- Tour Code: CPT-8
- Duration: 12 days
- Destinations: Beijing → Nanjing → Suzhou→ Zhouzhuang→ Suzhou→ Hangzhou → Huangshan Mountain → Shanghai
- Tour Price: from USD1820(per person rate,2
persons'group)
- Departure Dates: You Choose!
- Tour Type: Land tour + well selected hotel + domestic trains,
Private Guided with your own English speaking guide (otherwise
specified), your own driver at your own pace and schedule.
Day 1. Arrival in Beijing ( Meals: -/-/- )
Our guide will meet you outside the baggage claim area at Beijing Airport and transfer you to the hotel. The rest of the day is on your own to explore the city.
Day 2. Beijing ( Meals: B/L/SD )
Visit the Tiananmen Square, the symbolical heart of China and gathering place for the masses. It is the biggest public square in the world, the Forbidden City as the Palace Museum, the Chinese imperial palace from the middle of Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty and the Temple of Heaven which is the place where the emperors of Ming and Qing Dynasty worshiped heaven and prayed for peace and harvest. The Beijing Duck Dinner is served at a famous restaurant,,followed by a lively Peking Opera performance at the Liyuan Theatre.
Day 3. Beijing ( Meals: B/L/- )
Visit the Mutianyu Great Wall and the Sacred Way which means the road leading to heaven,the Ming Tomb of Changling, the largest one where emperor Yongle was buried in the afternoon.
Day 4. Beijing – Nanjing by soft sleeper train( Meals: B/L/D )
Visit the Bird's Nest and Wate Cube 29th Olympic National Stadium, and the Summer Palace, built in 1888, it was once a summer retreat and the imperial park for emperors. Dinner before transfer you to the Beijing West train station. Take soft sleeper train to Nanjing in the night.
Day 5. Nanjing( Meals: B/L/-)
Our guide will pick you up at the railway station at morining and tranfer to your hotel, take breakfast in the hotel. Visit the Sun Yat-Sen Mausoleum. The mausoleum is in memory of China's great revolutionary forerunner, Dr. Sun Yat-sen. Then you will head to the famous Nanking Yangtse River Bridge. It is the pride of Chinese people cause it was the first double deck and double track highway and railway bridge designed and constructed by Chinese themselves. The provincial museum following has a collection of more than 420 thousand pieces, worthy of studying and appreciating. You can never miss the highlight of the day, the Confusion temple. Fuzimiao in Chinese, is the holy shrine of Confucius, the outstanding ancient Chinese philosopher and thinker. The bazaar nearby is the fantastic place to taste the local specialities.
Day 6. Nanjing – Suzhou by soft seat train ( Meals: B/L/- )
Take a soft seat train to Suzhou and transfer to the hotel. Visit the Garden of the Master of the Nets, Wangshi Yuan in Chinese, it represents the masterpiece of small and medium size classical gardens in southern China, the Tiger Hill, It has been a well-known destination for travel in Suzhou since hundreds year ago and the Humble Administrator's Garden which is the largest among all the Chinese classical gardens in Suzhou, and this lush and distinctive garden is generally considered as the finest one in South China.
Day 7. Suzhou - Zhouzhuang –Suzhou-Hangzhou by soft seat train ( Meals: B/L/D )
Drive to Zhouzhuang, as one of the most popular tourist destinations and famous water towns in China, the 900-year-old Zhouzhuang is located within Kunshan City of Jiangsu, very close to Suzhou and Shanghai. Visit the Hall of Shen's residence, a Qing style complex. Dinner before transfer you to the train station. Take soft seat train to Hangzhou.
Our guide will pick you up and transfer to Hangzhou hotel.
Day 8. Hangzhou( Meals: B/L/- )
Visit the Lingyin Temple is famed as one of the ten most renowned Buddhist temples in China. the West Lake, in ancient times, the West Lake had several names, such as Wulin Water, Qiantang Lake and Xizi Lake. In the Song Dynasty, it was called the West Lake and this name has been used until today. the Red Carp Pond and the Traditional Chinese Medicine Museum.
Day 9. Hangzhou-Huangshan by car(3.5 hour’s drive) ( Meals: /L/D )
After breakfast take the car to Huangshan and transfer to the foot of the Huangshan mountain. As you begin to take the cable car to climb the front mountain, you will find yourself among the magnificent scenery. Enjoy the view of the Beginning-to-Believe Peak, is a must-see attraction of most tourists. As its name suggests, you will really begin to believe that the scenery of Mt. Huangshan is captivating. It is renowned for the numerous grotesque rocks and pines. the Peach Blossom Valley, the Lion Peak, situated in the west of the Beginning-to-Believe Peak, the Lion Peak is about 1,690 meters (5,545 feet) high in altitude. the Flying-over Rock ,the erecting rock is just like flying over from the heaven, hence its name Flying-over Rock. Transfer to the hotel on the mountain.
Day 10. Huangshan – Shanghai by the soft sleeper train ( Meals: B/L/D )
In the morning continue the sightseeing tour to the Cloud-dispelling Pavilion, it is the best point for tourists to view the Sunset of West Sea. Standing at the pavilion, tourists can look up at the innumerable towering peaks of the West Sea, and have a bird view of the Xihai (West Sea) Grand Canyon. the Xihai Grand Canyon. After lunch, take the cable car again to arrive at the foot of the mountain. Dinner before transfer you to the Huangshan train station. Take soft sleeper train to Shanghai in the night.
Day 11. Shanghai ( Meals: B/L/D )
Arrive in Shanghai in the morning and our Shanghai guide will meet you at railway station and transfer to the hotel,take the breakfast in the hotel. Visit the Jade Buddha Temple, it is the most famous and one of the most active Buddhist temples in Shanghai. Named for its two bejeweled white jade Buddha, one is 1000kg, 1.9 meter-high figure carved from Burmese jade brought to China in 1882, the Yuyuan Garden, It is well worth a meander through the Yu Garden, which has many scenic courtyards decorated with baroque rockery, pools and flora, all connected by corridors and passageways.The dinner will be serve and followed by the Portman Acrobatic Show at the Shanghai Centre Theatre.
Day 12. Departure from Shanghai ( Meals: B/-/- )
Our guide and driver will see you off at the airport today. Hope next time we still have the chance to serve you again.
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Price of this tour($)
2010 Prices (Valid from Jan. 1st, 2010 to Dec. 31th, 2010)
* Prices are in US dollars, for one person. Prices are for references only and may vary according to your travel time.
* Our tour prices are inclusive of accommodation in twin shared room, meals as specified in the program (B=Breakfast, L=Lunch, D=Dinner), transfers and tours with English speaking local guides, all entrance fees, train fares, room taxes and baggage handling.
* Better discounts are available when traveling in low season (from November to March) or when traveling in a large group. Please Contact Us for more details.
* Note: Small deviations in the tour program are sometimes necessary, depending on weather, road conditions, flight schedules and room availability.
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