-covered mountains to thousand-foot gorges, to open grasslands and low plains.

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Zhu Feng, Qiongmo Lama, Everest –regardless of what you call it, it’s still the tallest mountain in the world, and it looms as large as you would expect.

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If you’re looking for some of the most beautiful places to visit in China then skip Shanghai and go straight for Suzhou.

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The Job

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The Job

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Eastern Tibet is one of those places that is so spectacularly beautiful – and yet so little-known by the world – it’s almost ridiculous.

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Lijiang is a cobblestone-street-filled city that has a special appeal unlike any other place in China.

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10 of the most beautiful places to visit in China and Tibet

China and Tibet’s landscapes range from glacier-covered mountains to thousand-foot gorges, to open grasslands and low plains.

Zhu Feng, Qiongmo Lama, Everest –regardless of what you call it, it’s still the tallest mountain in the world, and it looms as large as you would expect.

Everest Base Camp

If you’re looking for some of the most beautiful places to visit in China then skip Shanghai and go straight for Suzhou.

Suzhou Garden

The Job

Lake Nam

The Job

The Great Wall

No list of China’s most beautiful locations would be complete without the Great Wall.

Eastern Tibet is one of those places that is so spectacularly beautiful – and yet so little-known by the world – it’s almost ridiculous.

Eastern Tibet and Lake Basam (or Draksum Tso)

Lijiang is a cobblestone-street-filled city that has a special appeal unlike any other place in China.

Lijiang

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