China Cities with Yangtze

• Itinerary

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

  When you arrive in the capital city Beijing, you will be warmly welcomed by our professional tour guide at the Beijing airport and transferred to the best Holiday Inn Hotel in Beijing. We would like to leave the rest of the day on your own to recover at the hotel or walk around the city to get familiar.

• Day 02
  Beijing

  Forbidden City, Beijing

  After one night breaking, the hotel will prepare a decent breakfast for you. Our guide will present a pre-tour introduction and introduce you to other group members at your hotel. Then your whole group will be led to the Tiananmen Square as your first stop. This square has an area of 440,000 square meters and has become a relaxing place for the common people to fly kites and walk. For better feel the grand Chinese history, our guide will take you to the world-famous Forbidden City,  lay at the center of Beijing, which is called Gugong in Chinese. Nowadays, the Forbidden City, or the Palace Museum is open to tourists home and abroad. After a la carte lunch at a local restaurant, go ahead to the Temple of Heaven. Tonight, we will arrange you a wonderful Chinese Kung Fu Show at  Red Theatre. (B, L)

• Day 03
  Beijing

  Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum, Xian

  In the morning, our guide will take you to one of the world-famous eight wonders - Badaling Great Wall, which is the earliest section to be open to the tourists among all the parts of the whole Great Wall. This immense wall was built to keep out invaders as well as to retain the inhabitants. Lunch is not included today as restarurants there are not good. We suggest you have a hearty breakfast at the hotel and take some snacks for lunch. In the afternoon, transfer you to the Sacred Way and the Dingling Tomb. In the front part of the imperial necropolises, there usually is a Sacred Way (or Divine Road) which means the road leading to heaven. Among many Sacred Ways, the one leading to Dingling Tomb is best preserved and complete. After passing through this road, you will reach the Dingling Tomb, the mausoleum of Emperor Zhu Yijun, the thirteenth emperor during the Ming Dynasty. You will also have a chance to enter the underground chambers, but take care if you have heart problems, for the atmosphere and dull lighting there can be a problem. 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

  Xian City Wall

  Before go to the next stop, have a tour to the Summer Palace, which is the largest imperial garden in the world and it is a veritable museum of classical Chinese garden architecture. We will serve you an a la carte lunch at a local restaurant at noon. Then have a Hutong tour to trace the old Beijing. Then you will be transferred to the airport and fly to the ancient Xian. Our guide will welcome you and transfer you to the Bell Tower Hotel (4-star). (B, L)

• Day 05
  Xian

  The first place to visit in Xian must be the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum. The terra cotta soldiers are remarkably realistic sculptures. The figures are mostly 1.8 meters (5 feet 11 inches) in height, the lower part of the body being solid and the upper part hollow. After the whole morning visit, you will have an a la carte lunch at a local family home, wehre you will taste the authentic home-cooked Chinese food. The tour in the afternoon goes to the Small Wild Goose Pagoda & Xian Museum. Tonight, you will be treated to a marvelous Tang Dynasty Music and Dance Show and a dumpling dinner. (B, L, D)

• Day 06
  Xian/ Chongqing

  Yangtze Three Gorges tour

  This morning you will have a visit to the ancient City Wall. Then we will transfer you to the airport and board the flight to Chongqing. Lunch is on your side. Our guide will wait for you according to your flight schedule and transfer you to the downtown. If time is available, you will have a chance to visit the Ciqikou Ancient Town. Afterwards, check in at the deluxe cruise ship, which will set sail at 22:00.(B)

• Day 07
  Chongqing/ Fengdu

  At 08:00 am, your memorable Yangtze River tour begins. This morning, join in the activities arranged in the ship to have a good preparation for your Yangtze Exploration. In the afternoon the ship will stop for your initial onshore excursion to the Ghost City. ( B, L, D)

• Day 08
  Badong - Xiling Gorge - Sandouping

  You will visit Badong and take a small junk for a close-up view of the breath-taking natural splendors along the Shennong Stream. You are sure to be impressed by the dexterity the team of trackers as they push and haul the wooden sampans over the rapids. Back to ship to continue your cruise into the western section of the Xiling Gorge and pass through the five-step ship lock. (B, L, D)

• Day 09
  Sandouping/ Yichang/ Shanghai

  Your sweet cruise tour will be concluded after visiting the under construction Three Gorges Dam Project. Then pack up and disembark the cruise ship. Our guide will meet you on board and drive you to Yichang to visit the Yichang Museum in the downtown area. After lunch, transfer you to Yichang airport and fly to modern city - Shanghai. Another local guide will pick you up at Shanghai airport and transfer you to the 5-star Howard Johnson Plaza Shanghai. We plan to leave the rest day free for your flexible plan and the dinner is also on your side. (B, L)

• Day 10
  Shanghai

  Morden Shanghai

  You will visit the Shanghai Museum in Peoples Square. This museum was established in 1952 and reputed to be one of the four largest museums in China. Then continue to visit the beautiful Yuyuan Garden, each pavilion, hall, stone and stream in the garden can express the quintessence of South China landscape design from Ming and Qing dynasties. After a  luxurious a la carte lunch, you will have chances to visit the Bund, the Nanjing Road and an old cultural street in Shanghai in the afternoon. Our guide will transfer your group back to the hotel and see you into the lobby to say bon voyage. (B, L)

• Day 11
  Exit

  Your pleasant China tour will come to end on this day. After having a big breakfast at the hotel, pack your luggage and check out the hotel before 12 o'clock. Then take a shuttle bus to get to the airport for your homeward flight on your own. However, if you plan to stay on rather than return home right away, our tour specialists will be pleased to arrange an extension private tour for you! (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.