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9 Days Beijing, Xi’an, and Shanghai Small Group No Shopping Stops Tour

Firstly, our trip was fantastic.

Our Review:

The lead-up for us going on holidays, when booking, was excellent.

Our guides were great; very knowledgeable, helpful, & patient, & went out of their way to provide extras, e.g. shows, lunches, dinners, pedicures, that weren’t on the tour itinerary. They also provided us with a good history lesson about China. Our drivers were also very good.

Beijing:

Our guide was Suzy & the places that we visited were brilliant:

• Tiananmen Square & through the Forbidden City.

• Temple of Heaven (added lunch).

• The sensational Mutianyu area of the Great Wall with chairlift, & toboggan (added lunch).

• The Confucius Temple & Imperial College museum were terrific.

• Wudaoying Hutong was great.

• The Summer Palace was massive & very impressive.

• Birds Nest & Water Cube (2008 Summer Olympics).

• Sanuanli market.

Our guide, Suzy, added great extras:

• Show, ‘Golden Mask Dynasty’, at Beijing OCT Theatre.

• The Circus World of Beijing ChaoYang Theatre for the Acrobatic show.

• Shopping centre.

The bullet train from Beijing to Xi’an was great.

Xi’an:

Our guide was Sally & the places that we visited were great:

• The Terracotta Warriors & Horses are something to see.

• The Xi’an City Wall is in fantastic condition.

• We went to the Muslim Street:

o Great Mosque;

o Bazaar.

• Bell Tower & Drum Tower Square (added lunch).

• Shaanxi History Museum.

• Big Wild Goose Pagoda.

• Small Goose Pagoda.

Our guide, Sally, added great extras:

• Dumpling Dinner & Tang Dynasty Show.

• Reflexologist & a massage (followed by lunch).

The flight from Xi’an to Shanghai was excellent.

Shanghai:

Our guides were Hugo, & Jacky, & the places that we visited were terrific:

• The Bund.

• Shanghai History Museum.

• Yuyuan Gardens.

• Nanjing Road.

• Shanghai Bazaar.

• French Concession.

• Xin Tian Di (New Spot).

• Drove to Suzhou:

o Master of the Nets garden.

• Tong Li water town (Shanghai Venice):

o Walked around the canals.

Review of Andy, our private tour guide of a 3 day August trip in Beijing. The tour was arranged by China Tours.

We have just completed an exciting 2 week adventure in China which started in Beijing and ended in Shanghai. Our very first guide was Andy. He did the Beijing portion of our adventure. He was foremost a consummate professional and really set the tone for our trip. He was friendly, respectful, punctual and very knowledgeable about everything in Beijing, Chinese culture, history and philosophy, etc.He paid attention to all details and went out of his way to make sure we were getting the most of our trip. For example, our daughter who is an engineer wanted to see the CCTV Headquarters building,aka, Pair of Pants. He made sure we did. Our children needed Chinese cell phone chips. He made a phone call and next day we had them. My wife is blind and he understood that she also needed to touch objects when possible to get the most of experience. Andy was patient and allowed time and went out of his way for that to happen. We even stopped at a local Chinese restaurant he recommended where we enjoyed a delicious lunch. We cannot not say enough about Andy.
We will always remember our first trip to China with great fondness thanks in large part to Andy. We wish him and his family happiness, prosperity and good fortune.

Incrdible 21 Day Private Tour of China

China Tours arranges a wonderful 21 day tour of China for our family, We visited Beijing, Datong, PingYao,Xi’an, Lhasa (Tibet), Chengdu and Shanghia with a 3 day Yantze River Cruise for a little relaxation. Ms. Martha was very helpful with arranging all of the details. Every accomodation (hotels and transportation) was excellent ready for us. We chose the 4-star option and can’t imagine needing a higher level of service.

Every guide (a different guide in each city) was friendly, knowledgable and always on time. We did not have to wait a single minute for a guide throughout the entire trip. The guides were also helpful in providing dining options and more importantly, assured that we seamlessly passed through security at train stations and airports.

The experiences (Great Wall, Hanging Temple, Terra Cotta Warriors, Yunggang Grotto to name a few) were everything we expected. Be ready for lots of walking !

We would certainly recommend China Tours to anyone.

Superb….

I am a travel agent and I booked my clients ( 2 families including 4 adults and 5 teenagers) for a customized 7-day private tour of Beijing, Xi’an and Shanghai. China Tours was wonderful to work with in the planning stages. When my clients returned, they had extremely glowing reports about their experience. The tour guides were wonderful, knowledgeable, helpful, and timely. I would recommend using China Tours for any tour in China from a small itinerary to a very extensive one.

OUTSTANDING

Just visiting (and climbing 5 Towers of) the Great Wall of China would’ve made this trip unbelievable but throw in Terracotta Warriors, Baby Pandas, Ancient Temples & The Bund & it was MAGNIFICENT!!  My only gripe was that the food on the Cruise Boat was really quite poor.  All the Guides were fantastic giving their own little pieces of knowledge across, Rosie in Chengdu was particularly good.  So enthusiastic & lovely.  The hotels were wonderful!  Got upgraded twice to suites 🙂 I would highly recommend using this company as it’s got very VERY high standards.

BEST BEST BEST tour ever:Will tour with ChinaTours AGAIN next year!!!

10-days Beijing-Xi’an-Gulin-Shanghai: Every promise ChinaTours made they kept! They met me at airport at 1am with a smile and private comfortable car. They promised a tour group with no more than 12-people. Our tour group had a total of 7-people (perfect size) and the van was roomy, comfortable and climate controlled. The tour guide in Beijing was named King Kong and he was incredible. He was very knowledgable about “all things Beijing, Great Wall, Tiannamen Square, Forbidden City, Summer Palace, etc” he also suggested GREAT authentic Chinese lunch venues for the group.
The train from Beijing to Xi’an was a 4.5 hour smooth comfortable bullet train. Our next guide, Helen was right there (smile on her face) on schedule, waiting at the train station with a roomy, comfortable,climate controlled van (plenty of room for 7-people). The terracotta warriors were amazing and Helen knew how to get us in the “side door” rather than wait in a long line. She also recommended great lunch venues.
The flight from Xi’an to Guilin was perfect and the Longji terraced rice paddies were unbelievable. Finally, John (another gem) was our tour guide in Shanghai. He personally put me on the bullet train from Shanghai to Beijing.
I choose 4-star hotels and all hotels that China Tours used were “Accor” hotels (very comfortable, clean and perfectly located.
I will return to China in 2020 and plan to use ChinaTours again!!

Great experience!!!!

I had a wonderful time touring around the best known attractions in Beijing and Xi’an with China Tours. The company arranged great hotels, train tickets, and tickets to attractions to avoid delays waiting in lines. Guides are professional and always trying to make everything possible to pleased the tourists. This is my first time booking a tour, but I’m very pleased with their service. I would book other tours with them when back to China.

Ten Days Essence of China and Magical Avatar Mountain Tour, June 18-27, 2019

The first comment I would like to make is regarding the misnomer that our travel party was a group of “customers” or were treated as “customers.” Our group consisted of an Aussie, a Kiwi-born Aussie, two generations of family from the Chinese enclave on Mauritius, an Indian Ocean island off the coast of Africa, a Hong Kong Mom, three young adult ABCs (American-Born Chinese) and a Sicilian-Cuban American Dad. From the moment we set foot on Chinese soil, we were greeted warmly by China Tours and were treated to kind hospitality by all. Our Guide in Beijing, Michael, has a knack and a talent for bringing “strangers” together and weaving them into a tapestry and creating the fabric of a strong family group. He accomplishes this through our communal meals and through our shared experiences together. We were then whisked off by bullet train to Xi’an, where we warmly greeted at Xi-an Station by Helen. In the days to follow, her knowledge of Chinese history and culture mesmerized us all. We were so impressed by her brilliance, her intelligence, and her grace and charm. We then proceeded on to the natural beauty of Zhangjiajie National Park, where “Super” Sarah guided us for the next two days. She hikes like the best, a truly seasoned veteran. Yet, she delicately held on to each one of us as we braved Heaven’s Gate and Tianjin Mountain in the fog and during a brief rain storm. Our trip was capped off by a whirlwind tour of Shanghai with Karl the “Chinese Swede” as the leader of our pack. What a journey these ten days were. Thank you, China Tours for the memories, for the professionalism, and for the love and care shown to all of us.

Eight day Golden Ring of China tour

China tours was a great tour group to visit China with. Our tour guides were very friendly and knowledgable. I enjoyed visiting the Great Wall, Terracotta warriors and Forbidden city. Peking Duck was a food highlight. I would highly recommend this tour group

Beijing/Xi’an Tour

We had two amazing tour guides. First Nancy showed us around Beijing which was amazing. Then Ms Gao showed us around Xi’an. They made the trip.

In Beijing Nancy was able to show us everything we wanted to see and more. She made sure we were able to get into the right places and stand in the spots to take great photos. Our time was free in the evening so she would research great places to eat. We were able to have some great local food.

In Xi’an Ms Gao was also amazing. She took us to see everything in Xi’an. So much history! She has so much passion for Chinese culture it made the three day tour amazing. She made sure we were able to really feel the history. My friends birthday was during our time there. She was able to have a cake delivered to the restaurant we were eating at. It meant a lot to us.

One last note. Martha at the office made sure everything was coordinated properly. We had no issues. It was a high culture low stress trip. The best kind.

Such amazing people. We will be back and definitely will book through China Tours!