Guiyang, the Cool-Weather Capital — editorial illustration
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Guiyang

the Cool-Weather Capital

Editorial illustration · not a site photograph
  • Year-roundmild always; the July–August escape
  • 2–3 daysthe city, Qingyan and one green valley
  • By railthe southwest's high-speed crossroads
  • Eatsour-and-hot; night markets after 7 pm

Guiyang is Guizhou's capital and the high-speed rail hub of the southwest — and one of China's great summer escapes, thanks to an elevation around 1,100 meters. Most visitors treat it as a base for Huangguoshu and the west, but the city earns a slow day or two of its own: a forested mountain park full of macaques, a 600-year-old stone town to the south, and night markets that take chilli seriously.

Guiyang, the Cool-Weather Capital editorial travel scene
Guiyang, the Cool-Weather Capital · editorial illustration

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