PrefectureZhengzhou
郑州The rail hub that puts every other city here within a morning's ride.
Zhengzhou East railway · Xinzheng airport2 days
Every place worth the detour
Eighteen prefecture-level cities, plus the county towns that actually hold the mountains and kilns. Filter by what you want to see, then add cities to your trip.
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PrefectureLuoyang
洛阳Thirteen dynasties on the Yi River: cliff Buddhas, palace gates and peonies.
Luoyang Longmen railway3 days
PrefectureKaifeng
开封The Song capital that invented the night market and never stopped eating late.
Kaifeng North railway2 days
PrefectureAnyang
安阳Where Chinese writing begins — oracle bones and bronze from the Shang capital.
Anyang East railway1 days
PrefectureJiaozuo
焦作Gateway to the red-rock gorges and waterfall chains of the Taihang range.
Jiaozuo railway2 days
PrefectureXinxiang
新乡South Taihang trailheads, cliff villages and reservoirs within an hour of town.
Xinxiang East railway1 days
PrefectureHebi
鹤壁Quiet Taihang foothills, cave temples and the old lane of Jun County.
Hebi East railway1 days
PrefecturePuyang
濮阳Dragon-figure relics and acrobatics: a county-fair kind of weekend.
Puyang East railway1 days
PrefectureXuchang
许昌Three Kingdoms storytelling, a revived old city and late-night riverside snacks.
Xuchang East railway1 days
PrefecturePingdingshan
平顶山Buddhist mountain temples, hot springs and the big hill country of Yaoshan.
Pingdingshan West railway1 days
PrefectureLuohe
漯河River parks, food-industry museums and an easy overnight between Zhengzhou and Xinyang.
Luohe West railway1 days
PrefectureSanmenxia
三门峡Yellow River gorges, sunken courtyards and the pass where the old road entered the plains.
Sanmenxia South railway1 days
PrefectureJiyuan
济源Wangwu Mountain, a cliff-top temple and the source of the Jishui river.
Jiyuan railway1 days
PrefectureShangqiu
商丘A walled old city on the eastern plain, best seen at sunset from the moat.
Shangqiu railway1 days
PrefectureZhoukou
周口Breakfast capital of the plain: pepper soup, flatbreads and very early mornings.
Zhoukou East railway1 days
PrefectureNanyang
南阳Han-history museums, herb markets and the back door to the Funiu mountains.
Nanyang East railway1 days
PrefectureXinyang
信阳Tea hills, rice paddies and a southern-China rhythm at the top of the Dabie range.
Xinyang East railway1 days
PrefectureZhumadian
驻马店Wheat plains, a legendary mountain temple and the Chaya Mountain film-set rocks.
Zhumadian West railway1 days
County towns that hold the mountains
Dengfeng for Shaolin, Xiuwu for the Yuntai gorge, Linzhou for the cliff canal — the county-level cities carry the scenery.