10 Days China Tour of Shanghai Suzhou Guilin Beijing

Detailed Itinerary

• Day 1. Entry Shanghai.  
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  Arrive at Shanghai airport or train station.
  Be picked by private vehicle and English-speaking tour guide from Beijingservice.com and transferred to hotel for check in.
  Remainder of the day is at leisure.
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• Day 2. Shanghai: Yu Garden, Nanjing Road, Oriental Pearl TV Tower, The Bund, Huangpu River Cruise.  
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  Your guide will pick you up from hotel at 08:30am.
  Start your Shanghai trip with Yu Garden. This well-restored Suzhou-style garden is one of the best gardens in southern China. It perfectly combines pavilions, halls, bridges, towers, ponds and rockeries.
  Take a stroll on Nanjing Road. Nanjing Road is the most prosperous shopping street in Shanghai and one of the top ten pedestrian streets in China.
• After lunch, proceed to Oriental Pearl TV Tower. This 468-meter-high tower is the most recognizable landmark of Shanghai. It has four major sightseeing observatories at different heights.
  Wander on The Bund. The Bund is a famous waterfront along the Huangpu River. It is famed as "Exhibition of International Buildings" because of 52 various buildings in different architectural styles, such as Gothic, Baroque, Romanesque and the Renaissance.
  Take a cruise on Huangpu River, which is a good way to discover the old and new Shanghai.
  Transfer you back to the hotel after the tour.
•   Breakfast, Lunch,
• Day 3. Suzhou: Humble Administrator's Garden, Lingering Garden, Grand Canal.    
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  Your guide will pick you up from hotel at 08:30am and drive to Suzhou.
  Visit Humble Administrator's Garden, the largest of all classical gardens in Suzhou. It is a representative of gardens in southern China. Humble Administrator's Garden is a treasure house containing arts of architecture, calligraphy, carving, painting, and bonsai.
• Then visit Lingering Garden. The garden is celebrated for its artistic way of dealing with the spaces between various kinds of architectural form. The four parts of the garden are connected by corridors which twist and turn with the terrain, spiraling up hills, spanning valleys, skirting ponds, or leading to secluded nooks.
  Take a cruise on Grand Canal. The cruise can give you a full view of the landscape of a typical river town in southern China including age-old dwelling houses, stone bridges of traditional designs and historical relics.
  Transfer you back to the hotel in Shanghai after the tour.
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• Day 4. Take flight to Guilin.   Reach Guilin, Reed Flute Cave, Seven Star Park.  
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  Pick you up from hotel and transfer to airport. Take flight to Guilin.
  
  
• Local guide will meet you at Guilin airport.
  Drive to visit Reed Flute Cave. Known as "the Palace of Natural Arts", Reed Flute Cave is a spectacular world of various stalactites and stone pillars formed from 180 million years ago.
  Walk in the Seven Star Park, the biggest comprehensive park in Guilin. The park is the epitome of the essence of Guilin's landscape.
  Afterwards, transfer you to check in hotel.
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• Day 5. Li River Cruise to Yangshuo.  
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  Your guide will pick you up from hotel in the morning and transfer you to Zhujiang Port.
  Take a Li River Cruise to Yangshuo escorted by your guide. The section from Guilin to Yangshuo is the essence of the Li River scenery. It is reputed as the "Hundred-mile Gallery". The cruise will last about 4.5 hours. Lunch is on onboard.
• Disembark at Yangshuo in the afternoon. Take a short exploration in this ancient town. Walk on the famous West Street and feel the relaxed atmosphere.
  Then transfer you back to the hotel in Guilin with private car.
•   Breakfast, Lunch,
• Day 6. Take flight to Beijing.  Reach Beijing, Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City.  
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  Pick you up from hotel and transfer to airport. Take flight to Beijing.
  
  
• Local guide will meet you at Beijing airport.
  Drive to the largest downtown square in the world, Tiananmen Square. The square has witnessed the founding of the new China.
  Then enter Forbidden City. This world's largest palace complex was the imperial palace during the Ming and Qing dynasties(1368-1911). Afterwards, transfer you to check in hotel.
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• Beijing: Beijing Hutong, Summer Palace, Temple of Heaven.  
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  Your guide will pick you up from hotel at 08:30am.
  Visit Beijing Hutongs by rickshaws. Beijing Hutongs are narrow lanes surrounded by traditional courtyard residences. They have a history of over 700 years and represent the traditional culture and way of life of old Beijingers.
  
• Proceed to Summer Palace. Combining lakes, gardens and ancient structures, Summer Palace is the best-preserved and largest royal garden existing in China.
  Continue to Temple of Heaven, the largest sacrificial building complex in the world. The temple was the place where emperors came to perform worship to the God of Heaven and pray for good harvests. Transfer you back to the hotel after the tour.
•   Breakfast, Lunch,
• Day 8. Beijing: Ming Tombs, Badaling Great Wall.  
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  English speaking guide and private vehicle will pick you up from hotel at 08:30am.
  Visit Ming Tombs in the morning. With a history of over 600 years, Ming Tombs is the final resting place of 13 emperors of Ming Dynasty(1368-1644).
  Discover the largest and the first built tomb, Changling. It is the tomb of the third Ming Emperor Zhu Di and his wife.
• Head to the famous Badaling Great Wall in the afternoon. Badaling is the best preserved and most popular section of the Great Wall of China. It is close Beijing city and featured with magnificent architectures and breathtaking nature scenery.
  Transfer you back to the hotel after the tour.
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• Day 9. Free.  
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  Today is free. You will discover Beijing city by yourself.
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• Day 10. Departure.  
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  Pick you up from hotel and transfer to airport for departure.
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