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October is one of the best months to travel in China, with cool autumn weather, vibrant foliage, and clear skies, but be mindful of Golden Week(National Day holiday of China from Oct, 1-Oct, 7), when tourist spots can be very crowded.
Best Places to Visit in China in October here has listed the most suitable places to visit in October as follows; each of them is charming and beautiful in China and has different special features, you will have different feelings towards different types of places in China in October.
Temperature in October is cooler in Beijing, which is suitable for outdoor activities like Great Wall climbing. Autumn in Beijing is crisp and colorful, which is great for visiting the Great Wall(especially Mutianyu or Jinshanling) surrounded by red and golden leaves.
Avoiding the National Day holiday, traveling to Beijing is much more comfortable. Fragrant Hill is vital with the fall foliage in Beijing in October. With the pleasant temperature and less crowds in October, strolling around the Forbidden City and Jinshan Park will be more enjoyable and relaxing. Taking the boat on the lake of Summer Palace will also be a nice experience.
Walking around the hotongs in Beijing and taking the rickshaw in the hutongs are both recommended. Please keep in mind that avoiding the crowds of domestic tourists during National Day holiday in China!
Fragrant Hill in Beijing
Wuyuan is located in Shangrao, Jiangxi Province of China, which is known as the most beautiful village in China with the unique Hui style houses and architectures. In October, villagers in Wuyuan will dry the grains in the sun, which is called Autumn Drying in China. During this time, you will see many kinds of grains like chilli and corns stored in the baskets on the shelters near the windows of their houses.
You can have a panoramic view of the village with colorful grains, stroll around the Huangling and experience the life of the locals. In October, the persimmon trees are full of orange persimmons, which adds the color of Huangling.
October is ideal to visit Suzhou with beautiful scenery, pleasant weather and unique charm of mix of classical Chinese architectures. In Suzhou, you will meet stunning UNESCO classical Chinese gardens, rich cultural heritage and peaceful water towns nearby. To enjoy slow travel, you can travel to Suzhou with relaxed pace, beautiful backdrops and refined atmosphere.
At the Humble Administrator’s Garden, Lingering Garden and Lion Grove, you can experience the beauty and elegance of the classical Chinese gardens as well as some autumn colors.
As historic silk capital of China, you can visit the Silk Museum in Suzhou, knowing about the history of silks of China, which has been popular in the world for thousands of years and the main actor of the ancient Silk Road. You can also stroll around the Pingjiang Road and Shantang Street.
Traveling to Suzhou, you can spend some time to explore the fascinating and quiet water towns like Tongli water town, Zhouzhuang water town, and Luzhi water town. At these water towns, you can see ancient stone bridges and the buildings of Ming and Qing dynasties of ancient water towns, where you can fully experience the beauty of Jiangnan water towns.
In October, the weather in Suzhou is mild with low humidity, which is suitable for strolling around the classical Chinese gardens, canals and other historical sites.
Pingjiang Road Suzhou
In October, Shangri-La offers amazing autumn scenery, pleasant weather and Tibetan culture. Shangri-La is a vibrant and dreamlike wonderland in October with golden forests, red shrubs and snow-capped mountains. Shangri-La is the paradise for photography lovers in October with the blue skies, golden grasslands and white snow mountains.
The Meili Snow Mountain provides you chance to enjoy the stunning view of the sunrise on the snow mountain, and the golden snow mountain under the sunshine will bring you fortune. Napahai Lake and Potatso National Park are particularly beautiful this time of year.
The golden Songzanlin Monastery and the red leaves add the Tibetan culture of Shangri-La. By the way, you can experience the Tibetan culture in Shangri-La instead of traveling to Tibet, which you need to apply for the permit of entering Tibet.
October in Shangri-La provides cool dry and sunny weather, which is suitable for trekking in the Potatso National Park and the Shika Snow Mountain.
Songzanlin Monastery Shangri-La
October is a nice time to visit Lhasa with cool and comfortable temperature, fewer tourists, clear skies and majestic views. As a holy place with authentic pilgrimage atmosphere, you will see many Tibetan pilgrims spinning prayer wheels and prostrating around the holy sites.
Potala Palace is holier and much more splendid under the blue sky in October. And the Yamdrok Lake is blue surrounded by golden meadows. The Namtso Lake is also picturesque under the blue sky. For pilgrims, Jokhang Temple is always sacred and revered, which is a spiritual epicenter of Tibetan pilgrims. Located near the Jokhang Temple, Barkhor Street is a lively but sacred market in Lhasa, where religion, daily life and tradition converge.
Our clients at Potala Palace
In the fall of Wuhan, endowed with the right time and good geography, the autumn in Wuhan is beautiful. At this moment leaves are in riotous profusion, cold pond of artistic conception can be seen everywhere, everywhere is filled with hawker food and hot pot, the mixture of those sceneries is the taste of autumn in Wuhan. In the visit of histrical sites at the same time, you might as well as walking to Jianghan road and Jiqing street, to feel the enthusiasm of the "hot" of Wuhan locals. Autumn is also suitable to go to the East Lake to enjoy poetry scenery and recite the poems.
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Generally speaking, the first week of October is Chinese National Day holiday, when is a golden time for tourism to Chinese. Attraction will be crowded, transportation tickets hard to get, price for flight tickets no discount, hotel demands beyond the supply. If you unluckily meet this holiday, your tour experience will have a big discount. Even it’s the best place to visit China in October; it will be bad destination. So if you decide to travel to China in October, please try to avoid Chinese national day holidays.
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