China Golden Triangle Tour

• Itinerary

  Please be sure that B, L, D denote Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
• Day 01
  Entry Beijing

  After your international (domestic flight) lands, our guide are ready to give you a zealous welcome at the exit of the luggage claiming area. Checking in the 4-star Holiday Inn Central Plaza Hotel - the best Holiday Inn Hotel in Beijing. The rest day is free for you.

• Day 02
  Beijing

  Tiananmen Square, Beijing

  In the morning, you will have a brief introduction before you start your sightseeing formally. After that, you will start with the grand Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City. Regardless of how much history you have read, or movies featuring the Forbidden City you have seen, the palace itself is not to be missed by any Beijing visitor. After a la carte lunch at a local restaurant, go on to excurse the Temple of Heaven, which was built specifically for the worship of heaven and prayers for good harvests during the time of the Ming and Qing dynasties. Every tourist who has been to the Temple of Heaven is impressed by two amazing acoustical spots. Now it is your turn to discover the mystery here. After you finish sightseeing today, you will enjoy an enlightened Chinese Kungfu Show at Red Theatre. (B, L)

• Day 03
  Beijing

  Today you will be transferred to the Great Wall - Badaling Section. As the best place to view the majestic Great Wall, Badaling is well-known throughout the world. Cols, passes and beacon towers distributed along the wall of thousands of miles long, are full of immense artistic charm from a modern perspective. We do not arrange lunch today as the tourist restaurants there are not up to our standard. We suggest you have a big breakfast at the hotel this morning and prepare some fast for your lunch. In the afternoon, after you go through the Sacred Road, start to explore the Dingling, which is currently the only one being opened up in the thirteen Ming Tombs. The whole day tour will come to end after seeing the Birds Nest (Olympic National Stadium) afar on the way back, you may take some pictures for few minutes if you like.  (B)

• Day 04
  Beijing/ Xian

  Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum , Xian

  Visit the Summer Palace, which was called "Garden of Clear Ripples" or "Qingyi Yuan" in the past, was first built in 1750. In the late Qing Dynasty, this Palace became the most important political and diplomatic center besides the Forbidden City. Having a landscape as a garden, Summer Palace also witnessed the last Feudal Dynastys vicissitudes. After having an a la carte lunch at a famous local restaurant, you will have an old Beijing Hutong tour. Then say goodbye to this capital by flying to Xian. After your plane lands, our guide in Xian will meet you and offer you a ride to the 4-star Bell Tower Hotel.  (B, L)

• Day 05
  Xian

  In the morning, the famed Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum is your first stop. Discovered in 1974, this is a treasure house of Chinas ancient art. It is a perfect refection of the highest achievements of metallurgical technology of Qin Dynasty. After viewing this majestic museum, enjoy your a la carte lunch at a local family home. You will taste the real home-cooked Chinese food. Continue with the Small Wild Goose Pagoda & Xian Museum in the afternoon. You will call it a day after being treated by a Dumpling dinner and a wonderful Tang Dynasty Music and Dance Show. (B, L, D)

• Day 06
  Xian/ Shanghai

  Start with the City Wall today. This City Wall has a long history of more than 600 years. Along the lateral wall, the "City Park" has been built up to become the best place for the urban residents to do morning exercise. Would you also like to undergo the real life of Xian citizen? Then you will come to the Provincial History Museum. After having an a la carte lunch at a famous local restauarant, you will be escorted to the airport to take flight to Shanghai, which is the largest city in China. You will also receive a friendly welcome from your Shanghai guide upon your arrival. Check in at the 5-star Howard Johnson Plaza Hotel. (B+L)

• Day 07
  Shanghai

  The Bund, Shanghai

  Today Shanghai Museum is your first stop. As a large museum of ancient Chinese works of art, it has a collection of more than 120,000 precious cultural relics. Among them, the bronzes, ceramics, works of calligraphy and paintings are the most famous at home and abroad. A highlight is the cultural relics of ethnic minorities reflecting the museums open minded and forward-looking vision and pursuit. When you finish the tour in Shanghai Museum and step into the Yuyuan Garden, you will be fascinated immediately by the poetic imagery of garden of southern Yangtze River delta. Now the garden is divided into six parts and each of them has distinct scenery. A luxurious a la carte lunch will be arranged. In the afternoon, you have some free time to stroll on the Bund and Nanjing Road and also visit a old street in Shanghai. Afterwards, return to the hotel, our guide will say good-bye to you. (B+L)

• Day 08
  Exit Shanghai

  Today you will board the flight home by yourselves. Alternatively, our tour operators are very glad to arrange you the private extension tour according to your requirement.  (B)
  
  Tips:
  In Shanghai there are two airports: Hongqiao Airport (SHA) and Pudong Airport (PVG). Please make sure you will go to the right one before departure. You may book a taxi through your hotel reception to avoid any long waiting at the gate. The rate is about CNY150.00 for one and a half hours drive to PVG and CNY50.00 for 50 minutes drive to SHA. Alternatively, you may take the hotel shuttle bus to the airport. It is less expensive. Please contact the hotel reception for more information.

Based on per person and shown in US dollars.