Day 1
City: Arrival Beijing Transportation: Air Meal: No Meals
Sights: Hotel-airport transfer
Beijing is the cultural heart of China and the nation's top travel destination.Upon arrival in Beijing,our guide will meet you at the exit of the luggage claim area,and transfer you to the hotel.On the way to the hotel,the guide will give you some information of the city,and recommendation of restaurants and shops near your hotel.The rest of the day is at your leisure.
Day 2
City: Beijing Transportation: Car Meal: B+L
Sights: Tiananmen Square,Forbidden City, Summer Palace, Hutong Tour
Culture: Hutong Tour with Rickshaw Ride
After breakfast in the hotel,you will start the tour to walk on the world's largest public square-Tiananmen Square, visit the
Forbidden City-home to 24 Chinese emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties.Lunch will be at local's house.After lunch,be a local Beijinger,ride on the rickshaw to have the Hutong Tour-old Beijing's alleys formed by lines of Siheyuan. Learn the process of making the Pearl. Then,you will visit the
Summer Palace-Royal summer resort for Chinese Empress Dowager CiXi and her family.Transfer you back to the hotel after the tour.Dinner is on your own arrangement.
Day 3
City: Beijing Transportation: Car Meal: B+L+SD
Sights: Great Wall, Ming Tombs
Culture: Cloisonne Making Process
After breakfast in the hotel,you will take one hour drive to one of the 13 Ming Tombs-Changling Mausoleum. Stop at Beijing Cloisonne Factory en route,you will learn how this unique articraft is made. Lunch will be at a local restaurant.Afternoon you can explore the
Great Wall on your own-the only construction seen from universe.Transfer you back to the hotel after the tour.Special Peking Duck dinner awaits for you tonight.
Day 4
City: Beijing/Xian Transportation: Air Meal: B+SD
Sights: Temple of Heaven, Lama Temple, Ancient City Wall of Xian
Culture: Local's Daily Morning Exercise in Beijing
After breakfast in the hotel,you will take the morning tour to the Temple of Heaven-Beijing's emblem,a place for ancient Chinese emperor pray for a good harvest.Visit the
Lama Temple-the only Tibetan Buddhist temple in Beijing. Then, you will be transferred to the airport for your flight to Xi'an.Xi'an served as the ancient Chinese capital for 13 dynasties,and is home to the world famous Terracotta Warriors and Horses.Upon arrival in Xi'an,our guide will meet you at the airport,and transfer you back to the hotel. After check-in at the hotel,refresh up and climb the Ancient City Wall of Xian as well as ride the bicycles on the wall. You will have dinner at the Tang Dynasty-a theater restaurant with the cultural performance included.Then transfer you back to the hotel after the show.
Day 5
City: Xian Transportation: Car Meal: B+L
Sights: Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum, Banpo Museum, Big Wild Goose Pagoda
Culture: Jade Carving Process
After breakfast in the hotel,depart for the full day excursion to visit the
Big Wild Goose Pagoda-a Buddhist Temple where the famous Monk Xuanzang translated his famous scriptures from India.Then visit the Jade Carving factory to learn why jade is so important to the China and its people.You will have lunch at a local restaurant to try the local noodles.Then visit the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum-the pottery figurines that guard the Emperor's after life of the Qin Dynasty.After the tour,our guide will transfer you back to the hotel.
Day 6
City: Xian/Guilin Transportation: Air Meal: B+L
Sights: Drum Tower, Great Mosque, Elephant Truck Hill
Culture: Xi'an Muslim Street
After breakfast in the hotel,our guide will take you to downtown Xi'an, you will have the chance to see the old
Bell Tower and
Drum Tower of the Ming Dynasty located in the city center. If you like, you can also climb on the
Drum Tower to have a better view of the city.Then you will walk through the Muslim quarter of Xi'an with residence of 60,000 people,visit the
Great Mosque where they pray every day is hidden behind the streets.After lunch at a famous dumpling restaurant,our guide will transfer you to the airport for your onward flight to Guilin.
Guilin has the good fortune of being situated in the middle of some of the world's most beautiful landscapes. Upon arrival in Guilin,our guide will meet you at the airport, and transfer you back to the hotel.You will see the limestone karst hills and mountains along the way.You will also visit the city's highlights as Elephant Truck Hill- a rock formation in the shape of a huge elephant drinking water from the river with its trunk at the west side of the
Li River, then relax the rest of the day to explore the city on your own.
Day 7
City: Guilin/Yangshuo/Guilin Transportation: Car Meal: B+L
Sights: Li River, Yangshuo Visit
Culture: Yangshuo Bicycle Ride
After breakfast in the hotel,our guide will take you cruise the charming
Li River.The boat excursion on the placid waters of the
Li River from Guilin to
Yangshuo is the most popular way to view the landscape.The boat leaves from Zhujiang pier,and it will take 4-5 hours to reach
Yangshuo. Once arrive at
Yangshuo,our guide will give you some free time to let you do some shopping,or hire a bike in town,or try to work on the rice paddies as a Chinese farmer.Later in the afternoon,our guide will take you back to Guilin city by car.
Day 8
City: Guilin/Shanghai Transportation: Air Meal: B+L
Sights: Reed Flute Cave, Seven Stars Park, Shanghai Maglev Train
Culture: Shanghai Maglev Train Ride
After breakfast in the hotel,you will start tour the city's highlights as
Reed Flute Cave-it has some of the best scenery in Guilin with stalactites and stalagmites casting distorted shadows that contort to the shifting multi-colored lights,and the Seven Stars Park. You will have lunch at local restaurant.Then,you will be transferred to the airport for your onward flight to Shanghai.
Shanghai is China's future.Located at the mouth of Asia's longest and most important river,Shanghai has its magnificent past and promising future.Upon arrival in Shanghai at Pudong international airport,our guide will meet you and help you to load the luggage on your car. Then the guide will take to experience the world's first commercial "Maglev" train to transfer you back to your hotel. Before the guide take you to the hotel,the orientation city tour will get you familiar with the bustling environment.The rest of the day is at your leisure.
Day 9
City: Shanghai Transportation: Car Meal: B+L
Sights: Shanghai Museum, Yuyuan Garden, Shanghai Bund, Nanjing Road
Culture: Knowing Chinese Silk
After breakfast in the hotel,you will start the tour of this modern city by visiting the Yuyuan Garden-a former private residence with the atmosphere of peace and beauty amid the clamor of the city,Shanghai Bund-China's famous waterfront boulevard flanked with art-deco buildings of the 30s. Free walk along China's first pedestrian shopping street-Nanjing Road. You will have the chance to know China's silk worms with their growing process,and the silk producing procedure. After breakfast at a local restaurant,you will visit
Shanghai Museum-China's best museum with the country's premier collection of relics and artifacts arranged by catergory.After the tour,our guide will transfer you back to the hotel
Day 10
City: Depart Shanghai Transportation: Air Meal: B+L
Sights: Former French Concession, Shanghai Urban Planning Center, Shanghai World Financial Center
After breakfast in the hotel,you will start the tour at Shanghai Urban Planning Center to understand the true scale of Shanghai and its ongoing building boom. Then you will head to the top of China-Shanghai World Financial Center for a bird's eye view of the city and its surroundings.After lunch at a local restaurant,you will take your time back in time at the Former French Concession-a wonderful way to pass an afternoon.Then you will be transferred to the airport for your international flight home!
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