8-Day China Golden-Triangle Tour

Detailed Itinerary

• Day 1: Arrive at Beijing (No meals)

  Take your flight from home to Beijing airport. Start your wonderful adventure to China from the capital city. Be transferred to hotel and have a good rest in our well selective hotel.

  Recommended Hotel: Beijing 5L International Hotel ****

• Day 2:  Beijing (Breakfast/Lunch)

  Highlight: Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City and Temple of Heaven.

  Today our professional guide and driver will pick you up at the hotel and begin your amazing Beijing city tour. Tiananmen Square and Forbidden City are next to each other in the central axis of Beijing. You will feel a new dignified and old amazing China at the same time. Moreover, Temple of Heaven will display you how ancient royal families present their loyalty to Chinese deities. You will have a lunch in a local restaurant nearby.

  Recommended Hotel: Beijing 5L International Hotel ****

  

• Day 3:  Beijing (Breakfast/Lunch)

  Highlight: Great Wall and Summer Palace

  Continue your wonderful Beijing city tour. Never miss Mutianyu Great Wall or you will regret for your life-time. It was the masterpiece of Chinese people without any help of machines. Walk along on the Great Wall and have a good view of nature. Have a lunch in a local restaurant. Go back to Beijing city to visit the Summer Palace for Chinese Emperors.

  Recommended Hotel: Beijing 5L International Hotel ****

  

• Day 4:  Beijing- Xi'an by train (Breakfast/Lunch)

  Highlight: Hutong and Chinese Calligraphy Learning

  Walk in Hutong, the original apartment for Chinese people to live, and have a real touch to Beijing local cities by yourself. Children can learn Chinese calligraphy, play with Chinese yo-yos, and taste traditional sweets. Be transferred to Beijing railway station and take a bullet train(6 hours) to Xi'an in the afternoon. Be met by your guide at the Xi'an railway station to explore another famous ancient capital of China.

  Recommended Hotel:Somerset Xindicheng Xi'an ****

  

• Day 5:  Xi'an(Breakfast/Lunch)

  Highlight: Terracotta Warriors, Bell Tower, Gao's Courtyard and Muslim Quarter

  Visit Terracotta Warriors, a real underground world of Chinese royal family. Have a lunch of Chinese local rest restaurant nearby. Drive back to Xi'an to see Bell Tower, the biggest one remains in China now. Gao’s Courtyard is a good choice for you to see Chinese paper cutting and shadow puppetry. Moreover you will have a chance to taste delicious China northern snacks in Muslim Quarter.

  Recommended Hotel: Somerset Xindicheng Xi'an****

  

• Day 6 Xi'an-Shanghai by plane (Breakfast/Lunch)

  Highlight: Ancient City Wall, Wild Goose Pagoda and north square, Hanyang Tomb

  Today you will visit all kinds of historical must-see attractions in Xi'an. Stroll along the Ancient City Wall, climb up to the Wild Goose Pagoda and visit Huayang Mausoleum. You will learn all respect of this ancient city. Then be transferred to Xi' an airport to take a flight train  to Shanghai. Be met at Shanghai airport by your Shanghai guide. Start your last stop of China.

  Recommended Hotel:SSAW Boutique Hotel Shanghai Bund****

• Day 7:  Shanghai (Breakfast/Lunch)

  Highlight: Shikumen, the Bund, Yuyuan Garden, Jade Buddha Temple, Lujiazui CBD and Shanghai Tower

  Shanghai is a magic city for everyone. Not only you can see the old architectures in Shikumen and Yuyuan Garden, but also modern skyscrapers in Lujiazui CBD and Shanghai Tower. Furthermore, walk along the Bund at night will impress you a lot.

  Recommended Hotel:SSAW Boutique Hotel Shanghai Bund****

  

• Day 8: Depart from Shanghai (Breakfast)

  Be transferred to Shanghai airport to take a flight home. Your China tour will end soon but your memory of China will last for days.