HC13 The Panda, the Great Wall, and the Ancient China 10 Days
Shanghai, Xi'an, Chengdu and Beijing
This itinerary is great for first time visitors. You can visit the Great Wall, Forbidden City, Summer Palace and the Temple of heaven in Beijing. You will also enjoy watching people doing Taichi exercise in Beihai Park in the morning and visit a family living in a traditional courtyard style home. Of course, you will enjoy the great cuisines too, such as Peking Duck and Xi'an dumplings.
You won't realize how old China is until you visit the Terra Cotta Warriors, which is the tomb of the first emperor of China, dated back to 2000 years ago. That is Xi'an, the oldest capital of China. How about biking on the Ancient City Wall? That is once in a lifetime experience.
If your dream is to hug the pandas, you will have a chance to do it in Chengdu.
You will also visit the biggest city of China, Shanghai, where you can experience what the modern China can offer!
This is a relaxed, informative and luxurious tour. Seeing is believing! Call us now! 206-903-8272.
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Day By Day Itinerary
Day 1: USA / Shanghai
Fly to Shanghai, the largest city of China.
[Meals: in-flight dinner, breakfast and lunch]
Day 2: Arrive Shanghai
Our tour guide will greet you at the airport and escort you to the hotel.
[Hotel: Grand Mercure Shanghai Century Park - 5 star]
Day 3: Shanghai
Visit the Old City Bazaar 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: Buffet breakfast, "Nanxiang Steamed Bun Restaurant" (Shanghai Dumpling lunch)]
[Hotel: Grand Mercure Shanghai Century Park - 5 star]
Day 4: Shanghai / Xi'an
Fly to Xi’an, the ancient capital and the starting point of the Silk Road. Visit the Huimin Street (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]
[Hotel: Grand Noble Hotel - 4.5 star]
Day 5: Xi'an
Visit the Terra Cotta Army, 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 6: Xi’an / Chengdu
Visit the Drum Tower and the Ancient City Wall. Fly to Chengdu in the late afternoon.
[Meals: Buffet breakfast, Lunch]
[Hotel: Tibet Hotel - 5 star]
Day 7: Chengdu / Beijing
Visit The Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in the morning. You will have a chance to hug the panda(extra cost). Then visit Wangjiang Pavilion Park Park, the most popular park in Chengdu. Fly to Beijing at night.
[Meals: Buffet breakfast, Lunch]
[Hotel: Beijing Kuntai Royal Hotel - 4.5 star]
Day 8: 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. Walk the easy steps to the top of Jingshan hill and enjoy a bird’s-eye view of the palace and the city. Then visit the Temple of Heaven, where the Emperors prayed for harvest in Ming and Qing Dynasties. Enjoy Peking duck dinner.
[Meals: American & Chinese Buffet Breakfast; Lunch; "Quanjude" Peking Duck Banquet Dinner]
[Hotel: Beijing Kuntai Royal Hotel - 4.5 star]
Day 9: 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 10 Beijing / US
The tour guide will send you to the airport to fly home.
[Meals: Buffet Breakfast]
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