6 Days Small Group Tour of Beijing – Shanghai

Your enjoyable escorted China tour starts with our helpful pick-up service. Upon your landing at Beijing airport, your guide will greet you outside the customs area, and then your driver will transfer you to the hotel in a clean and comfortable vehicle. The remainder of the day is free for you to refresh from fatigue after a long journey. Accommodation: Hotel New Otani Chang Fu Gong 

After breakfast, you will meet with your fellow group members in the hotel lobby and then set off for today's visit. The first destination will be Tiananmen Square, the largest city square in the world. Then follow your guide to enter the Forbidden City. The halls with flying golden roofs and red walls, carved dragons, and lion statues in the palace reveal the past glory of the fallen imperial family. To avoid the cheap and low quality tourist restaurant, we specially serve you an a la carte welcome lunch (valued at CNY150.00 per person and included in our price) at a famous restaurant to taste authentic Chinese cuisine. Don't forget to order the yummy roasted duck. In the afternoon, continue your visit to the Yonghe Temple. And then come to the Temple of Heaven, the imperial altar for the emperors of the Ming (1368 - 1644) and Qing (1644 - 1911) dynasties to worship the God of Heaven. This evening, enjoy a sensational Peking Opera Show. Have a special chance to see how actors put on makeup on their face. Meals: Western buffet breakfast, A la carte welcome lunch

The morning's excursion takes you to Mutianyu Great Wall, one of the world's wonders. Constructed in the Ming Dynasty, Mutianyu is one of the best preserved sections, with spectacular surrounding natural scenery. The wall, dotted with beacon towers, stretches along mountain ridges for miles, resembling a huge flying dragon. We arrange for you to take the roundtrip cable car to reach and descend the wall. Free time will be left for you to climb the Great Wall. Restaurants nearby are of low quality, so we do not arrange lunch. We suggest that you have a big breakfast and have some fast food for lunch by yourself. Your guide will also be glad to provide you with advice. We will then drive you back to the city. Have a stopover for nice photo shots at the Olympic National Stadium (Bird's Nest). The Olympics in 2008 was held here. Then you will have a Hutong tour by taking a ride on a rickshaw. Hutong means narrow alleys in Beijing's old blocks. The traditional courtyards, local culture and history, and normal people's life, all that is what we want to show you here. There is also a chance to visit a local family. Meals: Western buffet breakfast

Today's visit starts with Beijing Zoo, where you wil see lovely pandas. Then continue to the Summer Palace, the largest and best preserved imperial garden in China. Constructed on the natural scenery of Kunming Lake and Wanshou Hill in the Qing Dynasty, the garden is a perfect combination of landscape and imperial palaces. After lunch, you will take an afternoon high-speed train for around 4.5 hours to reach Shanghai. You can take a nap on the train or view the countryside scenery along the way. Snacks, fruits, music or books are always good company for the train journey, so you may prepare some in advance. Your local guide in Shanghai will meet you at the train station and take you to the hotel. Meals: Western buffet breakfast, Lunch Accommodation: Radisson Blu Hotel Shanghai New World 

After breakfast at the hotel, we will visit the Shanghai Museum and the Yu Garden. Then continue on to explore the Yuyuan Old Street, where there are many traditional Chinese buildings, which nowadays are used as commercial stores to sell local products, arts and crafts, antiques, snacks and so on. You will enjoy some free time there. Finally, we proceed to the Bund area, where you will also take a one-hour cruise tour along the Huangpu River. Upon returning to the hotel, your guide will see you into the lobby and bid you bon voyage. Meals: Western buffet breakfast