Please take a high speed train for about 6.5 hours from Beijing to Huangshan by youself. We will book the train ticket for you in advance and mail it to your hotel in Beijing. Your private local guide will welcome you at the railway station and then transfer you to the hotel in Huangshan city. If time permits, you will then proceed to Tunxi Ancient Street. Paved with maroon flagstones and boasting ancient architecture, this century-old pedestrian commercial street is reputed as 'Qingming Festival by the Riverside (a famous Chinese painting) in real life'. In addition, you could find many souvenirs rich in Chinese culture here. 

Meals: No meals, advice freely available
Accommodation: Huangshan International Hotel

In the morning, our guide and driver will drive you for about one hour to the foot of Mt. Huangshan. You will take a cable car to reach the North Sea Scenic Area of the mountain. Ascending it, you will be astonished by the amazing natural scenery. You could enjoy the view of the Beginning-to-Believe Peak, the Peach Blossom Peak, the Lion Peak, the Flying Stone and the Bright Summit which are all veiled in mist, forming a fairy-tale world under heaven. Then, you will explore the Cloud-dispersing Pavilion and Xihai Grand Canyon. Commanding a wide view, the Cloud-dispersing Pavilion is one of the best sites to appreciate the splendid mountain scenery. As one of the highlights of the mountain, Xihai Grand Canyon boasts peculiar rocks, precious animal species and verdant plants. When the tour ends, you could take the cable car again back to the foot of the mountain and return to the hotel in the city area.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast

Today, you will go to Yixian County to visit the fantastic Hongcun Village and Nanping Village. Known as an ox-shaped ancient village, Hongcun Village is a skillful combination of the man-made landscape and the natural scenery, which is also reputed as 'A Village in Chinese Painting'. Compared with Hongcun, Nanping Village is quiet, leisurely and less commercialized. The ancestral temples, old-style private schools and ancient residences are the highlights to see. Following, you will travel to Shexian County to visit the Tangyue Memorial Archway, which is a complex of seven archways built in honor of the merits and virtues of the local Bao's family members. They are standing in the main street of Tangyue Village in order of 'loyalty, filial piety, chastity and charity'.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast

We will transfer you to Huangshan Airport for your connecting flight on time today. Wish you a pleasant journey back home!

Meals: Western buffet breakfast