Tour highlights:

Beijing: the Great Wall, Forbidden City
Xian: Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses Museum
Shanghai: the Bund and Yu Garden

Itinerary:

Day 1 Arrival in Beijing (no meal)
Arrive at Beijing Capital International Airport. Our guide will greet you at the exit of Arrival Hall & transferred to your hotel. Free at leisure for the rest of the day.

Day 2 Beijing (B, L)
Full day trip to the Tian'anmen Square, the Forbidden City, the Temple of Heaven .
- The Tian'anmen Square : The largest city square in the world.
- The Forbidden City : The largest imperial palace in China for 24 emperors' reign during the Ming and Qing dynasties with a history of around 600 years.
- The Temple of Heaven : a masterpiece of architecture and landscape design where the ancient emperors used to pray for the God's bless of the whole nation.

Day 3 Beijing (B, L, D)
Full day trip to the Great Wall, Ming Tomb and Sacred road. Enjoy a famous Peking Duck Banquet for dinner.
- The Great Wall : One of the great wonders in the world and the symbol of China .
- The Ding Tomb : an underground palace for a Ming-dynasty emperors' afterlife.
- The Sacred Road : "the way leading to Heaven"; which is guarded on both sides with 12 stone statues.

Day 4 Beijing/Xian (B, L)
Visit Hutongs by rickshaw. Take afternoon flight to Xi'an. Arrive at Xian. Be met & transferred to your hotel. Have city tour to the Ancient City Wall.
- Hutongs : the unique street design in Beijing - some crisscrossing old narrow paths with courtyard houses built on each side. It can be regarded as a window into Beijing folk life.
- The Ancient City Wall : the best-kept and biggest city walls in China.

Day 5 Xian (B, L)
Visit the Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses Museum, Bell Tower and the Wild Goose Pagoda.
- The Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses Museum : one of the most important archaeological finds in the 20 th century; an army of terra-cotta warriors and the bronze chariots entombed in vast underground vaults at emperor Qin's tomb since 2200 year ago.
- The Bell Tower : first built in 1384, the largest and best preserved of its kind.
- The Wild Goose Pagoda : the city emblem, which was first built in Tang Dynasty for the storage of Buddhist scriptures taken from India by Monk Xuanzang.

Day 6 Xian/Shanghai (B, L)
Visit the Provincial Museum. Take flight to Shanghai. Be met & have city tours to the Bund, Nanjing Road .
- The Provincial Museum : One impressive museum housing more than 370,000 pieces of historical relics.
- The Bund : Shanghai 's famous waterfront to see new-erect modern skyscrapers and aged buildings of the colonial period.
- Nanjing Road : the busiest shopping street in Shanghai .

Day 7 Shanghai (B, L)
Visit Oriental Pearl TV Tower, Yu Garden & Xintiandi.
- Oriental Pearl TV Tower : Best viewing spot of Shanghai located by the Huangpu River with the height of 468 meters.
- Yu Garden : it used to be a private garden with 400 years' history, it features traditional architectural style of Yangtze Delta.
- Xintiandi : a pedestrian street composed of traditional street format of Shanghai ¡Shikumen¡ and modern development.

Day 8 Shanghai departure (B)
Free at leisure, transfer to the airport for the flight to your next destination.

Service Ends.

The tour cost on a twin share basis starts from USD1080/pp (minimum 2 pax)

Single supplement: USD220.

Included Services:
 Non-included Services:
 
- Private transfers airport/hotel/airport;

 - International flights or trains;
 
- Private tours escorted by an English-speaking guide;  - Visa arrangement; 
- Accommodations at 4 star hotels with daily breakfast;  - Excess luggage charge (the luggage allowance at economy class is 20kg ); 
- Meals specified in the itinerary as B=breakfast, L=lunch, D=dinner;  - Personal expense; 
- Domestic flights and trains listed;  - Any meals not specified as "B, L or D". 
- Admission fees.  - Gratuities to guides and drives. 

Featured 4 star hotels:

Beijing : Best Western Premier Hotel or Holiday Inn Temple of Heaven

Xian: Grand New World Hotel