Vivid China Tour with Pandas & Suzhou Gardens

Itinerary

• Day 1: Shanghai, Arrival

  Upon your arrival in Shanghai, China's most cosmopolitan city, your personal guide will meet you and escort you to your hotel. The rest of the day is yours to relax or step out into this amazing city for an adventure on your own.

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• Day 2: Shanghai, City Tour

  After breakfast, you will visit the Shanghai Museum, reputed as one of China's first world-class modern museums with a collection of 120,000 precious works. Later, you will walk down the Bund along the Huangpu River and visit the Jade Buddha Temple, the former French Concession. Later, you will enjoy some free time at Xintiandi.

  Optional: Acrobatics show is awesome and amazing as a night activity if you are interested in it.

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  • Shanghai

• Day 3: Shanghai - Suzhou, Suzhou Sightseeing

  Today, you will be met and transferred to Suzhou and have a one-day tour in this beautiful city. You will visit the quiet and famous Lingering Garden and the Pan Gate and cruise on the Grand Canal to see the old houses along the river and special life of local people. Later, visit the No.1 Silk Factory to learn how pure silk products are made from a small cocoon.

  After that, get back to Shanghai.

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  • Shanghai

• Day 4: Shanghai - Guilin

  Free in the day until your local guide escorts you to the airport for your flight to Guilin. Upon your arrival in Guilin, the most scenic city in China, your personal guide will meet you and escort you to your hotel. The rest of the day is yours to relax or step out into this dynamic city for a little adventure on your own.

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  • Guilin

• Day 5: Guilin - Longsheng, Longji Terraced Fields

  Today's excursion will bring you to Longsheng Various Nationalities Autonomous County, where you'll see the magnificent and winding terraced fields, and get close to Guilin's minority people and admire their colorful culture. After your tour of this breathtaking area, you will be driven back to Guilin (around 2 hours).

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  • Guilin

• Day 6: Guilin - Yangshuo, Li River Cruise

  After breakfast, you will be driven to Zhujiang Pier (40 minutes) and embark on a Li River cruise, which is the highlight of any visit to Guilin. Along the waterway, take in the unlimited fresh air with dense vegetation and admire the amazing karst hills, spot water buffaloes with local villagers. After disembarkation in the early afternoon, transfer to your hotel in Yangshuo. After check-in, you may like to roam the well-known West Street on your own.

  Optional: You can also sign up optional activities like a countryside tour or a cooking class we provide. If you'd like more recreation for tonight, an optional open-air show of Impression Sanjie Liu would be heartily recommended.

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  • Yangshuo

• Day 7: Reed Flute Cave, Guilin - Chengdu

  Today, you will be driven back to Guilin (1.5 hours), where you will tour the pearl museum and the Reed Flute Cave before your guide escorts you to the airport for your flight to Chengdu. Upon arriving in Chengdu, your personal guide will meet you and escort you to your hotel.

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  • Chengdu

• Day 8: Chengdu, Giant Pandas & City Highlights

  On this day, you will visit the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding to spend a cheerful morning with these lovely pandas, followed by a trip to the Wenshu Temple where you can spend some time sitting in its tea house enjoying a cup of traditional Chinese tea and absorb the special atmosphere of Chengdu and Jinli Old Street.

  Optional: In the evening, you can choose to enjoy Sichuan Opera to admire the unique face changing skill in it.

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  • Chengdu

• Day 9: Chengdu - Xi'an

  You will be free until your local guide escorts you to the railway station for your high-speed train to Xi'an. Upon arrival, your local guide will meet you and transfer you to the hotel for check-in. After that, you will start to tour Xi'an starting with the Great Mosque and Muslim Street.

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  • Xi'an

• Day 10: Xi'an, Terracotta Warriors

  You will visit the incredible life-size Terracotta Warriors and the Xi'an Art Ceramics Factory in the morning. After lunch, take a leisurely tour on the Ancient City Wall and enjoy a calligraphy class in the well-known Small Wild Goose Pagoda.

  Optional: The famous Tang Dynasty Show is available for tonight's entertainment which can help you dig deeper into ancient China.

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  • Xi'an

• Day 11: Xi'an - Beijing, Summer Palace

  After breakfast, your guide will escort you to the airport for your flight to Beijing. Upon your arrival in Beijing, be met and transferred to the Summer Palace (including a boat cruise). After that, go back to your hotel. The rest of the day is free at leisure.

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  • Beijing

• Day 12: Beijing, City Highlights Tour

  In the morning, you will first visit the Temple of Heaven to be amazed by the grand and beautiful architecture and may see local people practicing Tai Chi there. Later, visit the iconic Tiananmen Square and the magnificent Forbidden City - the world's largest palace complex with 9,999 rooms across 72 hectares. Proceed to explore the ancient hutongs and walk through the Houhai Bar Street.

  Optional: The thrilling Chinese Kung Fu Show is recommended to you tonight which can let you get the charm of Chinese martial art.

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  • Beijing

• Day 13: Beijing, Great Wall Tour

  Today, you will have a full day tour to the amazing Great Wall at Mutianyu section (round-trip cable car included). After that, visit the Changling Tomb and a jade gallery.

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  • Beijing

• Day 14: Beijing, Departure

  You will be free until your guide escorts you to the airport for the flight home.

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