Best Of China 9 Nights / 10 Days

Day 1: Arrival Shanghai
Upon arrival Shanghai airport, you will be met and transfer to your hotel;

Day 2: Shanghai  (breakfast, lunch)
Breakfast at hotel;
Guided tour to visit the Bund---water front of the city, Yu Garden, a private garden in old days, as well as the old Shanghai outside the Yu garden; TV Tower to have the bird-eye view of the city, and the visit of the Shanghai city museum under the TV tower tells you the history of Shanghai city development. 

Day 3: Shanghai--Guilin  (breakfast, lunch)
Breakfast at hotel;
Your guide will transfer you to airport for your flight to Guilin;
Upon arrival Guilin airport, you will be met and transfer to your hotel; 
Afternoon guide tour to visit the limestone Reed Flute Cave, Fubo Hill where you can get a bird eye view of the city from the top; If time permits, you will also visit a local food market to experience the local life;

Day 4: Guilin--Yangshuo  (breakfast, lunch)
Breakfast at hotel;
Guide tour to cruise the Li River, which is considered the most beautiful river on earth, with stunning, exotic scenic backdrops of limestone hills and lush rice paddies;  arrive Yangshuo old town early afternoon, and walk through this 900 years old town before check in your hotel;

Day 5: Yangshuo--Guilin--Xian  (breakfast, lunch)
Breakfast at hotel;
Guided tour to visit the countryside by bike or by trolley, where there is breathtaking landscape ;
Transfer to Guilin airport for your flight Guilin--Xian;
Upon arrival Xian airport, you will be met and transfer to your hotel; 

Day 6: Xian (breakfast, lunch)
Breakfast at hotel;
Guided tour to visit the Terra Cotta Warriors--the 8th wonder of the world, with over 7000 soldiers, archers, horses and chariots in full battle array has guarded Emperor Qin's tomb since 210BC; the Ancient City Wall which is one of the very few well-preserved walls in China;.

Day 7: Xian--Beijing  (breakfast, lunch)
Breakfast at hotel;
Transfer to Xian airport for your flight Xian--Beijing.
Upon arrival Beijing airport, you will be met and transfer to your hotel; 
Guided tour to visit Summer Palace, the summer retreat of the Imperial families, where there are the lovely landscaped gardens, halls, pavilions and corridors;  Hutong tour by rickshaw to experience the old Beijingners way of life;

Day 8: Beijing  (breakfast, lunch)
Breakfast at hotel;
Guided tour to visit Tian An Men Square which is the biggest square in the world; Forbidden City (Also called the Imperial Palace ), home to 24 Emperors between 1420 and 1911 when they ruled the country; Temple of Heaven where emperors performed rituals to guarantee a good harvest. 

Day 9: Beijing  (breakfast, lunch)
Breakfast at hotel;
Guided tour to visit the Great Wall, the longest man-made wall on earth; Ming Tombs for the Imperial family, photo stop for the Olympic sites from the outside.
Day 10: Departure Beijing  (breakfast, lunch)
Breakfast at hotel;
Today the morning is at leisure, until check out and transfer to the airport for your onwards flight.

We trust that you enjoyed your stay in China.