HC04 The Middle Kingdom 12 Days
Beijing - Guilin - Yangshuo - Xi'an - Shanghai
This itinerary is great for first time visitors. You can climb the Great Wall, uncover the Forbidden City, stroll around the Summer Palace and "pray" at the Temple of heaven in Beijing. You can also enjoy watching people doing Taichi exercise in Beihai Park and visit a family living in a traditional courtyard style home. You will try many cuisines, enjoy Peking duck in the most famous duck restaurant and Xi'an dumpling banquet with great performances.
Going south to Guilin, which is called "The No. 1 landscapes of China". Enjoy a cruise on the picturesque Li River and check out the countryside of Yangshuo.
In Xi'an, visiting the first emperor's tomb, the Terra Cotta Warrior, is unique. Take a deep breath, it is a 2000 year old tomb! Biking on the Ancient City Wall is something you would never imagine.
Ending with Shanghai is kind of "WOW". This largest and most modern city of China has everything you want to see!
It is a relax, informative and luxurious tour. You will enjoy everything the Middle Kingdom can offer. Seeing is believing! Call us now! 206-903-8272.
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Day By Day Itinerary
Day 1: USA / Beijing
Fly to Beijing, the capital of China.
[Meals: in-flight dinner, breakfast and lunch]
Day 2: Arrive Beijing
Our tour guide will greet you at the airport and escort you to the hotel.
[Hotel: Beijing Kuntai Royal Hotel - 4.5 star]
Day 3: Beijing
Visit Tiananmen Square. Stroll through the courtyards and palaces of the imposing Forbidden City, once the exclusive enclave of Ming and Qing Dynasty emperors. Then visit Jingshan park, enjoy a bird’s-eye view of the palace and the city. Then tour Beijing's old Hutong (”narrow lanes”) area by old-fashioned pedicab. Visit a local family living in a court-yard-style home known as Siheyuan. Then enjoy a relax walking tour at Houhai and a Peking Duck Banquet at Quanjude Restaurant.
[Meals: American & Chinese Buffet Breakfast; Lunch; "Quanjude" Peking Duck Banquet Dinner]
[Hotel: Beijing Kuntai Royal Hotel - 4.5 star]
Day 4: Beijing
Experience the thrill of walking on the Great Wall at Mutianyu, the most beautiful and original part of the wall. Then explore the landscaped grounds and pavilions of the Summer Palace.
[Meals: American & Chinese Buffet Breakfast; Lunch]
[Hotel: Beijing Kuntai Royal Hotel - 4.5 star]
Day 5: Beijing
Visit the Temple of Heaven, where the Emperors prayed for harvest in Ming and Qing Dynasties. Then visit Beihai Park, the largest royal garden next to the Forbidden City. Enjoy free walking and the night market at Wangfujing Pedestrian Street, downtown Beijing.
[Meals: American & Chinese Buffet Breakfast; Lunch]
[Hotel: Beijing Kuntai Royal Hotel - 4.5 star]
Day 6: Beijing / Guilin
Fly to Guilin in the morning. Visit Reed Flute Cave and Elephant Trunk Hill.
[Meals: Buffet Breakfast; Lunch; Dinner]
[Hotel: Bravo Hotel - 4.5 star]
Day 7: Guilin/ Yangshuo
Marvel at the dreamlike landscapes on your Li River cruise. Enjoy a relax lunch on the boat. Arrive Yangshuo town in the afternoon. Then visit Yangshuo Bazaar and Xijie (West Street). Tonight’s dinner is on your own, you can try the local specialties like beer fish and shatian shaddocks at the restaurants on West Street.
[Meals: Buffet Breakfast; Lunch]
[Hotel: Yangshuo Elite Garden Hotel - 4 star]
Day 8: Yangshuo / Guilin / Xian
Take a morning flight to Xi’an, the ancient capital and the starting point of the Silk Road. Visit the Drum Tower and the Ancient City Wall. Then visit the Xi'an Muslim Quarter. An opportunity to mix and deal with one of the Muslim Chinese ethnicities the Huis. Very good shopping opportunities and the place where you have to be a master in haggling (more than anywhere else in China).
[Meals: Buffet Breakfast; Lunch]
[Hotel: Grand Noble Hotel - 4.5 star]
Day 9: Xian
Visit the Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses, buried 2000 years ago to guard the tomb of the first emperor. Then visit the 1350 year old Dacien Temple and the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. Enjoy an Imperial Dumpling Banquet and Tang Dynasty Stage Show tonight.
[Meals: Buffet Breakfast; Lunch; Tang Dynasty (Imperial Dumpling Banquet Dinner and Tang palace style performance)]
[Hotel: Grand Noble Hotel - 4.5 star]
Day 10: Xi'an / Shanghai
Morning flight to Shanghai. Visit Nanjing Road and take a walk along the Bund, Shanghai’s graceful and historic waterfront boulevard. Optional night tour: Cruise on Huangpu River.
[Meals: Breakfast; Lunch]
[Hotel: Grand Mercure Shanghai Century Park - 5 star]
Day 11: Shanghai
Visit the Old City Bazaar (Chenghuang Temple) and the tranquil Yu Yuan Garden. Enjoy a traditional Shanghai Dumpling lunch. Bus tour of Pudong District. Take a picture of the highest tower of Asia, the Oriental Pearl Tower. Then visit Binjiang Park.
[Meals: Breakfast; Lunch]
[Hotel: Grand Mercure Shanghai Century Park - 5 star]
Day 12: Shanghai / US
The tour guide will send you to the airport to fly home.
[Meals: Buffet Breakfast]
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