15-Day Beijing-Xi'an-Guilin-Chongqing-Zhangjiajie-Shanghai

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Beijing Airport Pick-up
1 stop
1
Beijing
Your local tour guide will meet you at Beijing Airport after reclaiming your luggage and clearing customs. The driver will transport you in a comfortable vehicle to the hotel and help you with the check-in procedure. The rest of the day is left for you to have a good rest or to become familiar with our capital city on your own.
1 hour • Admission ticket free
Day 2
Tiananmen, Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, & Acrobatic Show
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
From Tiananmen Square, you will enter the Imperial Palace, also known as the Forbidden City to explore its fascinating halls and pavilions. Here, you will not only learn how the emperor handled political affairs and lived their lives, but appreciate numerous ancient art treasures. We will serve your lunch today at a good local restaurant nearby.
3 hours • Admission ticket included
4
Temple of Heaven
At last, you will see the Temple of Heaven, with its unique architecture, where the emperors worshipped the heavens in hopes of good harvests.
1 hour 30 minutes • 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, Hutong Tour
3 stops
6
Mutianyu Great Wall
This morning you will be taken to 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 to down and have a photo stop at the Olympic National Stadium (Bird's Nest), you will see its splendid appearance at a distance.
15 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)
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 a local flavor lunch, you will take a high-speed train to Xi'an, where your local guide will pick you up at the railway station and transfer you to the hotel.
2 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
The visit to the magnificent Terracotta Army will start your day's trip. In the museum, there are altogether three excavated pits exhibiting amazing warrior figures and Chinese ancient weapons. Afterwards, take 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. We will serve your lunch today at a good local restaurant nearby.
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 is in store 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 Wall & Departure from Xi'an
3 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. You may also 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 pay a 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 30 minutes • Admission ticket included
15
Muslim Quarter
Then you will have a special lunch at the lively Muslim Quarter and try some local food.
1 hour • Admission ticket free
16
Xi'an
Afterwards, you will head to the airport or railway station on your own. Your guide will help you hail a taxi. Since this is a group tour, guests will have different departure schedules. If you need us to arrange private transfer or reserve the departure flight or train ticket to your onward destination, please contact your travel consultant; we will be happy to serve.
1 hour • Admission ticket free
Day 7
Xi'an to Guilin by Flight
3 stops
17
Guilin
This morning, you will take a flight to Guilin and your local guide will meet you at the airport and take you to the hotel for check in.
2 hours • Admission ticket free
18
Reed Flute Cave (Ludi Yan)
Your Guilin sightseeing starts with the famous Reed Flute Cave, which is a 240 meter karst cave that has various shapes of stalactites and stalagmites.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
19
Elephant Trunk Hill (Xiangbishan)
Then you will head to the Elephant Trunk Hill. The shape of the hill is just like a giant elephant boozing water from the river with its long trunk, hence got the name. After that, you will be transfered back to the hotel.
2 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 8
Li River Cruise
2 stops
20
Li River
Take a cruise from Guilin to Yangshuo. Li River is the essence of 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 free
21
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 surrounding country roads of Yangshuo. En route, you will be invited to visit a villager's home. After that, transfer you back to Guilin.
2 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 9
Guilin to Chongqing by High-speed Train
1 stop
22
Chongqing
After breakfast, we’ll escort you to the train station to board the 4.5-hour high-speed train to Chongqing. Once arrive, your local guide and driver will pick you up and escort you to your hotel for check-in. Later, let’s check how locals build their city in the sky first at the Liziba Light Rail Station. Our next stop is the Kuixing Tower, an innovative urban design that reimagines space in a three-dimensional way. As night falls, we’ll head to Hongya Cave, an 11-story stilted complex connected by a labyrinth of staircases, elevators, and covered bridges. It maximizes the city’s magic charm when illuminated. After a wonderful day, your guide and driver will escort you back to your hotel.
8 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 10
Chongqing to Zhangjiajie by High-speed Train
1 stop
23
Chongqing Zoo (Chongqing Dongwuyuan)
Let’s start today with a healing visit to the Chongqing Zoo. Then, your guide will accompany you to ride on the Yangtze River Cableway. Upon reaching the other side, we’ll head north to Longmenhao Old Street, the best-preserved historical district in the main urban area. As your 8D city discovery comes to an end, we’ll escort you to the train station for a 3-hour high-speed train to Zhangjiajie. Once there, your Zhangjiajie local guide and driver will meet you and escort you to your hotel.
8 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 11
Tour in Zhangjiajie National Forest Park
1 stop
24
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 12
Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon Tour
2 stops
25
The Grand Canyon of Zhangjiajie
This day, you will travel to the Grand Canyon of Zhangjiajie with your tour guide and driver. You will have a chance to cross the world's highest and longest glass bridge.
4 hours • Admission ticket included
26
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.
2 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 13
Tianmen Mountain Tour and Leave for Shanghai by Flight
2 stops
27
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
28
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 14
Shanghai Highlights Tour
3 stops
29
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
30
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
31
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 15
Departure from Shanghai
1 stop
32
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.
• Passport name, number, expiry, and country is required at time of booking for all participants
• A current valid passport is required on the day of travel

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