10-Day China Classic Tour of Shanghai, Guilin, Xi’an and Beijing

Attractions:Not Included

Meal: Not Included

Hotel: Overnight in Shanghai

Welcome to Shanghai, your local guide will meet you at the airport or railway station, they will escort you to the hotel that we have booked for you.

Attractions: Yu Garden, The Bund, Nanjing Road, People’s Square, Shanghai Museum, French Concession, Tianzifang

Meal: Not Included

Hotel: Overnight in Shanghai

After breakfast, we will pick you up at your hotel lobby at the specified time. Today, the first stop is to visit Shanghai Museum. The exhibition area is 12000 square meters, the first floor is the ancient Chinese bronze Hall, the ancient Chinese sculpture hall and the exhibition hall; The second floor is the ancient Chinese ceramics Hall, the temporary ceramic hall and the exhibition hall; The third floor is the Chinese calligraphy Museum, the Chinese Painting Museum and the Seal Museum of the Chinese dynasties; The fourth floor is a comprehensive museum with the jade Museum of ancient China, the Coin Museum of ancient China, the Furniture museum of Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Arts and Crafts Museum of Chinese minorities and the exhibition hall.

Afterwards, we will take you to Yuyuan Garden, which was built in the Ming Dynasty and has a history of more than 400 years as of 2015. Yu Garden's green layout is reasonable, plants are properly configured, and the level is clear. It is characterized by many ancient trees and famous trees, large bonjing, and flowers. There are also more than 40 ancient buildings in the garden, such as ear Hall, iron Lion, fast building, moon building, jade Linglong, jade water gallery, listening to Tao Pavilion, Hanbi building, inner garden Jingguan Hall, ancient opera stage, pavilions and pavilions as well as rockery and pond.

Afterwards, we will take you to another famous landmark in Shanghai - Nanjing Road, a very busy commercial district and a great place to experience the modern atmosphere of the area. For the last tour, we will stop at The Bund. The Bund is located on the banks of the Huangpu River in Huangpu District of Shanghai, that is, the Outer Huangpu Beach, which is a Chinese historical and cultural district. It is one of the landmarks of Shanghai.

Attractions: Elephant Trunk Hill, Reed Flute Cave

Meal: Not Included

Hotel: Overnight in Guilin

Fly to Guilin in the morning. Upon arrival, visit the Elephant Trunk Hill. When viewed from a suitable angle, the peak is really shaped like an elephant's trunk, which is lifelike and very fascinating. Tourists can enjoy the landscape and take photos around Elephant Trunk Hill. Continue visiting Reed Flute Cave. Inside the cave, there are a large number of beautiful and colourful, exquisite stalagmites, stone milk, stone pillars, stone mantle, stone flowers, a wide range of, composed of the Lion's Ridge sunrise, Hongluo Treasure Tent, Panglong Pagoda, the primitive forests, crystal palace, flowers and fruits of the mountain and other landscapes, so that the tourists are overwhelmed, just like a fairyland, known as "nature's art of the Palace," has become the Chinese and foreign tourists visit Guilin must be a hot spot for travellers.

Attractions: Li River, West Street, Two Rivers & Four Lakes Scenic Area

Meal: Not Included

Hotel: Overnight in Guilin

Cruise Li River in the morning. This 83-kilometer-long waterway cruise from Guilin to Yangshuo is like traveling along a traditional Chinese painting. The landscape is decorated with startling hills, steep cliffs, fantastic caves and farming villages, and is lined with bamboo. Walk along the famous West Street upon arrival in Yangshuo. Back to Guilin in the afternoon, stroll along the Two Rivers & Four Lakes Scenic Area.

Attractions: Small Wild Goose Pagoda, Xi’an Museum, Xi’an City Wall

Meal: Not Included

Hotel: Overnight in Xi’an

Fly to Xian in the morning. Visit Small Wild Goose Pagoda and Xi’an Museum upon arrival. The appearance of the building of the Shaanxi History Museum deliberately highlights the elegance of the Tang Dynasty. Chang'an has been the capital of emperors and kings since ancient times, and has been the capital of thirteen feudal dynasties such as the Zhou, the Qin, the Han, the Sui, and the Tang Dynasties, etc, which has a wealth of cultural relics above and below the ground, forming a unique historical and cultural landscape in Shaanxi.

Afterwards, visit Xi’an City Wall, the largest and best-preserved ancient city wall in China, is one of the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units and a national AAAAA-level tourist attraction.

Attractions: Terracotta Warriors, Bell & Drum Tower Square, Great Mosque, Muslim Quarter

Meal: Not Included

Hotel: Overnight in Xi’an

The highlight of today's journey is the awe-inspiring Terracotta Warriors, all of the terracotta warriors have the unique majesty and calmness of the Qin people in their faces, with distinctive personalities and strong characteristics of the times. The terracotta sculptures are painted and sculpted in a combination of ways, although the age is far away, but in the freshly excavated can still be vaguely seen on the face of the characters and clothes painted in the colours.

Visit the Bell & Drum Tower Square, the Great Mosque and Xi’an Muslim Quarter. known as one of the representatives of Xi'an style, is the collective name of many streets in the Hui Min neighbourhood, which consists of several streets such as Bei Guang Ji Street, Bei Yuan Men, Xiyang Shi, Dapi Yuan, Hue Jue Lane, Shuo Jin Qiao and so on.

Attractions: Summer Palace

Meal: Not Included

Hotel: Overnight in Beijing

Depart from Xi'an to Beijing in the morning. Upon arrival, visit the Summer Palace, a royal garden in China during the Qing Dynasty, formerly known as the Garden of Clear Ripples, is situated in the western suburbs of Beijing, 15 kilometres from the city, with the entire garden covering an area of 3.009 square kilometres (of which the Summer Palace World Cultural Heritage Area covers an area of 2.97 square kilometres), with the water surface accounting for about three-quarters of the area.

Attractions: Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Jingshan Park, Temple of Heaven

Meal: Not Included

Hotel: Overnight in Beijing

Start the tour today from Tiananmen Square. Tiananmen Square is the centre of Beijing and the symbol of China. It is the largest city square in the world, covering an area of 440,000 square metres and can accommodate 1 million people.

Facing the square is the well-known Forbidden City. It is located in the centre of Beijing's central axis, was the imperial palace of the Ming and Qing dynasties. It is also the world's largest and most well-preserved wooden structure of palace-type buildings. 

Later, climb up to the top of Jingshan Park, facing the North Sea in the west and the Shenwu Gate of the Forbidden City across the street in the south. Jingshan Mountain in the center of the park was made of piles of earth and was once the commanding point of the city.

After lunch, visit the Temple of Heaven, formerly known as the Temple of Heaven and Earth, is located on the east side of Yongdingmen Street in Dongcheng District, Beijing. It was the place for the emperors of Ming and Qing Dynasties to worship heaven, pray for grain and rain. It is the largest remaining ancient sacrificial complex in China.

Attractions: Mutianyu Great Wall, Ming Tombs, Bird’s Nest, Water Cube

Meal: Not Included

Hotel: Overnight in Beijing

It is the highlight of the day - the Mutianyu Great Wall, with a cable car up and down. Here you can do light hiking on the Great Wall to enjoy the majestic scenery.

In the afternoon, visit the only excavated Ming Tombs, Dingling Mausoleum. The Ming Dynasty tombs were built for 13 emperors of the Ming Dynasty, following the precepts of traditional Chinese feng shui and feng shui studies. They feature stone carvings, carvings, and dragon patterned ceramic tiles, showcasing the development of Ming Dynasty funeral architecture.

Finally, drive back to Beijing and stop at the Beijing Olympic Village to admire the famous Bird's Nest and Water Cube from the outside.

Attractions: No

Meal: Not Included

Hotel: No

Your China vacation comes to an end today. Enjoy some leisure time until being escorted to the airport for your homebound flight.