Forbidden City, Beijing

Day 01Arrive in Beijing

Welcome to China! Your professional tour guide will pick you up with comfortable transfer at Beijing Airport. We have reserved the 3-star Golden Palace Silver Street Hotel  with daily breakfast for 4 nights (Address: No. 31 Gan Yu Hutong, Wangfujing Ave, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100006; Telephone: 86-10-8511 0388). The balance day is free for you to recover from the long flight fatigue. While if you arrive early, the guide will be also pleased to give you some advice to fulfil the rest of the day.

Day 02Beijing

On your first day of Beijing tour, you will visit the essence culture relics of Beijing in downtown area. After breakfast at the hotel, your guide will lead you to the first main attraction - Tiananmen Square. Every morning, the guard of honor will hold flag raising ceremony in the square. Walk to the end of squre, you will continue your visit to the Forbidden City.  After lunch, visit the Temple of Heaven in the afternoon.(B+L)

Day 03Beijing

A challenging day awaits you today. This morning, take car to the Badaling Great Wall located in the north surburb of Beijing city. It is the most well-preserved and representive part of the China Great Wall.  You can reach the top for pictures and videos if your physical energy permitting. After having lunch at a famous restaurant, visit the Sacred Way, the Ming Tomb in the afternoon. On the third day, you will also have a chance to see the appearance of the Bird's Nest in the distance on the way back to the downtown.(B+L)

Tourists learning Taiji in China

Day 04Beijing

After visiting the highlight scenic spots of Beijing in the previous days, we intend to leave a free day for you to explore Beijing as your prefer. Only the accommodation with breakfast is reserved for you. If you want to visit the most impressive winding Hutongs, Houhai is your first choice. Departing from the hotel early in the morning, you can reach Houhai area by taking No. 104 bus at the north end of Wanfujing Road and getting off at Jiaotongkou station. Then connect to No. 635 bus to the Drum Tower and once you see many bars, cafes and famed restaurants beside the street, it's right here. Don't rush to explore at once.  It's better to find a Hutong company near Houhai to arrange that for you. It will cost around CNY100-200 and 1-2 hours with different services. You may also rent a bicycle to ride around the city or Hutongs. Bicycle rentals are available at the Shichahai area. It costs CNY50-200 per bike per day and some rentals charge by the hour. You will see the typical Beijing yard layout (four houses surrounding a yard) during the tour and many stores are being remodeled to catch your attention. In addition, you should not miss tasting local flavor snacks there. For more readay-made tours, please click Beijing free day suggestions.(B)

Day 05Beijing - Xian

If you would like a more day exploration  in a sit-back manner, the guide will lead you to visit the Summer Palace, prays in the Yonghe Lamasery and see the lovely pandas in Beijing Zoo.After dinner, bid farewell to the Beijing guide by boarding an overnight soft sleeper train to Xian.(B+L+D)

Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum, Xian

Day 06Xian

Arrival in Xian on the sixth day morning, be picked up by the local guide at the Xian railway station and transfer you to the 3-star Union Hotel  for 2 nights (Address: No.51 Ximutou Shi, South Street, Xi'an 710002, China, Telephone: 86-29-87638888).  After having a breakfast in the hotel,  escorted Xian tour is scheduled to visit Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum, the Big Wild Goose Pagoda and the Xian City Wall.(B+L)

Day 07Xian

The seventh day is a free day while the hotel with breakfast is reserved for you. You may see some newly-built architecture and site park near the Big Goose Pagoda square by yourself. Just depart from you hotel, walk toward the south till Shuyuanmen in the east of the street, a famous ancient street in Xian. At the end of the road inside the Shuyuanmen, you may visit Stone Forest (CNY45) for a while. And then take a bus to the archaized street and walk around the square to the Tang Paradise. The largest music fountain of Asia in the south Big Goose Pagoda square is opened 20:00 every night during the high seasons and the scene is very spectacular. If you're still energetic, you may take a taxi to the Flavor Islamic Flavor Street to have a dinner. Please click for more Xian  free day suggestions.(B)

Day 08Xian - Luoyang

The eighth day morning remains free and take an afternoon soft sleeper train to Luoyang. Upon arrival, be picked up by the guide at the Luoyang railway station and transferred to check in at the 4-star Maple Leaf International Hotel with daily breakfast for 2 nights (Address: #329 Zhongzhou Road, Xigong District, Luoyang 471003, Henan, China; Telephone: 86-379-63248888). The balance day is free.(B)

Day 09Luoyang

On the Ninth day, you will be guided to take 30 minutes to visit the Chariot and Horse Pits museum located in the newly built Wangcheng Square in the urban area of Luoyang City. It houses many delicate culture relics and spectacular pit of carriage displaying the culture of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty on its original site. Next transfer you to the White Horse Temple, the No. 1 ancient temple of China. Cross a stone bridge outside the gate, you will enter the Temple to acquire the Buddhist culture. The towering pagodas inside together with extraordinary Palaces and the pavilions foiled by the flourished trees, all deserve a good reputation. As the last of the day, go the Shaoling Temple to enjoy the Gongfu Show.(B+L)

Day 10Luoyang - Shanghai

You will take a fantastic tour in the famous Longmen Caves before seeing you off to board a flight to Shanghai.  Upon arrival at the airport, take a taxi to the reserved 4-star Golden Riverview Hotel for 3 nights ( Address: No. 308 Heng Feng Road, Shanghai 200070, China, Telephone: 86-21 6353 7070) and handle the check-in procedure on your own. The balance day is free.(B+L)

Stream of people in the Nanjing Road, Shanghai

Day 11Shanghai

The eleventh day is Shanghai is free and we only reserve the hotel with breakfast for you.You're advised to walk along the Nanjing Street and enjoy the Huangpu River scenery in the Bund area. In addition, Shanghai Museum, beautiful Yuyuan Garden are highlight sightseeings of Shanghai. Please click for more readay-made Shanghai free day suggestions.(B)

Day 12Shanghai

We intend to leave one more free day for you in Shanghai while the hotel with breakfast is reserved for you as well. You could make out various plans to fulfil the day at your will.(B)

Day 13Departure from Shanghai

On the thirteenth day, it's time for you to check out the hotel before the 12:00. You need to arrange the hotel-airport transfer by yourself per your international flight schedule.Our service just ends here and thanks for choosing TravelChinaGuide. Should your departure flight leaves late, you could take time for some shopping nearby and leave your luaggage at the front desk of the hotel.(B)

 
 Note: We are also glad to make arrangements for you in Shanghai if you want to avoid being a little bit adventurous and enjoy your stay in a sit-back manner. Your travel specialists will quote you the price for this part upon your requirements.