Normally, our itineraries do not include the following featured tours. Here we offer a brief introduction to these featured tours for your reference. Given that some of these tours are rather expensive, you may like to choose one or more according to your budget.
Beijing Featured Tour
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Options |
Duration |
Daytime |
Learn how to cook Chinese dishes |
Half a day |
Learn mask painting |
40 min |
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Learn Taiji boxing |
60 min |
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Learn martial arts |
90 min |
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Learn calligraphy |
30 min |
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Nighttime |
Enjoy acrobatic performances |
60 min |
Enjoy Peking opera performance |
60 min |
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Drink tea and watch performances in the Lao She Teahouse |
60 min |
Xi'an Featured Tour
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Options |
Duration |
Daytime |
Learn how to make dumplings in a local residence |
Half a day |
Learn Taiji boxing on the ancient city wall |
60 min |
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Learn Chinese paper cutting and watch shadow plays in the Gao family courtyard |
Half a day |
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Learn how to make pottery resembling the Terracotta soldiers |
30 min |
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Nighttime |
Enjoy a royal court dinner while watching the Tang Dynasty show |
30 min |
Shanghai Featured Tour
You can spend a day experiencing the local lifestyle. For example, you can join local residents as they shop for ingredients, and then learn how to cook local dishes. You can also play mahjong with local people. The following are optional activities that you can arrange for a special day's local experience.
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Activities |
Duration |
Daytime |
Cycle around old Shanghai |
Half a day |
Learn Taiji Boxing |
60 min |
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Learn how to cook Chinese dishes |
10:30-12:00 |
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Visit the factory of Volkswagen (if there are at least 10 people in your group) |
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Nighttime |
Option 1: Cruise along the Huangpu River |
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Guilin Featured Tour
Guilin is surrounded by enchanting hills and crystal rivers and it is the perfect place to learn traditional Chinese brush painting. Indeed the landscape around Guilin is like a traditional painting come to life. During the day you can learn how to cook Chinese dishes in Yangshuo; in the evening, watch the Impression Sanjie Liu performance or see how the ospreys prey on fish.
Although the activities above suit most people, we can also arrange special activities to cater to your individual tastes. For example, if you are a doctor with a particular interest in China's hospitals and medical institutions, we can arrange for you to visit some of these venues. If you are a lawyer who is interested in China's law firms and how lawyers work in China, we can also make arrangements for you in this regard. If you are interested in the places where ethnic groups live in regional communities, such as Yunnan, Tibet and Xinjiang, we can arrange for you to experience local lifestyles in these regions (such as having dinner in local residences).
So, whatever your particular interest is, let us know and we shall do our best, in consultation with you, to ensure that you can follow it up whilst you are in China.
