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  Tour Code: CT-00006B
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 Tour Itinerary : 11 Days tour of Beijing, Xian, Shanghai, Suzhou, and Shanghai
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 Tour Summary : The itinerary focuses on the representative sights of eastern China with Mt. Huangshan, Taihu Lake, ancient villages and Suzhou gardens.
 What's Special : A special arrangement for typical eastern China landscape of mountains, waters, villages and gardens.

Detailed Itinerary of This Tour Package

Day 1 - Arrive in Beijing

Easily recognize our guide by a welcome board which has your name on it, at Beijing airport. Transfer to the hotel. Rest of the day is free.
Accommodation : Xuanwumen Hotel, Beijing (Yue Xiu Hotel, Beijing)

Day 2 - Beijing

Meet at the hotel lobby in the morning. Go sight-seeing on the wide and grand Tiananmen Square, in the imperial palace of Forbidden City and the classical imperial garden of Summer Palace. Transfer back to the hotel. (B+L)

Day 3 - Beijing

Today is free for you to explore the city. (B)

Day 4 - Beijing-Xian

The most impressive sights today covering the magnificent Badaling Great Wall and the imperial Ming Tombs through Sacred Way. On the way back, we will have a photo stop at the Olympic Stadium and the National Swimming Centre, which respectively nicknamed Bird's Nest and the Water Cube. After dinner, transfer you to the railway station and help you to board the overnight Soft-sleeper train from Beijing to Xian. (B+L+D)
Accommodation : Soft-sleeper Train

Day 5 - Xian

Meet you at the railway station and show you to the hotel. After having breakfast, see Big Wild Goose Pagoda and Xian Stele Forest Museum in the morning.  After lunch, visit the breathtaking Terra-Cotta Army. (B+L)


Accommodation : City Hotel, Xian

Day 6 - Xian-Shanghai

Today is free for you. Please transfer to the railway station to take a soft-sleeper train to Shanghai by yourself. (B)

Optional activities: Today we also have optional tour for lovely pandas. We will transfer you to Zhouzhi National Nature Reserve, which is specialized in wild giant pandas and other rare wild animals, e.g. golden monkey, crested Ibis and other kinds of rare birds and animals, where you will find various information about the Giant Panda and you will enter into a world filled with the wildlife.

Accommodation : Soft-sleeper Train

Day 7 - Shanghai

Meet you at the railway station and show you to the hotel. After having breakfast, visit the profound Shanghai Museum in the morning. After Lunch, visit Yu Garden where you will have some free time at the surrounding bazaar, then vist and the classic Jade Buddha Temple. Drive back to the hotel after the tour. (B+L)
Accommodation : Hengsheng Peninsula Int`L Hotel

Day 8 - Shanghai

Have a family visit in Caoyang New Village to experience the life of the local ordinary residents. Enjoy Huangpu River Cruise after lunch. Then, back to the hotel. (B+L)

Day 9 - Shanghai-Suzhou

Touch Suzhou by the express train in the morning. After meeting you at the railway station, see Garden of the Master of the Nets, Humble Administrator's Garden, Tiger Hill. Show you to the hotel. (B+L)
Accommodation : Gusu Hotel, Suzhou

Day 10 - Suzhou-Zhouzhuang-Shanghai

Pick you up in the morning to see. Then transfer to Zhouzhuang Village to appreciate Zhang house, Shen house and the Twin Bridge. Transfer to Suzhou railway station to take a soft seat train to Shanghai. Upon your arrival in Shanghai, please arrange your own transportation to the hotel. (B+L)

Day 11 - Departure from Shanghai

Please arrange the airport transfer by yourself. (B)
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