China Best Scenery Tour 14D Small Group

Meals: No Meals

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

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Arrive in Beijing, the capital city of China, you will be met by our local driver at the airport with TCT signboard, and then transfer you to check in your hotel. Free at leisure for the rest of the day for you to get over the jet lag.

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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.

Meals: Hotel Breakfast, A la carte Chinese lunch

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

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TCT local guide will meet you at your hotel lobby at the appointed time. The 1st stop is Temple of Heaven, the existing largest structure for sacrifice to heaven and a place where the emperors prayed for a year of abundance. In the visit of Temple of Heaven, you will be astonished by the exquisite ancient Chinese architectures. 

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Then you will enjoy a Beijing Hutong tour by rickshaw with a local family visit,  have a stop there and experience - Peking opera facial mask painting.

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A la carte lunch is served at a local restaurant. Then continue to Tian'anmen Square. It is only a walking distance from Tian'anmen Square to Forbidden City, the world's existing largest and most complete ancient wooden structure buildings.  The memorable Beijing city tour for the 1st day ends by dropping off at your hotel lobby.

Meals: Hotel Breakfast, A la Carte Lunch

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

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Today we will visit the must-visit spot in Beijing---Mutianyu Great Wall, one of the famous sections of China Great Wall.(***Round way cable car are included***)

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A la carte lunch is arranged at a good restaurant at the foot of Mutianyu. Drive back to downtown, we will have a photo stop outside the Bird Nest and Water Cube, which were the famous sites constructed for 2008 Beijing Olympic. The tour finishes by dropping off at your hotel.

Meals: Hotel breakfast, A La Carte Lunch

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

In the morning, check out from hotel and start to visit the last spots in Beijing ---Summer Palace, the existing largest, best-preserved imperial garden in China, you could choose to take a boating trip on the lake, enjoying the beautiful royal garden view. 

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A la carte lunch will be arranged on the way to railway station. Then take a high speed train (2nd class seat, duration: about 5-5.5 hours) to Xi'an. your guide will wait at the exit of Xi'an train station and transfer you to check in hotel.

Meals: Hotel breakfast, A La Carte Lunch 

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

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Pick up from the hotel in the morning, and then have a visit to the landmark of Xi'an---Xian City Wall. You could choose to have a bicycle ride on the city wall (***Bicycle riding is optional and excluded from our price***). 

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After that, we will drive to the highlights in Xi’an ---the Terracotta Warriors. On the way to Terracotta Warriors, we will have a stop at a cave dwelling pottery workshop, where you will have chance to learn how to make a miniature terracotta warrior and discover the unique ancient housing style in north China.  A la carte lunch is arranged at a local restaurant nearby Terracotta Warriors. In the afternoon, we will have enough time to visit this world wonder --- Terracotta Warriors, one of the world’s most important archaeological finds, with troops, horses and carriages in battle formation.

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When you back to downtown, we will walk around Bell Tower Square and walk to the well-known Muslim Quarter, where you could  enjoy your shopping time  and challenge a variety of local snacks. The tour finishes by dropping-off at the hotel lobby.

Meals: Hotel breakfast, A La Carte Lunch

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

You will have a leisure morning for your to walk around. Then our guide will meet you at hotel and help you with check-out. Continue to visit Gao's Courtyard, which is a wonderful choice for you to appreciate ancient residences and explore the local culture of shadow puppetry. Continue to our trip to the Big Wild Goose Pagoda North Plaza, from which you will have photo stop at this landmark of Xian and enjoy the magnificent and world top music fountain show at the plaza at 12:00 （depends on the availablity).

Take a night flight or late afternoon from Xi'an to Guilin, a small city in Southern China with the best natural beauty of China.

Meals: Hotel breakfast, A La Carte Lunch

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

We will have an exciting day to visit the ethnic group villages and the stunning rice terraces today. The local tour guide picks you up from hotel lobby in the morning. It takes about 2 hours driving from downtown of Guilin to Longji Rice Terraces Scenic Area (Dragon's Back). The magnificent terraces are built into the hillsides and look like great steps cut into the slopes as they wind around the mountainsides.

Lunch will be arranged at a local restaurant in Ping'an Zhuang Village, which is just located in the rice terraces. You will have chance to try the local food cooked in bamboo, such as bamboo rice, chicken, ect. It tastes with the light fragrance of bamboo, quite different from which we eat in downtown.

After lunch, you will have enough free time to explore the ethnic villages, where the Yao and Zhuang people have been dwelling for generations in wooden houses. You will understand how the locals' life is, and you will see the locals working in the paddy fields, the women in their national costumes doing needlework by the village path or beneath her roof, etc. We will drive back to downtown of Guilin from Longji at around 15:00 and you may arrive at hotel about 17:00. A Four Lakes Night Cruise is recommended as an optional activity in Guilin.

Meals: Hotel breakfast, Lunch-box

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

In the morning you will be driven to the Zhujiang Pier for the Li River Cruise (about 4 hours from Guilin to Yangshuo). Savour the fairy-tale scenery while cruising down the meandering river to Yangshuo. After disembarkation, you can have a walk along the famous West Street and enjoy the free leisure time there before driving back to overnight in Guilin. If you would like to stay in Yangshuo longer and know more about the night show or evening entertainment, do not hesitate to ask your local guide, who'd be very willing to help you. The Show of Impression Liusanjie is highly recommended as an optional activity in Yangshuo if you are interested in.

Meals: Hotel Breakfast, A La Carte Lunch

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

After breakfast, start to visit the Elephant Trunk Hill(1 hour) – the symbol of Guilin. After that, have a trip to Reed Flute Cave(1 hour) - the showcase of distinctly-colored stalactites and stalagmites. A la carte lunch is arranged at local restaurant, transfer to airport to catch the flight for Shanghai.

The Zhangjiajie local guide will meet you at the railway station and transfer you to check in the hotel.

Meals: Hotel breakfast, Lunch

Accommodation: 4 Star /4+Star Hotel in Zhangjiajie city ★★★★

Today, after breakfast, you will visit Tianmen Mountain full day, explore the six wonders of Tianmen Mountain including: Tianmen Mt Cable car, Glass Skywalk, Tianmen Temple, Bonsai Garden, Tianmen Cave, Connected-Heaven Avenue, etc.

On the way back to hotel, we will have a stop at Tujia Minority Custom Park, where you will have a chance to learn about the folk culture and architectural characteristics of the Tujia, an ethnic group living in Hunnan province of China. At night, free at leisure to explore this small city in the west of Hunan, or the singing & dancing night show of Tianmen Huxian (Fairy Fox at Mt. Tianmen) can be your optional night entertainment.

Meals: Hotel breakfast, A La Carte Lunch

Accommodation: 4 Star /4+Star Hotel in Zhangjiajie Wulingyuan ★★★★

Today you will visit Yuanjiajie Scenic Area by taking the Bailong Elevator. This spot is a highlight of your private Zhangjiajie tour, famous in the world for the Hallelujah Mountains that appeared in the movie Avatar, and the magnificent "The First Stone Bridge in the World". Then we will take a battery car to visit Tianzi Mountain Nature Reserve, where you could see mountains, grand valleys, and original forests. If you are lucky, you may see the marvelous sea of clouds.

Afterwards, take a small train to visit Ten-mile Gallery （samll train ride on your own expense). Along the 5km drive there are unique stones forming different shapes, feeling like a natural landscape painting. In the end of day, we will drive you back to your hotel in Zhangjiajie to have a rest.

Meals: Hotel Breakfast, A La Carte Lunch

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

After breakfast, our guide will escort you to visit the Grand Canyon Glass Bridge, the longest and highest glass bridge in the world. A la Carte lunch will be arranged at a local restaurant. After that, then visit Baofeng Lake which is praised as the Jade Pool in the world. Here, you can see the waterfalls hanged on the mountain, the crystal water surrounded by the unique mountains, and you can also learn the folk songs of the Tujia Ethnic Group while you ride a boat on the lake. your will be transferred to hotel to catch your luggage and moved to Zhangjiajie airport for your night flight to Shanghai.

The Shanghai local guide will meet you at Shanghai airport and transfer you to check in the hotel.

Meals: Hotel Breakfast, A La Carte Lunch

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

We will start the tour by walking into Nong Tang, the alleys in Shikumen, where you could witness the locals' relaxing and plain life. You will also find the unique architectural feature of Shanghai.

Then continue the day trip to Yuyuan Garden which is a Chinese classic garden in city downtown. Then continue to explore the Yuyuan Bazaar (Chenghuangmiao Old Street) nearby.

After a l carte lunch is served at a local restaurant, we continue our trip to the foot of The Oriental Pearl TV Tower to visit Shanghai City History Museum(The Former Shanghai Wax Museum), where you will know more about the history and development of Shanghai. Then take the elevator up to the 2nd ball of the TV tower, from which you will have a bird-eye view of Shanghai. Go on driving through Lujiazui, the finance & trade zone in Pudong of Shanghai, where you will find many skyscrapers. We will have a view of the modern skyline of Shanghai.

Then back to the Bund, from where, you could see the landmark of Shanghai--- The Oriental Pearl TV Tower as well as other high-rised buildings, just on the opposite of Huangpu River.

Meals: Breakfast

Your China Experience is over too soon as your transfer to the airport by our driver and board the homebound international flight, bidding a fond farewell to this ancient land.

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.