ESSENCE OF CHINA TOUR

The abundant breakfast will be served at the hotel in the morning. After that, your tour guide will introduce the other members of the group to you and give all of you a pre-tour briefing in the hotel. Today's tour starts from visiting the Tiananmen Square, which is the largest central city square in the world, and serves not only Beijing's symbol but also the whole China’s. Then our tour guide will show the best-preserved Imperial Palace complex, the Forbidden City to you, it has 9,999 rooms in flourishing period and 24 emperors in Ming and Qing Dynasties live and worked here. After having a delicious a la carte Chinese lunch, our tour guide will show you the Temple of Heaven, where the emperors worshiped the god for harvest and impetrated blessing in ancient times. This evening, we specially arrange a vivid Kungfu Show at the Red Theatre, following the sumptuous local specialty Peking Duck Dinner at the original, century-old Quanjude restaurant for you. (B+L+D)

Today tour starts from visiting the greatest wonders of the world, the Great Wall of Badaling Section, which is one of the most attractive and safest parts of the Great Wall. We specially arrange a palatable lunch in a decent restaurant for you. In the afternoon, continue your exploration to Sacred Way and the Ming Tomb. On the way back to downtown, you will have a chance to overview the outlook of the Bird's Nest. (B+L)

After breakfast at the hotel, you will be transferred to visit the Xi'an City Wall with more than 600 years' history; it is the oldest and the best-preserved City Wall not only in China, but also in the whole world. After enjoying another a la carte lunch, fly to the metropolis Shanghai, a city is endowed with rich tourist attractions and also it is a great destination for shoppers. If you want to explore the modern China, Shanghai is the best choice. After flight landing, the local guide will wait for you at the exit of the airport and transfer you to the 5-star Howard Johnson Business Club Hotel and help you with the check-in procedure. (B+L)

Visit the Shanghai Museum in the morning, which is a large art museum of ancient China. It has very large collections of various cultural relics, of which, bronze wares, porcelains, calligraphy and painting being most famous. Then you will be transferred to Shanghai old area to visit the Yuyuan Garden. After a good valued a la carte lunch, take a visit to the Nanjing Road, the Bund area along the Huangpu River and an old cultural street in Shanghai to feel the graceful bearing of old Shanghai. (B+L)