Good itinerary, hits all the right notes for a first visit. One thing that's easy to miss on Day 1 is the small but excellent dessert cafe called "Retro" on Minquan Road, just a block off the Callig...

The guide is solid, but I'd steer you toward the laghman at a place called Tarbagatay on Xinhua North Road. It's a small Uyghur joint, nothing fancy, but they hand-pull the noodles right in the window...

The guide nailed the Wudang Mountain stuff, but if you have an extra day, take the bus out to the Wulong River for a hike. It's about an hour from Shiyan proper, and the water is so clear you can see...

You'll be fine on €50-60 as long as you're not hitting the fancy seafood spots along the Foro Italico every night. For a real meal, go to Trattoria Ai Cascinari on Via d'Ossuna, it's cash only and the...

A local SIM is the workaround most people figure out eventually. TrueMove has a booth at the airport arrivals hall, about 300 baht for 15GB that lasts 8 days, and it works fine even by the pool. The c...