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Hohhot should be considered just as a starting or end point for a trip through inner Mongolia, the city is not very special. We stayed an extra day in Hohhot to see the dinosaur museum but we didn't realize it is closed on Mondays.

Better to get there in summer - July - August as it doesn’t usually rain apparently. Out desert trip was perfect. The grassland was great on our first day but it rained the following day so we were not able to do activities like sunrise / sunset watching, horse riding and any outdoor related. Sky was grey, it was wet and cold. And this was only late September.

The city is much different that any other Chinese cities I have visited. Although it was also the most northern one at that point (I have been to Hailar afterwards). The best thing is that everyone can use their city bikes, I explored 80% of the city in those seven days by using their bikes and e-bikes. There is a huge park in the south of the city, near the Wetlands, that is totally worth visiting. The muslim street is also beautiful and a must. The long pedestrian street with Altai Khan's statue has some amazing restaurants with traditional Mongolian food (I'd recommend camel meat pies, dairy products like nowhere else in China, sweet cheese cakes, some grass fed lamb chops and of course the milk whiskey to wash it all down, the 3% ones are better imho). Qingcheng park has some breathtaking lotuses to admire, and a peculiar rollercoaster that kind of serves as a tour bus around the park. Also some haunting old entertainment park machines where people gather to do clay painting now. Hohhot surely has some magical vibe around it, although I have to say I visited in August, when the weather is not as harsh as during winter.

The city itself is very dispersive and not very nice at first glance, there's no so much to see and visit so I would recommend to stay not more than 2 days. As suggested by all the guides, a trip to grasslands definitely worths (better if you have the chance to spend the night in a yurth) and so the mongolian food, delicious! If you have few free ours to spend in the city, definitely go to Dazhao temple: STUNNING.

Amazing temples are walking distance from downtown hotels, there is a really professional history museum with excellent English translations (plus a huge, new art museum across the street). Also took a bizarre but really fun day trip to the grasslands. I had a great time in Hohhot!