13-Day China Class Tour Plus Yangtze River

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

  Walk in Hutong, the original apartment for Chinese people to live, and have a real touch to Beijing local cities by yourself. 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-Chengdu 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 to Chengdu. Be met by your guide at the Chengdu airport and transferred to hotel.

  Recommended Hotel: Atour Hotel Chengdu****

• Day 7:  Chengdu (Breakfast/Lunch)

  Highlight: Panda Keeper Program

  If you want to get close to giant pandas, you should not miss the Panda Keeper Program in Dujiangyan Panda Base. It is the only place where you can learn how to take care of the pandas, such as washing the bamboo shoots, breaking bamboos, seeing a panda be fed at a very close distance and so on. You will memorize this precious experience for a lifetime.

  Recommended Hotel:Atour Hotel Chengdu****

  

• Day 8:  Chengdu-Chongqing by train(Breakfast/Lunch)

  Highlight: Jinsha Ruins Museum, Wuhou Temple, Jinli Ancient Street and Yangtze River Cruise

  Today is a Chengdu city tour where all attractions are easier to reach. Jinsha Ruins Museum displays the Shu culture in Sichuan area. And Wuhou Temple is the largest museum of the site left over from the Three Kingdoms Period, and a very quiet oasis in the city. Then walk around Jinli Ancient Street neighboring to Wuhou Temple to taste some local snacks. Take a bullet train from Chengdu to Chongqing(1.5 hours). Be met by your guide at the Chongqing railway station and transferred to get board to your Yangtze River Cruise at 9 pm

  Recommended Hotel: Century Series Yangtze River Cruise*****

  

• Day 9:  Yangtze River Cruise (Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner)

  Highlight: Fengdu Ghost City

  Enjoy your whole day on Yangtze River cruise. In the morning, you can learn how to play Taichi on the deck with a professional teacher. Then start your off-board excursion to Fengdu Ghost City where you can find many  buildings built according to traditional Chinese geomancy and statues and artwork reflecting Chinese people's imaginations of the netherworld. Come back to the cruise and enjoy other culture activities and facilities.

  Recommended Hotel: Century Series Yangtze River Cruise*****

• Day 10:  Yangtze River Cruise (Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner)

  Highlight: White Emperor City, Qutang Gorge and Wu Gorge

  Continue your cruise downstream today. You can choose an optional excursion to White Emperor City to know more about Chinese calligraphy and history or just stay on board for relaxing in the morning. After that, the cruise will pass by the spectacular Qutang Gorge and the magnificent Wu Gorge at noon. Enjoy a shore excursion to Shenv Stream then. Come back to the cruise and enjoy dinner and night show.

  Recommended Hotel: Century Series Yangtze River Cruise*****

• Day 11:  Yichang-Shanghai by plane(Breakfast/Lunch)

  Highlight:  Three Gorges Dam

  The cruise will arrive in Yichang this morning. Then join the shore excursion to the Three Gorges Dam to enjoy the magnificent scenery of the Yangtze River and the supper project of China. Be transferred to Yichang railway station on time for your bullet train(7.5 hours) journey to Shanghai.

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

• Day12:  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 13: 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.