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Forbidden City, Beijing
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Day 01: Arrival in Beijing
When your international flight land in the Beijing Capital airport, you will be met by our tour guide with warm greetings. The pick-up service will be private transfer for your family or group only. After you check in at the 4-star Holiday Inn Central Plaza Hotel, your tour guide will tell you the meeting time for the next day's tour. The rest of the day will be left on your own to have a good rest.
Day 02: Beijing
Please arrive at the appointed place punctually as you will meet the other members of your group and your tour guide will give you a brief pre-tour introduction. After that, your China tour begins with visiting the symbol of Beijing, the Tiananmen Square. With the Great Hall of the People in the west, and the Chairman Mao Memorial Hall in the south, the ceremony of raising and lowering the national flag are held here everyday. Then continue your visit to the Forbidden City, which is also called the Palace Museum. You will enjoy an a la carte lunch at a top local restaurant. Visit the Temple of Heaven in the afternoon. The Qinian Hall was considered as the closest place to heaven in ancient times. To show our warmest welcome for your coming to China, a marvelous Kungfu Show at the Red Theatre will be arranged after tasting the local specialty Peking Duck Dinner at the famous Quanjude restaurant. Hope you like it. (B+L+D)
Day 03: Beijing
After breakfast at the hotel, take a Great Wall exploration tour. For those different sections of the Great Wall, we specially arrange the Badaling Section for you, which is the best preserved and the most representative part of Ming Great Wall with witnessing many historical events. So, this part is also the most popular among the visitors. You are suggested to wear walking shoes for this exciting journey. Lunch will be served at a Sichuan Cuisine Restaurant famous for its spicy food, enjoying very high reputation in local. In the afternoon, you will be transferred to visit the Sacred Way and Ming Tombs. En route back to downtown, take a glance of the Olympic Stadium Bird's Nest and you may take the opportunity to take a photo with it. (B+L))
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Our group at the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, Xian
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Day 04: Beijing - Xian
Almost all of the famous and historical sites in Beijing have relation with emperor or royal family. The Summer Palace is not an exception, which was the royal garden in Qing Dynasty and till now. It is still the most outstanding garden among the national botanical garden art. After visiting that, you will be transferred to Beijing Zoo to visit the lovely Pandas and other rare and special animals from different part of the world. At noon, we will serve you a delicious a la carte lunch for you. Your Beijing tour will come to an end here, and the guide will see you off to Xi'an by air, a city used to be the capital of 13 dynasties in ancient times. Your tour guide in Xi'an will pick you up punctually according to your flight schedule and transfer you to the 4-star Grand New World Hotel. (B+L)
Day 05: Xian
Visit the Terra Cotta Army in the morning, which is the underground corps guards the mausoleum of the first unifier Qin Shihuang. You can see all the pottery figures are with different facial expressions and gestures, which was said that those figures were all the images of the real and lively soldiers at that time. From the sites, you may not only realize the powerful army of the Qin Dynasty, but also the lofty aspirations and high ambition of the emperor for dominating the world forever. After enjoying a tasty a la carte Lunch, visit the Great Mosque and the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, which was first built in Tang Dynasty and was also used to store the sutra taking back from Indian by the master Xuan Zang. The Tang Dynasty Music and Dance Show will be served for you followed by the Dumpling Banquet. During the show, you may know more about ancient and traditional instruments. (B+L+D)
Day 06: Xian - Guilin
In the morning, visit the ancient City Wall, which surrounds Xi'an inner city as a circle, and which is the most complete city wall existent in China, as well as one of the largest ancient military defensive systems in the world. After a fancy a la carte lunch at another popular local restaurant, take a flight to Guilin, a city famous for its picturesque scenery. Your tour guide will pick you up and transfer you to the 4-star Guilin Bravo Hotel, which is a former Holiday Inn hotel. (B+L)
Day 07: Guilin
Guilin is also famous for its Karst landform. The first scenic spot today is Reed Flute Cave, which is the classic representative of the Karst landform and which is also called the Art Palace of Nature. Walking through the serried stone pillars, tourists will feast their eyes with changing beauty, feeling walking in a paradise where the Gods live. The remainder of the day will be filled with the Seven Star Park and the Elephant Trunk Hill. (B+L)
Day 08: Guilin - Yangshuo
In the morning, you are about to leave Guilin and take the highlight cruise trip along the Li River to the tranquil town Yangshuo. During the cruise, the gorgeous Karst peaks will surprise you at each bend of the limpid river under the blue sky. Water buffalo patrolling in the fields, peasants reaping in the rice paddies while school kids and fishermen floating by on bamboo rafts, all of which may make you feel that you are traveling in a picture. Lunch will be provided by the cruise ship, but the taste may not cater to your expectation, so we suggest you take some snacks with you or have a big breakfast at the hotel. The cruise trip will end at about 14:00 and you will check in at the 4-star New Century Hotel (Deluxe Room) for a short break. A bicycle tour will take you to savor the countryside scenery. If you are not good at bicycle riding, we will transfer you there instead of riding bicycles. On the way, a local family visit will give you more information of the local peasants' life. We will leave the dinner on your own, since the famous West Street locates in front of your hotel, where many western-style coffee bars and restaurants could meet your every different taste. (B+L)
Day 09: Yangshuo - Guilin - Shanghai
In the morning, you will be transferred to Guilin airport to take a flight to Shanghai, the largest metropolis in mainland China. Your Shanghai local guide will meet you at the airport and transfer you to check in at the 5-star Howard Johnson Business Club Hotel. The rest of the day will be free for you to explore the city on your own. (B)
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Shanghai Pudong new area
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Day 10: Shanghai
The first stop today is the Shanghai Museum, which is a veritable treasure house of ancient Chinese art and houses 120,000 precious relics. Bronzes, pottery, paintings and calligraphies are the distinctive features of the Museum's collection. Then continue your visit to the Yuyuan Garden, the largest of Shanghai's ancient gardens with architectural styles of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, which locates at Shanghai old city area. You can also visit the hustle and bustle market on the way to the garden. A la carte lunch is specially arranged for you in an famous local restaurant today. In the afternoon, visit the Nanjing Road and the Bund area along the Huangpu River and an old cultural street in Shanghai. While you are back to the hotel, your tour guide will say good-bye to all of you. (B+L)
Day 11: Departure from Shanghai
Your memorable China tour will come to an end today. The hotel-airport transfer will be arranged by yourself. For the transportation means, you may ask your tour guide the day before for details. Taxis, the subways, airport buses and the maglev trains are all available. If you would like us to arrange the see-off service for you, you can also feel free to let us know. If you want to extend your tour for a few days, please do contact us and we are pleased to offer the additional hotel accommodation or tour arrangements for you. (B)
