11 Days Group Tour Beijing-Xian-Zhangjiajie-Shanghai

Welcome to majestic Beijing! To ensure your arrival is stress-free, your driver will meet you at the arrival hall of Beijing Capital International Airport, holding a sign with your name on it and then transfer you to the Sunworld Hotel or Howard Johnson Paragon Hotel.

Hotel: Sunworld Hotel, Beijing or Howard Johnson Paragon Hotel

Free-time Ideas

Unlike other travel agencies choose hotel in remote area, we choose hotel in the famous Wangfujing Street, which is the very center of Beijing. It is very convenient to walk around and do some shopping.

  Breakfast & lunch

In the morning we meet in the hotel lobby and you have the opportunity to meet other travelers. We will go to the Tian’anmen Square, where the most important national ceremonies are held, surrounded by many historical buildings. From the square, you can walk to the Forbidden City. Inside this imperial palace, we will explore its fascinating halls, pavilions with golden roofs and high red walls. After we exit the Forbidden City, we will enter another attraction – Jingshan Park where we will see local Chinese residents taking exercise, singing or dancing, and we will climb the hill inside the park. When we reach the top of the hill, we will enjoy the bird view of the whole Forbidden City and Beijing central city, which is a highlight of today. At noon, we will have lunch at a very nice restaurant where you can have menu-ordered delicious Chinese dishes. In the afternoon, you will visit the Temple of Heaven, where ancient emperors came to worship the heavens in hope of good harvests. In the evening you will be entertained by a wonderful Chinese Kung Fu Show at the Red Theater.

  Breakfast & lunch

Today we will hike on the Badaling Great Wall, the most highlighted sight in Beijing. Please be prepared with your shoes since you will climb on the steps of the great wall. To reach the top of the great wall you can choose to hike on foot or take the cable car(optional with extra charge). You will never forget the view on the great wall, one of the seven wonders in the world. At noon, we will have lunch in the nice restaurant of Jade Museum. After lunch, we will visit the Sacred Road. Along the sacred road there are many stone statues of people and animals on both sides. These are the loyal guarders of the royal graveyard. On the way back to the downtown Beijing, we will stop by the Olympic Stadiums, you can take photos of the Bird’s Nest and Water Cube.
Cable car (optional) is a good way to go up and down the Great Wall.

  Breakfast & lunch

In the morning we will visit the beautiful Summer Palace – the largest imperial garden in China. Walk along the elegant Promenade, see stone boat, visit Kunming Lake and Longevity Hill. You will also enjoy the scenery on a boat across the Kunming Lake. After Summer Palace, we will visit Panda House inside Beijing Zoo, where we will see lovely pandas. Then drive to hutong area, visit a local Beijing family and learn how to make a dumpling and cooking skills, you may try to make a dumpling by yourself and have dumplings as your lunch. After lunch we will enjoy a rickshaw Hutong tour where you will visit Shichahai, Yinding Bridge, Skewed Tobacco Pouch Street, etc. allowing you to experience the essence of Beijing and its old culture.

After the tour, transfer to the airport for your flight to Xian. Upon your arrival at Xian, pick you up and transfer to local hotel.

Hotel: Ramada Bell Tower Hotel,Xian

  Breakfast & lunch & dumpling dinner

In the morning, we will pick you up from the hotel, and drive to Terra-cotta Warriors, which is the most important attraction in Xian. There are three excavated pits exhibiting amazing Qin dynasty warriors and horses figures. At noon we will have lunch at a well-known restaurant. After lunch, we will visit Xian Museum and the Small Wild Goose Pagoda. In the evening, you will enjoy a traditional dumpling dinner and a splendid Tang Dynasty Music and Dance Show.

Since the Tang Dynasty Music and Dance Show is closed in Jan, Feb, Mar and Dec, guests traveling in this period will have a free night by themselves instead of the show and dinner.

  Breakfast & lunch

In the morning we will visit the ancient City Wall, which is one of the oldest, largest and best preserved Chinese city walls in the world. Optional bicycle ride (with extra charge) is available on the wall. Then visit the Great Mosque, a nice place of serenity amid the bustling city. Surrounding the mosque is a Muslim bazaar for souvenirs and local snacks.
Then our guide and driver will escort you to the airport and help you board the flight to Zhangjiajie. Upon arrival, you will be greeted and taken to the hotel.

Hotel: Pullman Zhangjiajie Hotel

  Breakfast & Lunch

An exciting day in fantastic Zhangjiajie National Forest Park awaits you! Our first stop is Yellow Stone Stronghold (Huangshi Zhai), which boasts a series of awesome precipices and jagged rocks. All you can see are uncanny workmanship of nature's masterpieces. We'll spend the afternoon visiting Golden Whip Stream (Jinbian Stream), where overlapping peaks, rippling waters, verdant forests and tranquil valleys give everyone an enjoyable experience.

  Breakfast & lunch

Today, our forest park exploration continues to Yuanjiajie Scenic Area, Tianzi Mountain Nature Reserve and the Ten-mile gallery. The spectacular Bailong Sight-seeing Elevator in Yuanjiajie takes visitors rapidly up to the mountain top, where you get a magnificent vista. Tianzi Mountain Nature Reserve is hailed as 'the Monarch of the Peak Forest', so you can imagine how magnificent it is. Making your way through the Ten-mile gallery is like a journey across a huge scroll of scenic paintings.

  Breakfast

Today we get the chance to experience the world's highest and longest glass bridge at Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon and take the world's longest cable car to ascend Tian Men Mountain. Our sightseeing ends in the late afternoon, and then we set out for the airport for a flight to Shanghai. Our local driver will meet you at the airport and transfer you to the reserved hotel for checking in.

Hotel: The Bund Riverside Hotel, Shanghai

  Breakfast & lunch

In the morning we visit Shanghai Museum treasured with ancient art works of China, including bronze ware, chinaware, paintings and calligraphy. Then we tour the Yuyuan Garden, a famous garden in the south China. The symbol of Yuyuan Garden is the Nine Zigzag Bridge built of granite and grass-white jade and the quaint, elegant mid-lake pavilion. At noon we have farewell lunch at a good restaurant with Shanghai cuisine. Afternoon we visit Bund area, where you can see the famous Oriental Pearl TV Tower across the river, this is a good place to take pictures of Shanghai. Then have a short cruise tour along the Huangpu River. After that we will walk to Nanjing Road if time permits and then visit an old streets in Shanghai. At last, we will go back to hotel, and our guide and driver will say goodbye to you.

  Breakfast

Today's transfer from hotel to airport is not included in the package as the flights' time of group members are different. You need to find your own way to the airport for your homeward flight. The most convenient way is to take a taxi. It costs around CNY200 per cab to Pudong airport. We hope you have a nice trip home.