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Day 01 Arrival in Beijing (Meals: -/-/- )
Our 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. (if you want you can add some tour today, please let us know your flight land time and we can add it for you. )

Over night at hotel.

  

  

Day 02 Beijing ( Meals: B/L/SD )
After Breakfast at your hotel, you will be taken by your private guide and driver, Visit the Coal Hill Park, where you can have a bird view of the Forbidden City. Then visit Tiananmen Square, the symbolical heart of China and gathering place for the masses. It is the biggest public square in the world. Then visit the Forbidden City, as the Palace Museum, the Chinese imperial palace from the middle of Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. After finish your lunch at local restaurant, then visit the Temple of Heaven with its outstanding round shape, covered by an exquisite triple roof of blue tiles. It is the place where the emperors of Ming and Qing Dynasty worshiped heaven and prayed for peace and harvest. After the whole day tour, dinner we prepared The Beijing Duck Dinner which served at the famous restaurant - Quanjude, Chairman Mao said we will pass Quanjude to our generations for ever during the Culture Revolution to protect the brand not be destroyed. After Quanjude Duck Dinner, you will enjoy a lively Peking Opera performance (or Kung Fu Show or Acrobatics Show ) at the Liyuan Theatre.

Over night at Hotel.

 

Day 03 Beijing (Meals: B/L/D )

After breakfast at your hotel, you will be taken by your private guide and driver to Visit the Mutiany Great Wall where is a not too commercial area compare with Badaling Section ( You also can change to visit Badaling ) Located among the orchards and pines in the mountains to the north of Beijing, the Great Wall of China was constructed and reconstructed at Mutianyu to keep out the nomadic tribes to the north. Come to learn, touch, and explore the history of a Wall built over 300 years ago, yet which remains largely intact as it snakes endlessly across the mountain ridgelines. After lunch at local restaurant, visit the Sacred Way which means the road leading to heaven, Enjoy a walk along the Sacred Path leading to the necropolis. Visit the Ming Tomb of Changling, the largest one where emperor Yongle was buried.  Although not excavated itself, it displays the artifacts found in the Ding Ling Tomb. After dinner at local restaurant, transfer back to your hotel by your private guide and driver.

Over night at Hotel.

 

Day 4. Beijing → Qingdao By China High-speed Train: G195 17:10/22:04 to Qingdao (Meals: B/L/-)
After breakfast at your hotel, you will be taken by your private guide and driver to Visit the Bird's Nest,  The design was awarded to a submission from the Swiss architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron in April 2003 after a bidding process that included 13 final submissions. The design, which originated from the study of Chinese ceramics, implemented steel beams in order to hide supports for the retractable roof; giving the stadium the appearance of a bird's nest. Leading Chinese artist Ai Weiwei was the artistic consultant on the project.  Water Cube - Many people believe the Water Cube to be the fastest Olympic pool in the world. It is 1.314 meters deeper than most Olympic pools. Up to a certain limit, beyond which swimmers will lose their sense of vision, deeper pools allow the waves to dissipate down to the bottom, leading to less water disturbance to the swimmers. The pool also has perforated gutters on both sides to absorb the waves. After lunch at local restaurant, visit the Summer Palace, built in 1888, it was once a summer retreat and the imperial park for emperors. With beautiful lakes and back ground longevity hills, the park full of a beauty of harmony and peaceful. After that transfer you to the Beijing Train station by your private guide and comfortable vehicle to train station for High Speed Train G195 17:10/22:04 to Qingdao, Your dinner will be on the train. Meet by your private guide and comfortable vehicle at train station, transfer to your hotel in Qingdao.
Overnight at the hotel of Qingdao

Day 5 Qingdao (Meals: B/L/D )
After breakfast, Visit the Tianhou Temple then visit Zhanqiao Pier which was built in 1891 as a naval pier, now the Zhanqiao Pier is symbol of the Qingdao city. It is 440 meters long reaching into Qingdao Bay. Visit the Xiaoqingdao Isle: Whose shape is like an ancient violin, is also called "Vinlin Isle”, the isle in the east and Zhanqiao pier in the west face each other across the sea. After dinner at local restaurant, transfer back to your hotel by your private guide and comfortable vehicle.
Over night at hotel.

 

 

 

 

Day 6 Qingdao (Meals: B/L/D)
after breakfast at your hotel, transfer by your private guide and comfortable vehicle, visit Mount Lao, Mount Lao rises from the sea level, and has a coast line of 87 kilometers, structuring a wonder on the sea. The main peak, named Large Peak or Peak Lao, is over 1100 meters high above sea level. Have lunch at local restaurant; Take a walk around, with the sea on one side, and lofty stones and precipitous peaks on the other side, both majestic and elegant. and visit Taiqing Palace, as the birth place of Laozi, it has more than 140 rooms including Three Gods' Hall, Three Purities' Hall and Three Emperors' Hall. There are five Taiji Palace as the main buildings, a stone pillar with three cypresses around and many well preserved ancient articles. Dinner at local restaurant. Transfer back to your hotel.

 

 

 

Day 7 Qingdao - Taishan By China High-speed Train: G224 06:56/10:05 to Taian (Meals: B/L/D)
After breakfast, transfer by your private guide and comfortable vehicle to train station for High Speed Train G224 06:56/10:05 to Taian. Arrive inTaian, transfer by your private guide and comfortable vehicle to the Mount Tai, or called Mount Tai, Mount Tai is one of the "Five Great Mountains". It is associated with sunrise, birth, and renewal, and is often regarded the foremost of the five. Mount Tai has been a place of worship for at least 3,000 years and served as one of the most important ceremonial centers of China [4] during large portions of this period. It is a challenging climb up more than 1,605 steps, but you can have a bird view of the mountains and beautiful views when you turn around.  Visit Dai Temple, which was First built in Han Dynasty 2,000 years ago, it is the largest and most completed ancient building complex of Mount aishan. Emperors of the past dynasties held celebrations in the temple to worship heaven and earth, and sacrificed to the God of the mountain. Besides, it was also the first stop for the pilgrims on their way to the Tai Mountain. After the mountain tour, transfer by your private guide and vehicle to your hotel in Tai'an City.
Over night at hotel of Taian.

 

Day 8 Taishan - Qufu (Confucius Home Town) (Meals: B/L/D)
After breakfast at your hotel, transfer by your private guide and comfortable vehicle to Qufu and visit the temple of Confucius, among many preserved Confucius temples of different dynasties all over China, the Confucian Temple in Qufu is the largest and earliest one. It represents the culture and history of Confucianism. Confucius (551→479 BC) was a Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period of Chinese history. The philosophy of Confucius emphasized personal and governmental morality, correctness of social relationships, justice and sincerity. His followers competed successfully with many other schools during the Hundred Schools of Thought era only to be suppressed in favor of the Legalists during the Qin Dynasty. Following the victory of Han over Chu after the collapse of Qin, Confucius's thoughts received official sanction and were further developed into a system known as Confucianism. after lunch at local restaurant, visit Confucius Mansion, Dacheng Hall, It is also called Yanshenggong Mansion, a large house consisting of 463 halls, rooms, towers and houses, covering an area of 13.3 hectares-the largest landlord manor in China's history. Visit the Tomb of Confucius It is the graveyard of the Confucian family and has a history of more than 2340 years. There are about ten thousand tombs inside the graveyard .Also many stone steles, lanes and pavilions can be found here. The tomb passage is 1266 meters long with dense forest on both sides which were planted in Song and Yuan Dynasties. After dinner at local restaurant, transfer by your private guide and comfortable vehicle to your hotel in Qufu.
Over night at hotel of Qufu.

 

Day 9 Qufu - Shanghai By China High-speed Train: G51 09:02/12:12 to Shanghai (Meals: B/L/D)
After breakfast, transfer by your private guide and comfortable vehicle to train station for High Speed Train G51 09:02/12:12 to Shanghai, Meet by your private guide and comfortable vehicle at train station. Visit Nanjing Road, the Bund, and the famous avenue that parallels the Huang Pu River. The road is lined with some of the most prestigious buildings and landmarks of the city, mostly erected during the time of the foreign concessions. The river acts as a mirror between the old and the new Shanghai. the Yuyuan Garden, It is well worth a meander through the Yu Garden, which has many scenic courtyards decorated with baroque rockery, pools and flora, all connected by corridors and passageways. The dinner will be served and followed by the Portman Acrobatic Show at the Shanghai Centre Theatre.
Over night at hotel of Shanghai.

 

Day 10 Shanghai (Meals: B/SL/D)
After breakfast at your hotel, you will be taken by your private guide and driver to Visit Shanghai Museum where you will discover beautiful collections of bronze, porcelain, sculptures and calligraphy. After lunch at revolving restaurant, Pudong features a futuristic city devoted to business and finance with its facade of skyscrapers. From the top of the Television Tower, known as the Pearl of the Orient, lunch at the Revoving Restaurant there. You will have an overall view of the city while have you lunch. In the afternoon visit Jade Buddha Temple, it is the most famous and one of the most active Buddhist temples in Shanghai. Named for its two bejeweled white jade Buddha, one is 1000kg, 1.9 meter-high figure carved from Burmese jade brought to China in 1882, Visit Xintiandi former dwelling quarter newly rehabilitated into a trendy entertainment area. After that our guide and driver will transfer you to airport. Hope next time we still have the chance to serve you again.

 

Day 11 Departure from Shanghai (Meals: B/-/-)
Free at leisure until transfer to Shanghai Pudong airport for flight back your home.

Tour Ends.

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