Old Lijiang is a Unesco World Heritage Site, with 800-year-old houses, cobbled lanes and lovely tree-lined canals.

We follow the sea for a while, then turn inland and cycle across farmland and alongside a pretty tree-lined canal, where heron perch at the water's edge.

They had now reached the boathouse at the end of the tree-lined canal, and waited for Ada to complete her leisurely approach.

He alighted, paid the driver, then turned right, heading west, the tree-lined canal on his left.

The tree-lined canals and old narrow iron bridges are some of the prettiest in the city, and prostitutes ply their trade behind relatively discreet windows, not on the streets.

He ran down the stairs to the foyer, grabbed the cloak Mechlin handed him, and pushed out the door into the night of the tree-lined canal.

And indeed, the city looked worth exploring, with its old houses and tree-lined canals.

The doctor lived in a large house overlooking a tree-lined canal which ran between narrow cobbled streets lined with buildings from another era.

The lines of tall, narrow houses with their pretty gables rest beside picture-perfect tree-lined canals.

His sophisticated plan featuring tree-lined canals, fountains, churches, markets, a grand classical school and a coliseum, but few features were ever realised.