11-Day Beijing Xian Shanghai Tour

Tour Overview
Shanghai Expo Site, Zhouzhuang Water Village, Yu Garden, Yuyuan Market, Oriental Pearl TV Tower, the former French Concession, Acrobatic Show, Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, Mutianyu Great Wall, Terra Cotta Warriors, Xi'an Beilin Museum, Shuyuanmen Market, Big Wild Goose Pagoda, Shaanxi Provincial History Museum, Bell Tower, Muslim Quarters, Xian Ancient City Wall, Han Yang Mausoleum, Shaanxi Cave Dwellings...

Day 1 Arrive in Beijing (no meals)
Meet you guide at the Beijing Capital International Airport. Then you are picked up to your hotel and the guide will recommend you some famous restaurants. The rest of the day is for your own leisure.

Day 2 Beijing (B, L, D)
Today, you will have a full-day tour to visit the Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City, and the Temple of Heaven. After completing the day sightseeing, you will enjoy the Beijing Roast Duck Dinner at the Bianyifang Roast Duck Restaurant. After dinner, experience local culture at the Beijing Opera, including a behind-the-scenes look at the colorful make-up being applied to the performers.

Day 3 Beijing (B, L)
After breakfast, take your private car (about 1 hour drive) to visit the Mutianyu Great Wall. Then lunch at a local restaurant, and drive straight to visit the Sacred Way and the Dingling Tomb (one of the 13 Ming Tombs).
 
Day 4 Beijing/Xian by flight (B, L)
This morning you will visit the Beijing old lanes (Beijing Hutong) by rickshaw then take the afternoon flight to Xi'an. You are met at the Xi'an Xianyang International Airport by the Xi'an local guide with your name sign, and then be collected to the hotel. The rest of the day is on your own arrangement.
 
Day 5 Xian (B, L)
Have a full day tour to the Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses Museum, Xi'an Beilin Museum (Stele Forest), Shuyuanmen Market and the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. Free evening for your own exploration.

Day 6 Xian (B, L, D)
Go on a visit to the Shaanxi Provincial History Museum, the Bell Tower, Muslim Quarters and the Ancient City Wall. In the Evening, you will enjoy a delicious dumpling dinner with the wonderful Tang Dynasty Music and Dance Show at the Shaanxi Grand Opera House.

 Day 7 Xian/Shanghai (B, L)
Drive to the Han Yang Mausoleum, where you will visit a spectacular 'underground archaeological museum'. It was built on the site beside Han Jingdi's Mausoleum and incorporates. In the museum, apart from appreciating thousands of relics, you can also watch a complex SpectraVision program for the Han Yang Mausoleum, which is devised and produced by the Shirley Spectra, a company based in Australia. Transfer to visit the Shaanxi Cave Dwellings - for centuries, the southern Shaanxi people have lived in these unique-designed caves, their crops and trees are planted above the caves.

Say good bye to your Xian local guide and driver at the airport. Meet you Shanghai travel guide and transfer to the hotel. 
 
Day 8 Shanghai (B, L)
Have a full day visit to the Yu Garden, the Yuyuan Market, the Oriental Pearl TV Tower and the former French Concession - Xintiandi. In the evening watch acrobatics show at a local Theatre.
 
Day 9 Shanghai (B, L)
Drive about 1.5 hours to Zhouzhuang Water Village (aka Zhouzhou Water Town) to see the Shen Family Residence, Zhang Family Residence, the Mi Tower, and then have a river cruise through the village. Drive back to your hotel.

Day 10 Shanghai(B)
After breakfast, you will be accompanied to the Shanghai Expo site to have a full day exploration of the various pavillions. Drive back to the hotel.

Note: Standard day ticket holders can enter the Expo area once on any day except for peak days. (Standar day: from May 1 to Oct 31, 2010, excluding May 1 to 3, October 1 to 7 and October 25 to 31).

Day 11 Shanghai / Departure (B)
Be free until your local guide escorts you to the Shanghai Pudong International Airport for your homebound flight.

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