Chongqing Complete Travel Guide: Attractions, Food, Weather, and Custom Routes
Before you go — read this first: Open the China Travel Essentials guide before planning Chongqing. It covers visa and entry preparation, internet, Alipay/WeChat, maps, transport, railway tickets, and general reservations. For button-by-button app instructions, see the China Travel Apps step-by-step guide. For month-by-month destination choices, see China Travel Planning by Season, Weather, Holidays, and Culture. Chongqing is not a flat list of attractions. It is a large municipality with a dense central city, river valleys, hills, distant districts, and major day trips that are several hours from the centre. The best first visit combines a compact urban core with either Wulong for karst landscapes or Dazu for world-class Buddhist rock art. Do not attempt both on a short trip. ...