lonelyplanet.com

Mixed

Results vary across lonelyplanet.com: of 12 URLs tested, 6 are disrupted some of the time and 6 load normally. 564 tests have been run under this domain since 2011-05-26, the most recent on 2026-08-22.

Plain HTTP and HTTPS differ here: http://lonelyplanet.com is intermittent, https://lonelyplanet.com is not blocked.

The two are filtered by different means — an unencrypted request by the address and keywords it carries in the clear, an encrypted one by the server name in its TLS handshake — so one working while the other does not is normal.

12URLs tested
6accessible
564tests all-time
2011first tested
3 d agolast tested

The site itself

http://lonelyplanet.comas of 2026Intermittenthttps://lonelyplanet.comNot blockedhttp://www.lonelyplanet.comas of 2026Intermittenthttps://www.lonelyplanet.comNot blocked

Pages and subdomains (8)

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/mapsIntermittenthttp://www.lonelyplanet.com/chinaNot blockedhttp://www.lonelyplanet.com/placesas of 2026Not blockedhttps://www.lonelyplanet.com/china/shanghaiNot blockedhttp://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/index.jspaIntermittenthttps://www.lonelyplanet.com/articles/guide-to-curitiba-brazilas of 2026Intermittenthttps://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/forums/asia-north-east-asia/tibetas of 2026Not blockedhttps://www.lonelyplanet.com/china/beijing/travel-tips-and-articles/beijing-on-ice-5-ways-to-cross-a-frozen-lake-in-style/40625c8c-8a11-5710-a052-1479d2772b23Intermittent

About lonelyplanet.com and the Great Firewall

Is lonelyplanet.com blocked in mainland China?

Results vary across lonelyplanet.com: of 12 URLs tested, 6 are disrupted some of the time and 6 load normally. 564 tests have been run under this domain since 2011-05-26, the most recent on 2026-08-22.

Why does http://lonelyplanet.com behave differently from https://lonelyplanet.com?

Plain HTTP and HTTPS differ here: http://lonelyplanet.com is intermittent, https://lonelyplanet.com is not blocked. The two are filtered by different means — an unencrypted request by the address and keywords it carries in the clear, an encrypted one by the server name in its TLS handshake — so one working while the other does not is normal.

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