Day 1 Arrive in Beijing (no meals)
Upon your arrival at the Beijing Capital International Airport, our native guide will meet you by holding your name sign (with CFT on). Then you are picked up to your hotel and the guide will recommend you some famous restaurants. The rest of the day is for your own leisure.
Day 2 Beijing (B, L, D)
Today, you will have a full-day tour to visit the Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City (Ancient Palace), and the Temple of Heaven. After completing the day sightseeing, you will enjoy the Beijing Roast Duck Dinner at the Bianyifang Roast Duck Restaurant.
Note: We arrange Bianyifang instead of Quanjude for the dinner place. The reason is that Bianyifang Restaurant is also very good. But the price is much lower than that of the Quanjude Restaurant.
Day 3 Beijing (B, L, D)
After breakfast, take your private car (about 40 minutes drive) to visit Badaling Great Wall. Then lunch at a local restaurant, and drive straight to visit the Sacred Way and the Ming Tombs. After dinner, experience local culture at the Beijing Opera, including a behind-the-scenes look at the colorful make-up being applied to the performers.
Day 4 Beijing/Xian by flight (B, L)
This morning you will visit the Beijing lanes (Hutong) by rickshaw then take the afternoon flight to Xi'an. You are met at the Xi'an Xianyang International Airport by the Xi'an local guide with your name sign, and then be collected to the hotel. The rest of the day is on your own arrangement.
Day 5 Xian (B, L)
Have a full day tour to the Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses Museum, Xi'an Beilin Museum, Shuyuanmen Market and the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. Free evening for your own exploration.
Day 6 Xian (B, L, D)
Go on a visit to the Shaanxi Provincial History Museum, the Bell Tower, Muslim Quarters and the Ancient City Wall. In the Evening have a Dumpling Banquet for your dinner.
Day 7 Xian/Luoyang by train (B)
Transfer to Luoyang via a morning train with soft sleepers (about 5hrs). Be met at the Luoyang Train Station and picked up to the hotel. Remainder of the day is your own arrangement.
Day 8 Luoyang (B, L)
Today, you will have a visit of the Longmen Grottoes, the White Horse Temple, the Chariot and Horse Pits and Luoyang Old Street.
Day 9 Luoyang/Zhengzhou by car (B, L)
Take a private car to Zhengzhou, on the way visit Shaolin Temple including the Pagoda Forest. Check in your hotel in Zhengzhou. Free at leisure.
Day 10 Zhengzhou/Shanghai by train (B)
Transfer to Zhengzhou railway station and take a morning D train to Shanghai (first class seat, 6 hours and 50 minutes). Upon arrival at Shanghai Railway Station, be met and transferred to your hotel. Free at leisure.
Day 11 Shanghai (B, L, D)
Have a full day visit to Yu Garden, Yuyuan Market, and the Oriental Pearl TV Tower and the former French Concession Xintiandi. In the evening watch Acrobatic Show at a local Theatre.
Day 12 Shanghai (B, L)
Today, you will be driven to the Zhujiajiao to experience the water town scenery. After that, drive back to Shanghai. Visit the Nanjing Road and the Bund. Free evening for your own exploration.
Day 13 Shanghai / Departure (B)
Be free until your local guide escorts you to the Shanghai Pudong International Airport for your homebound flight.
Services End
·Charge of obtaining your visa to enter China.
·In/out flight, domestic airport fee and departure tax is not included. (We can help you book the cheap tickets!)
·Gratitude to guide and driver is not included.
·Expenses of a personal nature such as laundry, drinks, telex, optional activities or sightseeing, telephone calls or overweight baggage charges or meals not indicated etc.
·The airport construction tax.
·The hotel, guide and transfer are all based on double occupancy. If the visitor travels alone, he or she must pay for the other person. This additional charge is called single supplement.
· If the traveler number is odd (such as 3, 5, 7...), the odd number person who stays in one single room has to pay the single room supplement. Since the hotel is on the double occupancy.