13 Days Beijing - Xian - Chengdu - Guilin - Shanghai Join-in Group Tour

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Destinations: Beijing, Xian, Chengdu Guilin, Shanghai
Duration: 13 Days
Tour Type: Group Tour
Accommodation: 11 nights in well selected hotels
Highlight: During 13 days visit to the most popular 5 tourism cities in China, you will not only enjoy different beauty of China but also get a deep understanding about the history and the culture of this old country. Meanwhile, group tour price is much cheaper.


 

Day 1: Arrive in Beijing    
Activities: Upon arrival in Beijing, greeted by your private guide in Beijing and transferred to hotel in Beijing. Free for the rest of the day.

Meals: NIL
Accommodation: Beijing Tianrui Hotel or Beijing Holiday Inn Express Temple of Heaven
 
Day 10: Guilin    Shanghai
Activities: 1. Pick you up from the hotel around 08:00 and then start the half day sightseeing in Gulin including Reed Flute Cave, Elephant Trunk Hill & Fubo Hill. Reed Flute Cave or also known as ”the Palace of Natural Arts” is about 240 meters long. It filled with a large number of stalactites, stalagmites and rock formations in weird and wonderful shapes. Elephant Trunk Hill is a spectacular limestone karst which looks like a huge elephant dipping its trunk into Li River to drink some water from the river. Climbing the hill, you will enjoy stunning and beauty view of the Li River while a cool light wind blowing.
2. After lunch, transfer to the airport to take the flight for Shanghai.
3. Upon arrival in Shanghai, greeted by your private guide and transferred to hotel in Shanghai.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Holiday Inn Express Shanghai Zhabei or similar hotel
 
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Day 11: Shanghai    Shanghai
Activities: 1. Pick you up from the hotel around 08:00 and then start the full day sightseeing tour in Shangnhai including City God Temple, Yu Garden, The Bund, Old French Concession, Pudong New Area, Shanghai 2010 Expo Park and Old Residentail Long Tang. All these are the symbol attractions of Shanghai and during the short day tour, you could taste of both modern and ancient atmosphere of Shanghai city.
2. After the whole day tour, transfer you back to the hotel.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Holiday Inn Express Shanghai Zhabei or similar hotel
Souvenir Shop: Pearl City
 
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Day 12: Shanghai    Shanghai
Activities: 1. Pick you up from the hotel around 08:00 and transfer you to Suzhou to visit the Lingering Garden and then to Zhouzhuang Water Town. The drive takes 1 hour from Shanghai to Suzhou, and another 2 hour from Suzhou to Zhouzhuang.
2. Lingering Garden is one of the great four gardens in China with a history of more than 400 years. It is well-known for the ingenious layout of architectures, the exquisite beauty of its magnificent halls, and the various sizes, shapes, and colors of the buildings. Zhouzhuang is known as the No.1 Water Town in China. This over 900 year old watertown has become a trove of oriental culture with its simple and pristine custom, unique folklore, the well preserved ancient residential houses and mesmerising views.
3. After the whole day tour, transfer you back to the hotel in Shanghai.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Holiday Inn Express Shanghai Zhabei or similar hotel
 
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Day 13: Shanghai Exit    
Activities: Pick you up from the hotel and transfer you to the airport for departure. The whole tour ends.

Meals: Breakfast
 
Day 2: Beijing    Beijing
Activities: 1. Pick you up at the hotel between 07:10 and 08:20 and firstly transfer you to walk around on Tiananmen Square. 880 meters from north to south, and 500 meters from east to west, Tiananmen Square is the largest public square in the world and the heart zone of Beijing.
2. Then start the exploration to the Imperial Palaces Museum - Forbidden City for 2 hours. Forbidden City served as the home of 24 emperors and his family (14 in the Ming Dynasty and 10 in the Qing Dynasty). Visit the Forbidden City is to review the history of China's Feudal Society.
3. After lunch, transfer you to visit the Temple of Heaven for 1 hour. Temple of Heaven was the place where the emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties worshiped the heaven and prayed for good harvests.
4. Then move on to visit the Summer Palace for 1.5 hours. Summer Palace is an outstanding of the creative art of Chinese garden design and the best preserved imperial garden in China.
5. Enjoy Kungfu Show USD 35 pp (optional). Then transfer you back to the hotel.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Beijing Tianrui Hotel or Beijing Holiday Inn Express Temple of Heaven
Souvenir Shop: Silk Factory, Pearl Market
Optional add-ons: Kungfu Show
 
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Day 3: Beijing    Xian
Activities: 1. Pick you up from the hotel between 07:00 and 08:30 and then transfer you to visit Ming Tombs - Dingling. Constructed between 1584 and 1590, Dingling is the only one underground palace in Ming Tombs.
2. Then move on to visit the famous Mutianyu Great Wall. The Mutianyu Great Wall is known for its beautiful surroundings - dense woods and rich pastures changing colors with the seasons of the year. There are 22 watch towers distributed at close intervals along the wall. Cable car is optional.
3. In the evening, transfer you to the railway station to take the overnight train for Xian. You will have one bed in 4-bed sleeper cabin. Please be ready to have some daily necessities on hand like tooth paste, tooth brush, towel etc.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: overnight on the train
Souvenir Shop: Jade Carving Factory, Chinese Tea Ceremony
 
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Day 4: Xian    Xian
Activities: 1. Upon arrival in Xian train station, greeted by your private guide in Xian and transferred to have breakfast firstly (paid on your own). And then check in your hotel in Xian.
2. In the afternoon, have a half day city bus tour to Shaanxi Provincial Museum and the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. Shaanxi History Museum was built in 1983 and opened to the public in June of 1991. 370,000 exhibits in the museum vividly show the history of over a million years from prehistoric times (1,150,000 years ago - 21st Century BC) to about 1840 AD. Originally built in 652 during the reign of Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty (618-907), Big Wild Goose Pagoda functioned to collect Buddhist materials that were taken from India by the hierarch Xuanzang.
3. After the tour, transfer you back to the hotel.

Meals: NIL
Accommodation: Xian Skytel Hotel or similar hotel
 
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Day 5: Xian    Xian
Activities: 1. Pick you up from the hotel and transfer you to visit Terracotta Warriors and Qinshihuang Tomb. To visit Army of Terracotta Warriors is the main reason why you are here in Xian. The museum includes Pit 1, Pit 2 and Pit 3 as well the exhibition hall of the chariots and horses. Standing in front of the warrior battle formation, you may get some magical inspiring feeling of stepping onto a battlefield.
2. Then move on to visit Banpo Museum. Banpo Museum is the first museum built for a 'mankind site', a habitation site of early man. The site marks a settlement that dates to the matrilineal clan commune period of the Neolithic period.
3. After the whole day tour, transfer you back to the hotel.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Xian Skytel Hotel or similar hotel
Souvenir Shop: Qin Terracotta Figures Factory
 
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Day 6: Xian    Chengdu
Activities: 1. Pick you up from the hotel and transfer to Xian airport to take the morning flight for Chengdu.
2. Upon arrival in Chengdu, greeted by your private guide and transferred to hotel in Chengdu. For the rest of time, you are advised to explore local park in Chengdu to feel the real life style of Sichuan People.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Garden City Hotel or similar hotel
 
Day 7: Chengdu    Chengdu
Activities: 1. Pick you up from the hotel between 07:00 and 08:00, then transfer you to Chengdu Research Center of Giant Panda Breeding to see the lovely pandas. In this park-like base, you are sure to see many pandas at one time that you cannot realize in other places all over the world.
2. Then transfer you to visit Leshan Giant Buddha. Leshan Giant Budhha is a 233 foot high stone statue, built in the Tang Dynasty. As the largest stone Buddha in the world, the stone statue was carved out of a cliff and and facing Mount Emeiwith the rivers flowing in front of it. It has been listed as World Heritage Site by UNESCO since 1996 together with The Mount Emei.
3. In the evening, you could enjoy Sichuan Culture Show (optional). After the whole day tour, transfer you back to the hotel.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Garden City Hotel or similar hotel
Optional add-ons: Sichuan Culture Show
 
Highlights:
Day 8: Chengdu    Guilin
Activities:

1. Pick you up from hotel and transfer you to the airport to take the morning flight for Guilin.
2. Upon arrival in Guilin, greeted by your private guide and transferred to hotel in Guilin.
3. In the evening, if you like, you could enjoy Two River and Four Lakes Cruise (optional).

Meals: NIL
Accommodation: Hotel Universal Guilin or similar hotel
Optional add-ons: Two River and Four Lakes Cruise

 
Day 9: Guilin    Guilin
Activities: 1. Pick you up from the hotel around 08:00 and then start a four hours' cruising on Li River - the highlight of sightseeing tour in Guilin with lunch aboard. Considered as the soul of Guilin, Li River gains a high reputation as "the best landscape under heaven". Charming view include the amazing karstic mountains and hills, rice paddies, bamboo forests, waterfalls and ancient villages.
2. In the afternoon, free to explore the old Yangshuo town.
3. After the whole day tour, transfer you back to the hotel.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Hotel Universal Guilin or similar hotel
 
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