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6-Day Private China Highlights Tour from Xi'an: Beijing, Shanghai and Guilin

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Overview

Available languages

Chinese
English

120 hours

Mobile ticket

Travel through China for seven days of sightseeing around Beijing,Guilin and Shanghai from Xi'an You’ll travel by private air-conditioned car and plane. At each destination, a local guide meets you and takes you around the top sights. Discover the culture and history of China as you see famous sites such as: the Great Wall, the Forbidden City, Tian'anmen Square, Shanghai Yuyuan Garden, White Jade Buddha Temple, the Bund and Xintiandi area, Elephant Trunk Hill, Fubo Hill and Reed Flute Cave. Cruise down the Li River from Guilin to Yangshuo and admiring the stunning karst peaks. Your friendly and knowledgeable private guide will give you a comprehensive history class about the attractions. Tour including plane tickets, cruise ticket, 4 star cruise ticket, entrance fee, lunch, English speaking tour guide and private vehicle, you can choose to end your tour in Shanghai /Beijing or return Xi'an. Tour includes the option to book 4 star accommodation with daily breakfast.

Additional Info

Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller

Cancellation Policy

If you cancel at least 6 full day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a full refund.<br>If you cancel between 2 and 6 day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a 50% refund.<br>If you cancel within 2 day(s) of the scheduled departure, you will receive a 0% refund.

What‘s Included

Hotel pickup and drop-off

Plane Tickets (economy class)

Cable car round trip or ski lift up and toboggan down at the Great Wall

4 Star Cruise Ticket from Guilin to Yangshuo

Overnight accommodation of standard twin room (two beds), based on twin share if option selected.

English-speaking guide

Transport by private air-conditioned vehicle

Entrance Fee

Gratuities to tour guide and driver(recommended)

Accommodation if you choose to have the tour only

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

What To Expect

Day 1

Xi'an-Beijing: Temple of Heaven, Tiananmen Square-Forbidden City, Hutong (L)

Accommodations

Overnight 4 Star hotel in Beijing if you choose the option to including the hotel

Food and Drinks

LUNCH

Lunch

1

Your driver will hold your name sign waiting in the lobby of your Xi'an hotel, you will be transferred to airport for a 2 hour flight to Beijing. Your tour guide in Beijing will hold your name sign waiting at the exit of the arrival hall, hope on your private air-conditioned vehicle, heading back to city. On the way to city, your tour guide will introduce the city's facts and history to you. Feel free to ask questions if you have.

1 hour • Admission Not Applicable
2

Temple of Heaven

Heading directly to the Temple of Heaven, where the Emperors in the Ming and Qing Dynasties worshipped the God of Heaven. Follow your tour guide to stroll around the park, in the morning you can see the local retired people doing all kinds of moving exercise. Feel free to join them if you want. Inside the Temple of heaven, you will visit the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest, Hall of Imperial Zenith.

2 hours • Admission Included
3

Echo Wall

Walking via Danbi Bridge to Echo Wall and Circular Mount Alter.

30 minutes • Admission Included
4

Yuanqiutan

Move on to Yuanqiutan. Learn how to talk with heaven, how the emperors worship the god of heaven in ancient time. Your tour guide will explain the related histories and stories along the way.

30 minutes • Admission Included
5

Tiananmen Square (Tiananmen Guangchang)

Enjoy lunch in the local restaurant, then heading to Tian'anmen Square- home to the Great Hall of the People, The Monument to the people's heroes, Chairman Mao's Memorial Hall and Front Gate. Stroll around the square, and get to know the stories and histories about the buildings around the square.

30 minutes • Admission Not Applicable
6

Forbidden City-The Palace Museum

Pass through the South Gate-Meridian Gate to the magnificent Forbidden City, a 250-acre (101-ha.) complex of courtyards, palaces, pavilions, and gardens that served as the imperial palace for emperors and their households for more than 500 years.

2 hours • Admission Included
7

Hall of Great Harmony (Taihe Dian)

Stroll around the courtyards and halls of the Forbidden city with your tour guide, and learn the histories and stories about this massive palace. You will visit these buildings inside the Forbidden City. Hall of Great Harmony where the emperor handle states affairs. Hall of Central Harmony and Hall of Compete Harmony.

30 minutes • Admission Included
8

Palace of Heavenly Purity

Then continue to check out the living quarters in the palace: Hall of Union, Hall Heavenly Purity, and Hall of Earthly Tranquillity.

Admission Not Applicable
9

The Imperial Garden of The Palace Museum

Your tour of the Forbidden city will end at the Imperial Garden, then you will exit the Forbidden city from the north Gate.

Admission Not Applicable
10

Shichahai Scenic Resort

Move on to Shichahai area, enjoy a leisure walk around Yandai xie Street, Gulou East Street, and Nanluoguxiang Allay.

1 hour • Admission Not Applicable
11

Nanluoguxiang

Stroll around the shops and hutongs around Nanluoguxiang allay. After the tour finished, you will be transferred back to your hotel in Beijing.

Admission Not Applicable
Day 2

Beijing:Great Wall of China-Olympic Park-Summer Palace (B,L)

Accommodations

Overnight 4 Star hotel in Beijing if you choose the option to including the hotel

Food and Drinks

LUNCH

Lunch

BREAKFAST

Breakfast

If you choose the option to including the hotel, the breakfast offered by the hotel

1

Mutianyu Great Wall

Meet your tour guide in the lobby of your Beijing hotel, hop on your private air-conditioned vehicle, then Heading directly to Great Wall at Mutianyu Section. Your tour guide will explain the related histories and stories along the way, feel free to ask questions if you have. Upon arrival, follow your tour guide to take the cable car or ski lift up to the Great Wall, marvel at the surrounding area, hike up and down at different towers. You can decide how long you want to stay at the Great Wall.

2 hours • Admission Included
2

Niaochao National Stadium

Enjoy a delicious lunch in the local village restaurant. Here, you will sit with the village people, and enjoy the cuisine from Northeast of China. On the way back to city, you will drive pass by the Olympic park to get a glimpse of amazing modern stadiums built for 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics.

1 hour • Admission Not Applicable
3

Summer Palace (Yiheyuan)

Then, continue to the Summer Palace, a well-preserved royal garden that's renowned for its beautiful landscape and spectacular architecture, and is considered one of the most classical gardens in the world.

1 hour • Admission Included
4

Hall of Benevolence and Longevity

Learn the stories about Empress Cixi with your tour guide here and check out her living quarters.

20 minutes • Admission Included
5

Long Corridor at the Summer Palace

Walk along the longest corridor in the world which listed on the Guinness book of world record;

Admission Not Applicable
6

Qingyan Stone Boat

Then continue to the Marble Boat--a foreign style superstructure which was supposed to be a symbol of stability of the Qing Dynasty. After the tour finished, you will be transferred to your hotel in Beijing

20 minutes • Admission Included
Day 3

Beijing-Guilin(B, L)

Accommodations

Overnight 4 Star hotel in Guilin if you choose the option to including hotel

Food and Drinks

BREAKFAST

Breakfast

If you choose the option to including the hotel, the breakfast offered by the hotel

1

Beijing

Your driver will pick you up from the lobby of your Beijing hotel, you will be transferred to airport for a 2.5 hour flight to Guilin. Upon arrival, your local guide will hold your name sign waiting at the exit of the Arrival hall. Then heading directly to Guilin city.

2 hours • Admission Not Applicable
2

Elephant Trunk Hill (Xiangbishan)

Your tour guide in Guilin will hold your name sign waiting at the exit of the arrival hall, hop on your private vehicle, discuss the highlights and attractions you wish to see in Guilin City with your knowledgeable guide who will help you plan an itinerary according to your interests. Then, set off and explore. Typically, you will start fro the Elephant Trunk Hill. Elephant Trunk Hill is the landmark of Guilin. It has been a famous tourism destination since the Tang Dynasty (618 – 907). The hill looks like a giant elephant drinking water from the river. Enjoy a vigorous walk to the top, visit the the Ming Dynasty (1368 – 1644) Puxian Tower which was built to worship Samantabahdra. Get to learn its history from your tour guide, then enjoy the panoramic views of the city, Li River and surrounding scenery.

1 hour • Admission Included
3

Yunfeng Temple

Continue to Yunfeng Temple-one of the famous ancient temples of Guilin. Which was the dwelling place of Monk Jianzhen, an eminent monk of the Tang Dynasty, crossing over to Japan six times to spread Buddhist doctrines and help regularize monks' behavior. Stroll around the temple and the exhibition gallery on the second floor.

30 minutes • Admission Included
4

Reed Flute Cave (Ludi Yan)

Enjoy lunch in the local restaurant, then heading to Reed Flute Cave. Over millions of years, dripping water has eroded the cave to create a special world of various stalactites, stone pillars and rock formations. Explore important spots in the attraction such as :Tower-shaped Pine,Crystal Palace etc. Despite the fantastic natural scenery inside Reed Flute Cave, there are many writings on the wall. There are 77 travelogues and poems left, which are derived from the Tang Dynasty (618-907). After the tour finished, you will be transferred to your hotel in Guilin

1 hour • Admission Included
Day 4

Guilin: Cruise to Yangshuo (B, L )

Accommodations

Overnight 4 Star hotel in Shanghai if you choose the option to including the hotel

Food and Drinks

BREAKFAST

Breakfast

If you choose the option to including the hotel, the breakfast offered by the hotel

LUNCH

Lunch

1

Li River

Your private English-speaking guide and driver will pick you up from your hotel's lobby at 8:00am and you will be transferred to Zhujiang Pier, where you will embark and start the boat cruise down the Li River to Yangshuo County. The Li River Cruise is considered as the highlight of any visit to Guilin.

Admission Not Applicable
2

Along the river, enjoy breathtaking views of peaks and pinnacles, crystal-clear water and picturesque pastoral countryside scenery. The river generally has three sections. Various attractions like peaks and villages along the river have interesting descriptive names, which calls for much of your imagination to see what it is like. Listening to tour guide's legendary stories about the attractions is a delightful experience when you are appreciating the landscapes. Most are mystical fairy and love stories. The cruise usually takes around 3.5 to 4 hours, depends on water condition.

Admission Not Applicable
3

Xingping Fishing Village

Li River takes a big turn at Xingping and endowed with beautiful and poetic scenery. It has been reproduced in many Chinese landscape paintings. Even the newly-issued 20 RMB note has the scenery on its back. A photographer once said: 'Shots from any perspective for this place turn to be impressive and stunning'. You will enjoy a simple lunch on the boat.

Admission Not Applicable
4

West Street

Arrive Yangshuo at 1:30 pm, stroll around West Street with your tour guide, explore various shops, craft-works shops, painting and calligraphy stores, backpack shops, cafes, your tour guide will help you to negotiate price if you want to purchase any souvenir.

30 minutes • Admission Not Applicable
5

Shili hualang

In the afternoon, you will explore the Ten-Mile Gallery in Yangshuo. Sauntering down a country road makes you feel like you are travelling in a painting. This is true of the Ten-Mile Gallery in Yangshuo County, a fairyland on earth. As the name implies, Ten-Mile Gallery is a picturesque road stretching from the Yangshuo town area to Moon Hill, endowed with rolling hills, endless fields, idyllic villages and clear rivers on both sides.

2 hours • Admission Included
6

Guilin Butterfly Spring

Along Ten-Mile Gallery, there are few famous sites you should no miss, such as Butterfly Spring Park. In the park, peculiar peaks, grotesque rocks, magnificent waterfalls, and bubbling springs can be found everywhere. A winding path meanders to the sightseeing terrace where you can enjoy a bird’s eye view of Ten-Mile Gallery.

1 hour • Admission Included
7

Big Banyan Tree (darongshu Scenic Area)

As the journey of Ten-Mile Gallery goes on, you will encounter a Big Banyan Tree, which is more than 1,400 years old. Follow your tour guide to stroll around, get to know the love story about Liusanjie, and see how new lovers come here to make wishes for their future.

30 minutes • Admission Included
8

Moon Hill

Your last stop is Moon Hill, let your tour guide know if you want to stop to take photos. After the tour, you will be transferred to airport for a 2 hour flight to Shanghai.

Admission Not Applicable
9

Shanghai

Your driver in Shanghai will hold your name sign waiting at the exit of the arrival hall. You will be transferred to your hotel in Shanghai.

Admission Not Applicable
Day 5

Shanghai City Highlights (B, L)

Food and Drinks

BREAKFAST

Breakfast

If you choose the option to including the hotel, the breakfast offered by hotel

LUNCH

Lunch

1

Shanghai Museum (Shanghai Bowuguan)

Meet your tour guide in the lobby of your Shanghai hotel, hop on your private air-conditioned vehicle, embark upon your customized tour of the city's sights. Discuss the historical highlights and attractions you wish to see with your knowledgeable guide who will help you plan an itinerary according to your interests. Then, set off and explore. Typically, you will start with the Shanghai Museum. The museum is divided into eleven galleries and three exhibition halls. With bronze ware, ceramics, and painting and calligraphy as its distinctive collections, the museum boasts 120,000 pieces of rare and precious cultural relics in 21 categories.

1 hour • Admission Included
2

Jade Buddha Temple

Then, move on to Jade Buddha Temple. You will see the White Jade Buddhas which were brought here from Burma in the nineteenth century. Stroll around halls and courtyards in the temple with your tour guide, learn the history about the temple and buddhism in China, see how the locals come to worship and burn incense.

1 hour • Admission Included
3

Yu Garden (Yuyuan)

Enjoy lunch in the local restaurant, then explore the Yuyuan Garden. Yuyuan Garden is the largest ancient gardens with Ming and Qing style architecture. Follow your tour guide to explore the garden, learn how to form a perfect garden. Then visit the Old City God Temple, where various of local snack shops and streets are scattered around.

1 hour • Admission Included
4

The Bund

Continue to the Bund, where you will see amazing city skyline, including the Oriental Pearl TV Tower, Shanghai World Financial Center Shanghai Tower, Shanghai Tower and colonial buildings along the Huangpu River. Take a walk and stop for photos.

1 hour • Admission Not Applicable
5

Former French Concession

Continue to explore the Former French Concession. Besides its historical and religious factors, Shanghai French Concession is also a fantastic place for spending leisure time. Follow your tour guide to wandering the narrow alleyways, dining and one of the million cafes or restaurants(at your own cost), or browsing through the endless art galleries and photographic studios.

1 hour • Admission Not Applicable
6

Xintiandi

Finally, finish your tour in the lively nightlife district of Xintiandi. As a window to the past and the future, to China and the world, Shanghai Xintiandi's Shikumen attraction was created by converting residential blocks into a multifunctional dining, retail and entertainment center flowing with restaurants, boutiques, cafes and bars of an international standard. Follow your tour guide and explore the area. If you have already visit some of those places above before, and want to do something different. Please feel free to discuss with your tour guide on where to go, you can choose these attractions or activities base on your interests: Shanghai Museum/ Pearl TV Tower/World financial center/Jinmao Tower After the tour, you can choose to end your tour in Shanghai or return Beijing/Xi'an.

1 hour • Admission Not Applicable

Options

Ends in Guilin with Hotel

Please book your own hotel : Please book your own hotel Day 1&2 in Beijing Day 3 in Shanghai Day 4&5 in Guilin
Ends in Guilin with Hotel : D1:Xian fly to Beijing D2: Beijing D3:Beijing fly to Shanghai D4:Shanghai fly to Guilin D5:Guilin D6:Guilin
Pickup included

Ends in Shanghai with Hotel

Including 5 nights 4 star hote: Including 5 nights 4 star hotel Day 1&2 in Guilin Day 3&4 in Beijing Day 5 in Shanghai
Ends in Shanghai with Hotel: D1:Xian fly to Guilin D2: Guilin D3:Guilin fly to Beijing D4:Beijing D5:Beijing fly to Shanghai D6:Shanghai
Pickup included

Ends in Xi'an with Hotel

Including 5 Nights 4 Star hote: Including 5 Nights 4 Star hotel Day 1 in Guilin Day 2&3 in Shanghai Day 4&5 in Beijing
Ends in Xi'an with Hotel: D1:Xian fly to Guilin D2: Guilin fly to Shanghai D3:Shanghai D4:Shanghai fly to Beijing D5:BJ D6:Beijing fly to Xi'an
Pickup included

Ends in Shanghai without Hotel

Please book your own hotel : Please book your own hotel Day 1&2 in Guilin Day 3&4 in Beijing Day 5 in Shanghai
Ends in Shanghai without Hotel: D1:Xian fly to Guilin D2: Guilin D3:Guilin fly to Beijing D4:Beijing D5:Beijing fly to Shanghai D6:Shanghai
Pickup included

Ends in Xi'an without Hotel

Please book your own hotel : Please book your own hotel Day 1 in Guilin Day 2&3 in Shanghai Day 4&5 in Beijing
Ends in Xi'an without Hotel: D1:Xian fly to Guilin D2: Guilin fly to Shanghai D3:Shanghai D4:Shanghai fly to Beijing D5:Beijing D6:Beijing
Pickup included

Ends in Guilin without hotel

Please book your own hotel : Please book your own hotel Day 1&2 in Beijing Day 3 in Shanghai Day 4&5 in Guilin
Ends in Guilin without hotel: D1:Xian fly to Beijing D2: Beijing D3:Beijing fly to Shanghai D4:Shanghai fly to Guilin D5:Guilin D6:Guilin
Pickup included

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