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8 Days Small Group Tour of Beijing - Xi'an - Shanghai

English-speaking guide, experienced driver with an air-conditioned coach

8 Days Small Group Tour of Beijing - Xi'an - Shanghai

Tour Type: Small Group of max 18, guaranteed departures
Guide & Driver: English-speaking guide, experienced driver with an air-conditioned coach
Accommodation: 7 nights at good 5-star hotels

Highlights:
Must-see sights in China - Mutianyu Great Wall, Forbidden City, Terracotta Army.
Cruise on the Huangpu River to take in the impressive skyline of Shanghai.
Family visit to meet local people and experience authentic Chinese culture.
Enjoy a la carte meals, Peking Opera & Tang Dynasty Music and Dance Show.

Day 1

Itinerary

Arrival in Beijing

The prelude to your 8 days China tour starts when you meet your professional local guide at Beijing Airport after reclaiming your luggage and clearing customs. The driver will convey you in a comfortable vehicle to the hotel and help you with the check-in procedure. The rest of the day is left for you to have a good rest or to become familiar with this capital city on your own.

Accommodation: The Great Wall Hotel Beijing - the former Sheraton

Day 2

Beijing

Today your best China tour officially kicks off! You will meet your group members in the hotel lobby at 08:30 and have a 30-minute pre-trip meeting. Your guide will make a self-introduction, welcome everyone, present a brief introduction to the trip and explain the guidelines that need to be followed during your tour.

Then we will head to the first stop, Tiananmen Square, the biggest urban city square in the world. Many constructions of great historical importance have been built on and around it, and it is an important venue for most national ceremonies. From there you will stroll all the way to the Forbidden City, the office and home of emperors of Ming and Qing dynasties (1368 – 1911 AD). Here, we will take you for a 2 to 3 hours tour covering the most worthwhile sites.

★ We make each minute of your tour in Forbidden City count
Our special ticket-booking service and a knowledgeable expert guide will save you a lot of time and energy, for you to visit as many as significant sites during these hours. With us, you also get to step into the Treasury Gallery, a site you may find missing in tours arranged by other agencies. Just as the name suggests, this is where you can find the most precious treasures left by ancient emperors or empresses, like the 1.29m tall Peal-Inlaid Gold Tower that was crafted with 85 kilo grams of gold and hundreds of pearls and gemstones. Your guide will also embellish your tour with some stories that happened here, like why the water from all those wells you see wasn’t used for drinking. Actually, it once were, but since maids and eunuchs were thrown into the wells due to court intrigue, the water became ominous and no one dared to drink ever after. It’s when they started to fetch drinking water from a nearby mountain more than 20 km away.

Forbidden City

★ We make each minute of your tour in Forbidden City count Our special ticket-booking service and a knowledgeable expert guide will save you a lot of time and energy, for you to visit as many as significant sites during these hours. With us, you also get to step into the Treasury Gallery, a site you may find missing in tours arranged by other agencies. Just as the name suggests, this is where you can find the most precious treasures left by ancient emperors or empresses, like the 1.29m tall Peal-Inlaid Gold Tower that was crafted with 85 kilo grams of gold and hundreds of pearls and gemstones. Your guide will also embellish your tour with some stories that happened here, like why the water from all those wells you see wasn’t used for drinking. Actually, it once were, but since maids and eunuchs were thrown into the wells due to court intrigue, the water became ominous and no one dared to drink ever after. It’s when they started to fetch drinking water from a nearby mountain more than 20 km away.

At noon, an a la carte welcome lunch (valued at CNY150.00 per person and included in our price) will be served at a superb local restaurant, where you can have a taste of authentic Chinese food and the world-renowned Peking Roast Duck.

At noon, an a la carte welcome lunch (valued at CNY150.00 per person and included in our price) will be served at a superb local restaurant, where you can have a taste of authentic Chinese food and the world-renowned Peking Roast Duck.

In the afternoon, visit the Yonghe Temple, a solemn imperial lamasery that has survived over 300 years intact and features a blend of Han, Mongolian, and Tibetan architecture. Then we will head to the Temple of Heaven, the majestic sacrificial building complex where Ming and Qing emperors worshipped the heaven in hope of good harvest.

Today’s trip in Beijing will be perfected with a visit to a 30-year-old theater to appreciate Peking Opera, a world-famous drama form that symbolizes Chinese traditional culture. Whether you are a casual visitor, a Chinese culture lover, or an opera connoisseur new to this kind, you can always find something that grabs your attention from its storytelling, the music, the acrobatic actions, the costumes, or even the makeup. Your guide will explain the content of the repertoire in advance and there will be English subtitles before the auditorium, so it’s easy for you to understand them. With us, you also get to come earlier to watch expert performers wear heavy makeup and their attire, both of which are essential components that make Peking Opera a UNESCO-recognized cultural heritage.

Let’s call it a day now. We will take you back to hotel after the performance.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast, A la carte welcome lunch

Day 3

Beijing

This morning we will take you to experience at first hand the wonder of the Great Wall of China at its Mutianyu section. A round-trip cable car ride will be arranged. Standing on the wall and looking at it as it winds up and down into the boundless distance is an exciting experience and will leave you with a life-long memory. You will enjoy quite enough time on the wall.

★ Let’s drink to this exciting moment

To celebrate and commemorate your visit to the engineering feat of humanity, we will specially provide red wine for a group-toasting after you finish your hiking on the Wall.

Your afternoon will begin with a short stay before the Bird’s Nest, or the National Stadium, to take pictures of this award-winningly beautiful steel construction, originally built for Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

Then we will take you for a rickshaw ride through Hutongs to experience Beijing’s local life. Hutongs are alleys that are lined with Chinese traditional courtyard houses, or “Siheyuan”, a quadrangular compound with houses on four sides. The rickshaw, a main vehicle for transportation in Beijing’s past, will take you for a Hutong tour for around 40 minutes, until you stop to step into a Siheyuan to visit a local family.

Then it’s time for us to drive you back to hotel. Have a good rest and prepare for tomorrow’s trip.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast

Day 4

Beijing to Xi'an by Flight

The first stop of today's itinerary is the Panda Hall, Beijing Zoo, a rare chance for you to get close to the precious giant pandas. We will leave early in the morning because it’s when pandas get most active. You will watch them endlessly foraging or eating bamboo, of which a typical adult has to digest 23 - 40kg per day - that’s 10 times the amount of humans’ daily food intake - to meet their nutrient needs.

Then we will head to the Summer Palace, the largest existing imperial garden with graceful landscape and magnificent historical constructions. If you travel in early July, summertime, lovely lotus scenery will be a delight.

After a lunch of local flavors to conclude your memorable tour in Beijing, your guide will see you off at the airport for the flight to Xi'an. On your arrival, your Xi'an local guide will meet you outside the baggage claim area and transfer you to the downtown area to check in at your hotel for a two-night stay.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Crowne Plaza Xi'an

Day 5

Xi'an

A visit to the miraculous Terracotta Army will start your today’s tour in Xi'an. Discovered decades ago, the army turned out to be the funeral objects of the mausoleum of Emperor Qin Shi Huang (259 – 210 BC), founder of the feared Qin Empire (211 – 206 BC) and China’s imperial history. The reappearance of the hidden wonder once shocked the world. But just as the earth caged the terracotta warriors, thousands of years of history has drowned numerous facts about the empire or even the emperor himself. For example, as a figure full of masculinity and charm, the emperor seemed to be in lack of an empress. There are many explanations, but historians and history buffs tend to attribute it to the loss of historical documents, the emperor’s fear of the consort kin’s interference of power, or perhaps the lack of a suitable woman.


★ Privileges of Our Guests:

► Take a Family Visit to Home of the First Discoverer of the Terracotta Army
Not only the Terracotta Army but its discovery has been an intriguing mystery to most people, even to the former US president Bill Clinton, who, during his visit to the museum in 1998, invited the discoverer to recount how he happened to unearth the first terracotta warrior in 1974.

After visiting the museum, we will take you to visit the home of the discoverer, whose name is Yang Zhifa, to hear what President Clinton once heard and interact with his family. Inside the house, you can see the hoe he used to dig out the first warrior, the wooden cart used to transport it, and its 1:1 replica. Also, you may take photos with Mr. Yang personally.

► Try to Make a Mini Terracotta Warrior by Yourself
Then a visit is followed to a terracotta warrior making workshop. An artisan will explain the procedure and show you how to craft it step by step with the help of molds. You will spend around 40 minutes to make your own mini warrior, which, of course, you can take home as a memento.

Put your little warrior in a safe place, and continue to visit the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda, which was built in the Tang Dynasty (618–907 AD) to store the Buddhist scriptures brought from ancient India. Then a splendid evening is in store, as you will be entertained by the famous Dumpling Dinner and Tang Dynasty Music and Dance Show. After the show, we will drive you to your hotel.

Travel Tip: Since the theater is usually not open in Jan, Feb, Mar and Dec, we will not arrange the show and dumpling dinner for tours starting during those periods.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast, Dumpling Dinner

Day 8

8th. Day

Departure from Shanghai

Check out from the hotel any time before 12:00 pm, and then head to the airport for your homeward flight. Your 8 days China tour package is waning to its close with wonderful memories. We suggest you reserve a taxi at the hotel reception beforehand to avoid having to wait for a taxi outside. The trip to Pudong Airport (PVG) will take about 1.5 hours and cost around CNY200. Ensure you have at least an hour drive if your flight leaves from Hongqiao Airport (SHA). The cost for the taxi there is about CNY100. You can also take Metro Line 2 at the metro station just outside your hotel to reach both airports. Please check carefully from which airport your flight will depart. We wish you a smooth journey home.

Alternatively, should you wish to stay on rather than return home right away, we would be glad to assist you for an extension trip!

Meals: Western buffet breakfast

8 Days Small Group Tour of Beijing - Xi'an - Shanghai

Tour Type: Small Group of max 18, guaranteed departures
Guide & Driver: English-speaking guide, experienced driver with an air-conditioned coach
Accommodation: 7 nights at good 5-star hotels



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Not included in your tour

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Personal expenses
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• Your prices for 2025

  

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