Arrive in Beijing. Be met & transferred to your hotel. Free at leisure for the rest of the day.

 

Day 2 Beijing
Full day trip to the Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City, the Temple of Heaven. Enjoy a Chinese style performace in the evening (you can choose Peking Opera Show, or Chinese Acrobat, or Chinese Kongfu show, three options for you to choose). (B, L)

- Tiananmen Square: The largest city square in the world.
- Forbidden City: The largest imperial palace in China during the Ming and Qing Dynasties with a history of about 600 years.
- Temple of Heaven: The place where the ancient emperors used to pray for the Gods bless of the whole nation.
- Evening performance: Peking Opera Show, or Chinese Acrobat, or Chinese Kongfu show.

 

Day 3 Beijing
Full day trip to the Great Wall, Ming Tomb and Sacred road. Enjoy a Peking Duck Banquet for dinner in the most famous Quanjude Restaurant (B, L, D)
- Great Wall: One of the seven wonders in the world and the symbol of China.
- Ming Tomb: The only underground tomb of the thirteen tombs of the emperors in the Ming Dynasty.
- Sacred Road: The way guarded on both sides with stone statues by which the ancient emperors went to hold a memorial ceremony for the ancestors.
- Evening dinner: Peking Roasted Duck Banquet for dinner in the most famous Quanjude Restaurant in Beijing.

 

Day 4 Beijing - Xian
Visit Hutongs by rickshaw. Take afternoon flight to Xian. Once upon arrival, you will be met and transferred to your hotel.(B, L)

- Hutongs: The old narrow paths where common people lived. All the Hutongs crisscross with each other, the Drum Tower, the Tea House, Yingding bridge, and the Shicha lake, House of Gong Infant and local peoples houses among them.

 

Day 5 Xian
Visit the Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses, the Bell Tower and the Wild Goose Pagoda. Enjoy the Tang Dynasty show in the evening.(B, L)
- The Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses: The greatest archaeological findings of the century: The army of terra-cotta warriors and the bronze chariots entombed in vast underground vaults at emperor Qins tomb.
- The Bell Tower: The emblem of Xian city.
- The Wild Goose Pagoda: The pagoda where widely renowned Master Xuanzang (Monk Tripitaka) stored his classics brought from India. 
- The Tang Dynasty show: The show that presents the palace dances and sings in the Tang Dynasty when Xian was the capital.

 

Day 6  Xian - Shanghai
Visit the Provincial Museum, the Ancient City Wall and the Hanyang Tomb. Take afternoon flight to Shanghai. Upon arrival ,you will be met and transferred to the hotel. Free at leisure for the rest of the day.(B, L)

- the Ancient City Wall: An extension of the old Tang Dynasty structure boasting the most complete city wall that survives through Chinese long history.
- The Provincial Museum One of the main museums in China which holds numerous unearthed cultural relics of China.
- The Hanyang Tomb: The Jing Emperors tomb in Han Dynasty which was opened in 2001 and is famous for its rich collections of different kinds of tombs.

 

Day 7 Shanghai
Visit the most famous sightseeings in Shanghai, tour around the city.(B, L)
-The Bund: the former foreign settlement, ranged along with imposing buildings of the colonial period.
-Nanjing Road: the busiest shopping street in Shanghai.
-Yu Garden: It is characteristic of the architectural style of the Ming Dynasty and it used to be a private garden with 400 years history. In front of the garden, there is a market called Yu Market.
-Jade Buddha Temple: It is one of the main tourist highlights of Shanghai and its also the most famous active temples in China.

 

Day 8 Shanghai
Visit the Shanghai Museum, Oriental Pearl TV Tower, check both the historical and modern side of city. (B, L)
-Shanghai Museum: The biggest museum in China, with a collection of over 120,000 pieces of Chinese art and cultural relics. The museum is especially famous for its treasures of bronzes, ceramics, paintings, and calligraphy.

-Oriental Pearl TV Tower: Standing by the Huangpu River with 468 meters high, Oriental Pearl TV Tower is the highest TV Tower in Asia.

 

Day 9 Shanghai - Zhouzhuang - Suzhou 

Drive from Shanghai to Water-Town Zhouzhuang (2hrs driving) Overnight in Suzhou.(L, D)
-Zhouzhuang Village: walk Double Bridge, Mi Pavilion, Shens house etc. This ancient town is surrounded by water with many branching streams, stone bridges and old residence with black tiles and white wells
Then drive to Suzhou (1hr driving)
Upon arrival, visit the Tiger Hill and the Chilly Hill Temple
-Tiger Hill: the most beautiful place in Suzhou, flower-colored hills, along with green trees, small lake and creek on rocks, come to this place you will know why Chinese people say Suzhou is the most beautiful city in China.
-Chilly Hill(Hanshan) Temple: The temple is a famous temple in Suzhou, because of Zhang Ji, a famous poet in Tang-dynasty, wrote a poem "A Night Mooring by Maple Bridge,"

 

Day 10 Suzhou - Hangzhou 

Visit the Humble Administrators Garden and the No.1 Silk Factory.  Then transfer to Hangzhou (3 hrs driving), Upon arrival, Boating on the West Lake. Overnight in Hangzhou. (B, L, D)
-Humble Administrators Garden: this is the most classical garden of Su style in South China, constructed in the Ming dynasty. Surrounded big or small ponds with pavilions, terraces, chambers, and towers located nearby.
-West Lake: Said to bethe most beautiful lake in China, comprises five distinct sections. The largest part is known as the Outer Lake and it is bounded by the North Inner Lake, Yuehu Lake, West Inner Lake and Lesser South Lake

Day 11 Hangzhou - Shanghai
Visit the Lingying Temple & Peak from Afar Scenic Area, the Six-Harmony Pagoda, the Tiger Spring and the Mei Jia Wu Tea Village. Drive back to Shanghai. (B, L)
-Lingying Temple: one of the ten most famous ancient Buddhist temples in China, famous for its more than 470 stone carvings of Buddhist figures, which dated from the 10th to 14th centuries. There are various Buddhist literature and treasures situated in front of Lingyin Temple .

Day 12 Shanghai
Transfer from your hotel to airport, see off.(B)

 

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