Time

Place to Visit

Description

08:00

Hotel lobby

Meet our guide and depart for Shanghai City tour

09:00 - 09:40

Jade Buddha Temple

Built in the 1867 by Monk Huigen who brought from Burma Jade statues of Buddha, which is made from one single piece of Jade and encrusted with jewels, is said to weigh 1,000 kg.

10:00 - 10:40

Silk Museum

Learn about the producing of a silk garment and free time for some Silk souvenir

11:00 - 12:00

Yuyuan Garden & Old Town

Built in the Ming and Qing styles over 400 years ago, is the most famous classical garden with over 40 scenic spots.

Old Street will help you to recollect the old Shanghai in the bygone days. The 825-metre-long street is divided into 2 sections with 100-year-old stores, banks, restaurants and teahouses, etc.

12:10 - 13:10

Lunch

Good Local Restaurant(Chinese Cuisine)

13:30 - 15:30

Shanghai Museum

A large comprehensive art museum with a collection of 123,000 pieces of cultural relics in 21 categories, mainly featured for its bronze-ware, pottery and porcelain, and paintings and calligraphy.

16:00 - 17:15

Former French concession/Xintiandi

Xintiandi is composed of an area of reconstituted traditional mid-19th century shikumen ("stone gate") houses on narrow alleys, some adjoining houses which now serve as book stores, cafes and restaurants, shopping malls, feathering an active nightlife on weekdays as well as weekends, though romantic settings are more common than loud music and dance places. It is the most expensive place to live in China, with some apartments costing more than Tokyo, New York and London. It is home to the Chinese elite and top executive expats.

17:30

Hotel Lobby

Back to hotel and tour ends

Time

Place to Visit

Description

13:00

Hotel lobby

Greeted by our guide and depart for Zhujiajiao.

14:30-15:30

Zhujiajiao

Kezhi Garden, City God Temple

Zhujiajiao is a water village on the outskirts of Shanghai established about 1,700 years ago with archaeological findings dating back 5,000 years including 36 stone bridges and numerous rivers and many ancient buildings.The village prospered through clothing and rice businesses. Today, old historical buildings such as rice shops, banks, spice stores and even a Qing dynasty post office can still be found.

15:30-15:50

Gondola riding

A boat riding for about 20 minutes

16:30-17:10

Silk Museum

17:10-18:15

Drive back to

Shanghai

Return to hotel

Time

Place to Visit

Description

8:00

Hotel lobby

Greeted by our guide and depart for Suzhou tour

10:30 - 11:30

Master of the Nets Garden

The Master of the Nets Garden in Suzhou is among the finest gardens in China, recognized with other classical Suzhou gardens as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The garden demonstrates Chinese garden designers' adept skills for synthesizing art, nature, and architecture to create unique metaphysical masterpieces.

11:50 - 12:30

Silk Spinning Factory

China is known as the "kingdom of Silk". Since Julius

Caesar in ancient Rome donned his toga made of silk

2,000 years ago, people in the West have known that, in the faraway East, there is a country called China which can produce such beautiful fabric. Suzhou, well-known silk producers in China, is where international travellers go to explore the mysteries of silk. Tourists can learn about the history and process of silk making. Of course, they can participate in picking mulberry leaves, feeding silkworms, reeling silk from cocoons,  weaving silk, dyeing silk and printing silk.

12:30 - 13:30

Lunch

Good local Chinese restaurant

14:00 - 15:00

Panmen Gate

The Panmen Gate was first constructed in 514 B.C and rebuilt in 1351,consisting of both land and water gates, inside the gate are the Ruiguang Pagoda and Wumen Bridge, which, with the gate, make up the three Sights of Panmen.

15:20-16:00

Grand Canal

The Grand Canal, like the Great Wall, is one of China’s most magnificent and astounding creations. The origins of the Grand Canal can be traced as far back as 495 B.C., making it more than 2,000 years old. While much of the Grand Canal is no longer in use, various sections running through Suzhou can still be toured. More than 50 miles (80 km) of scenery and wonder flank the waterway, including hundreds of old-world river dwellings, ten ancient city gates, twenty-plus stone bridges and two of Suzhou’s crown jewels, Hanshan Temple and West Garden Temple.

16:10 - 18:00

Back to Shanghai

Return to hotel

Time

Place to Visit

Description

On 15^th July (1^st day)

Beijing +

Duck Dinner

Experience the bullet train from Shanghai to Beijing in the early morning. Lunch will be on your own on the train.

Then get on a rickshaw to get through the zigzag and narrow alleys or hutongs. Two people share one rickshaw. Arrive at the old courtyard and begin your family visit. With the help of your English speaking tour guide, you will have a detailed explanation of the old courtyard ( Siheyuan ) - its history, its layout, its Fengshui, and its traditiona Chinese culture involved. Dinner is at Roast Duck Restaurant. Taste the most delicious Beijing roast duck.

                           Dinner included

On 16^th July (2^nd day)

Beijing

Today’s activities: Great Wall, this section of the Great Wall is about 2.5 hours' drive from downtown Beijing. After Lunch, visit the Forbidden City, now houses the Palace Museum. For almost 500 years, it served as the home of emperors and their households, as well as the ceremonial and political centre of Chinese government. Then, choose your favourite souvenir at Silk Alley market. Tonight, free at leisure and dinner is on your own arrangement.   

          Breakfast and Lunch included

On 17^th July (3^rd day)

Beijing

Visit the Summer Palace, the imperial court's summer retreat, and now still makes a nice place to escape the heat of the summer by climbing the hill, scrolling in the charming decorated walkways, appreciating the vivid paintings on the corridors, before your cruise in a dragon-shaped boat on Kunming Lake. Then departure transfer to airport for flight back to Shanghai. The group is dismissed at the airport in the late evening. (The hotel in Shanghai is booked by your own).

                                       Breakfast included

Time

Place to Visit

Description

On 15^th July (1^st day)

Xi’an +

Dumpling Banquet

We will take a morning flight from Shanghai to Xi’an. In Xi’an the guide will meet you in the airport, transferred to visit Terracotta Warriors. Appreciate the marvellous Terracotta warriors in full battle array of Emperor Qin's tomb. Then pay a visit to the Great Mosque which is located at Huajue Lane is the major spot for the religious activities of over 60,000 Moslems in Xi'an. Tonight, you will go to try Special Dumpling Banquet for dinner.                                        

Lunch and Dinner included

On 16^th July (2^nd day)

Xi’an

An interesting full day of sightseeing introduces you to Wild Goose Pagoda, one of the famous Buddhist pagodas in China. Visit the Provincial Museum .After lunch, departure transfer to airport for the flight back to Shanghai and group is dismissed at the airport in the evening. (The hotel in Shanghai is booked by your own).

                               Breakfast and Lunch included