Tianjin Travel Blog

For an experience that’s exclusively Tianjin, your best option for nighttime entertainment is xiangsheng, also known as “comic dialogue” or “crosstalk”. This is one of the quyi, or traditional forms of Chinese entertainment. Usually with two people on stage (although sometimes...

Start out with a walk around the former French, Russian, and British concession areas. Although many structures have been torn down and/or replaced, there are still quite a few examples of 19th century European architecture. It’s amazing to happen upon an Italian-style fountain or church built...

Like any large city in China, you can get food from pretty much every other region. Sichuanese, Yunnanese, Hunanese – you name it. However, Tianjin has its own specialties as well, and what better way to get to know the city than to try its unique culinary delicacies? Most famous of all Tianjin...

If you are looking to stay near some of this international city’s most historic sites, you have quite a number of options. It may not be historic itself, but the Holiday Inn is within close walking distance of a number of temples, like the Grand Mercy Monastery, a huge Zen monastery that dates...