Day 01Arrival in Beijing

Our guide will meet you outside the customs of Beijing Airport after you retrieve your luggage and clear the customs, and then transfer you to the downtown 5-star Crowne Plaza Hotel. The rest of the day is free for you to have a good rest. The dinner today is on your own arrangement, we have some suggestions around our hotel. 

Meals: No meals
Accommodation: Crowne Plaza

Great Wall, Beijing Photo by our client Mr. Barry David Nichols with his feedback

Day 02Beijing

In the morning, you will visit the Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City. As the largest city square in the world, Tiananmen Square has seen China's development in the past 500 years and become an important venue for most of the national ceremonies. Walking through the Tiananmen Square, you will come to China's 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 showing thousands of imperial architecture and precious culture relics. To avoid the cheap tourist restaurant as the most are doing now, we will serve you an a la carte lunch at a famous local Cantonese restaurant to taste the authentic Chinese food. Usually our a la carte meal price is three to four times higher than that of the tourist eateries arranged by other agencies and our food quality is surely incomparable. After lunch, visit the Temple of Heaven, which is the imperial altar for the emperors of Ming and Qing Dynasties to worship the god of heaven. Today's trip will end with a lively Chinese Kung Fu Show at Red Theatre. The Show, the Legend of Kung Fu, tells a dramatic story in the form of skillful Chinese Kung Fu, exciting acrobatics and enjoyable dance, presenting you a grand visual feast.

Meals: American breakfast, A la carte lunch
Accommodation: Crowne Plaza

Tiananmen Square, Beijing Photo by our client Mr. Terence Openshaw with his feedback

Day 03Beijing

Today your tour will begin with the splendid Badaling Great Wall. As the elite of the China Great Wall, Badaling Great Wall, 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. For lunch today, most agencies will arrange clients to dine at the shopping site restaurants. You will have to stay for another 40 minutes after the lunch since the agencies could get some commissions or rebates from the store. To avoid having this kind of lunch, we will drive you to a popular local restaurant to have Sichuan food. After that, you could go on your tour without any delay. In the afternoon, you will visit the Sacred Way and the Ming Tomb. The Ming Tombs, a cluster of tombs for 13 emperors and their wives and sons of the Ming Dynasty, is renowned for burying the most emperors, its long history of 600 years and the majestic architectures. On the way back to downtown, drive by the Bird's Nest (Olympic National Stadium), the venue of 2008 Beijing 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 China photo tour album.

Meals: American breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Crowne Plaza

Day 04Beijing - Xian

This morning, you will firstly visit the existing largest imperial garden in China - the Summer Palace, which is an outstanding combination of Chinese classical landscape design and natural beauty. We will serve you an a la carte lunch at a fancy restaurant with delicious food and great atmosphere. After lunch, you will have a Hutong tour to experience the original Beijing culture by taking a special rickshaw riding through the various Hutongs and to know about Old Beijing's manners and customs. Then you will take a flight to Xian and our guide will be waiting for you outside the baggage claim area at Xian airport and transfer you to the downtown 5-star Sheraton Xian Hotel.

Meals: American breakfast, A la carte lunch
Accommodation: Sheraton Xian Hotel

Local retired people playing cards for amusement

Day 05Xian

In the morning, visit the Eighth Wonder of the World, the Terracotta Warriors and Horses 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. To avoid the mass-produced tourist food near the warrior site, we will serve you an a la carte lunch at a delicate restaurant, which boasts tasty food and graceful environment. On this day, nearly all the agencies will arrange their clients to have lunch at the shopping site eateries, where the food quality is terrible and the meal price they pay is 3 or 4 times lower than that of our a la carte meals. After lunch, visit the Big Wild Goose Pagoda - the well-preserved 1,300-year-old Buddhist pagoda of Tang Dynasty. Just a few minutes' drive from the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, you will come to the next stop - Provincial History Museum, which exhibits over 370,000 historical relics and is regarded as 'the best museum in China'. Tonight, you'll enjoy the imperial dinner and show in the Tang Dynasty Palace. The marvelous show vividly reflects the ancient royal singing and dancing of the Tang Dynasty about 1400 years ago.

Meals: American breakfast, A la carte lunch, Tang Dynasty dinner show
Accommodation: Sheraton Xian Hotel

Terracotta warriors, Xian Photo by our clients Mr. Douglas Ernest Leonard Howes & Ms. Patricia Ann Margaret Howes with their feedback

Day 06Xian

A morning visit to Xian City Wall, one of the best-preserved existing City Walls in China, to stroll around on the wall and you will have a bird's eye view of the city. You will then have a local family visit and a la carte lunch will be arranged in the home of the family that you visit, to taste the authentic home cooked dishes. We also offer Chinese food cooking class to our valued guests for free in our family visit tour. If feel interested, you may learn to cook Chinese dishes with the hostess. After lunch, visit the Great Mosque which was built in the year of 742 AD with a similar architecture style of Chinese temples. On your way to the mosque, you will walk across the famous snack street - Muslim Street, where you may find many delicious local snacks as well as interesting souvenirs.

Meals: American breakfast, Home-cooked a la carte lunch
Accommodation: Sheraton Xian Hotel

Our clients are learning to make dumplings in the family visit.

Day 07Xian - Guilin

In the morning, on your way to the airport, visit the Hanyangling Museum which is on the site of the Mausoleum of Western Han Emperor Liu Qi built in 153 AD. The structure of the mausoleum and the thousands of the historical relics reflect the unique Chinese funeral culture in the Han Dynasty. Then take a flight to Guilin and transfer to the downtown 5-star Sheraton Hotel. Your hotel is located on the bank of the Li River, and you can stroll along the bank and enjoy the picturesque scene of the city.

Meals: American breakfast
Accommodation: Sheraton Hotel

Li River cruise tour, Guilin Photo by our client Ms. Janice Johnson with her feedback

Day 08Guilin - Yangshuo - Guilin

Enduring memories are created today as you cruise down the Li River to Yangshuo. The length of Li River is about 50 miles, and you can see picturesque scenery all the way during your cruise tour. Upon arrival in Yangshuo, take a short bicycle trip to the countryside to enjoy the rural beauty of Yangshuo. You will also visit a local villager's home to experience the farmer's lifestyle there. Alternatively, we will transfer you there instead of taking bicycles. After a whole day's excursion to Yangshuo, transfer back to Guilin in the late afternoon. Tips: Today we have to provide you a poor lunch on the cruise which can not meet the serving standards of TravelChinaGuide. This is a long-standing problem that nobody can solve it. We recommend you take a hearty breakfast at the hotel this morning. The cruise arrives at terminal Yangshuo around 13:30 to 14:30 according to the different water flows. There are plenty of coffee shops ashore for your choice.

Meals: American breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Sheraton Hotel

Our clients at the Yuyuan Garden of Shanghai Photo by our client Mr. John Anthony Harbottle with his feedback

Day 09Guilin - Shanghai

Today's trip starts with one of the most famous attractions in Guilin, 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 Star Park. In the park, you will see the gorgeous stalactites and stalagmites of all shapes and colors in the Seven Star Cave. Your Guilin tour 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 much information then. When finishing all the attractions in Guilin, you will take a flight to Shanghai and our guide will greet you at the airport and transfer you to the downtown 5-star Renaissance Shanghai Yuyuan Hotel.

Meals: American breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Renaissance Shanghai Yuyuan Hotel

Our clients at the Bund of Shanghai Photo by our client Ms. Chris Taylor with her feedback

Day 10Shanghai

After breakfast, you will visit the Shanghai Museum and the Yuyuan Garden. As one of the four largest museums in China, Shanghai Museum is famous for its vast storage of 120,000 of art relics, especially for the exhibition of bronze wares, china wares, calligraphy and paintings. After learning about history, you will learn about the ancient Chinese gardening - visiting one of the most famous gardens in south of the Yangtze River, Yuyuan Garden. We will serve you an a la carte farewell lunch at a fancy and famous local restaurant, which offers authentic Shanghai and Cantonese cuisine. In the afternoon, we will transfer you to the Bund area, where you take a short cruise tour on the Huangpu River. On the banks of the Huangpu River scattered almost all the major tourist attractions of Shanghai, which symbolize the past, present and future of the city. After the cruise tour, you will visit the Bund area and then visit an old street in Shanghai. 

Meals: American breakfast, A la carte lunch
Accommodation: Renaissance Shanghai Yuyuan Hotel

Day 11Departure from Shanghai

Our guide 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. Should you wish to continue visiting China instead of going back home right away, we suggest you choose our City Package for an extension tour.

Meals: American breakfast

• ◆2012 Price

Based on per person and in U.S. dollars, valid from Jan. 1st, 2012 to Feb. 28th, 2013

Season Group Size		2-5 travelers	6-9 travelers	10 travelers & above
High season (Mar 1st-Nov 30th)	Double Occupancy	$2509	$2129	$1909
	Single Occupancy	$3229	$2849	$2589
Shoulder season (Dec 1st, 2012-Feb 28th, 2013)	Double Occupancy	$2289	$1899	$1679
	Single Occupancy	$2839	$2449	$2129
Shoulder season (Jan 1st-Feb 29th)	Double Occupancy	$2279	$1889	$1659
	Single Occupancy	$2819	$2429	$2089

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