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Upon your arrival, our guide will pick you up at Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) and then our driver will transfer you to the centrally located hotel. The rest of the day is free for your own arrangement.
 
Accommodation: The Great Wall Hotel Beijing - the former Sheraton

Your small group Beijing tour starts today. This morning, our guide will accompany you to the famous Tiananmen Square first, and then lead you to the Forbidden City, which is also known as Palace Museum, storing millions of cultural collections. After that, we will serve you an a la carte welcome lunch, giving you a chance to taste the authentic Chinese food, especially the well-known Beijing Roast Duck. It costs CNY 150.00 per person and is included in our price.

After lunch, our guide will lead you to the Temple of Heaven, a place where emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368 - 1911) used to hold worship ceremonies to the heaven. Your evening will be highlighted by a Chinese Kung Fu Show in the Red Theater, and the show tells a story of how a little monk grows into a master.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast, A la carte welcome lunch

In the morning, you will be accompanied to the Mutianyu Great Wall, the most splendid part of the Great Wall sections in China. You will definitely be amazed by the large defensive wall which was constructed by Chinese people thousands of years ago. We include the round-trip cable car for you. Moreover, we specially provide red wine for a group-toasting on the Great Wall. Since restaurants near Mutianyu cannot meet our service standard, lunch is not arranged by us, but our guide is glad to give you some recommendations.

On our way back to the city, we will drive by and stop at the Olympic National Stadium (Bird's Nest), so you can take some pictures with it. Before getting back to the hotel, you are free at leisure to explore a local market.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast

Today is your last day in Beijing, but you can still explore more about this capital city during the daytime. In the morning, our guide will escort you to the Summer Palace, the royal garden of the Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1911). Then, start a Hutong tour by rickshaw, where you will see traditional residential quarters and bustling alleyways. Besides, you will enjoy learning to make Chinese paper cutting with a folk artist in Hutong. 

In the midday, we will arrange an a la carte lunch at a fancy restaurant, which is valued at CNY150.00 per person and is included in our price.
 
Afterwards, you will be transferred to the airport for your onward flight to Xi'an. Our local guide will pick you up at the airport and transfer you to the hotel for check-in.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast, A la carte lunch
Accommodation: Sheraton Hotel

Your Xi'an small group tour starts with the Terracotta Army, one of the World's Eight Wonders and the largest underground military museum on the earth.

Lunch will be arranged in a local family (valued at CNY120.00 per person and included in our price), and you can learn how to cook Chinese dishes from the host. In the afternoon, our guide will escort you to the Small Wild Goose Pagoda & Xi'an Museum. The Tang Dynasty Music and Dance Show will be arranged then, what's more, you will be served the famous Dumpling Dinner at the same time.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast, Home-cooked a la carte lunch, Dumpling Dinner

In the morning, our guide will take you to the City Wall Park, a place for locals to do exercises or spend their leisure time. There, you will enjoy your time following the master to practice Tai Chi, a kind of Chinese Kung Fu. Then our guide will accompany you to the landmark of Xi'an, the City Wall, which is the best-preserved city wall in China. On the wall, you can either walk or bike around. The bike can be rented on the wall by yourself. Afterwards, an a la carte lunch will be provided in a well-known local restaurant, which is valued at CNY120.00 per person and included in our price.

In the afternoon, the guide and driver will transfer you to the airport to take a flight to Shanghai. Our Shanghai tour guide will wait for you at the airport and send you to the hotel.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast, A la carte lunch
Accommodation: Parkline Century Park Hotel Shanghai - the former Crowne Plaza

This morning, you will be accompanied to Shanghai Museum to appreciate more than 120, 000 relics there. Then we will go to a classical garden, Yu Garden, which follows the exquisite architectural style of the southern China. You will also have time to visit the traditional bazaar nearby. An a la carte farewell lunch valued at CNY120.00 per person will be served then. The lunch is included in our price.

After lunch, we will proceed to the Former French Concession which is said to be the earliest and also the largest one of the four concessions in China. Then you will be escorted to the Bund and have a one-hour cruise tour along the Huangpu River. Upon returning to the hotel, our tour guide will see you into the lobby and say bon voyage.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast, A la carte farewell lunch

Due to different flight schedules, the hotel-airport transfer service is not included, so you will travel to the airport for your leaving flight by yourself. Please contact us freely if you need any assistance. We wish you a nice journey home.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast