Itinerary of Top 10 China Tours - 14 Days China Tour from Shanghai to Guilin,Xian,Beijing

• Day 1: Arrival in Shanghai
  Our guide will meet you outside the baggage claim area at the airport. We will transfer you to the appointed hotel in downtown area and help you check in. The rest of the day is on your own to explore the city.

 
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  Day 2: Shanghai (B, L)
  Pick you at from the hotel on departure time and your first stop today is Shanghai Museum. Then go to the famous Yuyuan Garden and Oriental Pearl TV Tower (2nd Ball). Later you will visit a Silk Factory. After lunch at a famous local restaurant, in the afternoon, you will first visit the Jade Buddha Temple, Nanjing Road, Shanghai Art Museum, take a short cruise along the Huangpu River. Then you will have some free time to stroll on the Bund. After the whole day tour, transfer you back to your hotel.
  - Shanghai Museum: ranked as China's best museum.
  - Yuyuan Garden: is considered one of the most lavish and finest Chinese gardens in the region.
  - The Bund: the picturesque bund with tall building of various tower over the river, looking as a museum of modern world architecture.
  - Jade Buddha Temple: the most famous Buddhist temple in Shanghai, it is a spiritual oasis in the midst of a booming city.

 
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  Day 3: Shanghai - Yichang (B)
  Pick you up from hotel and transfer to the airport. Then you will take a flight to Yichang, and our local staff will be waiting for you outside the baggage claim area of the airport. A comfortable private transfer will take you to downtown Yichang. After that, we will drive you to board the reserved cruise ship for your Yangtze River tour.

 
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  Day 4: Three Gorges Dam (B, L, D)
  The cruise journey starts at 07:00am. Sailing along the eastern Xiling Gorge, disembark and pay a visit to the magnificent Three Gorges Dam Site first. After a panoramic view of the dam, come back to the ship and the cruise continues sailing into the western Xiling Gorge. Passing through this gorge is a kind of adventure for numerous torrents and dangerous shoals. The cruise journey will takes at least two to three hours.

 
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  Day 5: Three Little Gorges or Shennong Stream (B, L, D)
  Sail through the Wu Gorge in the morning. Then according to the schedule of your cruise company, you will take a side excursion to the Three Little Gorges or Shennong Stream, both of which are tributaries of the River. Then the cruise will pass through the Qutang Gorge. It is the most dangerous and shortest of the Three Gorges on the river.

 
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  Day 6: Fengdu (B, L, D)
  Disembark at Fengdu for an excursion, visit the Fengdu Ghost City. After that, you will be back to the ship and the cruise continues sailing to the destination Chongqing.
  - Fengdu Ghost City: is one of the most distinctive and famous historical towns since ancient times and well-known for its ghost culture.

 

• Day 7: Chongqing - Guilin (B)
  The cruise is scheduled to arrive in Chongqing at around 08:30am to 09:00am. Then transfer to Chongqing airport and take flight to Guilin, upon arrival, transfer to your hotel in Guilin.

 
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  Day 8: Guilin-Yangshuo-Guilin (B, L)
  Take cruise to visit Yangshuo, you will experience the beautiful scene of Lijiang river.
  - 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 9: Guilin - Xian (B, L)
  Pick you up from your hotel in Guilin then visit the Reed Flute Cave, Fubo Hill and Elephant Hill. Take flights to Xian after this tour, upon arrival, pick you up and transfer to your hotel in Xian.
  - 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.
  - Fubo Hill: located in the west of Li River, it is a typical karst hill in Guilin where offer beautiful scenery.
  - 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 10: Xian (B, L, D)
  Pick you up from your hotel in the morning, then visit the Terra Cotta Warriors, Big Wild Pagoda. Enjoy the Dumpling dinner and Tang Dynasty Show in the evening.
  - 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: a sacred old Buddhist pagoda, one of the famous Buddhist pagodas in China. 
  - Tang Dynasty Show: a wonderful performance of the ancient music and dance, is a must when you visit Xian.

 
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  Day 11: Xian – Beijing (B, L)
  Visit the Shaanxi Provincial Museum, the square of Bell and drum tower. Take flights from Xian to Beijing, the driver will wait for you at the welcome area of the airport. Then the driver will transfer you back to your hotel.
  - Provincial History Museum: a first huge modern museum in China with Tang dynasty style architecture.
  - Bell Tower: an ancient architecture building in Xian which built in the early Ming Dynasty.

 
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  Day 12: Beijing (B, L, D)
  Pick you up from your hotel in Beijing then visit the Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven and Summer Palace. Enjoy the Peking duck dinner in the evening.
  - Tiananmen Square: The largest public square in the world with a total area of 440,000 square meters.
  - Forbidden City: The best preserved imperial palace in China and the largest ancient palatial structure in the world.
  - Temple of Heaven: The largest existing complex of ancient sacrificial buildings in China.

 
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  Day 13: Beijing (B, L)
  This day the tour guide will accompany with you to visit the Badaling Great Wall and Ming Tombs. Enjoy the evening show, Peking opera or Kungfu show or Acrobatics show.
  - Badaling Great Wall: The most famous and best-preserved section of the Great Wall.
  - Ming Tomb: Buried 13 emperors of Ming Dynasty, it is the largest clusters of imperial cemeteries in China.

 

• Day 14: Departure from Beijing (B)
  Drop off to the Beijing capital airport. See off.

 

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