old town Travel Guide – Chris Travel Blog | CTB Global® https://www.christravelblog.com/travel-inspiration/old-town/ Combined leisure & business travel; the efficient way! Fri, 21 Jan 2022 13:25:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.christravelblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/cropped-favico-ctb-32x32.jpg old town Travel Guide – Chris Travel Blog | CTB Global® https://www.christravelblog.com/travel-inspiration/old-town/ 32 32 CHINA – A two-week Yunnan itinerary travel guide: Kunming to Shangri-La https://www.christravelblog.com/china-a-two-week-yunnan-itinerary-travel-guide-kunming-to-shangri-la/ Thu, 17 Jan 2019 20:21:30 +0000 https://www.christravelblog.com/?p=28266 Yunnan is one of China’s most diverse provinces and this two-week Yunnan itinerary will take you to all the highlights. I have been to China plenty of times and this travel guide describes my trip from Kunming to Shangri-La. It’s suitable for a first time [read more]

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]]> VIETNAM – Day trip exploring the old town of Hoi An; a UNESCO site https://www.christravelblog.com/vietnam-day-trip-exploring-the-old-town-of-hoi-an-a-unesco-site/ Sun, 24 Jul 2016 07:50:16 +0000 http://www.christravelblog.com/?p=18975 Hoi An is an ancient town in Central Vietnam with history dating back over 2000 years. It’s a must see during any Vietnam trip. I visited Hoi An while on a trip through Central Vietnam. To explore the ancient town of Hoi An you do [read more]

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]]> CHINA – Two days in Lijiang old town and outlying small villages https://www.christravelblog.com/china-two-days-in-lijiang-old-town-and-outlying-small-villages/ Mon, 11 Jul 2016 19:23:20 +0000 http://www.christravelblog.com/?p=18382 With a history of over 1000 years Lijiang wasn’t known to the outside world until after the earthquake of 1996. The old town was mostly destroyed but reconstructed quickly. In 1997 it got the UNESCO World Heritage Site status. These events made Lijiang known to [read more]

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]]> CHINA – A day in Kunming, the City of Eternal Spring https://www.christravelblog.com/china-a-day-in-kunming-the-city-of-eternal-spring/ Tue, 24 May 2016 08:19:04 +0000 http://www.christravelblog.com/?p=17566 Kunming is a pleasant city in China compared to other big cities. The air is clean and the weather is nice year round. That’s why it’s also called the City of Eternal Spring. The city was my starting point for a 3 and a half [read more]

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]]> CZECH REPUBLIC – A Prague city walk through the Castle Quarter during a business trip https://www.christravelblog.com/czech-a-prague-city-walk-through-the-castle-quarter-during-a-business-trip/ Sat, 05 Sep 2015 15:58:54 +0000 http://www.christravelblog.com/?p=13629 I have been to Czech the first time over 18 years ago with a school trip and since then over twenty times more. During all those business trips I never had the time to re-explore Prague but this year I had a small day to [read more]

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]]> CHINA – Exploring beautiful Dali & Shaxi on the way from Kunming to Lijiang https://www.christravelblog.com/china-exploring-beautiful-dali-shaxi-on-the-way-from-kunming-to-lijiang/ Tue, 28 Jul 2015 17:33:38 +0000 http://www.christravelblog.com/?p=12516 Traveling from Kunming to Lijiang will take you through Dali and Shaxi which is just a short detour away, unless you fly of course. I travelled with my son of 12 for 3 weeks in China of which this overland trip was a small part [read more]

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]]> CHINA – Huangshan Tunxi (2014.07.07 – 2014.07.30 China Tour) https://www.christravelblog.com/china-huangshan-tunxi-2014-07-07-2014-07-30-china-tour/ Thu, 17 Jul 2014 23:05:17 +0000 http://www.christravelblog.com/?p=5101 Summary: Part of a 24 day China tour. Start in Hangzhou, followed by Shanghai and Suzhou. From there to Tunxi (Huangshan) by plane continued by train to Wuyishan. From here by plane to Xiamen with a three day trip to the Tulou Clusters and back to Xiamen. [read more]

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]]> SLOVAKIA – Bratislava & Banska Stiavnica (2014.06.06 – 2014.06.11) https://www.christravelblog.com/slovakia-bratislava-2014-06-06-2014-06-11/ Fri, 06 Jun 2014 20:40:50 +0000 http://www.christravelblog.com/?p=4229 Summary: A family trip to Bratislava. To tick off a new capital (at least for the rest of the family) and a new country (for them). A nice small city with a small old town; good food for very affordable prices. From here we also [read more]

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