Beijing Xian and Shanghai Tour Package

China is an ancient country covering vast territory and with numerous populations; it takes more than 8 hours by air from Shanghai in the east to Kashigar in the west without a direct flight. Therefore, if this is your first trip to China with about 8 to 10 days available, Beijing, Xian plus Shanghai is the best combination. Capital Beijing and Xian are representative of the ancient Chinese culture. The Great Wall and the Terra-cotta Warriors are must see sights. Shanghai represents modernization with skyscrapers and shopping centers and also the ancients with old relics at Nanjing Road and the French Concession. You can learn about old China while knowing more about a developing China too.

Trip Highlights

  • Visits to old districts of the city
  • Sample authentic local gastronomy
  • Stroll ancient water town near Shanghai

Customizable Tour Itinerary

Arrive at Beijing capital airport, be met and escorted to your hotel, have a welcome dinner and Beijing tour itinerary briefing. Stay in luxury five star hotels or boutique hotels in Chinese style.

  • Meals: breakfast included in the hotel, fine local restaurants for lunch or dinner upon your request
  • Hotels: Beijing Double Happiness Courtyard Hotel, Beijing Aman Summer Palace, Beijing Fairmont Hotel
Great WallGreat Wall

Morning Tai chi class by personal master at the Temple of Heaven. Lunch at Family Li restaurant and tour the Forbidden City in the afternoon where you can stay for about 2-2.5 hours. Visit Jingshan Park where you can have a marvelous overview of the Forbidden City. Explore Wangfujing Street later and see a Kung Fu show performance in the evening.

  • Meals: Breakfast, Lunch,
Kung Fu showKung Fu show

Short visit to the Tiananmen Square in the early morning and then drive to the older, less touched and more original Great Wall at Mutianyu section. Take a cable car up and down the Wall and enjoy a short hike on the old bricks. Enjoy a late local lunch and then drive back to your hotel. Peking Roasted Duck for dinner and enjoy an Acrobatic Show in the evening.

  • Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner,
Great WallGreat Wall

A morning visit to the Summer Palace, then enjoy a Dragon Boat Cruise and lunch at Mei's Mansion. Take a Hutong lanes tour by rickshaw in the afternoon and then dinner at the Fangshan Restaurant, an imperial court cuisine restaurant. View Peking Opera Performance in the evening.

  • A lot of walking is involved today because the selected sites are huge and no vehicles are allowed. Expect rough blue bricked pavements inside The Forbidden City. Comfortable shoes are recommended.
  • Use the hotel bathroom before the day tour starts, try to avoid public toilets. Our selected restaurants are equipped with clean flushed or squat toilets.
  • Shopping is an optional but not compulsory, you can skip it as you wish.
  • Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner,
Summer Palace with Dragon Boat CruiseSummer Palace with Dragon Boat Cruise

Morning explore the weekend Panjiayuan Antique Market if it is weekend and after lunch visit the Bird's Nest and Water Cube.

  • Meals: Breakfast, Lunch,
Hutong rickshawHutong rickshaw

Take a flight to Xian, arrive at Xian Xianyang International Airport and be met and transferred to your hotel in Xian, stay overnight in a luxury five star hotel in the old city area where it is easy to explore Muslim Street by foot. Have a welcome dumpling dinner with your guide and Xian tour itinerary briefing.

  • Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner,
  • Hotels: Sofitel Legend Peoples Grand Hotel Xian, Wyndham Grand Xian South
Luxury hotel in Xi'anLuxury hotel in Xi'an

An up-close visit to the Terracotta Warriors Museum, then lunch at a fine local restaurant nearby. Enjoy an Ancient City Wall tour for about 2 hours by bike or 40 minutes in an open air electric golf car. Explore the GAO’s Family and enjoy watching a Puppet Show in the afternoon. Watch the Tang Dynasty Song and Dance Show.

  • Meals: Breakfast, Lunch,
Terracotta Warriors MuseumTerracotta Warriors Museum

In the morning explore the Big Goose Pagoda and square and the Historical Museum including the Murals, after lunch take an afternoon flight to Shanghai.

  • Meals: Breakfast, Lunch,
Big Goose PagodaBig Goose Pagoda

Arrive at Shanghai airport, be met and escorted to your hotel, stay overnight in a luxury five star hotel near Nanjing Road. Have a welcome dinner and Shanghai tour itinerary briefing.

  • Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner,
  • Hotels: Four Seasons Hotel Pudong Shanghai, Grand Hyatt Shanghai, Grand Central Hotel Shanghai
Shanghai luxury hotelShanghai luxury hotel

Visit Yu Garden and the Shanghai Museum in the morning. Then after a fine lunch in a local restaurant, tour the French Concession and take an amazing overview of the Pudong area from the top of the Shanghai World Financial Center. Enjoy an evening Huangpu River cruise.

  • Meals: Breakfast, Lunch,
Pudong areaPudong area

About 2.5 hours driving to the Ancient Water Village Xitang whose buildings are set along the banks of the canals, which serve as the main transportation thoroughfares in the older parts of town. Take a sampan cruise to experience the old transport. Lunch here and drive back to Shanghai in the afternoon. Enjoy an acrobatic show in the evening.

  • Meals: Breakfast, Lunch,
Ancient Water Village of XitangAncient Water Village of Xitang

Airport transfer by taking a Maglev train and the logistics will be taken care of by us. Service ends.

  • Meals: Breakfast,
ShanghaiShanghai

Price Includes

  • In-country transportationas noted in the itinerary.
  • Admission fees and activity expenses as noted in the itinerary.
  • Luxury or boutique hotels centrally located.
  • Meals in local restaurants as noted in the itinerary with complimentary drinking water.
  • Your own English-speaking guide service.
  • Your own chauffeur and vehicle service.

Price Excludes

  • International transportation.
  • Chinese tourist visa. (which enquired for most foreign passport holders)
  • Travel and medical insurance.
  • Meals, snacks, alcohol, etc. apart from those included in the itinerary.
  • Excess baggage charges.
  • Personal expenses.
  • Sights, excursions and activities not included in the itinerary.
  • Gratuities to guide and driver.

ANY QUESTIONS?

This tour is tailor-made and we can tailor to meet your reqeusts. Your personal travel consultant will contact you within 24 working hours!

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JULY 2024 We wanted to thank Grace at China Culture tour for organizing a great tour of China. We enjoyed our Beijing - Xian-Chengdu -Guilin -Yangshuo - Shanghai trip. Our local guides Bruce in Beijing, Susan in Xian, Jane in Chengdu, Mike in Guilin and Mary in Shanghai took care of us…read more details »

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