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18 Days Top Classic Tour in China
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Tour Code
CTT-10
Duration
18Days
Destinations
Beijing
Xian
Nanjing
Suzhou
Hangzhou
Shanghai
Guilin->
Yangshuo->
Guilin
Canton->
Hong Kong->
Macau->
HongKong
Tour Style
Private Tour or Join-in
Tour Description
You will be enjoyed our professional and enthusiastic service during this tour. Viewing the Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, Mutianyu Great Wall and Summer Palace in Beijing, visiting the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum and Big Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi'an, seeing Guilin and Yangshuo ’s beautiful and natural landscape in Guilin and Yangshuo and feeling the modern and traditional breath of Shanghai，visiting Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Chen's Family Memorial Hall in Guangzhou and Victoria peak, Repulse Bay, Wong Tai Sin temple in Hongkong.
Tour Itinerary
Introduction of hotel
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Tour itinerary can be customized!
Tour Itinerary
Day 1
Arrival in Beijing ( Meals: -/-/- )
Say hello to Beijing! This Golden China tour starts when you meet our professional local guide at Beijing Airport and transferred to the hotel. The rest of the day will be free at your leisure.
Accommodation: Overnight at hotel in Beijing
Day 2
Beijing(Meals: B/L/SD)
Tourist spot：Mutianyu Great Wall - 798 Art Zone - Peking Duck Banquet.
After breakfast at hotel, the itinerary will take you to Mutianyu Great Wall, you will take cable car to see this vital section of the world famous China Great Wall, Mutianyu has a history of over 1400 years, can trace back to Northern Qing Dynasty (550-570). Standing on the wall and looking at it stretching up and down into boundless distance is an exciting experience.
Next you will visit Beijing 798 Art Zone, which is Located in the northeast suburb of Beijing, the previous factory plant has become a haven for artists from home and even abroad. Artists gather here to open galleries, art studios and cafes, and hold all kinds art events, making the area the most resounding name in the artistic circle. In the evening, you will enjoy an authentic and delicious Peking Duck Banquet.
Accommodation：Overnight at hotel in Beijing
Day 3
Beijing (Meals: B/L/D)
Tourist spot：Coal Hill Park - Forbidden City - Great Hall of the People - Zhengyang Gate - Dashilar Alley and Temple of Heaven
After Breakfast at hotel, Visit the Coal Hill Park, wherever you can have a bird view of the Forbidden City. Later will we go to the Forbidden City to explore its fascinating halls and palaces. Here, you will not only learn how the emperor handled political affairs and lived their lives, but appreciate numerous ancient art treasures. Then visit the Great Hall of the People, which was built started in October 1958 and was completed by the end of August 1959, taking ten months altogether. Great Hall of the People has a total floor space of 171,800 square meters, 20,000 square meters more than that of the Palace Museum in the neighborhood. Great Hall of the People is 206 meters long and 336 meters wide. The highest point of this building is 46.5 meters from the ground. The Great Hall of the People consists of three major sections: in the north is the Banquet Hall that accommodates 5,000 people; in the center is the Grand Auditorium with a seating capacity of 10,000; offices of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress are in the south. There are more than 300 reception rooms and conference halls of various sizes. Thirty-four reception rooms are furnished y and named after various provinces, municipalities, autonomous regions and special administrative regions. Each of the rooms is featured by its local style.
After walking through the Zhengyang Gate,
In the afternoon, visit the Dashilar Alley and Temple of Heaven. The Temple of Heaven is the place where the emperors worshipped the heavens in hopes of good harvests. Peking Opera Show will give you a wonderful impression.
Accommodation: Overnight at hotel in Beijing
Day 4
Beijing – Xian by soft sleeper train ( Meals: B/L/- )
Tourist spot：Summer Palace - old Hutongs
After breakfast, the first stop of today's itinerary is the Summer Palace. The Summer Palace in northwest suburban Beijing is the largest and most complete imperial garden existing in China. It was first built in the 12th century as an imperial palace. Occupy a total area of 304 hectares, the Summer Palace features hilly and water scenery. The Kunming Lake makes up four-fifths of this royal park. The Long Corridor running east-west along the lake as well as the Pavilion of the Fragrance of Buddha, the Sea of Wisdom, and the Hall of Dispelling the Clouds and Suzhou Street standing south to north on the Longevity Hill are the major scenic spots. The Summer Palace was added to the world cultural heritage list in 1998.
In the afternoon, an interesting trip to the old Hutongs will let you feel Old Beijing’s culture. Taking the local rickshaw and traveling along the narrow lanes, you will get a close touch with the original Beijing lifestyle.
Then your tour guide will see you off at Beijing train station to Xian.
Accommodation: Over night at Train
Day 5
Xi'an ( Meals: B/L/SD )
Tourist spot：Horses Museum - Great Mosque - Muslim Street - Folk House - Shadow Play Opera - Tang Dynasty Dinner
After in arrival Xian in the morning, the local guide will meet and transfer you to the downtown area to check in at the hotel. Breakfast will be arranged at the local restaurant, KFC or McDonalds. Then, you will visit the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum, the most significant archeological excavations of the20th century. It has been regarded as THE 8TH WONDER OF THE WORLD! After lunch we will visit the Great Mosque, is one of the oldest, largest and best-preserved Islamic mosques in China, the Muslim Street, Moslem Street is the hub of the Moslem community in Xian City. After visit Muslim street, you will have a optional tour which is tour to Gao Yue Song’s ancient style Folk House, formerly high rank official during the Ming Dynasty some 300 years ago. This house won UNESCO Prize for Cultural Heritage Protection in Asian-Pacific Area in 2002 and you will be delighted to see a dying art: Shadow Play Opera which played by farmers.
Accommodation: Overnight at hotel in Xian
Day 6
Xian-Nanjing (Meal: B/L/- )
Tourist spot：Big Wild Goose Pagoda - City Wall - Shaanxi Provincial Museum
After have breakfast at hotel. you will visit the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, which situated at south of the Xian city, as one of the main constructions in the famous Buddhist temple-Da-Ci-En Temple, the pagoda is one of the most distinctive and outstanding landmarks for Xian City, the City Wall, It is the most complete city wall survived in China as well as one of the largest ancient military defensive systems in the world, Shaanxi Provincial Museum, which is the largest comprehensive museum in the province.
Take flight to Nanjing from Xi’an airport and you will be greeted by your tour guide and transferred to hotel in Nanjing.
Accommodation: Overnight at hotel in Nanjing
Day 7
Nanjing (Meal: B/L/D)
Tourist spot：Dr. Sun Yatsen's Mauseleum - Confucius Temple - Qinhui Rive
After breakfast at hotel, you will visit the Sun Yat-Sen Mausoleum. The mausoleum is in memory of China's great revolutionary forerunner, Dr. Sun Yat-sen. Then provincial museum following has a collection of more than 420 thousand pieces, worthy of studying and appreciating.Then you will head to the famous Laomendong. The bazaar nearby is the fantastic place to taste the local food. After lunch outside view of Confucius Temple ( Fuzimiao ) The area around the temple consists of a series of tourist shops, snack bars, restaurants and tea cafes, take boat tour along the femurs Qinhuai River in the evening.
Accommodation: Overnight at hotel in Nanjing
Day 8
Nanjing - Suzhou by High Speed Train(Meal: B/L/D)
Tourist spot：Humble Administrator's Garden - Tiger Hill - second Leaning Pagoda
After have breakfast at hotel, we will leave Nanjing to Suzhou by train. Suzhou is known as the Venice of the East. Visit famous mandarin classical gardens in Suzhou such as Humble Administrator's Garden, then go on to Tiger Hill and a visit the second Leaning Pagoda of the world.
Accommodation:Overnight at hotel in Suzhou
Day 9
Suzhou - Hangzhou by High Speed Train (Meal: B/L/D)
Tourist spot：West Lake
Morning transfer to train station for Train to Hangzhou, Upon arrival meet your guide and then walk around West Lake (Ripping water shimmering on sunny day, misty mountains shrouded the rain, plain or gaily decked out like Xizi, West Lake is always alluring. The West Lake is undoubtedly the most renowned feature of Hangzhou, famous for the beautiful scenic that blends with many famous historical and cultural sites. The Lake gives rise to what must be one of China’s oldest tourist blurbs. ”In heaven there is paradise, on earth Suzhou andHangzhou - and visit the Traditional Chinese Medicine Museum.
Accommodation: Overnight at hotel in Hangzhou
Day10
Hangzhou - Shanghai by High Speed Train(Meal: B/L/-)
Tourist spot：Lingyin Sanctuary - Liu He Ta
Today continue to visit Lingyin Sanctuary. It is roughing translated as either Temple of Inspired Seclusion or Temple of the Soul’s Retreat and is really Huangzhou ’s main attraction. It is not only a leading centre for researching Chinese Buddhist culture but also an important collection of Buddhist literature together with many other treasures. It is nice for people who wish to study aspects of Chinese Buddhism in detail.) and Liu He Ta, or Six Hamonies Pagoda, with its graceful architecture, built on a small hill overlooking the Qiantang River .
Transfer to train station for high speed train to Shanghai, arrive in Shanghai and free at leisure.
Accommodation: Overnight at hotel in Shanghai
Day11
Shanghai Meal: (B/L/D)
Tourist spot：Shanghai Museum - Jade Buddha Temple - Nanjing Road - Bund
After breakfast at hotel, you will meet your tour guide at the main lobby of the hotel at 08:30 and set out to visit the Shanghai Museum which houses 110,000 historical objects and 430,000 reference pieces, followed by a walk on People's Square. Jade Buddha Temple, named for its two jade statues of Sakyamuni. One was carved out of a single piece of white jade weighing one ton. After lunch proceed with a promenade of famous Nanjing Road, the busiest commercial center in Shanghai. Then, you will visit the Bund, a five-block riverfront lined with many of Shanghai's banks and trading houses.
After dinner, you will enjoy an acrobatic show with breathtaking motorcycle performance or Huangpu River Night Cruise Trip.
Accommodation: Overnight at hotel in Shanghai
Day12
Shanghai ( Meals: B/SL/D )
Tourist spot：Yu Yuan Garden and Old Bazaar - Shanghai World Financial Center - Tianzifang alley
After breakfast, we will visit Yu Yuan Garden and Old Bazaar. This classical Qing dynasty garden has over 30 pavilions linked by a maze of corridors and bridges over ponds. You will be arrange to have lunch in Yu Yuan Garden area. In afternoon, you will first visit the Shanghai World Financial Center, which is located in the center of the Lujiazui Finance and Trade Zone. With 101 floors above ground level and soaring to a height of 492 meters, this project embodies Mori Building's original Vertical Garden City concept. It is a hub of culture and information, and boasts state of the art security. The last stop is Tianzifang alley. Tianzifang has transformed itself from legacy residential architectures and factories into an artsy area, housing bars, cafes, crafts shops, design studios, galleries and boutiques. It is ardently supported by crowds of yuppies, trend setters, designers and expatriates, who fall for temptation of old Shikumen houses (stone-framed-door houses) and lanes with infinite novelties.
Accommodation: Overnight at hotel in Shanghai
Day13
Shanghai - Guilin (B/L/D)
Tourist spot：Place of Nature Art Reed Flute cave - Elephant Trunk Hill Park - Fubo Hill
Take morning flight to Guilin, the local guide will meet and transfer you to hotel. Then visit the Place of Nature Art Reed Flute cave (The Cave on the northwestern outskirts of Guilin, seven kilometers from the city center, is a limestone cave in existence for at least 600,000 years. The entire cave is 240 meters deep, 93 meters at the widest section and 18 meters at the highest point.), Elephant Trunk Hill Park (Situated majestically at the southeast of Guilin city and west bank of Li River, Elephant Trunk Hill is regarded as the symbol of Guilin landscape. Originally named "Li Hill", "Yi Hill" and "Chenshui Hill", the hill has a history of 3.6 hundred million years. Resembling an elephant leisurely sucking water from the river with its long trunk, this hill isfamous as Elephant Trunk Hill for hundreds of years.) and , Fubo Hill, which is 120 meters long, 60 meters wide and 213 meters high, stands on its own to the northeast of the city, on the west bank of the Li River. The waves of the river are turned back when they meet the stone blocks of the hill, hence the name "wave-subduing hill".
Accommodation: Overnight at hotel in Guilin
Day14
Guilin - Yangshuo - Guilin(B/L/D)
Tourist spot：Li River cruise tour - village of Yangshuo
Breakfast at hotel. Enjoy the famed Li River cruise tour (The Li River cruise from Guilin to Yangshuo is the centerpiece of any trip to northeastern Guangxi Province. Gorgeous Karst peaks give you surprises at each bend of the limpid river under the blue sky. Water buffalo patrol the fields, peasants reap rice paddies, school kids and fisherman float by on bamboo rafts. With its breathtaking scenery and taste of a life far removed from the concrete metropolis, the scenery along the Li River become one of China's top tourist destinations.) passing through an amazing landscape of limestone peaks to the village of Yangshuo(Located 65 kilometers to the southeast of Guilin, Yangshuo is an ancient town which became a county in Jin Dynasty some 1500 years ago. Yangshuo is famous not only for the attractive hills and waters there, but also for its abundant produce, particularly for such fruits as sweet orange, tangerine, pomelo and persimmon. Chestnuts produced in Yangshuo are also well known for their excellent quality.). Lunch will be served on the boat. Have a short exploration of Yangshuo town before driving back to Guilin.
Accommodation: Overnight at hotel in Guilin
Day15
Guilin - Guangzhou – Hongkong(Meals: B/L/-)
Tourist spot：Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall - Chen's Family Memorial Hall - Six Banyan Trees
Have breakfast at hotel and transfer to D-train station for Train to Guangzhou. Upon arrival meet your guide, visit of the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall (The Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, situated in the original site of Sun Yat-sen's Presidential Office on the southern slope of Yuexiu Hill, is a memorial building built in 1931 with the funds raised by the Guangzhou people and overseas Chinese in memory of Sun Yat-sen, the pioneer of China's bourgeois democratic revolution.), which is the most symbolic site of Guangzhou. Then visit the Chen's Family Memorial Hall(famous for its exquisite craftsmanship including wood, stone, and brick carving, and metalwork using copper and iron. There are also wonderful murals. As for the carving techniques, both realistic and imaginative styles were employed to give the temple a magnificent yet solemn atmosphere.) and the Temple of Six Banyan Trees (Situated on Liurong Road, this world famous ancient Buddhist temple was built in 537 in the Liang dynasty during the Southern dynasties (386-581). More than 1460 years ago in the Liang dynasty, Emperor Liangwu ordered the master priest, Tanyu to built Baozhuangyan Temple to store the Buddhist bones brought from Kampuchea. During the Northern Song dynasty, a great writer - Su Shi, on a visit to this temple was attracted by the six banyan trees surrounding it and wrote the inscription "Liu Rong" (Six Banyan Trees). In the afternoon take a jet boat (1700) to Hong Kong. Meet your guide at Hong Kong and transfer to hotel.
Accommodation: Overnight at hotel in Hongkong
Day16
Hong Kong(Meals: B/L/-)
Tourist spot：Victoria peak, Repulse Bay, Stanely market, Aberdeen fishing village...
Have breakfast at hotel. Visit Victoria peak, Repulse Bay, Stanely market, Aberdeen fishing village, factory shopping, Kowloon city tour including Wong Tai Sin temple, Jade and Bird market.
Accommodation: Overnight at hotel in Hongkong
Day17
Hongkong-Macau-Hongkong(Meals: B/L/- )
Tourist spot：Catholic Church of St - Museum of Macau - The Temple of A-Ma - the Luxurious Casino
Breakfast at hotel. Pick you up from your hotel at 7:00-7:30am. The tours that bring you to explore these Portuguese colonies in the Far East after an hour speedboat journey. It has numerous historical spots of interest that embraces the historical ruins of the Catholic Church of St. Paul which is one of the symbol of Macau; Museum of Macau exhibits Macau’s history. The Temple of A-Ma was built 400 years ago in homage to a girl who saved seamen’s lives. Try your luck at the Luxurious Casino before return to Hong Kong by speedboat and transfer back to your hotel.
Accommodation: Overnight at hotel in Hongkong
Day18
Hong Kong – Departure(Meals: B/-/-)
Your 18-day China tour draws to an end today as the guide and driver escort you to the airport for your flight back home. We hope you have enjoyed your stay with us and look forward to serving you again in the future.
Description of Expenses
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Domestic airfares or train tickets
Hotel accommodation with breakfasts
A la carte lunches as itinerary specifies
Professional English-speaking guides
Drivers & air-conditioned vehicles
Entrance fees to tourist sites
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International airfares
Entry Visa fees
Personal expenses
Tips or gratuities for guides and drivers
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