Land of plenty
The land of abundance... Sichuan'sfairy-tale landscapes range from vast rice paddies, mist-shrouded sacred mountains, snow-adorned peaks, magically colored lakes and waterfalls to dense green bamboo forest. The most famous nature parks are world heritage sites jiuzhaigou National Park and the Wolong Reserve, where not only the largest density giant pandas live in the wild but also the red panda and the snow leopard. Sichuan is the subtropical gateway to Tibet and China's most important – and spiciest – culinary region.
Chengdu
Was Chengdu once the center of the Silk Road, now it is best known for the Panda Base,for its immense cliffs carved Great Buddha Leshan and to the sacred Mount Emei Shan. The international hotspot is the birthplace of Sichuan opera and has been declared a 'City of Gastronomy' by UNESCO. Discover the true heart of the megacity on a street food tour, over a pot of tea shared with a local family, visiting a 'wet market', eating hot pot and sipping self-fired alcohol.