12-Day China Classic Tour

Welcome to majestic Beijing! To ensure your arrival is stress-freeyour private tour guide will meet you in the arrivals hall and transfer you to your hotel in a private car. Your luggage and hotel check-in will be taken care of.

Hotel options:
Novotel Beijing Peace
Crowne Plaza Beijing Chaoyang U-Town

Start your journey at the Temple of Heavena dignified complex of religious buildingssymbolizing the relationship between Earth and Heaven. There you will see local people doing morning exercise in their unique ways. Lunch is served in a popular local restaurant with authentic local food. Your guide will help you to order the dishes you like.

Walk through Tian'anmen Square to explore the mysterious Forbidden City. Being the largest imperial palace in the world. Get off the ordinary sightseeing route in the Forbidden City. Listen to the interesting stories of the famous personalities that are not told by typical tour guides.

Enjoy an authentic Beijing roast duck dinner in a time-honored brand restaurant.

The Temple of Heaven

In the morningvisit the Summer Palace. It is where the emperors used to retreat from the summer heat.

Your guide will show you the palace area and the lake area. The best way to do sightseeing at the Palace is by taking a dragon boat on the lake. On the wayyou will have a chance to view all the beautiful palaces around the lake.

After lunchgo to the old hutong area with your guide. A visit to a local family offers a local perspective on the area's history and is a highlight for most visitors. Thentaste some traditional snacks loved by locals and desserts that were once exclusive to the royal court.

Calligraphy learning in a hutong family

After breakfasttravel to the Mutianyu section of the Great Wall. Listen to the stories about this world wonder. Your guide will show you the most recommended section to have a walk.

Head to Simatai Great Wall in the afternoon. Spend the afternoon wandering around the Guibei Water Townwhich is at the foot of the Great Wall. You can also enjoy a soak in a hot spring if you want to.

When it gets darkyour guide will accompany you to take the cable car up to the Simatai section to enjoy the stunning night viewswhich is a different experience from the day version. It's the only section that's open and lit up at night.

Hotel options:
William Edgar Hotel
Beijing Water Town Hot Spring Resort

Visit the Great Wall at Night

Enjoy breakfast and travel back to Beijing city to explore the Summer Palacea royal masterpiece of Chinese landscaped gardens.

Take a high-speed train to Xi'an after lunch.

Hotel options:
Somerset Xindicheng Xi'an
Wyndham Grand Xi'an South

The Summer Palace

Enter the Terracotta Warriors Museum via tramand witness three captivating pits that display the concealed power of Emperor Qin Shi Huang's extensive military force. Your guide will provide insights into their fabrication and safeguardingemphasizing the precise workmanshiplasting strengthand the former colorful brilliance of these historical sentinels.

Get up close with the first restored Warriorslearn the restoration storyhandle Qin Dynasty relics in the Conservation Laboratory.

In the afternoonvisit the ancient city wall that has been guarding the inner city for 600 years.

Walking along the wall provides a good view of the city. You can also rent a bike to cycle around the wall.

The Terracotta Army

Discover more of Xi'an and China's ancient history at Xi'an History Museum and Little Wild Goose Pagodathen head to the Muslim Quarter and wander through the alleys to taste the local Muslim cuisine.

Fly to Guilin in the afternoon.

Hotel options:
Lijiang Waterfall Hotel
Shangri-La Hotel Guilin

The Big Goose Pagoda

Begin your day by exploring the Longji Terraced Rice Fields.

Built into the hillsidesthe terraces are beautiful when the sun reflects on the water of the paddy fieldsand the fields glow when the harvest is ripe.

The Zhuang minority have lived there for generations in wooden housesand the people eat their own unique foodsuch as bamboo rice and oil tea.

Sit around a bonfire in a traditional kitchenmake bamboo rice with the host.

Cook in a local home in the Longji Terraced Fields

A cruise along the Li River is an unforgettable experience. Between spectacular limestone peaks, you will see graceful bamboo grovesfarmers tending rice paddiesand lumbering water buffalo cooling off in the river.

Disembark in Yangshuo town around 1:30 pm and explore the famous West Street. Transfer to the cozy hotel in the countryside and enjoy your free time in the rest of the day.

Hotel options:
Yangshuo Mountain Retreat
Yangshuo Ancient Garden Boutique Hotel

The Li River

Countryside of Yangshuo

Drive toward the south of Yangshuo to explore the peaceful villages. You might meet someone on his way to the fields with a water buffalo or someone working in the paddy.

Visit an old couple who still live in a traditional house. Learn about their life and philosophy of living.

Continue to drive pass an old ferry along the Li River. The old buildings in the ancient are the memory of the busy water transportation on the Li River in the past. Then you will take a ferry and a local farmer's taxi (a kind of motorbike with three wheels) to the local market.

Your guide will show you around to explain the different types of food and show you the local people's daily necessities.

Fly to the modern city of Shanghai in the afternoon.

Hotel options:
Bellagio by MGM Shanghai
Sunrise On The Bund

Experience of countryside Life

Do you just want to take one or two selfies in the Bund as most tourists do? Let's travel back in time to the golden age of the Bund in the 1920s during our In-depth Bund Culture Discovery Tour.

Enjoy lunch and ascend to the highest building in ChinaShanghai Towerwhere you will not only enjoy a panoramic view of Shanghai but will also see the future of China.

Half-Day Customized Icing-on-the-Cake Experience

After traveling in China for around 10 daysyou might want to do something different at the end. Do you want to have some relaxation time? Do you have any unfulfilled trip wishes? In Shanghaiyour private guide will make your wishes come true!

Whether you want to relaxexperience fashionappreciate artexplore folk customsor shop; from having fun in fancy bar to exploring an art centertrying nail beautytesting your popularity in the marriage marketor just buying some lovely giftswe will make it happen. Just tell us what you're interested in.

If you don't know what you wantjust let your guide make the arrangements. You will not be disappointed!

Shanghai Tower

As your China trip comes to endyour tour guide and driver will collect you from your hotel and transfer you to Shanghai Pudong International Airport for your flight home.