Itinerary of Top 10 China Tours - 12 Days Beijing Xian Shanghai Guilin Hong Kong Flight Tour

• Day 1: Arrival in BeijingOur 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.

 
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  Day 2: Beijing (B, L, D)Pick you up from your hotel and visit the Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City and the Temple of Heaven. The Beijing Duck Dinner is served at a famous restaurant followed by a evening show(Peking Opera or Acrobatics show or Kungfu show). After the tour, transfer back to your hotel.
  - Tiananmen Square: the largest public square in the world. It is 880 meters from north to south, and 500 meters from east to west, with a total area of 440,000 square meters and can hold one million people.
  - Forbidden City: the largest ancient imperial palaces where 24 emperors, 14 of the Ming and 10 of the Qing, ruled the country from here over a span of nearly 500 years.
  - Temple of Heaven: The perimeter of the Temple of Heaven is 6,369 meters with 6 meters high. The temple was the place where the emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties worshipped heaven and prayed for good harvests.

 
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  Day 3: Beijing  (B, L)
  Pick you up from your hotel and take you to visit the Badaling Great Wall. After lunch, visit the Sacred Way, the Ming Tomb, the exterior visit of Bird's Nest (Olympic National Stadium) and the Water Cube (Olympic Aquatic Center) in the afternoon. After the day tour, transfer back to your hotel.
  - Badaling Great Wall: As its name implies it gives access to every direction. With an elevation of 600 meters it is the most famous and best-preserved section of the Great Wall.
  - Ming Tomb: also called Shisanling (literally, Thirteen Tombs), it is the largest clusters of imperial cemeteries in China. They are mausoleums of thirteen emperors of the Ming Dynasty.
  - Sacred Road: Which means the road leading to heaven is lined with 18 pairs of stone human figures and animals, they are important decorations of the mausoleum.

 
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  Day 4: Beijing - Xian (B, L)
  Pick you up from your hotel and visit the Summer Palace in the morning. Take a flight to Xian. Our guide will meet you outside the baggage claim area at Xian Airport and transfer you to the Hotel. Then have a visit to Xian Ancient City Wall.
  - Summer Palace: the largest and best preserved imperial garden of the Qing Dynasty extant in Beijing, as well as a famous classical imperial garden.
  - Xian Ancient City Wall: the most complete city wall survived in China as well as one of the largest ancient military defensive systems in the world.

 
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  Day 5: Xian (B, L, D)
  Pick you up from your hotel and then visit the Terra Cotta Warriors first. After lunch, visit the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. This evening you will be entertained with the marvelous Tang Dynasty Show and dumping dinner.
  - Terra Cotta Warriors: It is a part of the Qin emperor's tomb complex, the Terra Cotta Warriors is the greatest findings in the archeology world.
  - Big Wild Goose Pagoda: the symbol of the long history of Xian, and a well-preserved ancient building and holy worshipping shrine for Buddhists.

 
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  Day 6: Xian - Shanghai (B, L)
  Pick you up from your hotel in Xian and visit the Provincial History Museum then to the Great Mosque. After the tour, fly to Shanghai and transfer to the hotel in Shanghai.
  - Provincial History Museum: Opened in 1991, the museum is a giant architectural in the Tang-dynasty style and it successfully symbolizes the great extent of Shaanxi history and its remarkable culture.
  - Great Mosque:  is one of the oldest and best preserved as well as most renowned mosques in the country. It is northwest of the Drum Tower on 30 Huajue Lane.

 
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  Day 7: Shanghai (B, L)
  Pick you up from your hotel in Shanghai and first visit the Shanghai Museum, then move on to the Yuyuan Garden. After lunch, transfer you to the Bund area, where you will take a cruise tour on the Huangpu River. After the tour, transfer back to your hotel.
  - Shanghai Museum: ranked as China's best museum.
  - Yuyuan Garden: a spiritual oasis in the midst of a booming city．
  - The Bund: the picturesque bund with tall building of various tower over the river, looking as a museum of modern world architecture.

 

• Day 8: Shanghai - Guilin (B)
  Free in the morning, and then fly to Guilin from Shanghai in the afternoon, on arrival, transfer you to hotel in Guilin. Enjoy the Ethnic Songs and Dances Show at Lijiang Theatre in the evening.

 
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  Day 9: Guilin - Yangshuo - Guilin (B, L)
  Enduring memories are created today as you cruise down the Li River Cruise to Yangshuo. A short bicycle trip to the countryside will then be arranged. Then Return to Guilin.
  - Li River Cruise: From Guilin to Yangshuo. To travel the river, one will find its natural sights vary in different weathers, but are all beautiful.
  - Yangshuo: An ancient city town. Yangshuo is famous for its attractive hills and waters as well as its abundant production particularly for such fruits as sweet orange, tangerine, pomelo and persimmon.

 
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  Day 10: Guilin - Hongkong (B, L)
  Pick you up from your hotel and visit the Reed Flute Cave, then move on to Seven Star Park and the Elephant Trunk Hill. After the tour, take a flight to Hongkong and then transfer you to the Hotel.
  - Reed Flute Cave: One of the most famous caves in Guilin. The 240-meter-long cave contains numerous grotesque-shaped stalactities that form four zones of the cave: Stone Forest, Heavenly Pillar and Cloud Mountain, Crystal Palace and Zigzagging Gallery.
  - Seven Star Park: In the park is the famous Seven Stars Mountain, which has many water-eroded caves. Among these caves, the most famous scenic spot in the park is the Seven Stars Cave, which is inside the Putuo Hill.
  - Elephant Trunk Hill: shapes just like an elephant drinking water from the river with its trunk, thus its name. The symbol of Guilin.

 
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  Day 11: Hongkong (B)
  Free day for you in Hong Kong, we suggest you to visit Victoria Peak, Repulse Bay, Aberdeen and Stanley Market on your own.
  - Victoria Peak: also called Mount Austin, is one of the most famous tourist attractions, it is a good place to view the scene of Hong Kong.
  - Repulse Bay: it is the most spectacular bay in the region that located in the southern part of Hong Kong Island.
  - Aberdeen: Located on south of the Hong Kong Island, it is the international tourist resort and the most poetic fishing village.
  - Stanley Market: It is not only a famous spot but also the dwellings of European and American who love verdant mountains and clear blue sea.

 

• Day 12: Departure from Hongkong (B)
  Come to the airport and take the flight by yourself.

 

Tour Price (exchange rate: 1US$ = 6.1CNY)