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City, town, village or hidden gem — one place at a time: what it costs, how easy it is for a foreign visitor, and whether it's worth going out of your way for. Guides are built from street-level research and rechecked in person before numbers are locked.
Status tags: 🟢 visited and checked on the ground · 🟡 researched from reporting, visit planned · [verify] = a number checked as of a visit, or still unconfirmed
Mile, Yunnan: A Slow Weekend in China's Grape Country
Slow travel and long stay in China's grape country: hot springs plumbed into the hotels, a French grape that died out in France, and a train ride from Kunming measured in minutes, not hours.
Baoshan, Yunnan: 185 Hot Springs, Two Airports, and a 90-Minute Train From Dali
The hot spring city next to Dali that most Western itineraries skip, and what it actually costs.