China Delights

Our guide will meet you outside Customs of the airport after you retrieve your luggage and clear Customs, and then transfer you to the hotel by a private car. The rest of the day is free for you to have a good rest and get prepared for your 11 days China tour package.

In the morning, your 11 days China tour will start with a visit to Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City. As the largest city square in the world, Tiananmen Square has seen the country's development in the past 500 years and become an important venue for most of the national ceremonies. Walking through the square, you will come to the largest and best-preserved imperial palace complex - the Forbidden City. With 590 years of history, the Forbidden City will bring you back to the prosperous Ming and Qing dynasties by giving glimpses of imperial architecture and thousands of precious cultural relics.

To avoid the cheap touristy restaurants as most are doing now, we will serve you an a la carte lunch (valued at CNY150.00 per person and included in our price) at a famous local Cantonese restaurant where you will taste authentic Chinese food.

After lunch, you will visit the Temple of Heaven, which is the imperial altar for the emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties to worship the God of Heaven. Then, you will have a Hutong tour to experience the original Beijing culture by taking a special rickshaw ride through the various Hutong alleys and to know about the old capital's manners and customs.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast, A la carte lunch

Today your private visit will begin from the splendid Mutianyu Great Wall. As one of the most popular sections of the China Great Wall, Mutianyu, like a soaring dragon, stretches along the mountain ranges. You will be deeply impressed by the wandering walls, spectacular passes and towers, and splendid mountain scenery. We will arrange a round-trip cable car for you. You can also tell the guide to change it to the chairlift up and toboggan down if you like. Make your own arrangements for lunch today. Our guide will help you find a proper restaurant upon your request.

Returning downtown, we will drive by the Bird's Nest (National Stadium), the venue of the 2008 Olympic Games. You will see the full view of the huge 'nest' at a distance. Take this chance to add one memorable photo in your album. Afterwards, we will head to a local market and leave you some free time there to wander around.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast

This morning, you will firstly visit the Summer Palace, which is an outstanding combination of Chinese classical landscape design and natural beauty. After that, you will visit the Yonghe Temple, the best preserved lamasery in Beijing. It has a unique architectural style, integrating Han, Manchu, Mongolian and Tibetan cultures.

In the afternoon, you will take a flight to Xi'an and our local guide will be waiting for you outside the baggage claim area of the airport and transfer you to your downtown hotel.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast

In the morning, visit the Eighth Wonder of the World, the Terracotta Army Museum . You will not only be attracted by the life-sized warrior figures and horses, each of which has distinct facial expressions and positions, but also be astonished by various kinds of ancient weapons which reflect the highly advanced technology in weapon-making 2,200 years ago.

Afterwards, you will have a local family visit and an a la carte lunch (valued at CNY120.00 per person and included in our price) will be arranged in the home of the family that you visit, to taste authentic home cooked dishes. We also offer Chinese food cooking class to our valued guests for free in the family visit. If feel interested, you may learn to cook Chinese dishes from the hostess.

After lunch, you will go to visit the Small Wild Goose Pagoda, which is one of the most important structures in ancient Chang'an during the Tang Dynasty (618 - 907) and now a famous landmark of the city. After that, visit the Great Mosque, which was built in the year of 742 AD with a similar architectural style as Chinese temples. On your way to the mosque, you will walk across the famous snack street - the Muslim Street, where you may find many delicious local foods as well as interesting souvenirs.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast, Home-cooked a la carte lunch

After breakfast, you will go to visit the City Wall Park, where you could see many old people doing exercise and various recreational activities. Here you will have a chance to join in the locals and learn Tai Chi from a professional. It can edify your temperament as well as build your body, so you can continue to practice after returning home. Then you will visit the City Wall, one of the best-preserved city walls in China. Stroll around on the wall, and you will have a bird's eye view of the old city. Cycling on the wall is also available. If you can ride, you're suggested to rent a bike and ride around on the wall, which will be a pleasant and unforgettable experience.

In the afternoon, visit the Hanyangling Museum on the way to the airport. One highlight of the visit was the underground museum, where the relics and ruins remain in their original condition without any movement. You can note the ancient burial customs very closely. Take a flight to Guilin and we will transfer you to the hotel. Your luxury series hotel is located on the bank of the Li River, and you can stroll along the bank and enjoy the picturesque city on your own this evening.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast

Enduring memories are created today as you cruise down the Li River to Yangshuo. The length of the Li River is about 50 miles, and you can see picturesque scenery all the way during your cruise journey.

Upon arrival in Yangshuo, we will take you to the countryside to enjoy the rural beauty. In addition, you will also visit a local villager's home to experience the farmer's lifestyle there. How do they fetch water from the well? How do they process grain through the stone mill? How do they work in the farmland? All can be seen here. After a whole day's excursion in Yangshuo, we will transfer you back to Guilin in the late afternoon.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast, Lunch

Today's China itinerary 11 days starts from one of the most famous attractions in the city, Reed Flute Cave, which is renowned for the varieties of stalactites, stalagmites, columns and lime-flowers which came into being about 700,000 years ago. Walking in the cave, you will also be impressed by the interesting names of the stalactites and stalagmites, such as Palace of Crystal, Dragon Pagoda and Flower & Fruit Mountain. Your next stop will be the Seven Stars Park. Your city visit will end with the Elephant Trunk Hill. You must wonder how such a huge rock resembles an elephant drinking water on the riverside, and your guide will give you appropriate information on arrival.

When finishing all the attractions in the city, you will take a flight to Shanghai and our local guide will greet you at the airport and transfer you to the hotel in downtown area.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast

After breakfast, you will visit Shanghai Museum and the Yu Garden. As one of the four largest museums in China, Shanghai Museum is famous for its vast storage of 120,000 art relics, especially for the exhibition of bronze wares, porcelain wares, calligraphy and paintings. After learning about history, you will learn about ancient Chinese gardening - visiting one of the most famous gardens south of the Yangtze River, Yu Garden. We will serve you an a la carte lunch (valued at CNY150.00 per person and included in our price) at a fancy and famous local restaurant, which offers tasty Shanghai and Cantonese cuisines.

In the afternoon, we will transfer you to the Bund area, where you will take a one-hour cruise on the Huangpu River. On the banks of the river as you go, you will find almost all the major attractions of Shanghai, symbolizing the past, present and future of the city. After the cruise, you will visit the Bund area and then explore Tianzifang old street.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast, A la carte lunch

You will take a side trip to the beautiful Suzhou and traditional water town today. After a 2-hour transfer by our comfortable air-conditioned car, you will arrive at the Humble Administrator's Garden. The garden is centered on water, surrounded by hills and rivers, beautifully decorated halls, luxuriant flowers and trees. Walking in the garden, you can enjoy the scenery along the way while listening to the guide to explain the exquisite design of the garden. Next, you will visit Suzhou Museum before we drive you to Tongli Water Town.

You might have heard of many water towns in the southeast region of China, and you will not be disappointed by Tongli if you can see only one of them. Tongli water town is famed for its various bridges, lots of buildings from the Ming and Qing dynasties, and associated with many celebrities and scholars. The cultural sites, relics, legacies of more than 400 years are still well maintained there. You can see ancient houses, courtyards and gardens everywhere while walking in the town. After that, we will drive you back to your hotel in Shanghai.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast

Your private guide and driver will pick you up from the hotel and drive you to the airport so that you can board the flight back home loaded with pleasant memories of this 11 days guided tour of China.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast