Tripology

Commercial Flight

International Flight on your own arrangement.

Hotel

Upon your arrival at Beijing airport, our local guide will meet you and escort you to your hotel. The rest of the day is free at your own leisure. Accommodations: Jianguo Garden Hotel.

Sightseeing

Today you will first visit the historic Tiananmen Square, and then the magnificent Forbidden City. In the afternoon, you will marvel at the exquisite Summer Palace. Enjoy a Peking Duck Banquet for dinner.

Tiananmen Square: the largest city square in the world and the spiritual heart of China, where the national flag is raised exactly at sunrise everyday.

Sightseeing

Forbidden City: located in the center of Beijing, used to be the imperial palace of the Ming and Qing dynasties with a history of around 600 years, it is the grandest integral palace complex still remaining in China.

Summer Palace : Located on the northwestern outskirts of the city, it was an imperial summer resort of the Qing Dynasty. With its perfect layout, magnificent buildings and enchanting landscape, it is the most splendid classical garden in China.

Peking Duck Dinner: Peking Roast Duck is regarded as one of the most delicious dishes throughout the world. A Peking Duck Dinner is usually a fixed item on any Beijing tour itinerary. At time-honored restaurants such as Quan Ju De, you can savor the mouth-watering traditional Beijing specialty, and at the same time the chefs will show you how they cuts the meat into exactly 108 slices from one duck, each having a piece of skin.

Hotel

Accommodations: Jianguo Garden Hotel. Meals: B,D

Hiking

Today's full-day excursion will take you to the Simaitai section of Great Wall. You will do hiking over there. And then you will be back to your hotel after the hiking.

Sightseeing

Great Wall: the most famous symbol of China and one of the world's most remarkable architectural wonders, it was built over 2,000 years ago and stretches about 6,700km.

Sightseeing

Simatai Great Wall: The Simatai section of the Great Wall is located in the northeast of Miyun County,120 kilometers from downtown Beijing.

Hotel

Accommodations: Jianguo Garden Hotel. Meals: B,L

After breakfast, you will first visit Hutongs by rickshaw.


Hutongs: the old narrow paths with lots of courtyard homes where common people are living. They are like villages within a megalopolis. Through the hutongs' teeming maze of alleyways, you will see the old houses and learn about the daily life of ordinary Beijing citizens.

Cooking Classes

Lunch will be served in one of the local people's home during the tour, when you can learn how to make dumplings.

Hotel

Accommodations: Jianguo Garden Hotel. Meals: B,L.

Commercial Flight

Free in the day until our local guide escorts you to the airport for your onward flight to Luoyang.

Hotel

Upon your arrival at Luoyang, our local guide will meet you and escort you to your hotel. Accommodations: Red Coral Hotel. Meals: B

Private Car Service

In the morning, head for the city of Dengfeng (70km away and about 1-hour drive) to visit Shaolin Temple and enjoy its Forest of Dagobas and the stunning Shaolin Kungfu Performance.

Shaolin Temple: one of China's oldest Buddhist temples built in 495 AD on the Shaoshi Peak, from which it took its name. The temple was also the birthplace of one of the world's most famous martial arts movements. Among so many cultural relics inside the temple, the Forest of Pagodas dating back as far as the Tang Dynasty is a must-see

Forest of Dagobas: a cemetery of 246 dagobas for noted monks dating from AD 791 to 1995, with different Buddhist patterns and inscriptions carved to depict briefly the life of the monks for whom the dagobas were built. The dagobas vary greatly in size, height, age and in their cross section to show the hierarchical ranking of their respective occupants.

Shaolin Kung Fu Performance: With people's growing interest in Shaolin Kung Fu, there have been more and more visitors to Shaolin Temple in central China's Henan Province, which is known as the birthplace of kung fu. Through the authentic Kung Fu performance, you will know more about Chinese martial arts and the spirit of this traditional art.

Hotel

After the tour, head for Zhengzhou (75km and about 1-hour drive), check in the hotel and the rest of the day is free at your own leisure. Accommodations: Fengle Garden Hotel. Meals: B,L.

Commercial Flight

You will be escorted to take flight to Guilin from Zhengzhou.

Hotel

Upon you arrive in Guilin, you will be escorted to your hotel. The rest of day is free at your leisure. Accommodations: Guilin Park Hotel, Meals: B

Private Car Service

After breakfast, drive to Zhujiang Pier (about 40-minute drive) to start the boat cruise along the tranquil Li River, the highlight of your sightseeing tour in Guilin, until you get to Yangshuo County.

River or Barge Cruise

Li River Cruise: Along the river, you will be inspired by the breathtaking views of peaks and pinnacles, crystal-clear water and reflections in the water together with the serene pastoral views of rice paddies and water buffaloes.You will certainly feel like you are walking into a traditional Chinese painting by cruising on this wonderful river.

Hotel

Free time in the afternoon after checking in the hotel in Yangshuo. Accommodations: New Century Hotel. Meals: B,L.

Sightseeing

West Street(Yangshuo): a busy and exotic slate street in Yangshuo County, about 2km long crammed with shops, pubs, cafes and hotels, where you can relax yourself and do some souvenir shopping.

Private Car Service

Today, drive back to Guilin (1.5-hour drive) and have a city tour of the Elephant Trunk Hill and the Reed Flute Cave.

Sightseeing

Reed Flute Cave: 5 kilometers away from the city center, famed as "A Natural Palace of Art", in which you can see lots of stalactites & stalagmites illuminated by the lights of different colors. You will also learn how they were formed.

Sightseeing

Elephant Trunk Hill : the symbol of Guilin, which resembles a giant elephant drinking water from the Li River.

Commercial Flight

Transfer to the airport for your flight to Shanghai.

Hotel

Accommodations: Holiday Inn Shanghai -Downtown. Meals: B.

Sightseeing

Today you will first visit the Shanghai Museum, the Bund and the Nanjing Road, and then the Yu Garden and Yuyuan Market. Enjoy a wonderful Acrobatic Show tonight.

Museums

Shanghai Museum: often ranked as China's best museum, it is the biggest museum in China with a fine collection of over 120,000 pieces of Chinese artifacts.

The Bund : where the great trading houses and banks had their headquarters in the 1920s and the 1930s. The Bund is about about a mile long, it is the city's fulcrum.

Shopping

Nanjing Road: known as "China's No.1 Shopping Street" with a huge selection of merchandise on sale.

Sightseeing

Nanjing Road: known as "China's No.1 Shopping Street" with a huge selection of merchandise on sale.

Shopping

Yuyuan Market: outside the Yu Garden, a bustling market with different snacks and trinkets.

Performing Arts

Acrobatic Show: Chinese Acrobatics is one of the oldest performing arts with its history tracing back to Neolithic times, during its development in the history, it has been absorbing plentiful merits from the opera, dance and Chinese Kungfu, and formed its own artistic features. In Portman Acrobatic Show, in a very typical Shanghainese setting and atmosphere, you will enjoy many breathtaking and stunning programs such as Calvaria Skills, Silk Suspending, Hoop Diving and so on performed by very skillful performers, you will truly have an unforgettable experience of your life.

Hotel

Accommodations: Holiday Inn Shanghai -Downtown. Meals: B.

Commercial Flight

You will take morning flight to Suzhou.

Sightseeing

Upon you arrive in Suzhou, our guide will pick you up and then you will have a one full-day tour to Suzhou (100km away from Shanghai), which has been known as the Venice of the East. Your tour in Suzhou includes: the classical Humble Administrator's Garden and the attractive Lingering Garden, the ancient Tiger Hill Park and the No.1 Silk Factory.

Sightseeing

Humble Administrator's Garden: covers 10 acres and is the largest garden in Suzhou. It was built in 1509 during the Ming Dynasty and is divided into the eastern, middle and western parts. All of this centers upon the broad expanse of a lake to form the poetic and picturesque garden landscapes and waterscapes with exquisite buildings and luxuriant vegetation.

Sightseeing

Lingering Garden: is one of the four most famous gardens in China and was constructed in 1593 during the Ming Dynasty. It is famous for its artistic way of dealing with the spaces between various kinds of architectural forms and garden courts.

National Parks

Tiger Hill Park: a symbol of the city, with a history of over 2,500 years, the Tiger Hill has had the reputation of being the No.1 sight of Suzhou, with a Song-dynasty leaning pagoda on top which was built in brick to imitate wood architecture.

Sightseeing

The No.1 Silk Factory: Suzhou is famous for its silk production. In the factory you can learn more about silk production and detailed steps of the silk making process, and you will have an opportunity to purchase some of the incredibly delicate works as well.

Train

Then you will be escorted to take overnight train to Huangshan. Soft-sleeper train from Suzhou to Huangshan on our arrangement. Accommodations: On The Train. Meals: B,L

Private Car Service

Upon your arrival at the city of Huangshan (Tunxi), our local guide will meet you and escort you to your hotel. Drive 80 kilometers (1.5 hour-drive) to Huangshan Scenic Area.

Sightseeing

Take cable car at Yungu Station to the top of the mountain. After check-in and lunch, you will view Brush Pen Peak, tour Begin-to-Believe Peak to see the grotesque pinetrees, Lion Peak, Xihai Grand Canyon, and enjoy the sunset glow at the Cloud Dispelling Pavilion, etc.


Mt. Huangshan: located in the southern Anhui Province, extending about 40km from north to south and 30km from east to west, the Huangshan Scenic Area is comprised of numerous peaks of various heights and grotesque rocks of different formation, and is well known for its extraordinary aesthetic mountainous features. Here we can find all of the beauties of nature, with its charm lying especially in its oddly-shaped pines, fantastic rocks, sea of clouds and hot springs--the four supreme sights on the mountain. The picturesque Mt.Huangshan has been a famed destination for scholars, poets and the occasional hermits in Chinese history, and has long been effusively described as "awesome," "a wonderland" and "Heaven on Earth."

Hotel

Stay overnight at the summit. Accommodations: Beihai Hotel. Meals: L

Sightseeing

Try to get up early in the morning to catch the magical sunrise at Huangshan. After breakfast, tour the Begin-to-Believe Peak to see the grotesque pinetrees. After all the exercise, take the cable car down to the foot of the Mt. Huangshan, and drive back to the city of Huangshan to visit Tunxi Ancient Street and Ink Stone Factory before your

Sightseeing

Ink Stone Factory: ink stone is the important part of "Four Treasures of the Study" in China. Because of its solid texture, the ink stone can be handed down from one generation to another. The Ink Stone Factory in Huangshan is one of the most famous ink stone factories in China, where you can see the whole working process.

Tunxi Ancient Street: a well preserved bustling center of trade since the Southern Song Dynasty. It is paved with slabs of stone and is one mile long with old shops lining both sides of the street. These old shops are in perfect order and an unmistakable Huizhou architectural style.

Commercial Flight

Transfer to the airport for the flight to Beijing.

Hotel

Accommodations: Jianguo Garden Hotel. Meals: B,L.

Free in the day until our local guide escorts you to the airport for your flight to your sweet home. Meals: B