Tengchong

Tengchong is administratively part of the city of Baoshan (保山), but is otherwise a city in its own right. The main urban area of Baoshan is approximately 170km from Tengchong.
Tengchong is popular with Chinese tourists, but sees relatively few foreign tourists. It is best known for its volcanoes and hot springs. The ancient town of Heshun, itself a popular tourist destination, is located just 4km from downtown Tengchong.
Previously known in English as Tengyue or Tengyueh, it was at one time a British trading base when British-occupied Burma had ambitions of increased trade volumes with China.

By plane

• Tengchong Tuofeng Airport

  phone: +86 875 5198866
  address: Tuofeng Village, Qingshui Township (清水乡驼峰村)
  Frequent flights are available from the provincial capital of Kunming. Other cities with flights to Tengchong include Beijing, Changsha, Chengdu, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Guiyang, Nanjing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Taiyuan, Xi'an, Zhengzhou and Zhuhai.
  Ground transportation: Taxis only

By train

The nearest train station is in Dali, about 345km away.

By bus

• Tengchong Tourist Bus Station

  phone: +86 875 5161526
  address: Rehai Road South Section (腾冲县热海路南段),
  This is Tengchong's busiest long-distance bus station. Buses are available to a wide range of destinations in the region, including Kunming, Baoshan, Chuxiong, Dali, Jinghong, Lijiang, Liuku, and Panzhihua.

• Tengchong Bus Station

  phone: +86 875 5152363
  address: Dongfang Road (东方路)
  This used to be Tengchong's main long-distance bus station but now mainly serves buses heading to towns and cities in Dehong Prefecture such as Mangshi and Ruili.

Taxis or didi dache (Chinese Uber) are probably your best bet. The areas outside the city may be too distant to casually bicycle.
Buses are also a good option. Besides regular buses, there are also special express buses to major tourist attractions such as the Tengchong Volcano Cluster and the Rehai Geothermal Field.

The old British Trading Base building includes bullet holes visible from WWII when it was used as a stone bastion during skirmishes with the Japanese. Fragments of the old city wall (probably rebuilt gates by now) and the iconic pagoda on the hill south of the city. A famous seasonal wetland lake area north of the city is a great attraction for migratory birdlife. Two Qing Dynasty traditional villages are preserved, one to the southeast and one to the southwest. The latter features the first ever private museum in Yunnan. Both feature significant amounts of traditional Qing Dynasty aristocratic architecture including murals, wood and stone carvings and other significant Chinese architectural features.

Ancient towns and villages

• Heshun Ancient Town

• Ai Siqi Memorial

• Cun Family Ancestral Hall

• Dragon Pool

• Heshun Library

• Liu Family Ancestral Hall

• Zhongtian Temple

Qiluo Ancient Town

Yinxing Village

Other historical sites

• National Martyrs' Cemetery

• Western Yunnan Memorial to War of Resistance Against Japan

Parks and nature

• Beihai Wetland

• Dieshui River Waterfall

• Tengchong Volcanic and Geothermal National Geopark

• Black Fish River

• Rehai

• Tengchong Volcanoes Geological Museum

• Volcano cluster

• Angsana Tengchong

  phone: +86 875 899-9888
  address: Mayugu International Hot Springs Resorts, Beihai Township (北海乡玛御谷温泉国际度假区)
  Five-star hotel.

• Heshun Xinyue Boutique Inn

  phone: +86 15925030407
  address: 18 Lijia Alley, Heshun Town
  Four-star hotel.