Transport

Drivers & air-conditioned vehicles

Flights

Domestic airfares: Beijing/ Xian, Xian/ Shanghai

Accommodation

Hotel accommodations with breakfasts at the well-selected hotels as specified in the itinerary.

Guide

Professional English-speaking Guides

Others

Entrance fees to tourist sites Tips or gratuities for hotel porters

Meals

7 western buffet breakfasts, 3 lunches with some being a la carte style, 1 dumpling dinner

Not included:

Others

International airfares Entry Visa fees Personal expenses Tips or gratuities for guides and drivers

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Day 1 Beijing Arrival
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Beijing Arrival

Upon your arrival at Beijing airport, your guide will be waiting for you outside the customs of Beijing Airport, and then the driver will transfer you to the hotel. Relax during the remainder of the day.
Day 2 Highlights Including Forbidden City
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Highlights Including Forbidden City

Visit the world famous Tian’anmen Square and the Forbidden City this morning. To avoid the cheap tourist restaurant as the most are doing now, we specially serve you a welcome a la carte lunch (valued at CNY150.00 per person and included in our price) at a very decent restaurant, where you can have a taste of authentic Chinese food and the most famous Peking Roast Duck. In the afternoon, visit the Yonghe Palace and the Temple of Heaven. Tonight, we will arrange a living Beijing Opera Show in Liyuan Theatre and we will leave enough time for you to see how actors put on makeup on their face. (B+L)
Day 3 Excursion To Great Wall
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Excursion To Great Wall

Today’s highlight is to visit Mutianyu Great Wall. The round-trip cable car is included. We will specially provide red wine for a group-toasting on the Great Wall. The restaurants nearby the site are of low standard, so we do not arrange the lunch today. It may be the best that you have a big breakfast at the hotel and have some fast food for lunch by yourself. Our guide will show you some restaurants. Drive back to down and have a photo stop at the Olympic National Stadium (Bird’s Nest), you will see its splendid appearance at a distance. Afterwards, you will take a rickshaw tour to explore the original Hutong alleys and have a chance to visit a local family. (B)
Day 4 Fly To Xi’An (Economy Class Flight: 2 Hours)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Fly To Xi’An (Economy Class Flight: 2 Hours)

In the morning, visit the Panda House in Beijing Zoo and the Summer Palace. After that, take a flight to Xi’an and check in at the hotel. (B+L)
Day 5 Highlights Including Terracotta Army
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Highlights Including Terracotta Army

Today’s highlight is to visit the Terracotta Army. After that, take a family visit to home of the first discoverer of the Terracotta Army. And then make a mini clay warrior by yourself in a traditional cave dwelling with the help of a local artisan. In the afternoon, visit the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. A splendid evening is in store when you will be entertained by the Tang Dynasty Music and Dance Show when partaking of the famous Dumpling Dinner. (B+D)

Tips: Dumplings are a traditional local food in northern China and are made of wheat flour with various indigenous fillings. This has long been a favorite food of the local people, so we have arranged for you to have a taste of this speciality today. You will also have an opportunity to learn more about the diversified Chinese food culture. However, we suggest you do not expect too much from this dinner, it is just a new and different experience during your trip.
Day 6 Fly To Shanghai (Economy Class Flight: 2 Hours)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Fly To Shanghai (Economy Class Flight: 2 Hours)

The day begins with a leisure visit to the City Wall Park, where you can observe the day-to-day life of the locals and learn to practice Tai Chi with the master. Visit the City Wall. Then explore the lively Muslim Quarter and try the local food. After that, take a flight to Shanghai and check in at the hotel. (B+L)
Day 7 Shanghai City Highlights
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Shanghai City Highlights

This morning, visit Shanghai Museum, Yuyuan Garden and explore its nearby traditional bazaar. A farewell a la carte lunch (valued at CNY150.00 per person and included in our price) will be served at an elegant restaurant. After that, you will wander in the prosperous Bund area and then take a one-hour cruise tour along the Huangpu River. Today’s last stop is Tianzifang in the Former French concession, where modern art meets the old Shikumen houses and narrow alleyways. (B+L)
Day 8 Departure From Shanghai
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Departure From Shanghai

Today you will travel to the airport for your departing flight by yourself. Due to different flight schedules, the hotel-airport transfer service is not included. But we are glad to assist you if you need. We wish you a nice journey home and memories to last a lifetime. (B)

B-- Breakfast L-- Lunch D-- Dinner

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Best Of China Small Group Tour

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Beijing Arrival

Highlights Including Forbidden City

Excursion To Great Wall

Fly To Xi’An (Economy Class Flight: 2 Hours)

Highlights Including Terracotta Army

Fly To Shanghai (Economy Class Flight: 2 Hours)

Shanghai City Highlights

Departure From Shanghai

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