13 Days Beijing Xian Guilin Shanghai and Hong Kong Tour

Hello, welcome to China! Your private guide and driver will meet you at the airport and transfer to your luxurious hotel. As the Chinese capital city for centuries of years, Beijing is full of charming contradictions for you to discover.

• Hotels: Beijing Double Happiness Courtyard Hotel, Beijing Fairmont Hotel, Grand Hyatt Beijing

Great Wall

Start Beijing city tour with a walk through Tiananmen Square at the heart of Beijing, connecting some of China’s significant monuments and structures, as well as Forbidden City. Used to be the royal palace, Forbidden City is a distinguished symbol of ancient China. Marvel at world’s largest and best-preserved ancient wooden architecture cluster and the relics at Treasure House. Go across the avenue and ascend Jingshan Hill to overlook Forbidden City

Transfer to visit Summer Palace, known as the museum of royal garden in China, and designed and built by using the art techniques of Suzhou classical garden. Enjoy a short, relaxed boat trip on Kunming Lake in Summer Palace.

Enjoy Beijing Roast Duck for dinner (optional).

• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch,

Forbidden City

Ride a rickshaw through the long, narrow hutong alleys to find out the hidden secrets and cultural essence of Old Beijing and encounter local people living peacefully at the traditional courtyards.

No visit to China is complete without the Great Wall. Take cable car up and down Mutianyu Great Wall, looking like a huge dragon flying on the air. Then you will wonder how it was built by hands in ancient times. On the way back to downtown Beijing, walk into the Beijing Olympic Park and marvel at the architectures of Bird’s Nest and Water Cube from the outside.

Enjoy the wonderful night life in Beijing, and perhaps watch a Kung Fu Show or a Peking Opera show (optional).

• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch,

Beijing Bird's Nest

Like a Chinese emperor pays a pilgrimage tour to Temple of Heaven. Apart from appreciating the grand temple architectures, you can see many local people doing morning exercises, and even attend a Tai Chi class yourself. Then visit the Panjiayuan Weekend Market – all sorts of articles, mostly old objects and antiques, are for sale, including wood carvings, calabash, bronze wares, earthwares, stones, bracelets, Chinese paintings, etc. And you will meet some Beijing local artisans. (Replace Panjiayuan with Lama Temple during the weekday.)

Take a high speed train to Xian, one of the most famous historic cities in the world.

• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch,
• Hotels: Sofitel Legend Peoples Grand Hotel Xian

Great Wall

Visit the Museum of the Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses, actually a huge tomb of Qin Dynasty First Emperor’s terracotta “armada” to protect him afterlife. They are soldiers and military officers, wearing different kinds of armors and holding various weapons.

Explore the bustling Muslim Quarter packed with diverse food stalls and restaurants. And walk to the Great Mosque of Xian at Huaxue Alley, dating to around 1000 years ago. Its beautiful architecture blends both Arabic style and ancient Chinese style.

• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch,

Terracotta Warriors Museum

Tour Xian Old City Wall in the morning, in a short distance to Xian Bell and Drum Tower. It is the longest and best-preserved of its kind in China and beyond. There’s chance to watch the performance of the ancient ceremony on the wall. Come to Big Wild Goose Pagoda, Xian’s landmark structure built in the 7th Century, inside honorable Ci’en Temple and embraced by a Tang Culture Square.

Savor authentic dumplings hand-made by yourself. You’ll learn the dumpling making and cooking skills from the friendly host at a local family.

Fly from Xian to Guilin. Pick up and transfer to hotel for relax.

• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch,
• Hotels: Jolie Vue Boutique Hotel Guilin, Sheraton Guilin, Guilin Shangri La Hotel

Dumpling Making Experience

Escape from the hustle and bustle of urban life with a day trip to Longji Rice Terraces, a stunning cultural landscape created on the mountain slops by Zhuang and Yao tribes. With clean fresh air and magnificent view, it is a great place for sightseeing, hiking and photography. Meet local minority people at Longji Ancient Zhuang Village, to experience the exotic mountain tribal life and see their wooden diaojiaolou dwellings.

Guilin is quite beautiful at night. Enjoy yourself a brisk stroll around the Ronghu and Shanhu lakes, and pass by Elephant Trunk Hill and Sun and Moon Twin Pagodas.

• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch,

Longji rice terraces

The essence of Guilin Karst landscape, Li River is truly picturesque and nominated to be one of most beautiful rivers on the planet. A luxury boat cruise (about 4 hours) is definitely the best way to admire the sheer beauty of Li River.

On arrival in Yangshuo, walk through the West Street – the ancient street is now full of shops, boutiques, cafes, pubs, and features a relaxing and pleasant atmosphere. Venture to the deep of Yangshuo countryside by private car or by bike, meet local farmer at the ancient village, and be embraced by Karst hills, silky rivers and fields of crops and flowers.

Enjoy the Impression Liu Sanjie Night show (optional).

• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch,
• Hotels: Alila Yangshuo, Yangshuo Banyan Tree Hotel, Yangshuo Mountain Retreat

Sun and Moon Twin Pagodas

Appreciate the beautiful karst scenery in the heights. Ascend Folded Brocade Hill, a typical karst limestone hill, to get a full view of Guilin city center surrounded by rugged mountainscape and see Li River flowing to the distance. For your trip in Guilin, the last but not the least, enjoy an exploration in Reed Flute Cave. A magic underground palace inside a mountain, the cave boasts a large number of colorful, peculiar stalactites and stalagmites with dramatic lighting effects. What a fascinating scene!

Fly to Shanghai in the afternoon. Pick up and transfer to hotel.

• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch,
• Hotels: Four Seasons Hotel Pudong Shanghai, Grand Hyatt Shanghai, JW Marriott Hotel Shanghai at Tomorrow Square

Li River cruise

Shanghai is an international metropolis, but it has legendary history and tales to tell. Begin your Shanghai city tour to discover its past and present, and the stylish Shanghai.

Visit Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hall, located northeast of People’s Square of Shanghai. It combines traditional and modern highlights by using high technology. Then learn Chinese garden art by touring Yu Garden. It is an outstanding reprehensive of classic Chinese garden, featuring extremely exquisite carvings, an old theatrical stage, and beautiful ancient pavilions, corridors. Come to the Town God Temple, the center of Old Shanghai, to explore the enticing old streets lined with food stalls, boutiques and souvenirs shops.

Walk all the way to the Bund, where the historic colonial buildings make a significant contrast against the skyline on the other shore of Huangpu River. Ascend the observatory of Shanghai Tower for a thrill.

• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch,

Shanghai Pudong area

Enjoy half day Hong Kong essence tour with private guide. Take one-way Peak Tram to ascend Victoria Peak, the highest peak in Hong Kong with incredible panoramic view of Victoria Harbor and the city skyline. Then enjoy a sampan ride across Aberdeen, previously a small fishing village, followed with visit to Repulse Bay, known as “the oriental Hawaii” or Stanley Market with various kinds of souvenirs and specialty crafts for sale.

Free time in the afternoon, you may go shopping and taste an array of foods and snacks.

• Meals: Breakfast,
• Hotels: Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong, Grand Hyatt Hong Kong, JW Marriott Hotel Hong Kong

Victoria Harbour

Enjoy half day Hong Kong essence tour with private guide. Take one-way Peak Tram to ascend Victoria Peak, the highest peak in Hong Kong with incredible panoramic view of Victoria Harbor and the city skyline. Then enjoy a sampan ride across Aberdeen, previously a small fishing village, followed with visit to Repulse Bay, known as “the oriental Hawaii” or Stanley Market with various kinds of souvenirs and specialty crafts for sale.

Free time in the afternoon, you may go shopping and taste an array of foods and snacks.

• Meals: Breakfast,

View from Victoria Peak

It is the end of your China holiday. Time to say goodbye. Your private guide and driver will escort you to the airport. Fly home or proceed to another destination.

• Meals: Breakfast,

Yu Garden