When planning an intimate getaway with your Chinese lady, research is key. As romantic as it might sound to just whisk her away on a spontaneous trip to her home country, it isn’t practical.
For instance, before you even get to the logistics of the journey, you must first decide on your destinations. Read up for ideas on the most romantic places in China you can visit with your beloved Asian beauty.
China: A Land of Romance
The Sleeping Giant, as Napoleon Bonaparte famously remarked about China, is a land of intriguing contrasts. It boasts thriving, busy cities like Shanghai, Beijing, and Hong Kong; while the western and southern parts of the country feature beautiful landscapes and lush landforms such as mountains, hills, valleys, fields, and rivers.
What all this means is that you will never run out of romantic destinations no matter which part of China you’re in.
Here are just a few of the places you can visit with your girl on one of your China tours:
Traveling Through Time: The Hutongs
The Hutongs are traditional neighborhoods in Beijing where you can get a glimpse of how Chinese people lived in the olden days.
In these areas, quadrangles of buildings form courtyards that are lined with alleyways. It may not seem like such a romantic spot at first glance, but give this place a chance and you’ll discover it might just be one of your China highlights.
You can hire a rickshaw, China’s traditional form of public transportation, to take you and your girl for a ride around the hutongs’ winding alleyways.
You can take some time to visit a local family and learn from them the art of making Chinese dumplings. Trust us, in the eyes of your Chinese girl, there is nothing more romantic than you exerting an effort to get to know her culture and creating beautiful memories with her.
Living the Simple Life: The Yulong River
If you want to get a taste of the simple life in China, you can head to Yangshuo, Guilin — a place where time seems to stand still — and get a glimpse of an authentic countryside life.
A visit to this idyllic paradise wouldn’t be complete without a bamboo boat cruise down the magical Yulong River — it’s the best way you can explore this traditional fishing village.
The downtown area of Yangshuo is the most touristy part. This is where you can rent bikes with your beloved and go for a ride along the picturesque lanes of the countryside.
The sight of bamboo boats floating down the river and villagers going about their simple daily lives can give you a sense of calmness and serenity.
The Highest Palace on Earth: The Potala
The nine-story palace was the former winter home of the Dalai Lama as well as the seat of the former Tibetan government.
It stands at more than 3,000 meters above sea level and boasts more than a thousand rooms, although you won’t be able to explore every room as visitors are only allowed one-hour visits each.
While there is something romantic about being in the highest palace on Earth with your special someone, the altitude is not the only thing that’s majestic about the Potala Palace.
The historical structure features a vast selection of diverse cultural relics — murals, paintings, and other art pieces that showcase the richness of Chinese culture and history.
A Romantic Boat Ride: The Water Canals of Suzhou
While the water city of Venice, Italy might spring to mind when you first see the water towns of Suzhou, you should keep in mind that the latter offers a more dreamy, rustic charm that the former, with all its urban sophistication, doesn’t have.
Canals and rivers flow alongside the town’s streets, and numerous bridges link these streets together.
For a romantic date, you can take your girl’s hand in yours and walk with her down the town’s flagstone-paved streets. If both of you are up for it, you can even hire a boat to take you down the lantern-lined canals so you can see more of the local life.
The Ultimate Highlight: The Great Wall
Arguably the most famous of China’s tourist attractions, the Great Wall can also be called the biggest, with a length totaling around 356 miles.
It’s so iconic as a structure that people once claimed it was the only man-made structure that can be seen from space, although that’s a claim that has long been debunked by NASA. That long-standing myth aside, the fact still remains that the Wall is a grand structure with centuries of history behind it.
You and your beloved can create your own beautiful history by enjoying a romantic picnic on the ancient steps of the Wall.
You’ll have to wait until late afternoon when most of the crowd has dispersed, but the view of the Wall and its majestic surroundings being bathed in the golden glow of the sunset will make it worth it.
With such magnificent scenery right in front of you and the person you love most beside you, you can’t help but look forward to your future together. Such a memorable date in arguably the most famous symbol of ancient Chinese culture is sure to be one of your trip’s highlights.
Experience Love and Romance in China like Never Before
Planning an intimate getaway involves a lot of research on different China tour packages.
For one, you’d want to go on tours that feature places favorable for romance. Whether the place is in the cities or rural areas doesn’t really matter, as long as you have beautiful scenery to enjoy and romantic activities to indulge in.
With that being said, it’s really all about the effort you make.
Many Chinese women appreciate it when their foreign partners try to get to know their home country. For them, nothing is more romantic than having the man they love spend time, money, and effort in planning a trip to the place of their birth and the land of their ancestors.
They love it when their man makes an effort to get to know their people and culture.
Ultimately, traveling to romantic places in China will make you closer than ever as a couple. You will get to know your special lady on a deeper level — as a woman and as a Chinese person.
