7-Day China Private Tour of Shanghai, Suzhou 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: the Bund, Jade Buddha Temple, Shanghai Museum, Fuxing Park, Bugaoli, Shanghai World Financial Center

Meal: Not Included

Hotel: Overnight in Shanghai

Explore the city from the Bund, seeing and feeling the perfect fusion of Chinese and Western cultures.

Move on to visit Jade Buddha Temple, also known as Jade Buddha Zen Temple, located in Putuo District Anyuan Road, although the temple history is not long, but it is one of the most famous ancient temples in Shanghai, one of the four Buddhist temples in Shanghai. The Ruyi Wheel Guanyin statue of Jade Buddha Temple is located in the Hall of Great Compassion in the temple.

Step into 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.

After that, take a stroll from Fuxing Park to Bugaoli for a glimpse of the locals' daily life. End the day with a bird's view of the city from the 100th floor of Shanghai World Financial Center.

Attractions: Humble Administrator's Garden,  Lingering Garden, the water town of Tongli

Meal: Not Included

Hotel: Overnight in Shanghai

Check out the beautiful waterside city of Suzhou on a day trip by high-speed train from Shanghai.

Your Suzhou tour guide waiting at the railway station will take you to visit the comprehensive Humble Administrator's Garden, founded in the early years of Ming Zhengde, is a representative work of classical gardens in Jiangnan. Together with the Summer Palace in Beijing, the Summer Resort in Chengde and the Lingering Garden in Suzhou, it is honored as one of the four famous gardens in China.

Suzhou garden is not only the product of history and culture, but also the expression of Chinese traditional ideology and culture. From the naming of the garden, couplets, engravings, Windows and flowers and trees, you can feel it. It mainly contains the history, thought and cultural background of each dynasty and generation.

Move to the exquisite Lingering Garden. Embark on a rickshaw to observe the locals going through their daily life, and then get to the water town of Tongli, located in Wujiang District, Suzhou, has a history of more than 1,000 years since it was built in Song Dynasty. Unlike Xitang and Wuzhen, which have been eroded by commercialization and become noisy and impatient, Tongli's permanent population is still mostly indigenous people, who get up early and go to bed early, the old houses are still mottled and old, and the atmosphere of life is still there.

Return to Shanghai and spend the night.

Attractions: No

Meal: Not Included

Hotel: Overnight in Beijing

Free morning activities. In Shanghai, where ornate skyscrapers and huge shopping malls coexist with traditional gardens and temples, there is much more to see. In the Shanghai Propaganda Art Center, you can appreciate the unique charm of modern Chinese history; If you are lucky enough to be in Shanghai on a weekend, you can also stroll People's Square and see how Chinese parents set up blind dates for their beloved children.

Fly to Beijing in the afternoon. Take a private transfer to your hotel for check-in after arrival.

Attractions: Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Summer Palace

Meal: Not Included

Hotel: Overnight in Beijing

After breakfast, our guide and driver will pick you up at your hotel lobby as agreed, after which you will start exploring the historical aspects of Beijing with a brief visit to Tiananmen Square. Tiananmen Square is surrounded by many famous historical and cultural attractions, such as the Tiananmen Square Citadel, Chairman Mao's Memorial Hall Monument to the People's Heroes, the Great Hall of the People, and the National Museum.

Stepping into Tiananmen Square, you will see The 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.

After lunch, drive to the outskirts of Beijing. 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: the Temple of Heaven, Mutianyu Great Wall

Meal: Not Included

Hotel: Overnight in Beijing

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.

Following it is the highlight of the day - the Great Wall (Mutianyu section). The Mutianyu Great Wall 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".

After the tour return to the hotel for some rest.

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.