Day 1Departure from US or Canada

Meals: No Meals

Fly with Hainan Airlines’ non-stop flight to Beijing and start your China tour.


Hainan Airlines

Day 2Arrival Beijing

Meals: No Meals
Recommended Hotel: Citadines Ritan Service Apartment ★★★★

Arrive in Beijing, the capital city of China. You will be met by TCT tour guide at the airport and transferred to your hotel. After check-in, free at leisure for the rest of the day.


Beijing City View

Day 3Beijing

Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
Recommended Hotel: Citadines Ritan Service Apartment ★★★★
Sightseeing: Tian'anmen Square, Forbidden City, Jingshan Park, Back Lakes (Hou Hai)

Our guide will meet you up at the hotel lobby and start to explore the historical city of Beijing. You will reach the Tiananmen Square, the largest public square in the world. Walk through the square and explore Forbidden City, the largest and most complete ancient imperial palace in the world. And then hike to Jingshan Park, where gives a nice panoramic view of the Forbidden City at the top of Coal Hill. After lunch, discovery the old Beijing while walking along the Back Lakes and appreciate the courtyard.


Forbidden City

Day 4Beijing

Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
Recommended Hotel: Citadines Ritan Service Apartment ★★★★
Sightseeing: Mutianyu Great Wall, Summer Palace

Our guide will meet you up at the hotel lobby and start to explore the Great Wall. Drive to Mutianyu Great Wall, which section is more popular among foreign visitors. Upon arrival, you can choose to hike on the Great Wall, or take cable car up and walk around.  After lunch, drive back to Beijing city and visit to Summer Palace which is the existing largest, best-preserved imperial garden in China. Boat ride on Kunming Lake is included. After that you will experience Chinese tea at tea house.


Mutianyu Great Wall

Day 5Beijing

Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
Recommended Hotel: Citadines Ritan Service Apartment ★★★★
Sightseeing: Temple of Heaven, Beijing Hutong, Qianmen Street

Your tour guide will pick you up from your hotel in the morning and visit Temple of Heaven, the World Heritage List in 1998. Besides the meaningful history, nowadays almost the local resident will do morning exercises in the square and full of vigor. You will have chance to watch Chinese Kongfu, Taichi, square dancing, etc. and get to know the real folk master there. After that, step into the Hutong nearby which is pure without any commercial atmosphere. Explore the Hutong culture and be a real Beijinger for a while. Our guide will take you to the local fruits and vegetable market for the unique experience while bargaining with the vendors. You will have unique experience for lunch at local family’s house. After lunch, drive to Qianmen Street. During the Qing Dynasty, there were many specialized outlets on either side of Qianmen Street. Besides, Dangdang Che (trams) is also worthy of being mentioned. You can spend the afternoon leisurely.


Temple of Heaven

Day 6Beijing Shanghai

Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
Recommended Hotel: Sunrise on the Bund Hotel ★★★★
Sightseeing: Shanghai Old Street, Nanjing Road, The Bund

After breakfast, our guide will meet you up at the hotel lobby and escort you to Beijing airport for morning flight to Shanghai. Upon arrival, be met by our guide and go to your hotel directly for check-in. After lunch, visit Shanghai Old Street and Nanjing Road which is the earliest commercial street in Shanghai, you could look for some special souvenirs there. After that, enjoy a leisure walk along the Bund, famous for groups of buildings known as "a Gallery of world architecture".


Shanghai The Bund

Day 7Shanghai

Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
Recommended Hotel: Sunrise on the Bund Hotel ★★★★
Sightseeing: Tongli Water Town, Pingjiang Ancient Street, Lingering Garden

Our guide will meet you up at the hotel lobby and drive to Tongli Water town, where are famous for the traditional residences including gardens, houses and temples, built in the Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty. You will also experience Tongli Canal wooden boat through the waterways. Drive to Suzhou city after lunch. Stroll around the Pingjiang Ancient Street, an ancient cultural road which has been preserved for more than 800 years. Continue visit to Lingering Garden, which is one of the great four gardens in Suzhou. Afterwards, visit Silk Factory, a site for you to find out how silk is being made and back to Shanghai in the late afternoon.


Tongli Watertown

Day 8Shanghai Departure

Meals: Breakfast

Your tour comes to an end in Shanghai. On your return flight home, you will cross the International Dateline.

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