Visit the Shanghai Museum, take a stroll through Yu Garden, and after get a taste of Shanghai's local life in the Yuyuan Market, and then visit the Jade Buddha Temple, the Bund and Nanjing Road.
Enjoy the Big Wild Goose Pagoda.
Visit the incredible life-size Terracotta Warriors.
Explore The Ancient City Walls.
Visit Tiananmen Square followed by the magnificent Forbidden City.
Visit the Temple of Heaven, and the most famous symbol of China and one of the world's most remarkable architectural wonders "The Great Wall of China".
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Day : 1 Arrival / Beijing
Day : 2 Shanghai (B)
Day : 3 Shanghai/ Xi'an (B)
Day : 4 Xi'an (B)
Day : 5 Xi'an/ Beijing (B)
Day : 6 Beijing (B)
Day : 7 Beijing (B)
Day : 8 Beijing/ Exit (B)
Transfer via: Flight, arranged
Upon your arrival at Shanghai, China's most cosmopolitan city, your personal guide will meet you and escort you to your hotel. The rest of the day is yours to relax, or step out into this amazing city for an adventure on your own.
Accommodation: Greenland Jiulong Hotel (Economic 3 star), Deluxe Room
Address: No.601 Liyang Road,Hongkou District, Shanghai 200080 China
Today you will visit the Shanghai Museum with an audio. Later you will take a stroll through Yu Garden, and after get a taste of Shanghai's local life in the Yuyuan Market, and then visit the Jade Buddha Temple, the Bund and Nanjing Road.
Accommodation: Greenland Jiulong Hotel, Deluxe Room
Yu Garden: Located in the Old Town of Shanghai and laid out in 1559 AD by a powerful Ming official, Yu Garden recreates a beautiful landscape of pagodas, pavilions, rockeries, fountains, ancient trees and precious flowers.
Yuyuan Market: Outside the Yu Garden, a bustling market with different snacks and trinkets.
The Bund:Where the great trading houses and banks had their headquarters in 1920s and 1930s, about a mile long, it is the city's fulcrum.
Nanjing Road: Known as "China's No.1 Shopping Street" with a huge of merchandise on sale, it is the main shopping street of Shanghai, running in a west-east direction.
Shanghai Museum with an audio(Closed on Monday): Often ranked as China's best museum, it is the biggest museum in China with a fine collection of over 120,000 pieces of Chinese artifacts. Shanghai Museum is closed to public on Monday . Note:Since the guide is not allowed to give speeches at Shanghai Museum, an audio will be provided for you instead. You can choose English, French, German, Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Spanish and Italian with the audio.
Jade Buddha Temple:Named after its exquisite milk-white jade Buddha brought from Burma in the 19th century by a Chinese monk, it is a spiritual oasis in the midst of a modern metropolis.
Transfer via: Flight, Economy Class
After breakfast, you will be escorted to the airport for your flight to Xian. Upon arriving in Xian, your local guide will meet you at the airport and take you to your hotel. Then you will visit Big Wild Goose Pagoda.
Accommodation: Grand Noble Hotel Xian (3 star), Nobel Club Floor Room
Address: No. 334 East Street, Xi an City, Shaanxi Province, China
Big Wild Goose Pagoda:regarded by many as a symbol of the city, the pagoda was built in 652 A.D in Tang Dynasty to house the sutras brought back from India by the famous monk Xuan-zang.
You will visit the incredible life-size Terracotta Warriors in the morning. After that, you will visit the Great Mosque and Muslim Street.
Accommodation: Grand Noble Hotel Xian, Nobel Club Floor Room
Terracotta Warriors:Discovered in 1974 by local farmers digging a well, one of the most significant archeological finds of the 20th century. These 6,000 life-size painted terracotta warriors and horses --individually sculpted from real-life models and arranged in battle formation have been protecting the mausoleum of the first emperor in Chinese history—Emperor QinShihuang since 2,200 years ago.
Muslim Street:It is the center of the sizable Chinese-Muslim community in Xian. You will pass through a narrow bazaar street linked with shops selling a large variety of interesting local delicacies, snacks and souvenirs. It is also packed with small restaurants serving typical Muslim food.
Great Mosque:the largest mosque in Xi'an and one of the four grand Islamic mosques in China with more than 1200 years' history, the mosque possesses not only traditional Chinese architectural style, but also features peculiar to Islamic mosques and now it is a major spot for religious activities of 50,000 Muslims in Xi'an.
Transfer via: High speed G train, Second Class Seat
After breakfast, you will tour The Ancient City Walls before being escorted to the train station for the high speed train to Beijing. Upon your arrival at Beijing, our local guide will meet you and escort you to your hotel.
Accommodation: Howard Johnson Paragon Hotel Beijing (Economic 3 star), Standard Room
Address: 18A Jianguomen Nei Avenue, Beijing 100005,China
The Ancient City Walls:It is the largest and best-preserved ancient fortress in the world. It is also the thickest “wall” in the world, which you can drive golf car, take rickshaw and ride bicycle on the top.
On this day you will first visit Tiananmen Square followed by the magnificent Forbidden City. In the afternoon you will visit the Summer Palace (including 15-minute boat ride).
Accommodation: Howard Johnson Paragon Hotel Beijing, Standard Room
Tiananmen Square:It is the largest city square in the world and the spiritual heart of China, where the national flag is raised exactly at sunrise every day.
The Forbidden City(Closed on Monday):It is located in the center of Beijing, used to be the imperial palace of the Ming and Qing dynasties with a history of around 600 years, it is the grandest integral palace complex still remaining in China.
Summer Palace (including 15-minute boat ride):Located on the northwestern outskirts of the city, it was an imperial summer resort of the Qing Dynasty. With its perfect layout, magnificent buildings and enchanting landscape, it is the most splendid classical garden in China. Note:Boat ride is not available from Nov. 1st to April.1st because of the lake frozen.
Today, you will first visit the Temple of Heaven, then drive to the magnificent Great Wall (Mutianyu section with round trip cable car).
Accommodation: Howard Johnson Paragon Hotel Beijing, Standard Room
Great Wall (Mutianyu Section):The most famous symbol of China and one of the world's most remarkable architectural wonders, it was built over 2,000 years ago and stretching about 6,700km.
Mutianyu Cable Car (round way):Round-way cable car of Mutianyu Great Wall included. Chair-lift and Toboggan are also available. If you want to change to any of them, please inform the local guide before he or she purchases the tickets for round-trip cable car for you. Please pay the extra charge in cash to the local guide.
Temple of Heaven:It is the place which was visited yearly by the emperors who performed intricate rituals to insure a good harvest for the whole nation at ancient times.
Transfer via: Flight, arranged on your own
Free until be escorted to the airport for your flight to your next destination.
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tour notes
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-Child age 2-9 years. Above 9 years is considered as an adult.
-Breakfast at the hotel will be Continental/American buffet breakfast, Packed breakfast option is not available. -No refund for any missed breakfast due to flight timings.
-Strictly one piece of medium luggage & one small carry on per person is allowed.
-TimeWise itinerary must be strictly adhered to maintain the flow of the itinerary. The itinerary and vouchers will be sent by email 72 hours prior to departure.
-Porterage, tips, laundry, telephone calls, alcohol/non-alcoholic beverages are not included.
-The passengers requiring Wheelchair assistance will have to make their own arrangements.
-Early check-in not Guaranteed and is based on the hotel's availability.
-The passengers will have to give their Credit Card at the time of check-in towards Incidentals.
-No refunds either in part or full will be made for any unused services in the above package like ground transportation, meals, accommodation, sightseeing tours.
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