Overview Beijing: Great Wall, Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Ming Tomb, Summer Palace, Temple of Heaven Xian: Provincial Museum, City Wall, Bell Tower and the Forest of Steles, Terra-Cotta Army, Hot Spring and Big Goose Pagoda Guilin: Reed Flute Cave,Fubo Hill, Elephant Trunk Hill,cruise on the Li River and sightseeing in Yangshuo Shanghai: Jade Buddha Temple, The Bund, Yu Yuan Garden, Old French Concession Area, White House-“Xintiandi”, Pudong Area, People’s Square, Shanghai Museum. Way of Travel: Private transfer + city coach tours + 3 star hotels + Shared air-conditioned coach + shared tour guides + Entrance fees + Lunches as listed Departure Date: Daily
Tour Code:CJA-05 Tour Itinerary: Day 01: Arrival in Beijing Arrival in Beijing, met and transferred to your hotel -- Beijing Communications Hotel ( booked by us ) in Beijing. Free for the rest of the day.
Day 02: Beijing
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 )
Day 03: Beijing
After breakfat, have an excursion to The Great Wall, symbol of Chinese civilization. After lunch,go on with the visit to Dingling, one of the Ming Tombs, where 13 emperors were buried in Ming Dynasty. Return to your hotel. ( B L )
Day 04: Beijing - Xian by air After breakfast, take morning flight for Xian. Met and transferred to your hotel - Melody Hotel in Xian ( booked by us ). After lunch, your city tour begins with a visit to The Shaanxi Museum - a large modern museum of the national level. Then move on to The Bell Tower and drum tower - dating back to the Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Then visit Xian City Wall - a symbol of great significance of the famous historic cultural city of Xian. Back to your hotel ( B L )
Day 05: Xian
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 Banpo Museum - a village set up by a late Neolithic people. Transferred back to your hotel in Xian. ( B L )
Day 06: Xian-Guilin
Take Morning Flight from Xian to Guilin. Met & transferred to Osmanthus Hotel.
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 Hubo 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. After lunch, move on to 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. ( B L )
Day 07: Guilin 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 )
Day 08: Guilin-Shanghai
Flight from Guilin to Shanghai. Met & transferred to Shanghai Bailemen
Take a morning flight to Shanghai. Met and transferred to Shanghai Bailemen Hotel ( booked by us ). Free for rest of the day. ( B )
Day 09: Shanghai Pick up from your hotel in Shanghai. First visit Jade Buddha Temple - the most famous Buddhist temple in Shanghai. Then visit The Bund - one of the most noted waterfront and architectural symbols of Shanghai. Then move on to Yuyuan Garden - the most famous garden in Shanghai. After lunch, move on to Xi Tian Di - something like Lan Kwai Fong in Hong Kong and Clarke Quay in Singapore. After that drive to People's Square - the unique and impressive outlook of the city and circled on all sides by huge and overpowering buildings. Then visit Shanghai Museum - the museum has four exhibition halls holding bronzeware, calligraphy, paintings, pottery, porcelain, jadeware, stone carvings, Jiaguwen imperial seals etc. End of service. Transferred to your hotel in Shanghai.( B L )
Day 10: Exit From Shanghai
Transfer to airport for departure or free on your own. ( B ) B---Breakfast, L---Lunch
Inclusions:
1.9 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 Exclusions:
1.Other personal services not covered, such as phone, laundry, room service and etc.
2.Gratuity to guide / driver / bellboy and hotel maids in China
3.Overweight baggage charges by the airlines, if there is any. Available:
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