11 Days Highlight China Budget Tour

Meals: No Meals
Recommended Hotel: Citadines Ritan Service Apartment ★★★★

Arrive in Beijing, the capital city of China, your local guide will be meet you at the airport and transfer to your hotel by private vehicle. Free at leisure for the rest of the day.

The Turret of Forbidden City

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Recommended Hotel: Citadines Ritan Service Apartment ★★★★
Note: Depart every day except Monday

Today, enjoy your full day Seat-in-Coach Tour (Bus Tour) that covers the most popular sites in Beijing city. The guide will pick you up from the hotel in the city center of Beijing, then start the tour by the 1st stop - the north part of Tian'anmen Square--- the biggest city center square in the world, where you can see the Tian'anmen Rostrum, the symbol of new China. Then we will walk forward to Forbidden City, which was the Imperial Palace for 24 emperors during the Ming and Qing Dynasties and, it is one of the largest, and certainly the most completely restored, ancient architectural complex in the world.  On the way to Temple of Heaven, you will have a chance to visit the Chinese traditional medicine culture. And then visit the magnificent Temple of Heaven . A Chinese lunch is arranged at the local restaurant en route and  a short visit to a pearl free market not missed. Then move to the largest ancient preserved garden in China and a former summer retreat for Emperors--- Summer Palace. The visit takes about 1 hour and 20 minutes. Transferred back to your hotels.

Temple of Heaven

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Recommended Hotel: Citadines Ritan Service Apartment ★★★★

You will take a Seat-in-Coach Tour (Bus Tour) to visit the must-see place in Beijing today. That is the Great Wall. The group tour guide will pick travelers from hotel to hotel between 07:00-08:00 each, then drive to the Great Wall. En route, the group will have a stop at Ming Tombs (Dingling). Dingling is the underground mausoleum of Emperor Wan Li. The Underground Palace Halls, a labyrinth palace building, were the first royal tomb excavated in accordance with plan in China. The visit at Ming Tombs finishes at about 11:00. Then we will drive to have a Chinese traditional lunch. We will have a stop (about 45 minutes) to have a shrot visit of Jade Carving Factory.
In the afternoon, we will start the visit at Mutianyu Great Wall , which has the largest construction scale and best quality among all sections of Great Wall. It is known for its beautiful surroundings--- dense woods and rich pastures changing colors with the seasons of a year. Cable car is available at Mutianyu Great Wall as an option (excluding from the price). After tour, we will return to the downtown of Beijing. Then you will have a chance to enjoy the Chinese traditional Tea Ceremony. The tour is finished at about 18:00 by a drop-off at your hotel.

Mutianyu Great Wall

Meals: Breakfast
Recommended Hotel: New Century Hotel Xian ★★★★

You will have a leisure morning in the morning, then be transferred to the train station for your High-speed train to Xian, where our guide is waiting for you at the exit of North Train Station. The guide will transfer you to check in hotel. Free at leisure for the rest of the day.

Xian City View---Muslim Street

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Recommended Hotel: New Century Hotel Xian ★★★★

You will have a full day to take a private tour to visit the world wonder --- Terracotta Warriors of 6,000 terra-cotta soldiers standing in battle formation guard the tomb of the very first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang. After that drive back to downtown, where you will have trip along Xi'an City Wall. You can choose to explore it on foot or by riding a bicycle(optional on your own expense). Then have a photo stop at Big Wild Goose Pagoda Square. You will also have a chance to visit Tangbo Folk Art Museum where tourist can learn Chinese caligraphy or painting.  You can also choose to enjoy Tang Dynasty Show with dinner as an optional activity to book with your local guide. Or you can also choose to explore the Muslim Quarter by yourself at night.

Terracotta Warriors

Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Guilin Bravo Hotel ★★★★

After breakfast, you will be transferred to the airport by private vehicle to board a flight to Guilin. Guilin is where TCT locate. Our guide will wait at the airport and pick you up, then transfer you to check in the hotel in the city center. Then you will have a leisure time to explore Guilin by yourself. You could choose to walk around the lake area in the city center or book a Night cruise of Four Lakes to enjoy the amazing night view of the waters, hills and the city view of Guilin.

Guilin City View

Meals: Breakfast,  Chinese Lunch box on board
Accommodation: Guilin Bravo Hotel ★★★★

Join a Group tour to enjoy the charming natural view along Li River from Guilin to Yangshuo. In the morning, your local guide will pick you up from your hotel in center of the city at an appointed time, then  you will be driven by a van or coach to the pier for the Li River Cruise (about 4 hours, Chinese lunch box served on board). Savour the fairy-tale scenery while cruising down the meandering river to Yangshuo. After disembarkation, You could choose to have a walk along the famous West Street by yourself and have a seat at a bar or cafe in the street to kill your time in Yangshuo before meeting the group and catch the coach back to Guilin. Or you could choose to book an optional tour with the guide and explore Yangshuo with the guide in the afternoon ( optional tour fee is on your own expense).
When you meet the group, then drive back to Guilin. You will mostly be dropped off at your hotel in the city center or the nearby place at about 18:00--18:30. Free at leisure for the rest of the day.

Li River Cruise

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Guilin Bravo Hotel ★★★★

Take a budget Guilin day tour by joining in a group to visit Longji Terraces Fields. In the morning, the local tour guide will pick you up from the hotel in the city center at an appointed time. The group tour bus/van will bring to Longji Terraces Fields Scenic Area. It takes about 2.5 hour by driving in mountains. Upon arriving at the entrance, you may need to trek for a while to minority village, surrounded by the magnificent terraces fields which are built on the hillside. A Chinese lunch is arranged at a local restaurant in the village and you have free time to explore around and take pictures. In the late afternoon, we will drive back to Guilin downtown. You will be dropped off at your hotel in the city center or the nearby place.

Longji Terrace Fields

Meals: Breakfast
Recommended Hotel: SSAW Boutique Hotel Shanghai Bund ★★★★

Free at leisure before transfer to airport to catch a flight for Shanghai, which is the largest city and financial center of China. It is also the last stop of your China tour. Upon arriveing in Shanghai, you will be picked up b y our local tour guide and transferred to hotel for a rest.

Shanghai City View

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Recommended Hotel: SSAW Boutique Hotel Shanghai Bund ★★★★

Be picked up at the hotel lobby at about 08:00 in the morning(from centrally located hotels), then start the by visit drive to visit Yuyuan Garden to enjoy the beauty of a traditional Chinese classic garden first. Then then move to Confucius Temple.  The next stop is the Bund, one of the must-see spots in Shanghai,  from which you could see the Oriental Pearl TV Tower just on the opposite of Huangpu River.

A Chinese lunch is arranged at local restaurant. our group move to visit Jade Buddha Temple and Silk Museum. Before a trip to Shanghai People Square, we will have a short stop at a fresh pearl store (30 minutes). At the square, we will have a visit to Shanghai Museum (audio guide is available as an option on your own expense), a large museum of ancient Chinese art in Shanghai. After a leisure strolling at the Old French Concession, you will be dropped off at your hotel  about 17:30.

the Bund

Meals: Breakfast

Feel at leisure until you are transferred to the airport for flight to next destination.

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