Upon arrival at Beijing, your tour guide will meet you at the airport and transfer you to your
hotel. Overnight stay at the hotel
After breakfast, you go to visit the Tiananmen Square, the largest city square in the world.
From Tiananmen Square enter the Forbidden City. This massive complex was the center of the Ming
and Qing dynasties. With almost 10,000 rooms, this well-preserved imperial palace is the largest in
the world. This afternoon you tour the magnificent Temple of Heaven, a Ming Temple where the
emperors performed annual rites essential for the well Beijing of their land. Overnight stay at the hotel
Breakfast at the hotel. Today you will experience the splendour of the Great Wall of China,
the pride of China and one of the Seven Wonders of the World. It is an amazing man-made structure
built over 2000 years ago to protect China from northern invaders. After lunch, you visit the Summer
Palace, which is the largest and best preserved of all the imperial palace gardens, and boasts such
delights as the “Marble Boat” and the ornately painted “Long Corridor”. On the way back to the hotel,
you have a stop at National Stadium (Bird Nets) and Water Cube and take some pictures outside.
Overnight stay at the hotel
Breakfast at the hotel. Before heading to Xi’an, you can take a short Hutong Tour by
Rickshaw to get a closer look of the lifestyles of China’s ancient Imperial Court. After that, be
transferred to the railway station for a High Speed Train riding to Xi’an, cost you about 6 hours. Upon
arrival, meet local guide and transfer to hotel. Overnight stay at the hotel
After breakfast, the day begins with a visit the vast treasure of the underground army of the
Terra-Cotta Warriors. They are to be found at an archaeological site which so far has yielded some
8000 ancient terra-cotta soldiers and horses, each a unique, finely detailed sculpture. This afternoon,
visit the Ancient City Wall which was erected in the 14th century Ming Dynasty. It is the best
preserved, as well as the oldest and largest of the city defence systems in China. This evening enjoys
a spectacular Tang Dynasty Dinner Show. Overnight stay at the hotel
After breakfast, guide first take you to visit the Provincial Museum. Since it was opened to the
public in 1991, its architectural buildings, internal apparatus, and exhibits have made it famous as a
first-class museum in China. Next move on to the Big Goose Pagoda, which was built 1,200 years
ago and now, is the symbol of the old-line Xian. Your Xi’an tour will be finished by connecting the 2
hours’ flight to Guilin. Your Guilin tour guide will wait for you at the airport and help you to transfer to
the hotel. Overnight stay at the hotel
Breakfast at the hotel. The highlight of Guilin is the Li River Cruise, a cruise from Guilin to
Yangzhou passing through various strange and wonderful mountain formations. When you arrive at
Yangzhou, you will have time to roam the local market. In the late afternoon you will be transferred
back to Guilin. Overnight stay at the hotel
Breakfast at the hotel. In the morning you tour the Reed Flute Cave, a wonderful limestone
cave with a dazzling variety of stalactites and stalagmites. Then head to the Fubo Hill, which is a peak
standing prettily and solitarily by the riverside with half of it on Li River and the rest half on the land.
Next to visit the Elephant Trunk Hill for picture-taking from the distance. The shape of the hill is just
like a huge elephant drinking water from the river with its trunk, so it is called Elephant Trunk Hill. And
then, say good bye to Guilin and take a 2.5 hours’ flight to Shanghai. Your Shanghai tour guide will
wait for you at the airport and help you to transfer to the hotel. Overnight stay at the hotel
Breakfast at the hotel. Your tour begins with People Square, a spectacular space in the heart
of the city. It is a vast green area including plants and trees, and surrounded by great buildings on all
sides. Visit the Shanghai Museum a unique and inspiring piece of architecture, home to more than
120,000 cultural relics of ancient China, including a priceless collection of jade, bronze, ceramics,
paintings, furniture, etc. Then walk to the Nanjing Pedestrian Road, the first commercial street in
Shanghai. Next to the Bund, which is now surrounded by about 50 various buildings of different
architectural styles including Gothic, Baroque, Romanesque, Classicism and the Renaissance. Move
on to the Yuyuan Garden, a classical Ming Dynasty garden with pavilions, towers and terraces,
followed by the Shanghai bazaar. It is teemed with a great number of small streets and lanes where
vendors sell their products and food stuffs to the tourists and local people. In the end, we will arrive at
Tianzifang, which has transformed itself from legacy residential architectures and factories into an
artsy area housing bars, cafes, crafts shops, design studios, galleries and boutiques. You will have
time on your own here, or can go back to your hotel with the guide. Overnight stay at the hotel
Breakfast at the hotel. Today is at leisure until your transfer to the airport for flight home.
