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 / Xian
Breakfast at hotel.
Transfer from hotel to airport for flight to Xian – A history of over 3000 years, Xian served as China’s earliest capital for eleven Dynasties for over 1100 years. Here the Chinese have created their brilliant civilization and left behind many historical sites and relics.
Lunch at a local restaurant.
Pm free for leisure.
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch.
Hotel（☆☆☆☆）: Bell Tower Hotel or similar
Day 5 – 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, Wild Goose Pagoda and the old City Wall with lunch at local restaurant.
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 6 – Xian / Shanghai
Breakfast at hotel.
Transfer from hotel to airport for flight to Shanghai.
Lunch at local restaurant.
Pm visit the 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.
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch.
Hotel（☆☆☆☆）: The Bund Hotel or similar
Day 7 – Suzhou
Breakfast at hotel.
Morning depart hotel for Suzhou by car with the guide (the train station in Suzhou is a big construction site), more than 2,500 years old Suzhou is one of the so called Garden Cities, In Suzhou the guests will see the Lion Forest Garden, known for it’s strange rock formations, the Net Master Garden, a Silk Factory and a 30 minutes boat ride on the Emperors Canal.
Evening Free.
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch.
Hotel（☆☆☆☆）: Holiday Inn Youlian Hotel or similar
Day 8 - Suzhou / Shanghai / Guilin
Breakfast at hotel.
Return to Shanghai by car and then transfer to airport for flight to Guilin.
Lunch at local restaurant.
Pm free for leisure.
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch.
Hotel（☆☆☆☆）: Park Hotel or similar
Day 9 – Guilin / Yangshuo / Guilin
Breakfast at hotel.
Boat trip on the Li River to Yangshuo and we pass some extraordinary peaks, sprays of bamboo lining, the riverbanks, fishers in small boats and picturesque villages, lunch at local restaurant.
Coach back to Guilin, on the way, we will see some more nice rural scenery such as rice fields and small villages, and the Reed Flute Cave (it’s multi-coloured lighting and fantastic stalactites and stalagmites) and then the Elephant trunk hill.
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch.
Hotel（☆☆☆☆）: Park Hotel or similar
Day 10 – 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.
03. Sightseeing entrance fee.
04. Domestic air ticket (economy class) with tax and fuel surcharge of PEK/XIA, XIA/SHA, SHA/KWL, KWL/Guangzhou.
05. Train ticket SHA/Suzhou, Suzhou/SHA of soft seat.
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. D07 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.
