14-Day China Highlights: Beijing, Xi’an, Chengdu and Shanghai
14-Day China Highlights: Beijing, Xi’an, Chengdu and Shanghai
14-Day China Highlights: Beijing, Xi’an, Chengdu and Shanghai
Overview
- Explore 4 main unique cities in China – Beijing, Xi’an, Chengdu and Shanghai.
- Tour at least 3 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in China including The Great Wall, Terra Cotta Warriors , Forbidden City and the Temple of Heaven, etc.
- Deluxe hotel accommodation with daily breakfasts.
- International airfares from Washington DC(IAD) city included.
- Chinese traditional culture related activities specially added for this student group.
- All Inclusive Tour to enhance the experience.
Daily Schedule
Daily Itinerary Day 1 Depart for Beijing, China
Board your international flight bound for China from your select international gateway.
Arrival Day Day 2 Arrival in Beijing, China(SD)
Upon arrival, greeted by our local tour guide at the airport and transfer to back to hotel your hotel. Time to rest, relax and acclimate to your new time zone.In the evening, you will enjoy an authentic Peking Duck Banquet(welcome dinner).
Overnight: Beijing
Daily Itinerary Day 3 Beijing(AB, L,D)
This morning, see vast Tiananmen Square, the largest city square in the world. Then, visit the Imperial Forbidden City, the largest and best preserved imperial palace constructed in 1420. Visit Temple of Heaven, an Imperial Sacrificial Altar in Beijing, which is the site of imperial sacrifices to Heaven.
Overnight: Beijing
Daily Itinerary Day 4 Beijing(AB, L,D)
This morning, you will visit the Great Wall of China (Juyongguan Pass), one of the country's most famous tourist attractions and one of the greatest man-made wonders of the world. It runs about 5,500 miles through 150 different counties. Then Beijing Hutong are made up of lanes or alleys formed by lines of pre-modern quadrangles (Siheyuan), four-sided dwelling compounds or quadrangles consist of one-story courtyard houses, which make up the old Beijing, and featured typical Chinese residential architecture. Exploring Hutong is a challenge to you if you do not know the landform. You can hop on a rickshaw to ride through the narrow alleys. A local Hutong family visit will be specially arranged for you. You can talk with the local residents and have lunch there. You would like to have a glimpse into Beijing's yesterday. After that drive to Olympic Park and take a photo stop in the Bird's Nest and Water Cube. The National Stadium was built for Beijing Olympic Games in 2008. Because of its outer structure like bird's nest, so people give it a nickname----Bird's Nest. The opening and closing ceremonies of Olympics have taken place here. The National Aquatics Centre is also known as "The Water Cube". In the evening, the Water Cube can be lightened in different color lights.
Overnight: Beijing
Daily Itinerary Day 5 Beijing (AB, L,D)
Today, you will be visiting a local school in Beijing. In the school, students have a chance to interact with the local Chinese students and teachers. A tour of the school will be guided by the students and teachers and we will also arrange Chinese traditional Lessons.
Overnight: Beijing
Daily Itinerary Day 6 Beijing-Xian(AB, D)
After breakfast, take a high-speed train to Xian. Upon arrival in Xi'an, you'll be greeted by our tour guide and transferred to visit the Ancient City Wall of Xian, one of the existing best preserved city
walls in China, and one of the largest ancient military defensive systems in the world. Experience the vibrant atmosphere of the atmosphere of the The Grand Tang Mall.
Overnight: Xi'an
Daily Itinerary Day 7 Xi'an (AB, L,D)
Visit the Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses Museum. In 221 BC, Qin Shi Huang unified China and became the first emperor. When he died, an entire Terra Cotta Army was constructed to be buried
along with the emperor. It was uncovered serendipitously in 1974 by farmers, and then became one of the century's greatest archaeological discoveries. Dive into history today. Xian Museum, housing a marvelous collection of over 300,000 items from the Bronze Age to the modern time, is just like a treasure stove for you to discover.The evening is also well prepared for you – a delicious Chinese
Dumpling Banquet while watching a gorgeous show presenting the prosperous Tang Dynasty of ancient China. Enjoy your night!
Overnight: Xi'an
Daily Itinerary Day 8 Xian (AB, L, D)
After breakfast, transfer to Jiuzong Mountain in Yanxia Town—featuring a unique cave dwelling village. After arrival, Explore the **unique cave dwelling village** on Jiuzong Mountain in Yanxia Town, learn about the geological features of the Loess Plateau gully and tableland, and experience the distinctive cave architecture of the Guanzhong region. Immerse yourself in the authentic rural lifestyle. Activity itinerary:
1. Explore the tunnels and hidden spots within the cave village.
2. Participate in folk culture experiences: making *huqi* (earthen structures), dragon dancing, and mural painting. Experience cooking over a traditional dragon-head stove under an apricot tree, try pumping the bellows, and taste local farmhouse cuisine.
After lunch,you will visit Yuanjia Village that is a characteristic folk culture and food village located in Liquan, Xianyang. Its ancient-style street, paved with blue bricks and grey tiles, highlights the
traditional lifestyle and workshops of Shaanxi’s Guanzhong region: oil presses, cloth mills, vinegar breweries, tea houses, flour mills, chili workshops, tofu makers, fermented glutinous rice wineries, herbal medicine shops, and more are lined up along the street. Here, you can try turning the winch of an ancient well, pushing a millstone for grinding flour, or pulling the bellows next to a tea stove…
After that return to downtown Xi'an
Overnight: Xi'an
Daily Itinerary Day 9 Xi'an-Chengdu(AB, L, D)
After breakfast, take a high-speed train to Chengdu. Upon your arrival at Chengdu, our guide will pick you up and pay a visit to Kuanzhai Alley and Jinli Old Street to taste local snacks and appreciate the traditional customs
Overnight: Chengdu
Daily Itinerary Day 10 Chengdu- Shanghai (AB, L, D)
Our one-day Panda Volunteering Experience will give you the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity of getting really close with these cute animals and at the same time to understand better how we can protect them in the long-term.
Itinerary include: Clean pandas' home,Watch pandas' daily behaviors,Prepare pandas' food, Make toys for pandas,Watch conservation documentary,then you will receive a certificate after completing the volunteer work(The above activities may vary according to the day's schedule of the Panda Park, please be understanding).
Then take domestic flight from Chengdu to Shanghai. Upon arrival, transfer to the hotel for resting.
Evening: Optional Huangpu River night cruise (LED skyline) 35US$
Overnight: Shanghai
Daily Itinerary Day 11 Shanghai-Suzhou-Shanghai(AB, L, D)
After breakfast, transfer to Suzhou.Today’s tour start with the visit of the Lingering Garden. The Lingering Garden is a renowned classical Chinese garden and is recognized with other classical Suzhou gardens as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Then you’ll take a boat ride on the Grand Canal, visit the Shantang Street in the afternoon. Shantang Street has a long history of about 1,100 years, its layout and architecture are best to represent the characteristics of Suzhou’s old alleys, and it has connections to many ancient Chinese celebrities and anecdotes. Then drive back to Shanghai.
Overnight: Shanghai
Daily Itinerary Day 12 Shanghai(AB, L, D)
The highlights of today's sightseeing tour include the Yuyuan Garden, Shanghai's Old Street. Afternoon continue to the colonial styled Bund, and the Nanjing Road. Night Cruise on the Huangpu River, it is just one of the best ways to have a look both old and new Shanghai. You'll see the magnificent building skylines on both the historic west side (the Bund), and the modern east side (Pudong). A spectacular view is that the two suspension bridges, Nanpu Bridge and Yangpu Bridge.
Daily Itinerary Day 13 Shanghai(AB, L, D)
Today you will learn Paper cutting is one of the most popular traditional arts in China. It has a long history in China, especially in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. People often decorate their homes with paper-cut during the Spring Festival and wedding celebrations, especially for doors, windows and rooms to enhance the atmosphere of happiness.
After lunch visit the Oriental Pearl Tower is a TV tower Shanghai Oriental Pearl Tower is located at the tip of Lujiazui in the Pudong district, by the side of Huangpu River, opposite the Bund of Shanghai. The design of the building is based on a Tang dynasty poem about the haunting sound made by a lute.
Daily Itinerary Day 14 Depart from Shanghai(AB)
After breakfast, be transferred to airport to board your flight for next destination. Your fantastic China tour ends
