14-Day Beijing-Xi'an-Guilin-Yangshuo-Guilin-Zhangjiajie-Shanghai

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Airport pick up
1 stop
1
Beijing
Upon your arrival at Beijing airport, our guide will be waiting for you outside the customs of Beijing Airport, and then the driver will transfer you to the hotel. Relax during the remainder of the day.
30 minutes • Admission ticket free
Day 2
Tiananmen, Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven
4 stops
2
Tiananmen Square (Tiananmen Guangchang)
This morning, your tour guide will pick up you at the hotel and take you to visit Tiananmen Square. You will see what the biggest urban city square in the world looks like.
30 minutes • Admission ticket free
3
Forbidden City-The Palace Museum
After visiting the Tiananmen Square, you will enter the Forbidden City to explore its fascinating halls and pavilions. Here, you will learn how the emperor handled political affairs and lived their lives and appreciate numerous ancient art treasures. We will serve your lunch today at a good local restaurant nearby.
2 hours • Admission ticket included
4
Temple of Heaven
Afterwards, you will see the Temple of Heaven, with its unique architecture, where the emperors worshipped the heavens in hopes of good harvests.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
5
Red Theater Acrobatic Show Official
Tonight, we will arrange for you to enjoy the wonderful acrobatic show in the Red Theater. We specially serve you a welcome a la carte dinner (valued at CNY150.00 per person and included in tour price) at a popular restaurant, where you can have a taste of the most famous Peking Roast Duck and other authentic typical dishes.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
Day 3
China Great Wall Tour
3 stops
6
Mutianyu Great Wall
This morning, drive to the Mutianyu Great Wall to experience at first hand the wonder of the Great Wall. The round-trip cable car will be arranged. Standing on the wall and looking at it stretching up and down into boundless distance is an exciting experience and will leave you a life-long memory. To celebrate and commemorate this moment, we specially provide red wine for a group-toasting on the Great Wall. After enjoying a buffet lunch, we will return downtown.
3 hours • Admission ticket included
7
Bird's Nest National Stadium
Drive back down and take a photo stop at the Olympic National Stadium (Bird's Nest), you will see its magnificent appearance from a distance.
20 minutes • Admission ticket not included
8
Hutong Tour
Afterwards, you will take a rickshaw tour to explore the original Hutong alleys and have a chance to visit a local family.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
Day 4
Summer Palace, Take High-speed Train from Beijing to Xi'an
2 stops
9
Summer Palace (Yiheyuan)
After seeing giant pandas in the morning, you will visit the Summer Palace - the largest existing imperial garden with a graceful landscape and magnificent constructions.
3 hours • Admission ticket included
10
Xi'an
After lunch, transfer you to the railway station to take a high speed train to Xi'an. Upon your arrival, your local guide will meet you at the station and escort you to the downtown hotel. The duration is around 4.5 to 5.5 hours. It is a good opportunity to experience China's fast-growing high-speed rail.
3 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 5
Terracotta Army, Ancient Pagoda & Tang Dynasty Dancing Show
3 stops
11
The Museum of Qin Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses
In the morning, start your visit from the magnificent Terracotta Army. In the museum, there are three excavated pits displaying amazing warrior figures and Chinese ancient weapons. Afterwards, have a family visit to the home of the first discoverer of the Terracotta Army. And then make a mini clay warrior by yourself with the help of a local artisan. Then enjoy your lunch at a good local restaurant.
3 hours • Admission ticket included
12
Big Wild Goose Pagoda (Dayanta)
In the afternoon, you will visit the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, which was built in the Tang Dynasty (618–907 AD) to store the Buddhist scriptures brought from ancient India.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
13
Tang Dynasty Show
A splendid evening awaits when you will be entertained by the Tang Dynasty Music and Dance Show while partaking in the famous Dumpling Dinner.
1 hour 30 minutes • Admission ticket included
Day 6
Xi'an City Highlights Tour
4 stops
14
Xi'an City Wall (Chengqiang)
The day begins with a leisure visit to the City Wall Park, where you can observe the day-to-day life of the locals. Here you can also learn to practice Tai Chi with the master. Tai Chi, a soft form of Chinese martial arts, is considered the quintessential Chinese culture. After that, you will visit to the City Wall. It is the most complete existing urban fortification in China. Cycling on the ancient wall is an exciting experience that many people like to try (bike rental fee is not included).
2 hours • Admission ticket included
15
Muslim Quarter
Afterwards, you'll have lunch at a well-known restaurant in the Muslim Quarter. Here you will find various local snacks or flavors, like sweet steamed rice, green bean cake, persimmon cake, rice cake, etc.
1 hour 30 minutes • Admission ticket included
16
Great Mosque of Xi'an
Extend to Great Mosque, one of the largest and best-preserved Islam mosques in China. Here you can appreciate the integration of different cultures, which has combined the characteristics of Chinese classical architecture with religious colors.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
17
Shaanxi History Museum
Afterwards, visit Shaanxi History Museum, known as the pearl of Xi'an and the treasury of China for storing and exhibiting historical relics unearthed from this land, where the capital of thirteen ancient dynasties of China is located. If the Shaanxi History Museum is not available, alternatively, the famous Forest of Stone Steles Museum will be arranged instead.
1 hour • Admission ticket free
Day 7
Xi'an to Guilin by Plane, Visit Reed Flute Cave & Elephant Trunk Hill
3 stops
18
Guilin
Catch a morning flight to Guilin. Upon your arrival, your local guide will meet you outside the baggage claim area and take you to the hotel for check-in.
3 hours • Admission ticket free
19
Reed Flute Cave (Ludi Yan)
Visit the famous Reed Flute Cave, which is a 240-meter karst cave that has various shapes of stalactites and stalagmites.
1 hour 30 minutes • Admission ticket included
20
Elephant Trunk Hill (Xiangbishan)
Then you will head to Elephant Trunk Hill. The hill is shaped like a giant elephant drinking water from the river with its long trunk, hence the name. After that, you will be transferred back to the hotel.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
Day 8
Li River Cruise from Guilin to Yangshuo
2 stops
21
Li River
Take a cruise from Guilin to Yangshuo. Li River is the essence of the landscape in this area, especially the section from Guilin to Yangshuo, which is reputed as 'A Hundred Miles Gallery'. The cruise ship will arrive at Yangshuo in about 4.5 hours.
5 hours • Admission ticket included
22
West Street
After docking at Yangshuo, you will walk through the well-known West Street. Then you will enjoy the amazing rural scenery as we drive along the country roads of Yangshuo. En route, you will be invited to visit a villager's home. After that, transfer you back to Guilin.
3 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 9
Guilin to Zhangjiajie by High Speed Train
2 stops
23
Guilin
You have the whole morning to explore Guilin city on your own.
1 hour • Admission ticket free
24
Zhangjiajie
In the afternoon, our guide will send you to the Guilin West Railway Station for a high speed train ride to Zhangjiajie, which takes about 7 hours. Upon arrival, the guide based there will pick you up at the station’s exit and take you straight to the hotel near the East Gate of Zhangjiajie National Forest Park.
7 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 10
Zhangjiajie National Forest Park
1 stop
25
Zhangjiajie National Forest Park
Your guide will take you to Zhangjiajie National Forest Park where you will visit many scenic spots, such as Tianzi mountain, Hallelujah Mountain, Yangjiajie Scenic Area with Natural Great Wall, Tianzi Mountain by cable car down. The spectacular Bailong Sight-seeing Elevator in Yuanjiajie takes visitors rapidly up to the mountain top, where you get a magnificent vista. Tianzi Mountain Nature Reserve is hailed as 'the Monarch of the Peak Forest', so you can imagine how magnificent it is. After a day’s sightseeing, take the cable car down the mountain and get back to your hotel for rest.
8 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 11
Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon Tour
2 stops
26
The Grand Canyon of Zhangjiajie
After breakfast, we will drive you for around 40 minutes to Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon, the city’s third largest scenic area. You will have a chance to cross the world's highest and longest glass bridge.
4 hours • Admission ticket included
27
Golden Whip Brook
In the afternoon, continue your exploration along Golden Whip Stream inside the Zhangjiajie National Forest Park. Golden Whip Stream, with overlapping peaks, rippling waters, verdant forests and tranquil valleys gives everyone an enjoyable experience.
4 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 12
Zhangjiajie to Shanghai by Flight
2 stops
28
Tianmen Mountain National Forest Park
This morning, you will come to visit the Tianmen Mountain National Forest Park. Walking on the world's longest cable-way, you can take in the beautiful scenery on the Tianmen mountain, which is the highest mountain in Zhangjiajie City.
4 hours • Admission ticket included
29
Shanghai
After the sightseeing, your guide and driver will transport you to the Zhangjiajie Airport. You will take flight to Shanghai. Upon arrival, the local guide will meet you and help you check in the hotel in downtown.
2 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 13
Shanghai Highlights Tour
3 stops
30
Shanghai Museum (Shanghai Bowuguan)
This morning, Your local tour guide will pick you up at your hotel. You will visit one of the four largest museums in China, Shanghai Museum, which specializes in exhibiting art works from ancient times.
2 hours • Admission ticket included
31
Yu Garden (Yuyuan)
Then, come to the Yu Garden - one of the attractions that you cannot miss in Shanghai. The symbol of the Garden is the Nine Zigzag Bridge built of granite and grass-white jade and the quaint, elegant mid-lake pavilion. Later, we will leave you some time at the nearby Yu bazaar.
2 hours • Admission ticket included
32
The Bund
After that, stroll along the thriving Bund area and then take a one-hour cruise tour on the Huangpu River.
2 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 14
Departure from Shanghai
1 stop
33
Shanghai
After breakfast at the hotel, please find your own way to the airport for your homeward flight. Due to different flight schedules, the hotel-airport transfer service is not included. However, we would be happy to assist you if needed.
1 hour • Admission ticket free

Additional info

• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• NO shopping detours, no factory stores, no tea ceremony, no shopping site restaurant. Avoid wasting time at any shopping motive stop.
• Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
• Passport name, number, expiry and country is required at time of booking for all participants

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