13 days Great China Tour Beijing Xian Shanghai Guilin Hong Kong

Day 1: Arrival in Beijing ( Meals: -/-/- )

1. Beijing
   Pass by
   Welcome to join our splendid China tour! Our guide will meet you outside the baggage claim area at Beijing Airport and transfer you to the hotel. The rest of the day is on your own to explore the city.

Day 2: Mutianyu Great Wall — 798 Art Zone — Peking Duck Banquet

1. Mutianyu Great Wall
   3h · Admission ticket included
   After breakfast at hotel, the itinerary will take you to Mutianyu Great Wall, you will take cable car to see this vital section of the world famous China Great Wall, Mutianyu has a history of over 1400 years, can trace back to Northern Qing Dynasty (550-570). Standing on the wall and looking at it stretching up and down into boundless distance is an exciting experience.
2. 798 Art Zone
   50m
   Next you will visit Beijing 798 Art Zone, which is Located in the northeast suburb of Beijing, the previous factory plant has become a haven for artists from home and even abroad. Artists gather here to open galleries, art studios and cafes, and hold all kinds art events, making the area the most resounding name in the artistic circle.In the evening, you will enjoy an authentic and delicious Peking Duck Banquet.

Day 3: Tiananmen Square — Forbidden City- Temple of Heaven

1. Tiananmen Square
   50m · Admission ticket included
   Tiananmen Square
2. The Palace Museum
   2h · Admission ticket included
   we go to the Forbidden City to explore its fascinating halls and palaces. Here, you will not only learn how the emperor handled political affairs and lived their lives, but appreciate numerous ancient art treasures.
3. Temple of Heaven
   1h 30m · Admission ticket included
   The Temple of Heaven is the place where the emperors worshipped the heavens in hopes of good harvests.

Day 4: Summer Palace — Qianmen Street - Beijing – Xian by high speed bullet train

1. Summer Palace
   2h · Admission ticket included
   After breakfast, the first stop of today's itinerary is the Summer Palace. The Summer Palace in northwest suburban Beijing is the largest and most complete imperial garden existing in China. It was first built in the 12th century as an imperial palace. Occupy a total area of 304 hectares, the Summer Palace features hilly and water scenery. The Kunming Lake makes up four-fifths of this royal park. The Long Corridor running east-west along the lake as well as the Pavilion of the Fragrance of Buddha, the Sea of Wisdom, and the Hall of Dispelling the Clouds and Suzhou Street standing south to north on the Longevity Hill are the major scenic spots. The Summer Palace was added to the world cultural heritage list in 1998.
2. Qianmen Main Street Mall
   1h · Admission ticket included
   In the afternoon, an interesting trip to the old Hutongs near Qianmen Street will let you feel Old Beijing’s culture.

Day 5: Terra Cotta Army —— Big Wild Goose Pagoda —— Tang Dynasty Dancing Show with Tang Dynasty Dinner

1. The Museum of Qin Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses
   2h · Admission ticket included
   Take an excursion to the site of the First Emperor's Terra Cotta Army (Most significant archeological excavations of the 20th century. It is a sight not to be missed by any visitor to China. Life size terracotta figures of warriors and horses arranged in battle formations are the star features at the museum. They are replicas of what the imperial guard should look like in those days of pomp and vigor.).
2. Giant Wild Goose Pagoda
   50m · Admission ticket included
   After lunch drive back to the city, discover the Big Wild Goose Pagoda (The Big Goose Pagoda is situated in the Da Ci'en Temple, known as the best-preserved Buddhist temple complex, four kilometers away from the center of the city. It is one of the city's most distinctive and outstanding landmarks, possibly the most beautiful building left in Xian today.). In the evening, enjoy Tang Dynasty Dancing Show with Tang Dynasty Dinner (Tang Dynasty Dinner Show, which is a performance of Chang'an music and dance originated inChina's Tang Dynasty over a thousand years ago. It has been recreated in accordance with various historical records as well as ancient art and relics discovered in Xian, the capital of the empire during the Tang Dynasty.).

Day 6: Shanxi Provincial Museum —— City Walls —— Grand Mosque

1. Shaanxi History Museum
   50m · Admission ticket included
   After breakfast at hotel, Visit the Shaanxi Provincial Museum (The Provincial History Museum - a striking Tang-Dynasty style pavilion, houses a large collection of 113,000 historic and cultural artifacts unearthed in Shanxi. It is an absolute must for every visitor to the city.)， which is the largest comprehensive museum in the province.
2. Xi'an City Wall
   1h · Admission ticket included
   After lunch at local restaurant, visit the City Walls (It is a major landmark, and the best preserved, as well as the oldest and largest of the city’s defensive systems in China.)
3. Muslim Quarter
   50m · Admission ticket included
   and the Grand Mosque (The Great Mosque in Xian is one of the oldest, largest and best-preserved Islamic mosques in China and its location is northwest of the Drum Tower (Gu Lou) on Huajue Lane.)。 Take flight to Shanghai, you will be greeted by your tour guide in Shanghai and transfer to your hotel.

Day 7: Shanghai Museum —— Jade Buddha Temple —— Nanjing Road —— Bund

1. Shanghai Museum (Shanghai Bowuguan)
   1h · Admission ticket included
   After breakfast at hotel, you will meet your tour guide at the main lobby of the hotel at 08:30 and set out to visit the Shanghai Museum which houses 110,000 historical objects and 430,000 reference pieces, followed by a walk on People's Square.
2. Jade Buddha Temple
   50m · Admission ticket included
   Jade Buddha Temple, named for its two jade statues of Sakyamuni. One was carved out of a single piece of white jade weighing one ton.
3. Nanjing Lu (Nanjing Road)
   30m
   After lunch proceed with a promenade of famous Nanjing Road, the busiest commercial center in Shanghai.
4. The Bund
   40m
   Then, you will visit the Bund, a five-block riverfront lined with many of Shanghai's banks and trading houses. After dinner, you will enjoy an acrobatic show with breathtaking motorcycle performance or Huangpu River Night Cruise Trip.

Day 8: Yu Yuan Garden —— Shanghai World Financial Center-Tianzifang

1. Yu Garden
   50m · Admission ticket included
   After have breakfast at hotel, head to Yu Yuan Garden and Old Bazaar. This classical Qing Dynasty garden has over 30 pavilions linked by a maze of corridors and bridges over ponds. You will be arrange to have lunch in Yu Yuan Garden area.
2. Shanghai World Financial Center
   40m · Admission ticket included
   In afternoon, you will first visit the Shanghai World Financial Center, which is located in the center of the Lujiazui Finance and Trade Zone. With 101 floors above ground level and soaring to a height of 492 meters, this project embodies Mori Building's original Vertical Garden City concept. It is a hub of culture and information, and boasts state of the art security.
3. Tianzifang
   50m
   The last stop is Tianzifang alley. Tianzifang has transformed itself from legacy residential architectures and factories into an artsy area, housing bars, cafes, crafts shops, design studios, galleries and boutiques. It is ardently supported by crowds of yuppies, trend setters, designers and expatriates, who fall for temptation of old Shikumen houses (stone-framed-door houses) and lanes with infinite novelties. Take flight from Shanghai to Guilin tonight and your tour guide will meet and transfer you to the hotel in Guilin

Day 9: Reed Flute cave — Elephant Trunk Hill Park —Fubo Hill

1. Reed Flute Cave (Ludi Yan)
   1h · Admission ticket included
   After breakfast at hotel, you will visit the Palace of Nature Art Reed Flute cave (The Cave on the northwestern outskirts of Guilin, seven kilometers from the city center, is a limestone cave in existence for at least 600,000 years. The entire cave is 240 meters deep, 93 meters at the widest section and 18 meters at the highest point.),
2. Elephant Trunk Hill (Xiangbishan)
   1h · Admission ticket included
   Elephant Trunk Hill Park (Situated majestically at the southeast of Guilin city and west bank of Li River, Elephant Trunk Hill is regarded as the symbol of Guilin landscape. Originally named "Li Hill", "Yi Hill" and "Chenshui Hill", the hill has a history of 3.6 hundred million years. Resembling an elephant leisurely sucking water from the river with its long trunk, this hill is famous as Elephant Trunk Hill for hundreds of years.)
3. Fubo Hill
   50m · Admission ticket included
   and , Fubo Hill, which is 120 meters long, 60 meters wide and 213 meters high, stands on its own to the northeast of the city, on the west bank of the Li River. The waves of the river are turned back when they meet the stone blocks of the hill, hence the name "wave-subduing hill".

Day 10: Guilin-Li river cruise to Yangshuo then go to Guangzhou by bullet train

1. 4h · Admission ticket included
   After breakfast at hotel, you will enjoy Li River cruise tour Gorgeous Karst peaks give you surprises at each bend of the limpid river under the blue sky. Water buffalo patrol the fields, peasants reap rice paddies, school kids and fisherman float by on bamboo rafts. With its breathtaking scenery and taste of a life far removed from the concrete metropolis, the scenery along the Li River become one of China's top tourist destinations.) passing through an amazing landscape of limestone peaks to the village of Yangshuo(Located 65 kilometers to the southeast of Guilin, Yangshuo is an ancient town which became a county in Jin Dynasty some 1500 years ago. Yangshuo is famous not only for the attractive hills and waters there, but also for its abundant produce, particularly for such fruits as sweet orange, tangerine, pomelo and persimmon. Chestnuts produced in Yangshuo are also well known for their excellent quality.)

Day 11: Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall — Chen's Family Memorial Hall — Temple of Six Banyan Trees

1. Dr. Sun Yat-sen's Memorial Hall
   1h · Admission ticket included
   After have breakfast at hotel, we will visit of the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall (The Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, situated in the original site of Sun Yat-sen' s Presidential Office on the southern slope of Yuexiu Hill, is a memorial building built in 1931 with the funds raised by the Guangzhou people and overseas Chinese in memory of Sun Yat-sen, the pioneer of China's bourgeois democratic revolution.), which is the most symbolic site of Guangzhou. Then visit the Chen's Family Memorial Hall (famous for its exquisite craftsmanship， including wood, stone, and brick carving, and metalwork using copper and iron. There are also wonderful murals. As for the carving techniques, both realistic and imaginative styles were employed to give the temple a magnificent yet solemn atmosphere.)
2. Temple of the Six Banyan Trees & Flower Pagoda (Liurong Temple)
   1h · Admission ticket included
   and the Temple of Six Banyan Trees (Situated on Liurong Road, this world famous ancient Buddhist temple was built in 537 in the Liang dynasty during the Southern dynasties (386-581). More than 1460 years ago in the Liang dynasty, Emperor Liangwu ordered the master priest, Tanyu to built Baozhuangyan Temple to store the Buddhist bones brought from Kampuchea. During the Northern Song dynasty, a great writer - Su Shi, on a visit to this temple was attracted by the six banyan trees surrounding it and wrote the inscription "Liu Rong " (Six Banyan Trees). In the afternoon take a jet boat (1700) to Hong Kong. Meet your guide at Hong Kong and transfer to hotel.

Day 12: Hong Kong : Victoria peak, Repulse Bay, Stanley market

1. Victoria Peak (The Peak)
   2h · Admission ticket included
   After have breakfast at hotel. Visit Victoria peak
2. Repulse Bay
   30m
   Repulse Bay
3. Stanley Market
   1h
   Stanley market, Aberdeen fishing village

Day 13: Hong Kong -- Departure (B/--/--)

1. Hong Kong
   Pass by
   Transfer you to Hong Kong airport for departure.

• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels