Day 1 – Beijing
Arrival Beijing transfer to hotel.
Lunch at local restaurant.
Visit Temple of Heaven, a praying and sacrificial place of the Ming and Qing Emperors.
Visit Flea Market.
Meal: Lunch.
Hotel（☆☆☆☆）: New World Courtyard Hotel or similar
Day 2 – Beijing
Breakfast at hotel.
Full day visit Great Wall (Badaling),, that has been built from 770-475 B.C. – climbing on top on the 2484 miles long Great Wall is really an experience. Afterwards the Summer Palace, the summer-residence of the former emperors with one of the biggest and best preserved gardens in China and visit a pearl factory and enjoy a 45 minutes Foot Massage.
Lunch at local restaurant.
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch.
Hotel（☆☆☆☆）: New World Courtyard Hotel or similar
Day 3 – Beijing
Breakfast at hotel.
Visit Tiananmen Square where the Mao’s Mausoleum and the Congress Hall are located, then the Forbidden City with the emperor’s palace in the heart of Beijing (So called because it was off limits for 500 years, covering an area of 250 acres, protected by a 10.7m high wall, marked off by towers at each corner).
Lunch at local restaurant.
Visit the Hutongs, lanes or Alleys formed by lines of Siheyuan (a compound with houses around a courtyard) where old Beijing residents live, witness the vicissitude of the city by a trishaw.
Peking Duck Dinner at local Restaurant.
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
Hotel（☆☆☆☆）: New World Courtyard Hotel or similar
Day 4 – Beijing / Shanghai
Breakfast at hotel.
Free for leisure.
Transfer from hotel to airport for flight to Shanghai.
Around noon time arrival Shanghai, with a population of about 14 million, one of the biggest cities of the world.
Visit Jade Buddha Temple with a 2M high sitting white Jade Buddha and the 400 years old Yu Garden, decorated with masterpieces of architecture.
Evening Acrobatic Show with dinner.
Meal: Breakfast, Dinner.
Hotel（☆☆☆☆）: The Bund Hotel or similar
Day 5 – Shanghai
Breakfast at hotel.
Round trip transfer to Shanghai Urban Planning exhibition Center, This museum has five floors that detail the ambitious plans of Shanghai's urban planners. Visitors are provided with a glimpse of how Shanghai will look like in a couple of decades. In the basement, old Shanghai is rebuilt with house entrances, cobble stone ways and operating shops and teahouses.
（Including museum ticket and no guide assist.）
Free for leisure
Meal: Breakfast.
Hotel（☆☆☆☆）: The Bund Hotel or similar
Day 6 – Shanghai / Suzhou
Breakfast at hotel.
From hotel to Suzhou by car with the guide (the train station in Suzhou is a big construction site), a city more than 2,500 years old and named the Garden Cities.
Lunch at local restaurant.
Visit Net Master Garden, Lion Forest Garden, Silk Factory and 30 minutes boat ride on Emperors canal.
The rest of day free for leisure.
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch.
Hotel（☆☆☆☆）: Holiday Inn Youlian Hotel or similar
Day 7 – Suzhou
Breakfast at hotel.
Visit Tongli - a picturesque and elegant town, has become world-known for its having wonderful scenery, classic building and precious relics - with lunch in very local restaurant.
Free for leisure.
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch.
Hotel（☆☆☆☆）: Holiday Inn Youlian Hotel or similar
Day 8 - Suzhou / Wuxi / Nanjing
Breakfast at hotel.
Transfer to train station – train to Wuxi.
Visit Lake Tai Hu and Li Garden with lunch at local restaurant.
Transfer from Wuxi to train station for train to Nanjing.
Arrival Nanjing and transfer to hotel.
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch.
Hotel（☆☆☆☆）: Central Hotel or similar
Day 9 - Nanjing / Luoyang
Breakfast at hotel.
Visit Tomb of the first Ming Emperor Hong Wu, Mausoleum of Dr. Sun Yat Sen and Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge , a double-decker with a 4,500m long road on top and a 6700m long railway line below.
Lunch at local restaurant.
Transfer to train station for train K 59 (18h12/08h11+1) to Luoyang.
Overnight on train.
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch.
Hotel: Overnight on train.
Day 10 – Luoyang
Arrival Luoyang transfer to hotel.
Breakfast at hotel.
Visit Shaolin Monastery to see one of China’s most famous martial art tradition that was developed by Buddhist monks, founded in the 5th century by an Indian monk with lunch.
Visit Longmen Caves with its 100000 images and statues of Buddha and his disciples carved into the rocks.
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch.
Hotel（☆☆☆☆）: Peony Hotel or similar
Day 11 - Luoyang / Xian
Breakfast at hotel.
Transfer to train station for train K617 (0929/1431) to Xian.
Lunch on own on the train.
Arrival Xian and visit Old City Wall before transfer to hotel.
Dinner at local restaurant.
Meal: Breakfast, Dinner.
Hotel（☆☆☆☆）: Bell Tower Hotel or similar
Day 12 – Xian
Breakfast at hotel.
Full Day visit Terracotta Warriors with more than 6,000 life-sized terracotta figures of soldiers and horses in perfect battle array are showing the superb sculptural art of that time, lunch at local restaurant. Visit Wild Goose Pagoda and Old City Wall.
Evening Tang Dynasty Show with artists that are dressed in traditional Tang Costumes and perform dances of Tany Dynasty.
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch.
Hotel（☆☆☆☆）: Bell Tower Hotel or similar
Day 13 - Xian / Guilin
Breakfast at hotel.
Transfer from hotel to airport for flight to Guilin.
Arrival Guilin.
Transfer for city tour included the Reed Flute Cave with its multi-coloured lighting and fantastic stalactites and stalagmites and Elephant Trunk Hill with lunch at local restaurant.
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch.
Hotel（☆☆☆☆）: Park Hotel or similar
Day 14 – Guilin
Breakfast at hotel.
Depart for a 04 hours Li River boat cruise to Yangshuo with lunch at local restaurant, we pass some extraordinary peaks, sprays of bamboo lining, the riverbanks, fishers in small boats and picturesque villages.
Transfer from Yangshuo back to Guilin by coach and pass some more nice rural scenery such as rice fields and small villages.
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch.
Hotel（☆☆☆☆）: Park Hotel or similar
Day 15 - Guilin / Guangzhou / Hong Kong
Breakfast at hotel.
Transfer from hotel to airport for flight to Guangzhou.
Arrival Guangzhou.
Transfer for city tour: Chan’s Ancestor Temple, walking through the old street in Shamian Island where you can see what’s left behind from the olden day with those colonial style English, French architecture and the Nanyue Museum with lunch at local restaurant.
Transfer from Guangzhou to train station for train to Hong Kong.
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch.
Above Quotation included:
01. Accommodation, breakfast and meals as mentioned above.
02. All private transfer and tours as mentioned above with English/German/French speaking guide. (Except in Luoyang is English speaking guide).
03. Sightseeing entrance fee.
04. Domestic air ticket (economy class) with tax and fuel surcharge of PEK/SHA, XIA/KWL, KWL/Guangzhou.
05. Train ticket SHA/Suzhou, Wuxi/Nanjing, Nanjing/Luoyang, Luoyang/Xian of soft seat/berth.
06. Train ticket from Guangzhou to Hong Kong.
Above Quotation not included:
01. Other than the above itinerary.
02. China visa fee.
03. Personal expenses.
04. Service during free time.
05. Tips for tour guide, driver and luggage boy.
Remarks:
01. Blackout dates:
Golden week: 01-03 May and 01-07 Oct 2009 and Chinese New year: 26 Jan-01 Feb 2009.
02. If 08-30.Apr.2009 touched Luoyang, USD100/per room surcharge will be applied due to Peony Festival.
03. D14 lunch served on Li River cruise is not suitable for European tourist (taste, hygiene), so lunch will be provided in Yangshuo, after the Li river cruise.
