8 Days Culture Tour (Beijing - Xian - Shanghai)

It is a superb journey that combines the most intriguing culture and the most beautiful landscape in China!This is a China tour specifically designed for people who are interested in Chinese history, and who appreciate amazing natural beauty and landscapes. You can experience China's past and present in Beijing, and witness how bizarre and beautiful nature can be by visiting picturesque Guilin's Karst topography.

Tour Itinerary:

Day 1
Arrival / Beijing
Arrive in Beijing. Be met & transferred to your hotel. Free at leisure for the rest of the day.

Day 2 (B, L )
Beijing
Full day trip to the Tian'anmen Square, the Forbidden City, the Temple of Heaven. Enjoy the Peking Opera Show in the evening.

- the Tian'anmen Square: The largest city square in the world.
- the Forbidden City: The largest imperial palace in China during the Ming and Qing Dynasties with a history of about 600 years.
- the Temple of Heaven: The place where the ancient emperors used to pray for the God's bless of the whole nation.
-evening performance: Peking Opera Show, or Chinese Acrobat, or Chinese Kongfu show

Day 3 (B, L, D )
Beijing
Full day trip to the Great Wall, Ming Tomb and Sacred road. Enjoy a famous Peking Duck Banquet for dinner.

- - the Great Wall: One of the seven wonders in the world and the one of the symbols of China.
- The Sacred Road: The way guarded on both sides with stone statues by which the ancient emperors went to hold a memorial ceremony for the ancestors.

Day 4 (B, L)
Beijing/ Xi'an 
Visit Hutongs by rickshaw. Take afternoon flight to Xi'an.

Arrive in Xian. Be met & transferred to your hotel.
- Hutongs: The old narrow paths where common people lived. All the Hutongs crisscross with each other, dotted with the Kindergarten, the Bell Tower, the Drum Tower, the Tea House, and the lake, House of Gong Infant and local people's houses among them.

Day 5 (B, L)
Xi'an
Visit the Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses, the Bell Tower and the Wild Goose Pagoda. Enjoy the Tang Dynasty show in the evening.

- The Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses: The greatest archaeological findings of the century: The army of terra-cotta warriors and the bronze chariots entombed in vast underground vaults at emperor Qin's tomb.
- The Bell Tower: The emblem of Xi'an city.
- the Wild Goose Pagoda: The pagoda where widely renowned Master Xuanzang (Monk Tripitaka) stored his classics brought from India. 
evening performance: The Tang Dynasty show: The show that presents the palace dances and sings in the Tang Dynasty when Xi'an was the capital.

Day 6 (B, L )
Xi'an / Shanghai 
Visit the Provincial Museum and the Ancient City Wall. Take flight to the next destination. Arrive in Shanghai. Be met and transferred to your hotel.

- the Ancient City Wall: An extension of the old Tang Dynasty structure boasting the most complete city wall that survives through Chinese long history.
- The Provincial Museum One of the main museums in China which holds numerous unearthed cultural relics of China.

Day 7 (B, L )
Shanghai
Visit Shanghai Museum, Yu Garden, Oriental Pearl TV Tower, the Bund and Nanjing Road.

-Shanghai Museum: The biggest museum in China, with a collection of over 120,000 pieces of Chinese art & cultural relics. The museum is especially famous for its treasures of bronzes, ceramics, paintings, and calligraphy.

-Yu Garden: It is the architectural style of the Ming Dynasty and it used to be a private garden with 400 years' history. In front of the garden, there is a market called Yu Market.
-Oriental Pearl TV Tower: Standing by the Huangpu River with 468 meters high, OrIental Pearl TV Tower is the highest TV Tower in Asia.

-The Bund: The former foreign settlement, ranged along with imposing buildings of the colonial period.
-Nanjing Road: The busiest shopping street in Shanghai.

Day 8 (B)
Shanghai / Departure
Free at leisure until to be transferred to the airport for the flight to your next destination.

Our price including:
A.Pick up and drop-off from your hotel ; Entrance fees;
B. Meals as listed in the itinerary, B=breakfast; L=lunch; D=Dinner.
C. Personal Guide & Driver + Private car / van for Private Transfers and sightseeing.
D. Hotels (twin share bases) as listed in the itinerary.
E. All Service Charge and Taxes.
F. Luggage Transfers between airports and hotels.
G. All demestic flights from city to city metioned above.

Excluding:
A. Entry or Exit China International Airfare or train tickets.
B. Visa Fees.
C. Personal Expenses.

How to Book with us?
1. You can book online or by email, tell us which airport to pick you up, then receive our confirmation email. 
2. When you arrive in Beijing/Shanghai , our tour guide will inform the time to pick you up in the next morning.

Tour Provider:China Tours
Fax: +86
E_mail: jhx@51766.com

Price: ¥5726
Special Note:Price may vary according to different seasons. You can extend your stay in Shanghai after this package finished, we will keep the discount hotel rate for you for the extended days.