DAY
1
Destinations:
Arrive in Shanghai
Today's Activities:
Your guide will meet you at airport and take you to your hotel.
Afterwards, you'll be free to explore on your own or you can ask your guide for suggestions.
You may wish to take in Shanghai's famous pedestrian shopping street, Nanjing Road, or stroll the shady French Concession thoroughfare Hengshan Lu.
Meals:
No meal
DAY
2
Destinations:
Shanghai
Today's Activities:
You'll visit Jade Buddha Temple, home to two rare and treasured jade statues of Buddha.
Next it's move to the Yuyuan Garden, a classical Chinese garden; and Shanghai's famous the Bund.
In the evening, you're invited to attend a thrilling acrobatics show.
You'll be brought back to your hotel after the show.
Meals:
Western Breakfast + Chinese Lunch
DAY
3
Destinations:
Shanghai
Today's Activities:
Our guide will take you from your hotel to visit the Shanghai Museum and its outstanding collection of ancient Chinese art, including bronzes, ceramics, paintings and calligraphy. After lunch, you'll head to the Oriental Pearl TV Tower, where you can take in amazing city views.
Afterwards, you'll be brought back to your hotel.
Meals:
Western Breakfast + Chinese Lunch
DAY
4
Destinations:
Shanghai-Suzhou
Today's Activities:
After breakfast, an hour-and-half drive will take you to Suzhou, the "Venice of the East."
Your tour will begin with visiting the Humble Administrator's Garden, followed by a trip to the Silk Reeling Factory.
After lunch, you're off to the Lingering Garden, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Meals:
Western Breakfast + Chinese Lunch
DAY
5
Destinations:
Suzhou-Hangzhou
Today's Activities:
In the morning, you'll travel to Hangzhou.
There, you'll visit the Six Harmonies Pagoda, a masterpiece of ancient Chinese architecture.
Afterwards, you'll enjoy a short cruise on beautiful West Lake with stops at famous scenic spots like "View Fish at Flower Harbor" and "Three Pools Mirroring the Moon". You'll also visit a tea plantation to learn how tea is cultivated and dried.
Meals:
Western Breakfast + Chinese Lunch
DAY
6
Destinations:
Hangzhou-Xi'an
Today's Activities:
You'll arrive by plane in the morning and be greeted by your local guide.
Afterwards, we'll visit Big Wild Goose Pagoda, Xi'an's signature landmark and the home of original Buddhist scriptures brought from India during the Tang Dynasty.
Then it's off to the Provincial History Museum, which features artifacts dating back over 6,000 years.
Meals:
Western Breakfast + Chinese Lunch
DAY
7
Destinations:
Xi'an
Today's Activities:
You'll enjoy a tour of the Terracotta Army Museum , where life-sized infantrymen, archers, officers and their horses guard the tomb of China's first emperor, Qin Shihuang.
Afterwards, you will visit the Ancient City Wall that still encompasses the center of Xi'an.
Later, you'll have a sumptuous dumpling dinner and enjoy a Tang Dynasty Show.
Meals:
Western Breakfast + Chinese Lunch
DAY
8
Destinations:
Xi'an-Beijing
Today's Activities:
After breakfast, you'll fly to Beijing.
In the afternoon, you will tour the Temple of Heaven, where the emperors prayed for good harvests, sought divine approval and atoned for the perceived sins of the people.
Meals:
Western Breakfast + Chinese Lunch
DAY
9
Destinations:
Beijing
Today's Activities:
In the morning, you will be taken to visit Tian'anmen Square, the largest public square in the world, and the Palace Museum, better known as the Forbidden City. Built in 1420, it was here that 24 emperors lived and ruled for over 500 years. After lunch you will be driven to visit the Summer Palace, a former summer resort for the imperial court, and take a boat ride on Lake Kunming. You will have delicious Beijing Roast Duck for dinner.
Meals:
Western Breakfast + Chinese Lunch + Beijing Roast Duck Dinner
DAY
10
Destinations:
Beijing
Today's Activities:
In the morning, you'll make an excursion to the Badaling Great Wall,one of the world's greatest architectural wonders.
After lunch, you'll visit to the Ming Tombs, with its Sacred Way and giant marble statues guarding the tombs of Ming Dynasty emperors (1368-1644AD).
Meals:
Western Breakfast + Chinese Lunch
DAY
11
Destinations:
Depart Beijing
Today's Activities:
You'll be brought to the airport after breakfast for your departure flight.
And your trip in China with much memories ends.
Meals:
Western Breakfast
