Chongqing
China
- Safety rating
- 8/10
- Best time to visit
- Spring and autumn are most comfortable; summers are notoriously hot and humid, earning it a 'furnace city' nickname.
- Population
- 32.0M
Overview
Chongqing is a dramatic mountain megacity of dizzying flyovers, cliffside towers, and rivers shrouded in mist at the confluence of the Yangtze and Jialing. Famed for its fiery hotpot and surreal vertical urbanism, it is the launch point for Yangtze River cruises through the Three Gorges. Few cities feel so cinematic and otherworldly.
Top attractions
Visit Hongya Cave's stilted complex, the Yangtze cable car, Ciqikou ancient town, and cruise the Three Gorges.
Getting around
The extensive light-rail and metro, including the famous train through a residential building, plus Didi handle the vertical sprawl.