Discover China's Silk Road - 11 Days Private Tour

Your China adventure begins with your arrival in Beijing. Your private driver will meet you at the airport, holding a signboard with your name. He will escort you to your accommodation right in the heart of the city, where ancient history meets modern development. Beijing, the capital of China, is home to iconic landmarks, bustling markets, and rich cultural heritage. You can easily explore the city at your own pace or relax at the hotel after your flight.

Overnight in Beijing.

Your guide will meet you at your hotel lobby. You will reach the Tian’anmen Square first. Walk through the square and visit the Forbidden City. Hike to Jingshan Park to enjoy a nice panoramic view of the Forbidden City at the top of Coal Hill. After Chinese lunch, drive to Back Lakes (Houhai), walk into Nanluoguxiang Alley-the most famous Hutong districts in Beijing and mix of history, fashion and Souvenir Boutique. Then we will have stop at a tea house.

Drive back to your hotel, feel free to ask your guide for suggestion of evening activities, such as the night show and place to have Peking duck dinner.

Overnight in Beijing

Visit the Great Wall today. Drive to Mutianyu Great Wall, you can choose to hike on the Great Wall, or take cable car up and roam around.A Chinese lunch is arranged at a local restaurant. Drive back to downtown and have a stop at a jade carving factory en route. Have a photo stop outside of the Bird Nest and Water Cube before driving back to your hotel. 

Overnight in Beijing.

Drive to visit Temple of Heaven, the masterpiece of ancient times and China's existing largest structure for sacrifice to heaven. Then walk into the Hutong nearby for a while. After lunch in a local Chinese restaurant, take high speed train to Xian. Transfer service to Xian hotel with local guide service. 

Overnight in Xi'an. ­

In the morning, we will pick you up and drive to visit the world wonder--- Qin Terracotta Warriors, a must-visit place.

Then you will have a chance to learn how a pottery figurine is worked out at pottery workshop. A Chinese lunch will be arranged nearby.

Afternoon visit the Bell tower, the largest bell tower in structure and shape and the best-preserved one in China.

Then have a visit at Gao's Courtyard, where to appreciate ancient residences and explore local culture of paper-cutting and shadow puppetry.

Continue to walk around Muslim Quarter and enjoy your shopping time there and you can also challenge the various local snacks.

Drive back to the hotel, the Tang Dynasty Show is highly recommended to you in the evening. 

Overnight in Xi'an.

Pick up and check out, have a leisure tour to Ancient City Wall, and Wild Goose Pagoda and north square. After lunch,drive to Xian airport, on the way to visit the Hanyang Mausoleum, the largest museum with largest floor space in China. Fly to Guilin. Transfer service to Guilin hotel with local guide service 

Overnight in Guilin.

Drive for about 2 hours to the entrance of Longji Rice Terraces Scenic Area (Dragon Backbone). With trekking for a while, we could see the stunning Longji Terraces. More than 700 years, the brave and smart local residents developed and built the paddies into hillsides surrounding their villages.

Lunch will be arranged at local restaurant in the minority village. Drive back to hotel in Guilin. The Night Cruise sailing on four lakes is highly recommended to you. 

Overnight in Guilin.

Enjoy Li River Cruise with buffet lunch on board. Deluxe cruise will be arranged with decent facility and good service.

Savor the fairy-tale scenery while cruising down the meandering river to Yangshuo. You can go on the sundeck or just sit and appreciate the picturesque scenery from the window. After disembarking, walk through the West Street or take sightseeing car to the parking lot. Drive back to Guilin hotel for overnight in the late afternoon. 

Overnight in Guilin.

Meet our local guide and check out. Visit Elephant Trunk Hill, the badge of Guilin city. The hill looks exactly like a huge elephant stretching its trunk drinking water of the Li River.

Walking along the Li River and Shanhu Lake, seeing the Golden and Silver Twin Pagodas at the bank of the lake. After that, drive to visit Reed Flute Cave which is a famous scenic spot offering a magic fairyland of stalactites, stalagmites in fantastic shapes and colors.

A La Carte lunch at a local restaurant before departure from Guilin, Fly to Shanghai in the afternoon. The local guide will wait for you at the airport and escort you to the hotel. 

Overnight in Shanghai.

Explore the Old Shanghai via walking into the Shikumen. Enjoy orientation walk on the Bund, a foreign trade center from the late 19th century. Then continue a visit to Yuyuan Garden, a traditional Chinese garden in Shanghai downtown. Lunch time at a local chinese restaurant enroute.

In the afternoon, visit Jade Buddha Temple. A silk museum is arranged before reaching to the Lujiazui CBD new area and enjoy your leisure time on the Riverside Promenade. Visit Shanghai Tower, the city skyline and Shanghai tallest building. Enjoy a panoramic view of Shanghai city. Back to the hotel.

We highly recommend you watch the ERA Acrobatic Show, which is one of the most popular evening entertainments in Shanghai.

Overnight in Shanghai.

Free day at leisure and be transferred to the airport for return flight. We can arrange the Maglev train ride to Pudong airport if you are interested in, or we will drive you directly to the airport.

Service Ends.