10-Day China Private Tour of Chengdu, Xi’an, Beijing and Shanghai

Attractions: Not Included

Meal: Not Included

Hotel: Overnight in Chengdu

Welcome to Chengdu! After retrieving your luggage, you will find your local guide waiting for you in the Arrival Hall of the airport, holding a welcome sign with your name on it. After a warm greeting, you will be taken to the hotel in a comfortable and air-conditioned vehicle and your guide will help you with the check-in. 

Attractions: Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, Wenshu Temple, Wenshufang, Renmin Park, Jinli Old Street

Meal: Not Included

Hotel: Overnight in Chengdu

This morning, you will have an unforgettable visit to the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. The base covers an area of 1000 mu. As the "Giant Panda ex situ Ecological Protection Demonstration Project", it is famous for protecting and breeding endangered wild animals unique to China such as giant pandas and red pandas.

Next, you'll be taken to the Wenshu Temple, a secluded Buddhist temple in the bustling center of Chengdu, where you can relax by wandering the temple's tranquil paths.

Chengdu is known in China for its relaxed pace of life and lifestyle, and a visit to the Renmin Park will give you a sense of this. Experience the authentic "city life" and feel the daily life of Chengdu people. The pace of life here is slow. Next we will visit the famous Jinli Old Street, which is full of delicious local snacks and exquisite crafts.

Attractions: Dufu Thatched Cottage,Jinsha Site Museum

Meal: Not Included

Hotel: Overnight in Xi’an

Take a visit to Dufu Thatched Cottage whichis the place where Du Fu, a famous Chinese poet of the Tang Dynasty, once lived. This attraction was built to honor Du Fu and showcase his cultural contributions. The interior of the Cao Tang exhibits Du Fu's poems, cultural relics, books and household items. You can learn about Du Fu's life and his concern for social reality in the exhibition.

Next, you will take a meaningful visit to Jinsha Site Museum. It is a site museum established on the original site of Jinsha Site, and also a special museum showing the ancient Shu culture in Sichuan during the Shang and Zhou dynasties.

Attractions:Terracotta Warriors, Ancient City Wall, Muslim Quarter, Great Mosque of Xi’an

Meal: Not Included

Hotel: Overnight in Xi’an

Drive to discover one of the greatest man-made wonders in the world - the Terracotta Warriors, built by the first emperor of China Qin Shihuang to protect him in his afterlife. 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.

Take a wonderful stroll on the Ancient City Wall, tthe 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.

This visit is followed by a relaxing wander around bustling and lively Muslim Quarter. Don't miss the Great Mosque of Xi’an which is the scripture education "Shaanxi school" of the centre. Now it is the national key cultural relics protection unit.

Attractions: Da Cien Temple, Big Wild Goose Pagoda, Shaanxi History Museum

Meal: Not Included

Hotel: Overnight in Beijing

Head to Da Cien Temple,which is one of the "Eight Sects of Buddhism" in China, with a history of more than 1,350 years.Big Wild Goose Pagoda is the earliest and largest surviving four-sided pavilion-style brick pagoda of the Tang Dynasty. It is typical evidence of Indian Buddhist temple buildings such as pagoda blend into Central Plains and Huaxia culture.

Next is an educational visit to 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.

Attractions: Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Jingshan Park, Summer Palace

Meal: Not Included

Hotel: Overnight in Beijing

Start to explore the historical face of Beijing with a brief visit to 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.

Stepping into the Tiananmen, you will see one of the world’s five most important palaces - the Forbidden City,which 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.After Forbidden City exploration, take a short visit to Jingshan Park. Drive to Summer Palace, it is also the best-preserved imperial palace, known as the "Museum of Royal Gardens".

Attractions: Mutianyu Great Wall, Sacred Way, Bird’s Nest, Water Cube

Meal: Not Included

Hotel: Overnight in Beijing

Witness one of the Seven Wonders of the World - the Great Wall. Visit the Mutianyu Great Wall, which is connected to the Juyongguan Great Wall in the west and the Gubeikou Great Wall in the east, which has been the military stronghold guarding Beijing since ancient times, and is known as the "Dangerous Ridge Pass".

It will more than live up to all of your expectations! Continue your trip to Sacred Way, a 7-kilometer-long passage leading to the Imperial Tombs of 13 Emperors of Ming Dynasty. Then drive back to Beijing city and take a short stop at the Beijing Olympic Village to view its famous Bird’s Nest and Water Cube from the outside. The National Aquatics Centre, also known as the "Water Cube". It is located in Beijing Olympic Park. The water cube(National Aquatics Centre) is one of the landmark buildings of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

Attractions: Temple of Heaven

Meal: Not Included

Hotel:Overnight in Shanghai

Drive to the imperial site of the Temple of Heaven. 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.Then experience the Beijing Hutongs - small alleys made by neighboring quadrangle dwellings. After Beijing tour, your tour is about to end.

Attractions:Shanghai Museum, Yu Garden, Shanghai World Financial Center, Nanjing Road, the Bund

Meal: Not Included

Hotel: Overnight in Shanghai

You will visit Shanghai Museum, one of the Four Best Museums in China. Then, transfer to Shanghai old town to visit Yu Garden (Yuyuan),  was originally a private garden in the Ming Dynasty, which was built in the Ming Dynasty and has a history of more than 400 years as of 2015.

Next, visit the Shanghai World Financial Center (SWFC), “the Eye of Shanghai”, Climb to the 100th floor sightseeing hall, you can see the Oriental Pearl spire. Stepping on the suspended sightseeing corridor, overlooking the scenery of the two sides of the Pujiang River through the transparent glass.

Later, get to Nanjing Road, Shanghai’s earliest commercial street and one of the most popular current landmarks. Continue your walk to the Bund, the No. 1 attraction in Shanghai. The Bund stands 52 classical revival buildings with different styles, known as the Bund International Architecture Exhibition group, is an important historical site and representative architecture in modern China, and one of the landmarks of Shanghai. 

Attractions: Zhujiajiao Water Town

Meal: Not Included

Hotel: Not Included

In the morning, we will drive to visit the famous Zhujiajiao Water Town with boat trip, which is located in Qingpu District of Shanghai, is one of the four famous historical and cultural towns in Shanghai, known as the "pearl of Jiangnan". Then service ends!