China 11 Days Tour of Beijing Xian Nanjing Suzhou Shanghai

Detailed Itinerary

• Day 1. Arrival at Beijing.  
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  Reach Beijing airport or railway station. Your private guide will wait at the exit and escort you to hotel for check in.
  Free for the remainder of the day.
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• Day 2. Beijing: Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Summer Palace, Olympic Park.  
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  English speaking guide and private vehicle will pick you up from hotel at 08:30am.
  Take a stroll on the largest downtown square in the world, Tiananmen Square. The square has witnessed the founding of the new China.
  Then visit Forbidden City. This world's largest palace complex was the imperial palace during the Ming and Qing dynasties(1368-1911).
• Proceed to Summer Palace after lunch. Combining lakes, gardens and ancient structures, Summer Palace is the best-preserved and largest royal garden existing in China.
  Admire the most outstanding architectures in Olympic Park, Bird's Nest and Water Cube. Have an outside view of these two venues.
  Transfer you back to the hotel after the tour.
•   Breakfast, Lunch,
• Day 3. Beijing: Ming Tombs, Badaling Great Wall.  
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  English speaking guide and private vehicle will pick you up from hotel at 08:30am.
  Visit Ming Tombs in the morning. With a history of over 600 years, Ming Tombs is the final resting place of 13 emperors of Ming Dynasty(1368-1644).
  Discover the largest and the first built tomb, Changling. It is the tomb of the third Ming Emperor Zhu Di and his wife.
• Head to the famous Badaling Great Wall in the afternoon. Badaling is the best preserved and most popular section of the Great Wall of China. It is close Beijing city and featured with magnificent architectures and breathtaking nature scenery.
  Transfer you back to the hotel after the tour.
•   Breakfast, Lunch,
• Day 4. Beijing Hutong, Temple of Heaven, flight to Xian.  Arrive in Xian and hotel check-in.  
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  English speaking guide and private vehicle will pick you up from hotel at 08:30am.
  Visit Beijing Hutongs by rickshaws. Beijing Hutongs are narrow lanes surrounded by traditional courtyard residences. They have a history of over 700 years and represent the traditional culture and way of life of old Beijingers.
  Continue to Temple of Heaven, the largest sacrificial building complex in the world. The temple was the place where emperors came to perform worship to the God of Heaven and pray for good harvests.
• After lunch, drive you to airport to take flight for Xian.
  
  Local guide will pick you up from Xian airport and escort you to check in the hotel.
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• Day 5. Xian: Terracotta Warriors and Horses, Huaqing Pool, Big Wild Goose Pagoda, Dumpling Dinner and Tang Dynasty Show.  
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  English speaking guide and private vehicle will pick you up from hotel at 08:30am.
  Drive about 1 hour to visit Terracotta Warriors and Horses. Be honored as the Eighth Wonder in the World, Terracotta Warriors and Horses is a part of the Mausoleum of the Emperor Qin Shihuang(259-210BC). Over 8,000 life-size warriors, horses and chariots are arranged in battle formations.
• After lunch, proceed to Huaqing Pool. Huaqing Pool had been a resort palace for many dynasties because of its natural beauty and hot spring resources. It has become a landmark site for Chinese Tang Culture.
  Move on to Big Wild Goose Pagoda. Originally built in 652 of Tang Dynasty, the pagoda is functioned to collect Buddhist materials that were taken from India by the hierarch Xuanzang.
• Have delicious Dumplings for dinner. With different tastes, appearances and cooking techniques, dumpling dinner become an unmissable authentic dainty for travelers to Xian.
  Enjoy Tang Dynasty Show. Tang Dynasty Show presents the essence of music and dance art of the Tang Dynasty over a thousand years ago.
  Transfer you back to the hotel after the show.
•   Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Day 6. Xian: Shaanxi History Museum, Great Mosque, Ancient City Wall, flight to Nanjing.   Arrive in Nanjing and hotel check-in.  
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  English speaking guide and private vehicle will pick you up from hotel at 08:30am.
  First proceed to Shaanxi History Museum. Over 1,700,000 cultural relics are displayed in this comprehensive museum to show the history and culture of Shaanxi province and ancient China.
  Then visit Great Mosque. With a history of over 1,200 year, Great Mosque is one of the oldest and largest mosques in China. It was designed with traditional Chinese architecture style and decorated with Islamic culture.
• Go on to Ancient City Wall, one of the most important landmarks of Xian. It was built over 600 years ago as an important military defensive system to fortify the city.
  Afterwards, drive you to airport to take flight for Nanjing.
  
  Local guide will pick you up from Nanjing airport and escort you to check in the hotel.
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• Day 7. Nanjing: Ming City Wall, Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, Ming Xiaoling Tomb.   
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  English speaking guide and private vehicle will pick you up from hotel at 08:30am.
  Drive to Ming City Wall. With a length of 33.7 meters, Nanjing Ming City Wall is the longest city wall in the world. It was began to build in 1366 during the Ming Dynasty and took 28 years to complete. The city wall is a masterpiece of ancient Chinese military fortification.
• Then visit Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum. Covering an area of over 80,000 square meters, Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum is the mausoleum of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the father of the Republic of China. Combining the essence of western and ancient Chinese architectures, Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum is regarded as the most outstanding mausoleum in the history of Chinese modern architecture.
  Continue to Ming Xiaoling Tomb. Xiaoling Tomb is the mausoleum of the first emperor and his empress during the Ming Dynasty(1368-1644). It is one of the biggest imperial tombs in China. The tomb mainly consists of Sacred Way and the mausoleum complex. It is listed as World Cultural Heritage site because of its magnificent scale and unique design.
  Transfer you back to the hotel after the tour.
•   Breakfast, Lunch,
• Take train to Suzhou.  Arrive in Suzhou, Garden of the Master of the Nets, Humble Administrator's Garden, Grand Canal.  
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  Take a soft seat train D to Suzhou in the morning.
  
  Local guide will pick you up from Suzhou Train Station.
  Drive to Garden of the Master of the Nets, the smallest garden in Suzhou. The small space is its greatest charm as it encompasses all the elements of a classic Chinese garden within close boundaries.
• Move on to Humble Administrator's Garden, the largest of all classical gardens in Suzhou. It is a representative of gardens in southern China. Humble Administrator's Garden is a treasure house containing arts of architecture, calligraphy, carving, painting, and bonsai.
  Take a cruise on Grand Canal. The cruise can give you a full view of the landscape of a typical river town in southern China including age-old dwelling houses, stone bridges of traditional designs and historical relics.
  Transfer you back to the hotel after the tour.
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• Day 9. Take train to Shanghai.  Arrive in Shanghai and hotel check-in.  
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  Free morning in Suzhou.
• Take a soft seat train to Shanghai in the afternoon.
  
  Take a soft seat train to Shanghai in the afternoon.
  
  Local guide will pick you up from Shanghai train station and escort you to check in the hotel.
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• Day 10. Shanghai: Yu Garden, Jade Buddha Temple, Nanjing Road, Oriental Pearl TV Tower, The Bund.  
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  English speaking guide and private vehicle will pick you up from hotel at 08:30am.
  Start your Shanghai trip with Yu Garden. This well-restored Suzhou-style garden is one of the best gardens in southern China. It perfectly combines pavilions, halls, bridges, towers, ponds and rockeries.
  Go on to Jade Buddha Temple, a Buddhist temple with the architecture style of Song Dynasty(960-1279). The temple houses many ancient Buddhist sculptures, rare paintings and Buddhist scriptures.
  Take a stroll on Nanjing Road. Nanjing Road is the most prosperous shopping street in Shanghai and one of the top ten pedestrian streets in China.
• After lunch, proceed to Oriental Pearl TV Tower. This 468-meter-high tower is the most recognizable landmark of Shanghai. It has four major sightseeing observatories at different heights.
  Wander on The Bund. The Bund is a famous waterfront along the Huangpu River. It is famed as "Exhibition of International Buildings" because of 52 various buildings in different architectural styles, such as Gothic, Baroque, Romanesque and the Renaissance.
  Transfer you back to the hotel after the tour.
•   Breakfast, Lunch,
• Day 11. Departure.  
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  Pick you up from hotel and transfer to airport for departure.
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