Shanghai, Beijing ,Xian ,Guilin and Yangshuo 12 Days Tour

Shanghai, Beijing ,Xian ,Guilin and Yangshuo 12 Days Tour

 

Day 1 Arrive Shanghai, China

Upon your arrival, our guide will greet you at the airport and transfer you to your hotel for a good rest.

Overnight: New Century Hotel Shanghai or similar

Address: 1111 Liyang Road, Shanghai, China

Tel: 86-21-36084999

Fax: 86-21-65213418

 

Day 2 Shanghai

After breakfast, you will visit one of the oldest tourist sites in Shanghai, the Yuyuan Garden. With ponds ,traditional red walls with upturned tile roofs and and excellent teahouse—the Yuyuan Garden is a wonderful respite from city chaos. Then visit Shanghai old street. This old street includes the old day's native bank, silverware shop, Chinese pub, teahouse, theater and store. When you walk along this street, you will just feel you going back to the old Shanghai 100 years ago. This afternoon, you will visit the Bund, also called the Zhongshan Road, the famous waterfront and regarded as the symbol of Shanghai for hundreds of years. Later, enjoy a stroll along the famous commercial pedestrian street in Shanghai—Nanjing Road. Walking along this street you will feel the strong dynamics of Shanghai.

Overnight: New Century Hotel Shanghai or similar

 

Day 3 Shanghai---Beijing

This morning, you will visit the Jade Buddha Temple, home to two famous white jade Buddha statues brought from Burma in 1882.Later, transfer to visit Shanghai Museum which boasts the best bronze collection in the world, along with Ming and Qing dynasty furniture, jade, coins, paintings and ceramics. This afternoon, you will visit the Xintiandi where you can experience the perfect blending of old and modern Shanghai. After that you will be transferred to this airport for your onward flight to Beijing.

Overnight: Holiday Inn Downtown Beijing or similar

Address: 98 Beilishi Road, Financial Street, Xiacheng District, Beijing, China

Tel: 86-10-68338822

Fax: 86-10-68340696

Flight:

 

Day 4 Beijing

Full day city tour of Beijing by private vehicle. Start your tour with a visit to Tiananmen Square, a site of historic significance for the advent of communism in China. It is truly a people's square, alive with local kite filers and wide-eyed tourists from out of town. Then, go on to visit the impressive Forbidden City with the Imperial palace. Also known as the Imperial Palace Museum or Gugong, the Forbidden City was the place where the emperors of the Ming and Qing Dynasties carried out their administration and lived. You can see the great traditional palace architecture, enjoy the treasure kept in the palace, and learn of the legends and anecdotes about the imperial family and the court.

This afternoon, enjoy a stroll through the lush garden of the Summer Palace. Equally famous as the Forbidden City, the Summer Palace is called "Yiheyuan"(Garden of Nurtured Harmony) in Chinese. It is up to now the best preserved and largest imperial gardens in China.

Overnight: Holiday Inn Downtown Beijing or similar

 

Day 5 Beijing

Enjoy a morning excursion to visit the Mutianyu Section of the Great Wall of China, which is well preserved with spectacular view and snakes over the green hill countryside outside of Beijing. Just like a Gigantic dragon, the Great Wall winds up and down across deserts, grasslands, mountains and plateaus stretching approximately 6,700 kilometers(4,163 miles) from east to west of China. This afternoon, you will visit the Changling, one of the Ming Thirteen Tombs. It is the Tomb of Zhudi, the third emperor of Ming Dynasty.

Overnight: Holiday Inn Downtown Beijing or similar

 

Day 6 Beijing

This morning after breakfast, you will visit the Temple of Heaven, set in a 670-acre park. Here you will find Qinian Dian (Hall of prayer for the Good Harvests), constructed without a single nail, and one of the finest example of Chinese architecture. Later, visit the National Museum of China. It is the largest comprehensive history museum in China. Through display of both material and non-material collections and exhibits, it narrates the history created by the ancestors of the Chinese people. This afternoon, you will enjoy a rickshaw tour in the old Hutong and visit a local family.

Overnight: Holiday Inn Downtown Beijing or similar

 

Day 7 Beijing---Xian

It is your free time to explore Beijing till been transferred to the airport for the flight to Xian.

Overnight: Xian—Jianguo Hotel Xian or similar

Address: 2 Huzhu Road ,Xian, China

Tel: 86-29-83238888

Fax: 86-29-83235145

Flight:

 

 Day 8 Xian

Enjoy a full day of sightseeing. You will visit the world famous Terra Cotta Warriors. It was discovered in 1974 and considered one of the eight wonders in the world. This afternoon, you will be transferred to visit the Great Wild Goose Pagoda, built in the beginning of the Tang Dynasty as a memorial to Crown Prince Lhi Zhi's mother.

Overnight: Xian—Jianguo Hotel Xian or similar

 

Day 9 Xian---Guilin

Today you will visit the Old City Wall. It was built in the Tang Dynasty when the city was the capital,this is now the only complete city wall existing in China. You will visit one of the gates and take a stroll on the wall. Then,, you will go to the Muslim area and visit the Great Mosque before heading to the airport for your flight to Guilin.

Overnight: Guilin---- Guilin Bravo Hotel or similar

Addr: 14 South Ronghu Road Guilin, China

Tel: 86-773-2898888

Fax: 86-773-2893999

 

Day 10 Guilin---Yangshuo---Guilin

Today make this day with trip to Li River Cruise to witness the spectacular limestone rock formations and rural life along the riverbanks. arrive in Yangshuo, a small town set in the lush rice paddies and surrounded by meandering rivers and limestone peaks. This afternoon take a cycling around Yangshuo. Then be transferred to Guilin by car.

Overnight: Guilin---- Guilin Bravo Hotel or similar

 

Day 11 Guilin---Shanghai

After enjoying your breakfast pay a visit to Elephant Trunk Hill & Reed Flute Cave. Elephant Trunk Hill is a hill that looks like a giant elephant putting its trunk into the river to drink water. It is the symbol of Guilin. Reed Flute Cave is full of stalactites and stalagmites in various shapes and sizes, which, with a multicolored lighting system, resemble a Chinese-version story of Journey to the Center of the Earth. The cave was also a frequent refuge for the local people escaping bandits and war in the past. This afternoon you will be transferred to the airport and take flight to Shanghai.

Overnight: Shanghai—New Century Hotel Shanghai

4 star Hotel: New Century Hotel Shanghai or similar

Address: 1111 Liyang Road, Shanghai, China

Tel:86-21-36084999

Fax: 86-21-65213418

 

Day 12 Depart Shanghai

Free till been transferred to the airport for your onward flight to home.