Join us in this 11 days China Group Tour to Beijing, Xian, Guilin
and Shanghai, to explore its long history and beautiful landscapes.
Whether you are an ancient-civilization freak or an extreme-sports
fanatic, this trip has something truly special in store for you.
This tour allows you to fulfill your dream of taking a deep breath
on the majestic Great Wall in Beijing, enjoying the Terracotta
Warriors in Xian, cruising along the Li River in Guilin, and
shopping in Shanghai. You will konw more about this country.
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GROUP TOUR ITINERARY |
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Tour code:
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Day 1 Arrival
Beijing
Meals: No
Meals
Accommodation: Sunworld
Hotel Beijing ★★★★
Arrive in Beijing,
the capital city of China, you will be greeted by our local guide at the
airport with our signboard. Then our guide will transfer you to check in
hotel. Free at leisure for the rest of the day for you to get over the jet
lag.
Day 2 Beijing
Meals: Hotel
Breakfast, A la carte Chinese lunch
Accommodation: Sunworld
Hotel Beijing ★★★★
Great Wall Adventure Club local guide will meet you at your hotel lobby at
the appointed time. It will be an exciting day as we will explore the world
well-known wonders today. The 1st stop is Temple
of Heaven,
the existing largest structure for sacrifice to heaven and a place where the
emperors prayed for a year of abundance. In the visit of Temple of Heaven,
you will be astonished by the exquisite ancient Chinese architectures.
Besides, you will see local seniors doing morning exercises in the square
and full of vigor. You will have chance to watch Chinese Kongfu, Taichi,
square dancing, playing cards, playing chess etc.
Then our group will move to a less commercial Hutong nearby. A short walking
along the authentic Beijing
Hutong will
give you a deep impression of the local residents� live. A la carte lunch is
served at a local restaurant to have a taste of the authentic Chinese food
at noon time and have a break at the restaurant.
Then continue this Beijing city treasure city by a visit to Tian'anmen
Square,
the world's largest city center square, the locality of numerous major
political and historical events. It is the witness of Chinese development.
It is only a walking distance from Tian'anmen Square to Forbidden
City,
the world's existing largest and most complete ancient wooden structure
buildings. You will explore the glorious palace halls and gardens for more
than 2 hours in Forbidden City, learning the legendary story of the emperors
and how the royal family lived there. You will be stunned by the numerous
old art treasures exhibited in halls. Drive back to hotel, we will have a
stop at pearl
store en
route. Please feel free to consult with your local guide about the evening
activities in Beijing, such as the night shows of Beijing.
Day 3 Beijing
Meals: Hotel
Breakfast, A la Carte Lunch
Accommodation: Sunworld
Hotel Beijing ★★★★
It will be an exciting day today. In the early morning, guide will pick you
up from your hotel lobby. Today we will visit the must-visit spot in
Beijing--- Mutianyu
Great Wall,
one of the famous sections of China Great Wall. It takes about 2 hours
driving from the downtown of Beijing to Mutianyu Great Wall. Mutianyu Great
Wall was first built in the mid-6th century during the Northern Qi, making
it older than the Badaling section. (***Cable car and slideway are available
at Mutianyu Great Wall. It is optional and excluded from our price***)
A la carte lunch is arranged at a good restaurant at the foot of Mutianyu.
Drive back to downtown of Beijing. We will have a stop at a tea
store en
route. When we reach Beijing, we will have a photo stop outside the Bird
Nest and Water
Cube,
which were the famous sites constructed for 2008 Beijing Olympic. The tour
finishes by dropping off at your hotel. If you would like to try local
specialty tonight, you could ask for some suggestion about Peking Roast Duck
Restaurant.
Day 4 Beijing to
Xi'an (by train)
Meals: Hotel
breakfast, A La Carte Lunch
Accommodation: Grand
Noble Hotel ★★★★
In the morning, check out from hotel and start to visit the last spots in
Beijing --- Summer
Palace,
the existing largest, best-preserved imperial garden in China. The Longevity
Hill and Kunming Lake are regarded as the representative of Summer Palace.
In the park, you could choose to take a boating trip on the lake, enjoying
the beautiful royal garden view. Walk along the Long Corridor--- the longest
corridor in the world, admiring the extremely rich and prestigious paintings
on the beams of the corridor.
A la carte lunch will be arranged at a local restaurant on the way to
Beijing West Railway Station to take high speed train (2nd class seat,
duration: about 5-5.5 hours) from Beijing to Xi'an.
Great Wall Adventure Club guide will wait at the exit of Xi'an train station
with our signboard and transfer you to check in hotel. Free at leisure for
the rest of the time.
Day 5 Xi'an
Meals: Hotel
breakfast, A La Carte Lunch
Accommodation: Grand
Noble Hotel ★★★★
Today we will have a full day to explore this historical and cultural city
in China. Pick up from hotel in the morning, and then have a visit to the
landmark of Xi'an---Xian
City Wall.
You could choose to have a bicycle riding on the city wall (***Bicycle
riding is optional and excluded from our price***). An impressive Tai
Chi Chuan course is
arranged at the City Wall for you. Originating from the roots of classical
Chinese culture, Tai Chi Chuan absorbed a variety of sources including the
Book of Changes, Taoism and Buddhism. With a professional Tai Chi Master's
teaching, you will understand Chinese culture better.
After that, we will drive to the highlights in Xi�an ---the Terracotta
Warriors.
On the way to Terracotta Warriors, we will have a stop at a pottery
workshop,
where you will have chance to learn how to make a pottery figure. A la
carte lunch is arranged at a local restaurant nearby Terracotta Warriors. In
the afternoon, we will have enough time to visit this world wonder ---
Terracotta Warriors, one of the world�s most important archaeological finds,
with troops, horses and carriages in battle formation.
The tour finishes by dropping-off at the hotel lobby. You could ask your
local guide for some information about evening entertainment or night show,
such as Tang Dynasty Show.
Day 6 Xi'an to Guilin
(by air)
Meals: Hotel breakfast, A La Carte Lunch
Accommodation: Lijiang Waterfall Hotel Guilin ★★★★
You will have a leisure morning for your to walk around. We will check out
at noon time and drive to have lunch directly. In the afternoon, Visit the Small
Wild Goose Pagoda , one of the most
well-preserved Tang Dynasty buddha temples. It is reputed as the Tang
Dynasty elaborate and valuable Buddhist architectural heritage. While visit
the Small Wild Goose Pagoda, you will have chance to watch the traditional
shadow play, visit Jianfu Temple as well as Xi'an Museum.
Take a night flight or late afternoon from Xi'an to Guilin,
a small city in Southern China with the best natural beauty of China.
Day 7 Guilin
Meals: Hotel
breakfast, A La Carte Lunch
Accommodation: Lijiang
Waterfall Hotel Guilin ★★★★
Good to know: Comfortable
sneaker and clothing is necessary today as tourists need to walk for a while
to the village, which is located at a hillside. Sedan chair is available as
an option for those who walks at mountainous area with difficulty or has a
bad knee. Sunglasses, sunscreen and hat are suggested if you travel in
summer and autumn.
We will have an exciting day to visit the ethnic group villages and the
stunning rice terraces today. The local tour guide picks you up from hotel
lobby in the morning. It takes about 2 hours driving from downtown of Guilin
to Longji
Rice Terraces Scenic
Area (Dragon's Back). The magnificent terraces are built into the hillsides
and look like great steps cut into the slopes as they wind around the
mountainsides.
Lunch will be arranged at a local restaurant in Ping'an
Zhuang Village,
which is just located in the rice terraces. You will have chance to try the
local food cooked in bamboo, such as bamboo rice, chicken, ect. It tastes
with the light fragrance of bamboo, quite different from which we eat in
downtown.
After lunch, you will have enough free time to explore the ethnic villages,
where the Yao and Zhuang people have been dwelling for generations in wooden
houses. You will understand how the locals' life is, and you will see the
locals working in the paddy fields, the women in their national costumes
doing needlework by the village path or beneath her roof, ect. We will drive
back to downtown of Guilin from Longji at around 15:00 and you may arrive at
hotel about 17:00. A Four Lakes Night Cruise is recommended as an optional
activity in Guilin.
Day 8 Guilin to Yangshuo
by boat and to Guilin
Meals: Hotel
breakfast, Lunch-box
Accommodation: Lijiang
Waterfall Hotel Guilin ★★★★
In the morning you will be driven to the Zhujiang Pier for the Li
River Cruise (about
4 hours from Guilin to Yangshuo). Savour the fairy-tale scenery while
cruising down the meandering river to Yangshuo. After disembarkation, you
can have a walk along the famous West
Street and
enjoy the free leisure time there before driving back to overnight in
Guilin. If you would like to stay in Yangshuo longer and know more about the
night show or evening entertainment, do not hesitate to ask your local
guide, who'd be very willing to help you. The Show of Impression Liusanjie
is highly recommended as an optional activity in Yangshuo if you are
interested in.
Day 9 Guilin to Shanghai
by air
Meals: Hotel
Breakfast, A La Carte Lunch
Accommodation: SSAW
Boutique Hotel ★★★★
After breakfast, start to visit the Elephant
Trunk Hill (1
hour) � the symbol of Guilin. After that, have a trip to Reed
Flute Cave (1
hour) - the showcase of distinctly-colored stalactites and stalagmites.
After a la carte lunch at local restaurant, transfer to airport to catch the
flight for Shanghai.
The Shanghai local
guide will meet you at Shanghai airport and transfer you to check in the
hotel.
Day 10 Shanghai
Meals: Hotel
Breakfast, A La Carte Lunch
Accommodation: SSAW
Boutique Hotel ★★★★
The last day but still an inspiring day to explore the city of Shanghai,the
largest and most modern city in mainland China. We will start the tour by
walking into Nong Tang, the alleys in Shikumen,
where you could witness the locals' relaxing and plain life. You will also
find the unique architectural feature of Shanghai.
Then continue the day trip to Yuyuan
Garden which
is a Chinese classic garden in city downtown. Then continue to explore the Yuyuan
Bazaar (Chenghuangmiao
Old Street) nearby.
After a la carte lunch is served at a local restaurant, we continue our trip
to Shanghai
Silk Museum before
moving to the foot of The
Oriental Pearl TV Tower to
visit Shanghai City History Museum(The Former Shanghai Wax Museum), where
you will know more about the history and development of Shanghai. Then take
the elevator up to the 2nd ball of the TV tower, from which you will have a
bird-eye view of Shanghai. Go on driving through Lujiazui, the finance &
trade zone in Pudong of Shanghai, where you will find many skyscrapers. We
will have a view of the modern skyline of Shanghai.
Then back to the Bund, admire the illuminated buildings lining the Huangpu
River. From the
Bund,
you could see the landmark of Shanghai--- The Oriental Pearl TV Tower as
well as other high-rised buildings, just on the opposite of Huangpu River.
Day 11 Departure
Shanghai
Your China Experience is over all too soon as you transfer to the airport
and board the homebound international flight, bidding a fond farewell to
this ancient land.
Meals: Breakfast
Service Ends
Please note: We generally arrange the free
hotel-airport transfer together according to all the travelers' departure
flights. If your flight is postponed, you probably need to wait at the
airport for a long time. If separate transfer is required, extra fee will be
caused. Please check with us in advance. If independent travel to airport is
preferred, you can also let us know in advance.
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