A monorail threads through a building, Hongyadong hangs over the riverbank, and the layered fantasy city feels like a cyberpunk playground — Chongqing's magic and spice are addictive.
Three routes — from the fantasy mountain city to two-river nights and the Wulong wonders.
Magic Mountain City
1 dayWatch the monorail thread through a tower block, catch Hongyadong's Spirited-Away night view at dusk, and eat your way around Liberation Monument.
See full route →Two Rivers by Night
1 dayRide the Yangtze cableway across the river, then look down on the city's sea of lights from Yikeshu on Nanshan.
See full route →Wulong Wonders
1 dayA filming location for 'Curse of the Golden Flower' and 'Transformers' — karst sinkholes and chasms on a giant scale.
See full route →The street life of docks and mountain: Yangtze boatmen's chants, face-changing, the bang-bang porters and the world of hotpot.
A spicy, numbing, fragrant world: nine-grid hotpot, xiaomian, maoxuewang and hot-and-sour noodles.