11-Day Beijing, Xi'an, Shanghai & Huangshan Group Tour

Meals: No Meals

Accommodation: 4 Star /4+Star Hotel in Beijing ★★★★
 

Arrive in Beijing, meet the YUNSKY driver at the airport and transfer to your hotel. After check-in, keep the rest of the day free to rest and adjust to the time difference.

Please note:
1. We generally arrange the airport pick up from Beijing Capital International Airport(PEK). If your flight arrive at Beijing Daxing International Airport(PKX), it will cause an transfer supplement: US$90 per 5-seat car per way
2. Our airport transfer from Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) is generally arranged on sharing basis according to the arrival timing of each client's flight. If any tourists request a separate private transfer service from Beijing Capital International Airport, it will cause a transfer supplement: US$50 per 5-seat car per way.

Beijing City View

Meals: Hotel Breakfast, A la carte Chinese lunch
Accommodation: 4 Star /4+Star Hotel in Beijing ★★★★
 

Meet your guide in the hotel lobby and begin at the Temple of Heaven, Beijing's historic ceremonial complex for imperial prayers and harvest rituals. The surrounding park also offers a glimpse of local morning life, from tai chi and dancing to cards and chess.

Continue by rickshaw through the Beijing Hutong and visit a local family, an opportunity to see how residents live within Beijing's traditional lanes.

Pause for an à la carte Chinese lunch at a local restaurant before the afternoon visits.

Walk across Tian'anmen Square, a central setting for major events in modern Chinese history, and enter the adjacent Forbidden City. Spend more than two hours exploring its ceremonial halls, courtyards and collections while your guide explains how the imperial household lived inside the palace.

Note:  At night, alively and dramatic Chinese Kung Fu Show at the Red Theater or the Acrobatic Show can be your optional night entertainment.  

Forbidden City

Meals: Hotel Breakfast, A la Carte Lunch
Accommodation: 4 Star /4+Star Hotel in Beijing ★★★★
 

Leave central Beijing in the morning for the roughly two-hour drive to Mutianyu Great Wall. This well-preserved section predates Badaling and provides time to walk along the ramparts; round-trip cable-car tickets are included.

After an à la carte lunch near the wall, return to Beijing and stop outside the Bird Nest and Water Cube, two signature venues from the 2008 Olympic Games. The day finishes at your hotel, and your guide can suggest a Peking roast duck restaurant if you would like to dine independently.

Mutianyu Great Wall

Meals: Hotel breakfast, A La Carte Lunch
Accommodation: 4 Star /4+Star Hotel in Xi'an ★★★★
 

Check out and visit the Summer Palace, Beijing's largest surviving imperial garden. Explore the landscaped setting around Longevity Hill and Kunming Lake, with the option of a boat ride, then walk through the painted Long Corridor.

Have an à la carte lunch en route to Beijing West Railway Station, then board a second-class high-speed train to Xi'an (about 5–5.5 hours). Your local guide will meet you at the station and transfer you to the hotel.

Xi'an Bell Tower

Meals: Hotel breakfast, A La Carte Lunch
Accommodation: 4 Star /4+Star Hotel in Xi'an ★★★★
 

Begin the Xi'an sightseeing day at the Xi'an City Wall. You may walk along the fortifications or rent a bicycle at your own expense.

Continue toward the Terracotta Warriors, stopping at a cave-dwelling pottery workshop to learn how miniature figures are made and to see a traditional northern Chinese housing style. After an à la carte lunch nearby, allow ample time to view the excavated soldiers, horses and chariots.

Back in central Xi'an, walk around Bell Tower Square, a lively public space linking the historic center with present-day city life. Return to the hotel after the visit.

Note: You could ask your local guide for some information about evening entertainment or night show, such as Tang Dynasty Show.

Terracotta Warriors

Meals: Hotel Breakfast, A La Carte Lunch
Accommodation: 4 Star /4+Star Hotel in Shanghai ★★★★
 

After a free morning and hotel check-out, visit the Muslim Quarter and step inside Gao's Courtyard, a traditional residence where the program introduces local architecture and shadow puppetry. Continue to the North Plaza of Big Wild Goose Pagoda for a landmark photo stop and the scheduled 12:00 fountain display, subject to operation.

Fly from Xi'an to Shanghai, one of China's main international gateway cities.

Huangpu River of Shanghai

Meals: Hotel Breakfast, A La Carte Lunch
Accommodation: 4 Star /4+Star Hotel in Shanghai ★★★★
 

Start among the residential lanes of Shikumen to see a distinctive side of local architecture and everyday Shanghai life. Continue to Yuyuan Garden, a classical garden in the city center, then browse the nearby Yuyuan Bazaar.

After an à la carte lunch, visit the City History Museum at the foot of The Oriental Pearl TV Tower and take the elevator to its second sphere for an elevated city view. Drive through Lujiazui to see the modern Pudong skyline.

Finish at the Bund, where the historic waterfront buildings face Pudong's towers across the Huangpu River. Return to your hotel after the visit.

The Bund

Meals: Hotel Breakfast
Accommodation: 4 Star /4+Star Hotel in Huangshan city ★★★★
 

Keep the morning free for independent sightseeing or shopping in Shanghai. Check out at 12:00 and transfer to Hongqiao Railway Station for the roughly three-hour high-speed train to Huangshan. Your local guide will meet you at Huangshan North Railway Station and take you to the hotel; the evening is free, with time to explore Tunxi Old Street independently.

Tunxi Old Town of Huangshan City

Meals: Hotel Breakfast
Accommodation: 4 Star /4+Star Hotel in Huangshan city ★★★★
Note: About 5 hours on the Mountain and 2.5hours for traffic during the tour
 

Meet the English-speaking guide at 07:30 in the lobby of Huangshan International Hotel, No. 31 Huangshan Road, Tunxi District. Please make your own way to the meeting point; the guide will confirm the time by phone one day beforehand.

Travel by coach to Huangshan Scenic Area; when there are fewer than ten international guests, the coach may be shared with Chinese travelers while an English-speaking guide remains assigned to the international group. Reach the scenic-area entrance at about 08:30–09:00, take the shuttle to Yungu cable station and, if desired, ride the cable car to the summit at your own expense (CNY80 per person each way).

From approximately 09:30 to 14:30, follow the mountain route across White Goose Peak, Beginning-to-Believe Peak, Black Tiger Pine, Lion Peak, A Monkey Gaping at the Sea and Flower Grown out of Writing Brush Rock. Lunch at the summit is at your own expense.

Descend on foot or take the Yungu cable car at your own expense (CNY80 per person each way). The coach is scheduled to leave the scenic area for Huangshan city at about 16:00–17:00.

Mt. Huangshan

Meals: Hotel Breakfast
Accommodation: 4 Star /4+Star Hotel in Shanghai ★★★★
Notes: About 2 hours for the visit in Hongcun Village and 2.5 hours for traffic during the tour.
 

Check out, leave your luggage at the hotel and spend the morning visiting Hongcun Village, the Hui-style village used as a filming location for “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.” Its ponds, willows, lanes and old residences make it a popular subject for painters.

Meet the English-speaking guide at 08:00 in the lobby of Huangshan International Hotel, No. 31 Huangshan Road, Tunxi District. Please reach the meeting point independently; the guide will call one day ahead to confirm.

Take the approximately 1.5-hour bus ride to Hongcun. The scheduled 09:30–11:30 visit covers the scenic area, including South Lake, Chengzhi Hall, Lexu Hall and Shuren Hall.

Return to Huangshan city between about 12:00 and 13:30 and have lunch at your own expense. The driver will then collect you from the hotel for the high-speed train to Shanghai, where another driver will meet you at the station and transfer you to the hotel.

Hongcun Village

Meals: Breakfast
 

After breakfast, meet the driver for the transfer to Shanghai Pudong International Airport and continue on your homebound or onward flight.

Service Ends

Please note: We generally arrange the free hotel-airport transfer on sharing basis according to all the travelers' departure flights. If a separate private transfer is required, itwill cause transfer supplement: US$75 per 5-seat car per way. Independent private transfer service will be required in advance.