11-Day Small-Group China Tour: Beijing, Xi'an, Guilin, Yangshuo and Shanghai

The driver will transport you to the hotel in a comfortable vehicle. They will assist you with the check-in process. The rest of the day is left for you to have a good rest or become familiar with our capital city on your own.

This morning, your tour guide will pick up you at the hotel and take you to visit Tiananmen Square. You will see what the biggest urban city square in the world looks like.

From Tiananmen Square, you will enter the Imperial Palace, also known as the Forbidden City to explore its fascinating halls and pavilions. Here, you will not only learn how the emperor handled political affairs and lived their lives, but appreciate numerous ancient art treasures. Then enjoy your lunch at a good local restaurant.

In the afternoon, you will see the Temple of Heaven, with its unique architecture, where the emperors worshipped the heavens in hopes of good harvests.

Tonight, we will arrange for you to enjoy the wonderful acrobatic show at the Red Theater. We specially serve you a welcome a la carte dinner (valued at CNY150.00 per person and included in tour price) at a popular restaurant, where you can have a taste of the most famous Peking Roast Duck and other authentic typical dishes.

This morning, you will be taken to Mutianyu Great Wall to experience at first hand the wonder of the Great Wall. The round-trip cable car will be arranged. Standing on the wall and looking at it stretching up and down into boundless distance is an exciting experience and will leave you a life-long memory. To celebrate and commemorate this moment, we specially provide red wine for a group-toasting on the Great Wall. After enjoying a buffet lunch, we will return downtown.

Drive back down and take a photo stop at the Olympic National Stadium (Bird's Nest), you will see its magnificent appearance from a distance.

Afterwards, you will take a rickshaw tour to explore the original Hutong alleys and have a chance to visit a local family.

In the morning, you will visit the Summer Palace - the largest existing imperial garden with a graceful landscape and magnificent constructions.

After a local flavor lunch, you will take a high-speed train to Xi'an, where your local guide will pick you up at the railway station and transfer you to the hotel.

The visit to the magnificent Terracotta Army will begin your day's trip. In the museum, there are three excavated pits displaying amazing warrior figures and Chinese ancient weapons. Afterwards, take a family visit to the home of the first discoverer of the Terracotta Army. And then make a mini clay warrior by yourself with the help of a local artisan.

After lunch, you will the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, which was built in the Tang Dynasty (618–907 AD) to store the Buddhist scriptures brought from ancient India.

A splendid evening awaits when you will be entertained by the Tang Dynasty Music and Dance Show while partaking in the famous Dumpling Dinner.

The day begins with a leisure visit to the City Wall Park, where you can observe the day-to-day life of the locals. Here you can also learn to practice Tai Chi with the master. Tai Chi, a soft form of Chinese martial arts, is considered the quintessential Chinese culture. After that, you will pay a visit to the City Wall. It is the most complete existing urban fortification in China. Cycling on the ancient wall is an exciting experience that many people like to try (bike rental fee is not included).

Afterwards, you'll have lunch at a well-known restaurant in the Muslim Quarter. Here you will find various local snacks or flavors, like sweet steamed rice, green bean cake, persimmon cake, rice cake, etc.

Here you can appreciate the integration of different cultures, which has combined the characteristics of Chinese classical architecture with religious colors.

Afterwards, visit Shaanxi History Museum, known as the pearl of Xi'an and the treasury of China for storing and exhibiting historical relics unearthed from this land, where the capital of thirteen ancient dynasties of China is located. If the Shaanxi History Museum is not available, alternatively, the famous Forest of Stone Steles Museum will be arranged instead.

Catch a morning flight to Guilin. Upon your arrival, your local guide will meet you outside the baggage claim area and take you to the hotel for check-in.

Your Guilin sightseeing starts with the famous Reed Flute Cave, which is a 240-meter karst cave that has various shapes of stalactites and stalagmites.

Then you will head to Elephant Trunk Hill. The hill is shaped like a giant elephant drinking water from the river with its long trunk, hence the name. After that, you will be transferred back to the hotel.

Take a cruise from Guilin to Yangshuo. Li River is the essence of the landscape in this area, especially the section from Guilin to Yangshuo, which is reputed as 'A Hundred Miles Gallery'. The cruise ship will arrive at Yangshuo in about 4.5 hours.

After docking at Yangshuo, you will walk through the well-known West Street. Then you will enjoy the amazing rural scenery as we drive along the country roads of Yangshuo. En route, you will be invited to visit a villager's home. After that, transfer you back to Guilin.

In the morning, you will be escorted to Guilin airport and take your flight to Shanghai. Upon landing, you will be picked up by your local guide and driver and be transferred to your hotel. The remainder of the day is left free for you.

This morning, Your local tour guide will pick you up at your hotel. You will visit one of the four largest museums in China, the Shanghai Museum, which specializes in exhibiting artworks from ancient times.

After that, explore Yu Garden and its nearby traditional bazaar. The symbol of the Garden is the Nine Zigzag Bridge built of granite and grass-white jade and the quaint, elegant mid-lake pavilion.

After that, enjoy a panorama of the city at Duo Yun Bookstore on the 52nd floor of Shanghai Tower. And then go to the thriving Bund area.

Take a one-hour cruise along the Huangpu River - the mother river of Shanghai. As the symbol and a microcosm of the city, the river has witnessed the glory, humiliation, despair, and prosperity of Shanghai. Enjoy some free time on the Bund. Upon returning to the hotel, your guide will see you into the lobby to say bon voyage.

After breakfast at the hotel, please find your own way to the airport for your homeward flight. Due to different flight schedules, the hotel-airport transfer service is not included. However, we would be happy to assist you if needed.