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Tour DatesDestinationsToday’s Activities
Day 01 Arrive in Beijing Airport to hotel transfer(Beijing)Day 02 Beijing Great Wall, Sacred Road, Bird's Nest, Water Cube, Welcoming Peking Roasted Duck DinnerDay 03 Beijing Day 04 Beijing/Xi'an Hotel to airport transfer (Beijing), Airport to hotel transfer (Xi’an). Hutong TourDay 05 Xi'an Terracotta Warriors, Ancient City Wall, Tang Dynasty Show, Dumpling BanquetDay 06 Xi’an/Shanghai Hotel to airport transfer (Xi’an), Airport to hotel transfer (Shanghai). Shaanxi History MuseumDay 07 Shanghai Day 08 Shanghai Day 09 Shanghai/Suzhou Day 10 Suzhou/Hangzhou Lingyin Temple (Temple of the Soul's Retreat), Dragon Well Tea PlantationDay 11 Hangzhou/Guilin Day 12 Guilin/Yangshuo Day 13 Yangshuo/Guilin Day 14 Guilin/Hong Kong Hotel to airport transfer(Guilin)
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Tour Dates Destinations Today’s Activities Meals Day 01 Arrive in Beijing Arrive in Beijing to begin your amazing tour in China! Meet your local tour guide and transfer to your hotel. Relax and enjoy remainder of the day in China's historic and vibrant capital city.\
Day 02 Beijing The highlight today is a trip to the astonishing Great Wall, one of the most remarkable feats of mankind. You will also stroll along the Sacred Road guarding the Ming Tombs, lined with different statutes of animals such as lions, elephants, camels and etc. Later in the day, you will take a tour of the Olympic Park where you will view the exterior of the Bird's Nest-China National Stadium and Water Cube-China National Aquatic Center. Attend a welcome Peking Roasted Duck Dinner tonight.
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Day 03 Beijing Today you will visit Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City, the largest and most intact conglomeration of ancient structures of the imperial palace. This was the palace for 24 Ming and Qing Dynasty emperors who ruled China for over 500 years. You will also tour the delicately crafted Temple of Heaven, where the emperors used to pray for good harvest. You will also visit the Summer Palace, the famous resort of Empress Dowager Ci Xi. Feast your eyes on the Long Corridor, Longevity Hill, and Kunming Lake. Boat Ride in Summer Palace.
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Day 04 Beijing/Xi’an
After breakfast, you will take a tour of Hutong (Chinese alleyways) by a rickshaw pedicab through the narrow lanes of the old residential quarters. You will have the opportunity to take a glimpse of the local residents' daily life. After tour, you will take a flight to Xi'an.
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Day 05 Xi’an
After breakfast, visit the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor and see the awesome Terracotta Warriors, widely regarded as the eighth wonder of the world. After lunch, take a tour of the well preserved Ancient City Wall. This evening, you attend a feast of culinary and cultural delights with a special Dumpling banquet followed by a fascinating Tang Dynasty Show.
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Day 06 Xi’an/Shanghai
This morning you will visit the Shaanxi History Museum before taking a flight to Shanghai-China’s most dynamic metropolis.
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Day 07 Shanghai
Today's excursion takes you to The Bund, Shanghai's modern landmarks. In the morning, you'll take a walk along The Bund, the elegant riverside promenade which symbolized European and foreign influence and affluence in the 1930s. Yuyuan Garden, located in the center of the Old City next to the Chenghuangmiao Temple, is considered one of the most lavish and finest Chinese gardens in the region and the bustling NanjingRoad is the main shopping street of Shanghai, which is one of the world's busiest shopping streets. After lunch, enjoy your leisure time to explore Shanghai on your own.B Day 08 Shanghai You will explore the Pudong New Development Area and visit the Oriental Pearl TV Tower, the new landmark of Shanghai where you will get a bird's eye view of the bustling city and Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hall. After lunch, enjoy your leisure time to explore Shanghai on your own.
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Day 09 Shanghai/Suzhou After breakfast, you will take a bus ride to Suzhou. You will go to the Grand Canal, the world's longest manmade waterway. Grand Canal constructed 2,400 years ago is second only to the Great Wall as a remarkable Chinese engineering feat. You will explore the waterway in a boat and see graceful bridges that cross over the water and white washed houses with tile-roof along the river bank. Then you will visit one of the four most famous gardens in China. Lingering Garden is located outside Changmen Gate in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province. Originally a classical private garden, it is one of the four most famous gardens in China. Enjoy your evening at leisure.
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Day 10 Suzhou/Hangzhou After breakfast, travel by deluxe motor coach to Hangzhou, one of China's premiers tourist destinations. An old Chinese saying state. Hangzhou has been the inspiration for poets and artists for centuries. Besides silk, the region is also a major producer of tea. Next, you will visit the Lingyin Temple (Temple of the Soul's Retreat), one of ten most famous Buddhist temples in China and is considered the leading research center relative to Chinese Buddhist culture. No tour to Hangzhou is complete without going to the world renowned Dragon Well Tea Plantation, where the legendary green tea is picked and processed by hand. The first picked tea leaves of the new harvest were once reserved solely for the Emperor and transported to him via Grand Canal. You will learn about the harvesting, as well as the proper way to brew this healthful beverage. The Chinese Tea Ceremony will be demonstrated. Sample the freshness of the tea. Appreciate its “green color, smooth appearance, fragrant aroma and sweet taste”. Enjoy your evening at Hangzhou.B
Day 11 Hangzhou/Guilin After breakfast, take a cruise on the picturesque West Lake, which is said to be created from a pearl dropped by a phoenix and a Dragon, and proclaimed by the Chinese “the landscape composed by a painter”. Stroll along the lake's causeways and immerse yourself in its beauty. You also visit the famed “Broken Bridge” to marvel at the Golden Fishes. Then transfer to the airport for a flight to Guilin.
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Day 12 Guilin After breakfast, you will take a relaxing cruise on the Li River to Yangshuo, an incredibly beautiful town with its landscape dotted with karst peaks and the Li River winding around it. Enjoy the haunting beauty of the mist-wrapped monolithic peaks along the riverbanks en route. Upon arrival in Yangshuo, you will take a walking tour and stroll on the Xi Jie (West Street) which has attracted so many foreign tourists that it has been even called the “Global Village”.
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Day 13 Guilin This morning you will take a bus ride back to Guilin for a tour of the Elephant Trunk Hill. Elephant Trunk Hill is located on the western bank of the scenic Li River in Guilin. 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 Reed Flute Cave, a fairy land of limestone known as the “art gallery of nature”. With its location of five kilometers northwest of the downtown of Guilin, the Reed Flute Cave is a brilliant cave marked on almost all travel itineraries.
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Day 14 Guilin/Hongkong After breakfast you will take a departure transfer to the airport for the flight to Hong Kong.B
