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Day 1 (Fri) Arrival Shanghai
Upon arrival, meet & transfer to hotel for check-in.
Hotel: GALAXY HOTEL SHANGHAI or similar (Superior)
Day 2 (Sat) Shanghai (B, L, D)
This morning we start visit Old Downtown and classical Yu Garden. Old Downtown has many narrow zigzag lanes, small squares, fish pond and pavilions and it collects many favorite local bars, restaurants, tea houses and souvenir shops. The Yu Garden (UNESCO Site) built 400 years ago, is a famous ancient private garden with architectures of Ming and Qing dynasties. Owing to its ingenious design, zigzag layout by pavilions, chambers and towers, opera stage, elegant rocks and bridges on the mirroring lakes and moats. It became a real museum of Chinese ancient architecture. The vividly brick-carving figures of warlords & warriors, unique animals standing on the roofs of ancient buildings and the huge dragons decorated on the range of walls, feature the garden to a unique. Afternoon we visit Shanghai Museum. The attractions include enormous finest stone sculptures, bronze-ware, porcelain, calligraphic works, Chinese paintings and ancient furniture. After the Museum we stroll to the People Square. The surroundings are the best collection of modern architecture. If time available we visit the Carpet Factory. Tonight we enjoy the famous Shanghai Acrobatic Show.
Day 3 (Sun) Shanghai / Suzhou by bus (B. L. D)
Morning sightseeing in Shanghai: Jade Buddha Temple and Nanjing Road.
After lunch we drive (1.5 hours) to Suzhou, renowned as Oriental Venice for its exquisite canals, artificial architectures and elegant gardens. It is always a lavish city in China. Today, visit the Master of Nets Garden and Silk Embroidery Institute. All are UNESCO sites .
HOTEL: BAMBOO GROOVE HOTEL Suzhou or similar (superior)Day 4 (Mon) Suzhou (B. L. D)
This morning, we visit the Humble Administrator's Garden and enjoying a cruise along the canal from the city to a picturesque Hanshan Temple, all are UNESCO sites. We will have a brief tour to the Golden Rooster Lake & New Economic Development Zone. And then we visit Ancient Water City Gate.Day 5 (Tue) Suzhou / Hangzhou by bus (B, L, D)
Travel to Hangzhou (2 hours), the city of nature beauty, regarded as the "Paradise on Earth", the place of poetry motion, honey moons and love stories and relax.
Sampan Cruise on the picturesque West Lake, Six Harmonies Pagoda (UNESCO sites) or Yanggong Causeway & Guzhuang Garden
HOTEL: RAMADA Haihua Lakeside Hotel or similar (superior)Day 6 (Wed) Hangzhou (B. L. D)
This morning, we climb the Isolated Hill (140 feet high) to visit the Ancient Ink & Calligraphy Association (UNESCO sites)–another best place to view the tranquil & beautiful lake. Then we walking on Qinghefang Ancient Street, visit “Hu Qing Yu Tang” – the most famous Chinese Herbal Medicine Museum, and the private lavish garden of Hu Xueyan - one of the richest merchants in last DynastyDay 7 (Thu) Hangzhou / Wuzhen by bus (B. L. D)
This morning we will visit the region’s most famous Tea Village. Then we drive to Wuzhen (the UNESCO sites constitute with other ancient water towns) -one of the best-preserved ancient water-towns in China. We’ll take a boat to the hotel and check. We visit the traditional houses, a rice wine brewery and a weaving workshop and dye house, a street corner opera stage, where you can enjoy a puppet show. This evening, you’ll be treated with a local banquet
HOTEL: TONG AN WATERSIDE HOTEL (superior)Day 8 (Fri) Wuzhen / Shanghai by bus (B. L)
Explore the lovely town by your own in the morning
After lunch, we drive back to Shanghai (2 hours) and check-in hotel then free at leisure for own exploration
HOTEL: GALAXY HOTEL SHANGHAI or similar (superior)Day 9 (Sat) Shanghai / Beijing by air (B)
Transfer to Airport for your flight to Beijing
Upon arrival, meet your local guide and transfer to the hotel for check-in
HOTEL: CHANG AN GRAND HOTEL or similar (superior)Day 10 (Sun) Beijing (B. L. D)
This morning we start tours to Tiananmen Square and the Extravagant the largest Imperial Palace in the world -the Forbidden City of Supreme Harmony and Dignity (UNESCO), then we approach to the largest Imperial Garden in the world, the elegant Summer Palace (UNESCO) including cruise on the shimmering waters of Kunming Lake. After that we visit the Pandas Garden in Beijing Zoo. The garden has been breeding the largest numbers of pandas as an institution outside thhe original habitat areas and it constitutes with other Panda Sanctuaries for being the UNESCO site.Day 11 (Mon) Beijing (B. L. D)
This morning we start tours first to iconic ”Beijing 2008 Olympic Center” -the Bird’s Nest & Water Cube –where hosts to many spectacular events. We stroll around the outside for photography, and then we continue to the Great Wall Badaling (UNESCO) and walking along its ramparts for breathtaking view of the largest man power project in ancient. After that we approach to the mountain valley of the best geomancy site -the Ming Dynasty’s Imperial Tomb (UNESCO) including visit the Sacred Stature Road. If time available we visit a Jade Carving Factory and observe the skilled artisans at work as they create intricate designs.
Tonight we enjoy Beijing Opera or cultural showDay 12 (Tue) Beijing (B. L. SD)
This morning we visit another renowned imperial site –the Temple of Heaven (UNESCO) including visit the Imperial Hall of Pray Harvest, the Imperial Vault of Celestial Beings and the Imperial Sacrificial Altar, and see the echo wall and stones in the vault and on the altar where the emperors whispered with the god of heaven by the special features of the phenomenon utilizes the theory of sound wave. We will see local people doing Taiji and morning exercises there. Then we visit Beijing City Planning Museum and watch a 3D film, which tells the glory history and fast changes of Beijing, many visiting presidents paid a visit while they had a limited time in Beijing. Afternoon we take the old–fashioned Pedi cab to the historical sites behind main street to narrow alleys by Hutong Tour and visit people family at their traditional residence.
Tonight we enjoy Peking Duck DinnerDay 13 (Wed) Exit Beijing (B)
Transfer to Beijing Capital Airport for your international flight home forward.
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