Day 1 Arrival in Beijing
Arrive in Beijing. Met at airport by your local guide and transferred to the well-located 4 star Beijing Tiantan Hotel. Rest of day is at leisure.
Hotel: Tiantan Hotel****
Meals: no
Day 2 Beijing
In the morning visit the Tiananmen Square -the largest urban square of the world and the Forbidden City, which used to be the imperial palace during the Ming and Qing Dynasties and now a grand palace museum. After lunch visit the symbolic Temple of Heaven built in 1420 where ancient Chinese emperors pried for harvest and future.
Hotel: Tiantan Hotel****
Meals: B L D
Day 3 Beijing
In the morning visit the Great Wall in Badaling, one of the greatest human projects and defensive systems in history. After lunch drive to the Ming Tombs –Changling. Evening enjoy Beijing Roast Duck for Dinner.
Hotel: Tiantan Hotel****
Meals: B L D
Day 4 Beijing-Xi'an
In the morning fly to the ancient Chinese capital of political & cultural center - Xi'an. Arrive in Xi'an, met by your local guide at airport and transferred to the well located 4 star TianYu Gloria Plaza Hotel. Afternoon visit the grand Provincial Museum that is one of the best in China.
Hotel: TianYu Gloria Plaza Hotel ****
Meals: B L D
Day 5 Xi'an
Today is a full day tour to the east of city—world famous grand Museum of Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses that is listed as World Cultural Heritage and reputed as the 8th wonder of the world and the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. Enjoy a Tang Dynasty Cultural show after dinner.
Hotel: TianYu Gloria Plaza Hotel****
Meals: B L D
Day 6 Xi'an-Guilin
In the morning visit the best-preserved City Wall (South Gate), the symbolic Bell Tower and Drum Tower. In the afternoon transferred to airport for the amazingly picturesque Guilin. Met and transferred to the lovely lakeside located 4 star Guilin Park Hotel
Hotel: Guilin Park Hotel****
Meals: B L D
Day 7 Guilin
In the morning visit the symbolic Elephant Hill, Jingjiang Princes' Mansion and the Solitary Beauty Hill where you are awarded with fantastic bird's eye view of Guilin City after a 15-minute climbing. Afternoon visit the Reed Flute Cave reputed as "Palace of Cave Art" and then Guilin Tea Research Institute to learn how tea bushes grow and how Chinese teas should be enjoyed.
Hotel: Guilin Park Hotel****
Meals: B L D
Day 8 Guilin-Yangshuo
In the morning you are transferred to wharf for the picturesque 4 hour Li River cruise. Hundreds of green Karst hills, patched rice fields, fragrant orange trees, swimming water buffalos and lazy black cormorants are what you can see along the river today. Disembark in Yangshuo and check into the superior riverside Tangrenjie Hotel. Later free explore the well-known West Street for the local souvenir shops, antique stalls, cafes and bars. Evening enjoy the spectacular son et lumiere performance of Impression of Liu Sanjie on the Li River directed by the Best Chinese director Mr. Zhang Yimou.
Hotel: Tangrenjie Hotel****
Meals: B L
Day 9 Yangshuo-Shanghai
Enjoy free time in the morning, or take an optional 2-hour battery car ride in gorgeous Yangshuo's countryside (payable locally). In the afternoon transferred to airport for the modern Shanghai. Met at airport of Shanghai and transferred to the riverside 4 star Ocean Hotel.
Hotel: Ocean Hotel****
Meals: B L
Day 10 Shanghai
In the morning your guide will join you for a visit to the Bund area where the commercial center was built in 1920's and where modern Shanghai's economy develops, then to the most popular shopping place in Shanghai—Nanjing Road. In the afternoon visit the Yu Garden - one of the best Suzhou-style gardens in southern China, and then visit the grand Shanghai Museum where there are more than 120,000 priceless pieces of works of art.
Hotel: Ocean Hotel****
Meals: B L D
D11 Shanghai
In the morning visit a 1700 year old water village called Zhujiajiao- one of the most typical Southern China villages where you see white wall houses, arched stone bridges and canal rivers. In the afternoon visit the symbolic Jinmao Mansion which is also the tallest hotel in the world.
Hotel: Ocean Hotel****
Meals: B L
D12 Departure
Today you are transferred to airport for departure.
Meals: B