Best of China Tour
Day 1 Arrive in Beijing Day 2 Beijing (B/L/D) Day 3 Beijing (B/L/D) After dinner you will have a relaxing massage. Day 4 Beijing (B) Day 5 Beijing/Xi'an (B) Day 6 Xi'an (B/L/D) Day 7 Xi'an/Guilin (B/D) Day 8 Guilin (B/L) Day 9 Guilin/Shanghai (B/D) Day10 Shanghai (B/L/D) Day11 Shanghai (B/L) Day 12 Depart Shanghai . (B)
Arrive in Beijing . Meet and transfer to Grand Hyatt or similar 5 star hotel.
In the morning you will visit the Tian'anmen Square , the biggest public square in the world; the Forbidden City , the vast complex of palaces, which was the home of successive Emperors for more than 500 years. In the afternoon, visit to the Summer Palace, the largest and the best preserved of all imperial palace gardens, which boasts such delights as the famous Marble Boat and the ornately painted 'Long Corridor'. Take a boat ride along Lake Kunming . Dinner: Beijing duck banquet.
Morning tour to the Great Wall, stretching almost 4,000 miles from the Pacific Ocean to the sands of Central Asia and befittingly crowned one of the seven wonders of the world. After lunch visit Ding Ling the underground palace of Ming Tombs , one of the final resting-places for the 13th Emperors of the Ming Dynasty. Dinner: Imperial Cuisine.
Morning tour to the Temple of Heaven, the 500-year-old Temple houses altars on which sacrifices and offerings were laid to the gods in a glorious setting of gardens, trees and sculptures. Afternoon is free or optional tours.
Transfer to the airport for the flight to Xi'an . Upon arrival, meet and transfer to the Shangri-La Golden Flower Hotel or similar 5 star hotel. Visit the Big Wild Goose Pagoda and City Wall which was constructed over 600 years ago.
Visit one of the greatest archaeological discovery, the Terra-Cotta Warriors, Bronze Chariots and Horses interred with Emperor Qin Shi Huang more than 2,000 years ago. And the picturesque Huaqing Hot Spring where the emperor bathed with his concubines. After dinner, enjoy a traditional Tang Dynasty show.
Transfer to the airport for the flight to Guilin . Meet and transfer to the Lijiang Waterfall Hotel or other 5 star hotel. Guilin a beautiful city with its unique landscape and an inspiration of Chinese artists and poets for centuries. In the afternoon, visit the Piled Silk Hill and Elephant Trunk Hill, and dinner at a local restaurant
The Highlight of the trip to Guilin is a spectacular cruise down the meandering and picturesque the Li River, the breathtaking scenery as jagged mist-covered mountains, quaint villages dot the riverbanks, drift past humped limestone peaks, fishermen aboard bamboo rafts and grazing water buffalo. Lunch on board.
Transfer to the airport for the flight to Shanghai . Meet and transfer to Radisson New World or similar 5 star hotel. Evening to the Bund, a popular promenade along the Huangpu River where the old meets the modern in Shanghai, sensational night scene with the city lights on . Dinner: Jiangnan cuisine at local restaurant.
Morning tour to the Old Town with its winding alleyways lined with shops, tea houses and restaurants, and then the elegant and tranquil Yu Garden. Afternoon visit Xintiandi - a neighborhood of old Shikumen (a type of tenement found only in Shanghai ) has been saved by a restoration that turned the old stone buildings into boutiques, clubs and restaurants. Lunch: Shanghai BenBang cuisine and dinner: live seafood restaurant. After dinner we will take you to some popular bars, jazz bars, night clubs. Optional arobatic show.
Morning excursion to Zhujiajiao, a river-town near Shanghai with lunch at local restaurant. Afternoon you will visit the Shanghai Museum and a relaxing massage.
Leisure or shopping before departure transfer to the airport for homeward flight.
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