By Peter Greenberg Raise your hand if this has ever happened to you: You book a trip to see one of the world’s most iconic cultural sites, only to discover hundreds—even thousands—of other tourists had the same idea and are there on the exact same day, and at the same time. For most people, long […]
By James Shillinglaw A sample tour of the city’s top attractions, accommodations and dining. A first visit to Beijing should take in well-known attractions but also provide a sense of the city as it exists today. That’s exactly what Imperial Tours, an upscale operator offering FIT and small-group programs, provides in its tour of the […]
By James Shillinglaw So there I was in my room on the 82nd floor of the 174-room Park Hyatt Shanghai, the tallest hotel in the world (or so I’m told), overlooking the Huangpao River and the city of Shanghai far below. I was sitting in a comfortable desk chair behind a large desk gazing out […]
Beijing is the heart of “official” China, Xian is the historical center of China’s imperial past, but Guilin offers a taste of Chinese rural life as well as some of the most scenic vistas in the country. After nearly three days in Beijing and one in Xian, our Imperial Tours travel agent fam trip group […]
By James Shillinglaw Shanghai – the very name evokes images of immense modernity, buildings touching the sky, and a center of commerce that is now one of the world’s great cities. Yet, Shanghai also has an ancient and colonial past; it was a city dominated by Western traders for a good part of the 20th […]
