12 Days grassland tour: Beijing-Inner Mongolia-Shanghai

Welcome to the capital city of China, Beijing. Here you will start your dream tour of China. Upon your arrival, you will be met by our guide and driver. They will escort you to the hotel and help you do the check-in. The rest of the day is for you to walk around or have rest.

No meals, advice freely available

• Hotels: Hilton Beijing Wangfujing, Regent Beijing, Park Plaza Beijing Wangfujing, Beijing Double Happiness Courtyard Hotel

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After a good night sleep, I believe you will have full energy to start your China tour by visiting Tian’anmen Square, where Chairman Mao Memorial Hall and Monument to PPL Heroes stand in the center. Walking through the square, you will soon see the gate of the Forbidden City, which is a vast maze with an area of 72 million square meters. It has many small houses so that it needs about 3 hours to finish the exploration.

The following stop is Jingshan Park. Looking from the peak, you are able to get a panoramic view of Beijing city and the Forbidden City, which will also let you know more about the principles of Chinese Fengshui theory. You will go to Hutong. By walking through the narrow alleys, you will discover ancient architecture, the original Beijing atmosphere, and Chinese culture.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch at Jindingxuan Dim Sum Restaurant with a la carte menu

Feature Dinner option: Peking Roast Duck(Dadong Peking Duck, Qianmen Quanjude Peking Duck), Fangshan Restaurant, Mei Family Restaurant, Bai Family Restaurant)

Optional evening activity: Kung Fu Show or Peking Opera

• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch,
• Hotels: Hilton Beijing Wangfujing, Regent Beijing, Park Plaza Beijing Wangfujing, Beijing Double Happiness Courtyard Hotel

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After breakfast, you will meet our guide at the hotel lobby. Today, you will visit a masterpiece of architecture in the ancient times, Temple of Heaven. It was a place to perform sacrifices and solemn rites to worship Heaven and Earth for good harvest and for longevity of the Emperor and the sovereignty during the past. Now you can see lots of Beijinger's practicing Taichi in the morning and you can join them if you like.

After the city tour, you will visit one of the seven world wonders, the Mutianyu part of Great Wall. It is less crowded and less commercial than Badaling Great Wall. You can take the round ways cable car up and down to save your energy. Or you can try the toboggan down, which is very exciting. You can hike on the Great Wall for a while to take some more pictures if you like. You are a really hero now after the visit to the Great Wall.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch at Xin Shuang Quan Restaurant with a la carte menu

• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch,
• Hotels: Hilton Beijing Wangfujing, Regent Beijing, Park Plaza Beijing Wangfujing, Beijing Double Happiness Courtyard Hotel

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Your Beijing tour ends with the visit to the magnificent imperial garden, Summer Palace. You will also have a boat cruise in the Kunming Lake. After lunch in the local restaurant, be ready to say goodbye to your Beijing guide and driver. Head to your next stop, Hohhot. Our guide and driver will wait for you at the train station exit with your name sign.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch at Dayali Restaurant with a la carte menu

• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch,
• Hotels: Shangri-La Hotel Huhhot, Angel Garden Hotel

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Today, you will first head to the Five-Pagoda Temple, where you could see more than 1500 relief sculptures of Buddhas engraved on the five dagobas. Museum is the best place to see the city treasures you can’t see in other places. The Inner Mongolia Museum is famous for its extensive collection of massive dinosaurs, mastodons, and many other kinds of fossilized remains from the Mesozoic period. Next you will visit Dazhao Lamasery, which boasts a large collection of religious and cultural relics, among which the silver statue of Buddha, dragon sculpture and frescos are the most cherished treasures. Today’s tour does not go for an end till the visit to Zhaojun Tomb. It is the tomb of one of the four ancient belles.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch at the local restaurant with a la carte menu

• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch,
• Hotels: Shangri-La Hotel Huhhot, Angel Garden Hotel

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After breakfast, you will be transferred to the vast Huitengxile Grassland, where you can enjoy a wide variety of entertainment here, including horseback riding, camel riding, shooting, archery and Mongolian wrestling. Then you will visit Islam Street to get to know more about the life and culture of Hui nationality.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch at the local restaurant with a la carte menu

• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch,
• Hotels: Shangri-La Hotel Huhhot, Angel Garden Hotel

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Today, you will visit the famous Xiangshawan Resonant Sand Bay, which is featured by its amazing desert landscape and the whispering sand dunes. Drive to Odors. The guide will help you do the check-in in the hotel.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch at the local restaurant with a la carte menu

• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch,
• Hotels: Crowne Plaza Ordos, Jinxia International Hotel

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Begin today’s tour with the visit to Genghis Khan's Mausoleum. It is in memory of the great leader, Genghis Khan. Drive about 2.5 hours to Baotou to see the biggest and the best preserved lama monastery in Inner Mongolia's Autonomous Region, Wudang Zhao Monastery.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch at the local restaurant with a la carte menu

• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch,
• Hotels: Crowne Plaza Ordos, Jinxia International Hotel

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Your Inner Mongolia tour ends today. You will take the direct flight to your next destination, Shanghai, which is the combination of old and modern China. At the airport arrival hall, our guide will wait for you there with your name sign.

Meals: Breakfast

• Meals: Breakfast,
• Hotels: Shanghai Fairmont Peace Hotel, Grand Central Hotel Shanghai, Central Hotel Shanghai

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Welcome to Shanghai for the sightseeing. Get up early and join in the locals for some morning exercises in Fuxing Park. After the morning exercise, you will visit a classic man-made garden, Yuyuan Garden to appreciate its halls, pavilions, streams, stones and so on.

Continue your tour to Shanghai City God Temple (Chenghuang Miao). The temple area is also a traditionally commercial district that hosts annual temple fair events and a range of shops, restaurants, teahouses.

After lunch, go atop to Shanghai Tower for the overview of Shanghai city and the Bund. Today’s tour will end with a leisure walk along the Bund to see the architectures in different styles.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch at Homes Restaurant with a la carte menu

Feature Dinner Option: Nan Xiang Mantou Dian, Green Wave Gallery, Lost Heaven-Yunnan Restaurant Bund Branch

Optional evening activity: Era Time or Shangcheng Acrobatic Show

• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch,
• Hotels: Shanghai Fairmont Peace Hotel, Grand Central Hotel Shanghai, Central Hotel Shanghai

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Besides the city tour in Shanghai, you today will take a one day Tongli Water Town tour in Suzhou. Tongli has a history of more than 1000 years and it is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is famous for its beautiful winding rivers, historic bridges, and ancient residences. You will also have a boat cruise there.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch at a local restaurant with a la carte menu

• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch,
• Hotels: Shanghai Fairmont Peace Hotel, Grand Central Hotel Shanghai, Central Hotel Shanghai

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Today is your last day of the China tour. Your guide will escort you to the airport and help you do the check-in. Farewell. Hope to see you next time in China.

Meals: Breakfast

• Meals: Breakfast,

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