Chongqing Travel Guide

Chongqing (重庆; Chóngqìng, formerly spelled Chungking) is fast becoming the most economically important city in the interior West China, with an urban population of around 8.8 million. In addition to the central urban area, Chongqing Municipality also includes some 80,000 km² (31,000 sq mi) of the neighboring countryside and smaller towns, with approximately 30 million people altogether. Long off the foreign tourist's radar, the city has experienced a meteoric rise in popularity in the 2020s, with its futuristic downtown core now being a favourite haunt of travel YouTubers. Chongqing is the launching point for scenic boat trips down the Yangtze River through the Three Gorges Dam. The spectacular Buddhist Dazu Rock Carvings are three hours west of Chongqing City in the outlying Chongqing Municipality and are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Chongqing is notorious for its hot and humid weather. The air quality can be challenging to people with respiratory problems due to massive a

There are several ways to get from the airport to the city:

The metro and bus systems are advised as the best forms of transportation and are very cheap and efficient.

There are hundreds of hotels all over the city ranging from dormitory style for ¥30 per night, through three star equivalent hotels for ¥150, up to the numerous top western hotels for ¥600-2000 per night, and many more are being added and are under construction. Most hotels are rarely fully booked. You can always check the room before you commit.