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Real Chongqing, handed to you by someone who grew up here.
What Google and ChatGPT actually give you
Ask an AI where to go in Chongqing and you will get the same six spots that fifty thousand other visitors get: the metro through the building, the light show, the giant panda photo op. Correct. Safe. And exactly what everyone else on your flight will be doing that same afternoon.
What no algorithm will tell you: which staircase shortcut cuts twenty minutes off the climb, which floor to stand on when one address stacks five different things on top of each other, or which hotpot spot the neighborhood actually lines up for, not the one with the best photos.
That is the gap this guide fills. Not because AI is bad. Because I have lived here for over twenty years, and some things simply are not written down anywhere else yet.
A taste of what's inside.
The guide has 70+ entries like these. Here are three on the house.
Liziba Metro Station 李子坝
The metro that goes through a building. Yes, it's real. Yes, it's a regular commuter line. Most visitors stand below and watch the train pass through. That's fine. But there's a better way.
Shiqi's tip: Get on Line 2 and sit in the front carriage. The view through the driver's window as the train passes through the building, drops elevation, and curves along the riverside is better than any rollercoaster. It costs ¥2.
Kuixing Lou 魁星楼
One of the most viral images of Chongqing on foreign social media: a building where one side sits at street level and the other hangs 20-something floors above the hillside below. Pure Chongqing logic.
What most visitors don't know: the building is a working public hospital outpatient department. Locals walk past it every day without a second glance, genuinely puzzled by why the rest of the world finds it remarkable.
Ordering hotpot 火锅
Shiqi's tip: When ordering, even if you're a spicy food lover, always say 微辣 (wēi là, a little spicy) unless you know what you're getting into. Even "medium" spice in Chongqing has taken down locals.
Don't drink water if you feel it's too spicy, water will make it worse. Order Weiyi 维怡 peanut milk like local, fat and sugar kill the heat efficiently.
About Me
Hi, I'm Shiqi.
I grew up in Chongqing, spent ten years across Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Paris, then came back to build Yedu: an independent travel platform for international travelers to Southwest China.
I watched my city go viral over the last few years, and I watched just as many visitors walk straight into tourist traps because nothing accurate existed for them online. So I wrote down everything I actually know: 70+ tested places, plus the food section most guides skip entirely, for vegetarian and Muslim travelers.
No one else can hand you Chongqing the way I can, because no one else grew up on these streets and then spent years learning how visitors actually travel. This is the guide I'd hand a close friend before their flight.
Welcome to my city. Come get confidently lost.
This guide is for you if:
You have exactly one trip to Chongqing, and you do not want to spend it finding out the hard way which places were worth it.
You would rather eat where the neighborhood actually eats than wherever the algorithm sends tourists.
You are planning this trip for two, and you do not want the planning itself to turn into a guessing game.
You want a local's honest opinion, not a sponsored list dressed up as one.
Pages from inside:
Everything you need, so you never have to wonder:
How to read the city, so it stops feeling confusing within a day
Where to eat, from street stalls to Shiqi's personal picks
Cafes and tea houses worth the walk
Places to visit, with an honest local take on which ones are actually worth your time
City adventures, for the days you want to do something nobody else on your feed is doing
After dark, including the one nobody talks about
Local shops
Day trips outside the city
A full section for vegetarian and halal travelers, so nobody in your group gets left out
Seasonal notes and practical info, so you know what you're walking into before you land
The practical bit
24 pages, 70+ curated places, each linked straight to Amap for one-tap navigation.
Clean, print-friendly PDF (A4 / US Letter). Reads just as well on your phone.
Download once, keep it forever, works fully offline.
This is a living document. Email me anytime at contact@yedutrip.com for the latest version, free.
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