CHINA

Classic China: Beijing - Xi'an - Luoyang - Shanghai - Suzhou - Hangzhou - Shanghai

Duration: 11 days/ 10 nights

ITINERARY

Day 1.  Arrive  in Beijing, transfer to Red Wall Hotel ****. Visit Yonghegong Lamasery, functional lamasery. Peking Duck Dinner. Overnight at the hotel.

Day 2.  After breakfast excursion to the Great Wall. Visit Perl Fabric. Lunch. Visit the Ming Tombs. Back to the hotel. Free time (optional: visit Beijing opera). Overnight at the hotel.

Day 3. After breakfast you'll go to the Tian'anmen Square, visit Forbidden City (Gugun Palace). Lunch in Chinese restaurant. Excursion to the Temple of Heaven. Departure transfer to the train station. Departure to Xi'an City. 

Day 4. Arrive in Xi'an. Arrival transfer. Accommodation at the Lee Garden Hotel****. Lunch. Excursion to the Xi'an City Wall. Visit Stele Forest Museum. Walking along an ancient  antiquarian street. Back to the hotel. Free time. Overnight.

Day 5. After breakfast excursion to the Banpo Village Ruins.  Excursion to the Terra - Cotta Warriors and Horses. Lunch. Visit Great Wild Goose Pagoda. Dinner. Banquet of pelmeni (traditional cuisine of this province). Back to the hotel. Overnight at the hotel.

Day 6. After breakfast departure transfer to the train station. Departure for Luoyang City, an ancient capital of China, home of peony. Accommodation at Luoyang Grand Hotel****. Dinner.

Day 7. After breakfast excursion to the White Horse Temple is over 2,000 years old, honored as the 'Founder's Home' and the 'Cradle of Buddhism'. It's one of the first Buddhist temples appeared in China. Longmen Grottoes, having survived for about 1,400 years, the over 2,100 grottoes have tens of thousands of statues of Buddha and more than forty Buddhist pagodas as well as a large number of stone stables. These grottoes, together with the Yungang Grottoes in Datong and the Mogao Caves in Dunhuang, are the three major cave clusters in China. Other Buddhist temples, Gate of a Dragon. Vegetarian lunch at the restaurant of Shaolin Monastery. Excursion to the Shaolin and Talin Monastery, Forest of Pagodas. Show of U-Shu masters is to be paid optional (8 EUR). Transfer to Zhengzhou. Dinner. Departure transfer to the train station to leave for Shanghai. 

Day 8. Arrive in Shanghai. Arrival transfer. Accommodation at the Holiday Inn (down town) Hotel ****. Excursion to the Yuyuan Garden and Jade Buddha Temple. Dinner. Walking along the trade pedestrian Nanjing street without a guide and coming back to the hotel by yourselves without transportation. 

Day 9. After breakfast transfer to the Chinese Venice, Suzhou City. Excursion to the Humble Administrator's Garden, the Garden of Master of Nets, Museum of Silk. Lunch. Transfer back to Shanghai in the evening. Free time in Shanghai, Holiday Inn Hotel ****.

Day 10. After breakfast transfer to the Hangzhou city. With its famous natural beauty and cultural heritages, Hangzhou is one of China's most important tourist venues. Excursion to the Sihu Lake with a boat ride on it. Visit the Six Harmonies Pagoda, Tea museum. Way back to Shanghai. Overnight at the Holiday Inn Hotel****. 

Day 11. After breakfast departure transfer to the airport.  

Included: accommodation acc the programme (twin std at 4-star hotels),  meals acc the programme, guide and transportation for the excursions and transfers as per itinerary, entrance fees to the museums and sights of interest; visa support, train tickets inside the China.

Not included: tips to the drivers, guides and luggage supporters;  taxes at the airport.

Prices are in EUR per person.

Please check the price of a tour during booking because it can be changed without notice. Exact price is confirmed at the time of booking.

You are welcome to Beijing, China!