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Beijing Xian Guilin Shanghai 10 Day Coach Tour

Day By Day Itinerary    ( B - Breakfast, L - Lunch, D - Dinner )

Arrival in Beijing, met and transferred to your hotel ( booked by us ) in Beijing. Free for the rest of the day.

Starting the day with a visit the imperial palace, also known as the "Forbidden City" that symbolizes the imperial and traditional China. After lunch go on with the visit to Temple of Heaven, the place where the emperors of Ming and Qing Dynasties worshipped heaven and prayed for peace and harvest. Then move on to Summer Palace, originally a royal garden and a temporary dwelling palace for emperors of Qing Dynasty. Back to your hotel. ( B L )

After breakfat, have an excursion the Badaling Great Wall, symbol of Chinese civilization. After lunch,go on with the visit to Changling, one of the Ming Tombs, where 13 emperors were buried in Ming Dynasty. Return to your hotel. ( B L )

After breakfast, take morning flight for Xian. Met and transferred to your hotel in Xian ( booked by us ). After lunch, your city tour begins with a visit to Shaanxi Provincial History Museum, a large modern museum of the national level. Then visit Big Goose Pagoda consisted of a brick structure of five storeys and was about 60 meters high. Originally built in 589A.D- 6000 years ago. Lastly come to the downtown Xian to visit the bazaar in the Great Mosque behind ( north of ) the Drum Tower. the Muslim area is most attractive with a wide area of stalls selling everything. The streets and walkways are full of life. The shopping is great, very cheap and some unusual items we will seldom see anywhere else in China. Return to your hotel downtown. ( B L )

After breakfast at hotel, have full excursion to the Terra-cotta Army - a lifetime viewing of the extraordinary 2200-year-old terra-cotta Army of China's First Emperor-Qin Shihuang. After lunch, visit Qin Shi Huang Tomb. The Qin Shi Huang Tomb isthe Mausoleum of Emperor Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of the Qin Dynasty (221BC-207BC) and also of China. Then visit Banpo Museum - a village set up by a late Neolithic people. Transferred back to your hotel in Xian. ( B L )

Free at leisure in the morning and take afternoon flight from Xian to Guilin. Met & transferred to your hotel in Guilin. Free for rest of the day. ( B )

Pick up from your hotel early the morning. Then drive about one hour to reach the Zhujiang Pier for a four hours's cruising on Li River - the highlight of sightseeing tour in Guilin with lunch aboard. You will enjoy the beautiful mountains, verdant fields, farms and villages with water buffalos, cows wondering around on both sides of the river bank. Get off at the old town Yangshuo - famous for its spectacular views of hills and rivers with famous bar streets.The whole afternoon exploring the old town before transferred back to Guilin city. The whole tour ends and return to your hotel. ( B L )

Pick up from your hotel in Guilin. First visit Reed Flute - a huge karst cave with a great number of stalactites, stalagmites, rocks in all featuring shapes and sizes. Then visit Fubo Hill - standing solitarily in the northeast of the city and on west bank of Li River with half of the hill stretching into the river. Continue to visit Elephant Trunk Hill - the rock hill with an arched hole (known as the water-moon arch) named after its striking resemblance to an elephant sipping water. After lunch, transferred to Guilin Airport for the flight to Shanghai. Arriving at Shanghai aiport and tranferred to your hotel in Shanghai. Free for rest of the day. ( B L )

Picked up from your hotel in Shanghai around 8:00am, join the bus tour and start your exciting Shanghai city tour. You will be arranged to visit the following highlights in Shanghai including lunch.

City God Temple (30 minutes): The City God Temple is a temple located within the old walled city. Today the "City God Temple" is often refered to the traditional area of commerce in the city, dubbed as Shanghai Bazaar that is sourrounded by over a hundred stores and shops and most of these store buildings are nearly a century old.

Yu Garden (1 hour): Yuyuan Garden is the famous garden in Shanghai, close to City God Temple (Shanghai Bazaar). Yuyuan Garden was in the Ming Dynasty, over 400 years ago. Yuyuan Garden feaures exquisite and unique layout, picturesque scenery and the artistic style of the garden architecture, one of the highlights of Shanghai.

The Bund (40 minutes): The Bund, or the waterfront, is surrounded by about 50 various buildings of different architectural styles including Gothic, Baroque, Romanesque, Classicism and the Renaissance. It is opposite to the Pudong New Financial Area with fantastic skyline viewed from the Bund.

Old French Concession (30 minutes): A former foreign concession in Shanghai during the period of 1849 to 1946, including the area of Luwan and Xuhui District, dubbed as Shanghai's most charming district. This area is quiet, tree-lined and teeming with boutiques, bars and restaurants for Shanghai's hedonists.

Local Restaurant for Lunch (1 hour)

Pudong New Area (20 minutes): Formerly a backcountry area, Pudong has grown rapidly since the 1990s and become as China's financial and commercial hub. Pudong is home to many of Shanghai's best known buildings, such as the Oriental Pearl Tower, the Jin Mao Building, the Shanghai World Financial Center and the Shanghai Tower.

Shanghai 2010 Expo Park (30 minutes): Visit the site of the Shanghai Expo 2010 that took place from May 1–October 31, 2010. The theme of the exposition was "Better City – Better Life". The site is still left with a few splendid archtectures including the China Pavilion, an inverted, imperial-red pyramid known as the Oriental Crown, built at an estimated cost of 1.5 billion RMB.

Jade Buddha Temple (1 hour): Jade Buddha Temple, is the most famous Buddhist temple in Shanghai. The temple was built in 1918 with the style of the Song Dynasty (960 - 1279). It is an active temple with over 70 monks. The temple is famous for its Sitting Buddha and Recumbent Buddha that are carved with whole white jade.

Featured Shopping at Pearl City (30 minutes)

"Xintiandi" Street (30 minutes): Xin Tian Di is akin to Lan Kwai Fong in Hong Kong and Clarke Quay in Singapore. It was a former old Shikumen which has been given restoration. Now it is a good blend between the modern and new buildings around and the old area, hence Shikumen Xintiandi, making it into the most ideal site for visitors home and abroad to have a good view of the history, culture, and modern lifestyle of Shanghai.

Drop off service at your hotel before 6:00pm

Transfer to Shanghai airport for departure or free on your own. ( B )

Price List for this tour   ( US$ Per Person )

Inclusions: 1.Two sharing stay 9 nights hotel with breakfast daily at the hotels listed 2.Sightseeing with lunch as listed in the itinerary above 3.English speaking local tour guide service in each city 4.Airport-hotel transfers in each city 5.Domestic flights

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