Private tour: Beijing - Xi'an - Shanghai, 8 Days
Itinerary Overview:
| Day | City | Highlights | Meals |
| Day 1 | Arrive Beijing | ||
| Day 2 | In Beijing | Great Wall, Ming Tomb, Summer Palace | B,L |
| Day 3 | Beijing → Xi'an, by eve train | Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven | B, L |
| Day 4 | Arrive Xi'an | City Wall, Banpo Museum | B, L |
| Day 5 | In Xi'an; train to Shanghai | Terracotta Army, Big wild-goose Pagoda | B,L |
| Day 6 | AM: arrive in Shanghai | Jade Buddha Temple, People's Square, Pearl TV Tower, Nanjing Walking street, Huangpu river cruise | B,L,D |
| Day 7 | In Shanghai | Yu Garden, Water Town Zhujiajiao | B,L |
| Day 8 | Depart Shanghai | B |
Day-By-Day Program:
Day 1 Beijing
Arrive in Beijing. Meet your English-speaking guide at airport. Transfer to hotel. Time at leisure.
Day 2 In Beijing | Sightseeing
Breakfast at hotel
Sightseeing:
Tour of the Great Wall of China, at the most famous well-preserved section at Badaling, some 80 km in northwestern suburb of Beijing.
Ming Tomb. Dingling, the underground mausoleum of Emperor Wan Li, is one of the thirteen imperial tombs of the Ming Dynasty. Emperor Wan Li ordered the construction of his own tomb when he was 22 and it took six years to complete the constructino which cost about two year's land taxes of the entire empire. The emperor gave a party in his own funeral chamber, so the chronicles say, to mark its completion, and thirty years later he was buried in it amid a splendid ceremony
Lunch.
Summer Palace:
- Summer Palace located in the northwestern Beijing Haidian District, 15 km from the Beijing City. Covering an area of approx. 290 hectares, the existing Summer Palace is China's largest, most complete preservation of the imperial garden, the Summer Palace, the palace was originally Qing Dynasty emperors and Garden
Dinner.
Day 3 In Beijing | PM Train to Xi'an
Sightseeing:
Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City Forbidden City (closed Mondays), Temple of Heaven
Lunch-Peking Roast Duck
Transfer to rail station for overnight train to Xi'an (a 4-berth compartment of soft sleeper class)
Day 4 Arrive in Xi'an | Sightseeing
Breakfast at hotel.
Sightseeing: City Wall, Banpo Museum
Lunch at a local restaurant.
Day 5 In Xi'an | Sightseeing
Breakfast at hotel.
Sightseeing:
Terracotta Army; Greater wild-goose Pagoda: Xi'an is famous for two pagodas, the Greater & the Lesser Wild Goose Pagoda. The Greater Pagoda is 64.1 meters tall and is a symbolic structure of Xi'an, a relic under state protection.
Lunch at a local restaurant.
Transfer to rail station for a night train Xi'an → Shanghai
Day 6 Arrive Shanghai, Sightseeing
Arrive in Shanghai. Transfer with guide assistance to your hotel.
Sightseeing:
Jade Buddha Temple, People's Square, Pearl TV Tower, Nanjing Walking Street, Huangpu River Cruise
Day 7 In Shanghai, Sightseeing
Yu Garden, Water Town Zhujiajiao
Day 8 Depart Beijing
Breakfast and transfer to airport for your flight home
