The Guide to China – the Sights, Hotels, Spas, Massage, Food and Travel (Hong Kong, Yangshuo, Shanghai, Huangshan and Beijing) from Pearl Escapes 2010

China is not so much a country as a continent, with so many areas to visit, and as soon as you tell anyone you're heading there or look at classic tours you'll hear where you should go… to see the pandas, visit the Terracotta Army, sleep on The Great Wall. I didn’t do any of these things.

Whatever your guides, friends, family or even I say about it, choose your China trip for yourself. You can tailor your tour to suit you exactly (much like you can have almost any item of clothing made up for you in a day in China!)

China is probably the hardest place I have ever visited, but one of my favourite places in the world (and I'm definitely going back).

I used to get extremely burned out in my old job and couldn't even handle finding and booking a hotel and flight or finding what to do when I did take time off. So, I thought "wouldn't it be awesome if someone would write a guide that just gave you one perfect escape; the perfect hotel, spa, flight and restaurant."

So that's what I did.