China has a huge and vast land area. Exploring China via road trip travel maybe a challenging and dangerous task but you will be rewarded with an impressive and awesome sceneries, spectacular landscapes, roller-coastal dips and bends that will make you feel like you are the only driver on this scenic road.
Chinese celebrity author and rally driver Han Han not only introduced his debut movie, The Continent, to the Chinese audience recently, but also a style of traveling - the road trip - which is still considered new by many.
The nostalgic road trip movie tells the story of a group of young friends setting off for an adventurous journey. The following are some of the best destinations for a road trip in China.
Chuanzang Highway (Sichuan-Tibet Highway)
Qingzang Highway (Qinghai-Tibet Highway)
Jiamo Highway
The Tarim Desert Highway (Cross-desert Highway)
Guabi road (road on the cliff wall)
The 24-zig
Aizhai Highway
The Road of 99 Turns
Shennongjie Highway
Suhua Highway
Source : chinadaily.com.cn
Chinese celebrity author and rally driver Han Han not only introduced his debut movie, The Continent, to the Chinese audience recently, but also a style of traveling - the road trip - which is still considered new by many.
The nostalgic road trip movie tells the story of a group of young friends setting off for an adventurous journey. The following are some of the best destinations for a road trip in China.
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| Chuangzang Highway is considered the most beautiful yet most dangerous road in China for travelers who drive to Tibet. [Photo/IC] |
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| Tibet is one of the places where people feel closest to the sky, given the region's average altitude of more than 4,000meters. Connecting Tibet and other parts of China for 60 years, the Qinghai-Tibet Highway is the world's longest asphalt road and at the highest altitude. Many travelers need to carry supplies of oxygen and altitude sickness medicine. [Photo/IC] |
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| A photo taken on Sept 18, 2011 shows a colorful view along the Jiamo Highway in Northeast China's Heilongjiang.The 574-kilometer highway runs through the north and south of the Greater Khingan Mountains. [Photo/IC] |
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| A photo taken on Oct 29, 2013 shows the landscape of the Taklamakan Desert along the Tarim Desert Highway,also known as the Cross-Desert Highway, in Southwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region. Stretching 522 kilometers, the highway is considered the world's longest desert highway. [Photo/IC] |
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| A photo taken on Aug 15, 2013 shows view along the Guoliang Guabi road, a special road built into the wall of a steep mountain, in Huixian county, Xinxiang city, Central China's Henan province. This Guokliang Guabi road is one of the six such roads in China built on the wall of mountains. [Photo/IC] |
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| This mountainous track in the photo is nicknamed the "24-zig" road for its 24 sharp bends on a high mountain. The 24 zigs stretches 3.7 kilometers and has a 300-meter vertical drop. [Photo/IC] |
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| A twisted mountain road along the Aizhai Highway in central China's Hunan province is considered the most beautiful of its kind in the country. [Photo/IC] |
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| If the Aizhai Highway is the most beautiful, the mountain road reaching the top of the Tianmen Mountain in Northwestern Hunan province must be breathtaking. The 11 km road lifts visitors from an altitude of 200 meters to 1,300 in 99 turns. [Photo/IC] |
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| Shennongjie Highway is favored by road-trip travelers for its beautiful natural setting and clear air in the Shennongjia forestry district of Central China's Hubei province. [Photo/IC] |
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| In a photo taken on April 29, 2014, two young men on bicycles stopping to take in a sea view from the coastal Suhua Highway, which starts in Ilan county in Northeastern Taiwan and ends at Hulian county in eastern Taiwan. Local people love to cycle the road for the sea breeze and relaxing views. [Photo/IC] |
Source : chinadaily.com.cn
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