China Delights

Upon your arrival in Beijing today, our professional tour guide will wait for you outside Customs of the airport. After a warm greeting, you will be escorted to the hotel for check-in. For the rest of the day, we will leave it for you to freshen up.
 
Accommodation: Hotel New Otani Chang Fu Gong

This morning, our guide will meet you and all traveling companions punctually at the hotel, delivering a 30-minute pre-trip orientation. After the briefing, we shall take the comfortable and clean coach heading for the well-known Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City. Located in the center of Beijing, Tiananmen is distinguished as the biggest city square in the world with the famous Monument to the People's Heroes standing solemnly in its center. The Forbidden City, also called the Palace Museum, is the best preserved and the largest old wooden architecture in the world, housing a large number of precious cultural relics. 

Then, we will arrange you an a la carte welcome lunch at a wonderful restaurant to taste the authentic Chinese food, including the famous Beijing Roast Duck. The lunch is valued at CNY150.00 per person and is included in our price.

In the afternoon, you will visit the Yonghe Temple, the Qing imperial lamasery that is still functioning for visitors to burn free incense to pray for luck, and then our guide will take you to the Temple of Heaven. It was a place for emperors to pray for God's kindness in ancient times and includes two altars called Circular Mound and Prayer for Good Harvests respectively. Tonight, you will be treated in a prestigious opera venue to appreciating Peking Opera, After appreciating Peking Opera, we will drive you back to hotel.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast, A la carte welcome lunch

We will begin the third day of this 11 days China tour package with the Mutianyu Great Wall. The round-trip cable car is in the schedule, which can provide you a splendid view of the Great Wall going up and down along the mountains ranges and stretching to the distance. We also provide you red wine for a group-toasting on the Great Wall to commemorate this moment.

Lunch is on your own arrangement. Our experienced guide will be glad to recommend the restaurants around the site, so that you can try some food by yourself. Today's Beijing tour will come to an end after you spend some leisure time at a well-known local market.

In the afternoon, we will go back downtown and have a short stop before the National Stadium, or Bird’s Nest, for you to take pictures as mementos of this grand sports venue and a landmark of Beijing.

Later, your guide will take you to enjoy a Hutong rickshaw tour to have a look of the local's daily life.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast

After breakfast, we will head for the Panda Hall, Beijing Zoo and then visit the splendid Summer Palace. It is a well-preserved royal garden mainly composed of Kunming Lake and Longevity Hill.

About noon we will transfer you to a fancy restaurant to enjoy an a la carte lunch, which is valued about CNY150.00 per person but is included in our price. 

Say goodbye to Beijing, our guide and driver will take you to the airport for your onward flight to Xi'an. Upon arrival, you will be warmly welcomed by our Xi'an tour guide, and then take a comfortable ride to your hotel for check-in.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast, A la carte lunch
Accommodation: Crowne Plaza Xi'an

Your China tour in Xi'an will start with the Terracotta Army. You will see a great number of life-like terracotta warriors and horses and have a better understanding of the history of the Qin Dynasty (221 - 207 BC). After that, We will arrange a special family visit for you to the home of Mr. Yang Zhifa, the discoverer of the very first terracotta warrior. Have a short talk with him or his family, and get to know how this surprising discovery changed their life.

You will come to a local workshop to hear the detailed procedure from a local traditional artisan. Then, you will have a unique experience of making your own mini warrior figure.

In the afternoon, we will guide you to the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda, which stands quietly in Jianfu Temple built during the Tang Dynasty (618 - 907). In order to let you spend a memorable evening, we will arrange for you a wonderful Tang Dynasty Music and Dance Show while partaking of a delicious Dumpling Dinner.

Today's Xi'an small group tour will start with the City Wall Park, where you will experience a Tai Chi practice session. Then you will be accompanied to the renowned City Wall, which is the most complete ancient wall in China with 1,400 years of history. The bike rental is available on the wall if you are interested in cycling for one or a half circle. After sightseeing on the wall, and looking down on the expanse of Xi'an city, you will have an a la carte lunch at a nice restaurant at Muslim Quarter.

In the afternoon, we will pay a visit to the Great Mosque to enjoy the distinct religious culture.And then our guide will escort you to Shaanxi History Museum. It is a palace of art including exquisite bronze wares from the Shang and Zhou dynasties (17th century BC - 256 BC), vivid pottery figurines, unique gold and silver wares of the Han (202 BC - 220 AD) and Tang dynasties, as well as fancy murals in Tang tombs. If the Shaanxi History Museum is not available, alternatively, the famous Forest of Stone Steles Museum will be arranged instead.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast,  A la carte lunch

Today our guide and driver will escort you to the airport to catch a flight to Guilin. Upon arrival, you will be welcomed and taken to the hotel for check-in. After a short interval, you are going to visit the Reed Flute Cave, where you will have a visual feast of bizarre stalactites and stalagmites, and then visit the Elephant Trunk Hill, which is so named for its elephant-like appearance.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast
Accommodation: Sheraton Guilin Hotel

After breakfast, our guide will pick you up at the hotel and accompany you on a relaxing Li River cruise from Guilin to Yangshuo, which is on the must-do list of your Beijing Xi'an Guilin Shanghai tour. You will appreciate gorgeous scenery with endless mountains and rivers along the way. During the cruise, your guide will show you the scene that has been printed on the 20 Yuan note.

Today's lunch will be served onboard, but it may not be to your taste, so we suggest you have a big breakfast at the hotel and prepare some snacks.

After a 4.5-hour cruise journey, you will disembark at Yangshuo and make a visit to West Street first. Then, you will be escorted to the countryside area to admire the fascinating rural landscape of Yangshuo and also have a chance to visit a local villager's home. You may compare home visits in Yangshuo and Xi'an and find the differences between city life and country life. When your Yangshuo sightseeing tour is over, we will drive you back to Guilin.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast, Lunch

After breakfast, our guide and driver in Guilin will take you to the airport and help you with the boarding procedures. After landing in Shanghai, you will meet another guide at the airport arrival hall and then be escorted to the hotel. For the rest of the day, you will be free to explore the surroundings.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast
Accommodation: Radisson Blu Hotel Shanghai New World

After breakfast, your 11 days China tour package in Shanghai will begin with a visit to Shanghai Museum. There are twelve exhibition halls displaying 120,000 precious items, such as bronze wares, porcelains, calligraphy works, and paintings. After that, you will be guided to the elegant Yu Garden, which used to be the private garden owned by an official of the Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644). Getting out of the garden, you will see a bustling traditional bazaar. Enjoy some free time there.  

At noon, an a la carte farewell lunch will be served at a popular local restaurant. The lunch costs CNY150.00 per person but is included in our price. 

After lunch, we will visit the Bund. At the western bank of the Huangpu River, the Bund is attractive for housing 52 exotic mansions built during the 19th century. You will also take a one-hour cruise tour along the Huangpu River. Next, we continue our visit to the Former French Concession where you are able to learn the history of the old Shanghai. Finally, our guide and driver will take you back to the hotel and say bon voyage.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast, A la carte farewell lunch

Today your 11 days China tour will draw to an end. Due to different flight schedules, we do not include the airport drop-off service for the group. Please find your own way to the airport for your homeward flight. It is suggested that you hail a taxi to the airport. It takes around CNY200 to the Pudong Airport (PVG) and CNY100 to the Hongqiao Airport (SHA). We wish you a smooth return journey!

Meals: Western buffet breakfast