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11-Day Small-Group China Tour: Beijing, Xi'an, Guilin, Yangshuo and Shanghai
Product code 7493P16
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From USD 2,209
Dates
Aug 7, 2026 to Dec 22, 2027
Start times
8:00 AM
Travelers
Adult ages 12-80
Options
Essential Cities of China
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Duration
264 hours
Ticket type
Mobile Only
Languages
English, Mandarin Chinese
Confirmation
Instant Then Manual
Pickup
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Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
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11-Day Small-Group China Tour: Beijing, Xi'an, Guilin, Yangshuo and Shanghai





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Duration
264 hours
Ticket type
Mobile Only
Languages
English, Mandarin Chinese
Confirmation
Instant Then Manual
Pickup
Pickup details available
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Why Travelers Love This
The 11-day China Small Group Tour to Beijing, Xi'an, Guilin and Shanghai tops the list of the most favorite travel routes in China. It captivates and amazes visitors throughout Chinese history and tradition, the beautiful scenery, and the modern culture. This tour includes all the must-see destinations, such as Great Wall, Forbidden City, Summer Palace, Terracotta Army, Li River Cruise, Shanghai Bund, etc.
Overview
The 11-day China Small Group Tour to Beijing, Xi'an, Guilin and Shanghai tops the list of the most favorite travel routes in China. It captivates and amazes visitors throughout Chinese history and tradition, the beautiful scenery, and the modern culture. This tour includes all the must-see destinations, such as Great Wall, Forbidden City, Summer Palace, Terracotta Army, Li River Cruise, Shanghai Bund, etc.
What's Included
Included
Professional English-speaking guides
Lunch
Dinner
Drivers & air-conditioned vehicles
Breakfast
Economy-class airfare from Beijing/ Xi'an/ Guilin/ Shanghai
Entrance fees to tourist sites
Hotel accommodation based on twin-sharing room
Two bottled water per person per day
Not included
Gratuities to guides and drivers (recommended)
China visa fees
International airfare
Airport drop-off service in Shanghai on Day 11
Personal expenses
Not suitable for: People over 80 years old, Wheelchair users.
Meeting and Pickup
Pickup details
Itinerary
Beijing Airport Pick-up
30 minutesAdmission included
Beijing Airport Pick-up
Your local tour guide will meet you at Beijing Airport after reclaiming your luggage and clearing customs. The driver will transport you to the hotel in a comfortable vehicle. They will assist you with the check-in process. The rest of the day is left for you to have a good rest or become familiar with our capital city on your own.
Tiananmen, Forbidden City and Temple of Heaven
30 minutes
Tiananmen, Forbidden City and Temple of Heaven
This morning, your tour guide will pick up you at the hotel and take you to visit Tiananmen Square. You will see what the biggest urban city square in the world looks like.
Tiananmen, Forbidden City and Temple of Heaven
3 hoursAdmission included
Tiananmen, Forbidden City and Temple of Heaven
From Tiananmen Square, you will enter the Imperial Palace, also known as the Forbidden City to explore its fascinating halls and pavilions. Here, you will not only learn how the emperor handled political affairs and lived their lives, but appreciate numerous ancient art treasures. Then enjoy your lunch at a good local restaurant.
Tiananmen, Forbidden City and Temple of Heaven
1 hour 30 minutesAdmission included
Tiananmen, Forbidden City and Temple of Heaven
In the afternoon, you will see the Temple of Heaven, with its unique architecture, where the emperors worshipped the heavens in hopes of good harvests.
Tiananmen, Forbidden City and Temple of Heaven
1 hourAdmission included
Tiananmen, Forbidden City and Temple of Heaven
Tonight, we will arrange for you to enjoy the wonderful acrobatic show at the Red Theater. We specially serve you a welcome a la carte dinner (valued at CNY150.00 per person and included in tour price) at a popular restaurant, where you can have a taste of the most famous Peking Roast Duck and other authentic typical dishes.
China Great Wall Tour
3 hoursAdmission included
China Great Wall Tour
This morning, you will be taken to Mutianyu Great Wall to experience at first hand the wonder of the Great Wall. The round-trip cable car will be arranged. Standing on the wall and looking at it stretching up and down into boundless distance is an exciting experience and will leave you a life-long memory. To celebrate and commemorate this moment, we specially provide red wine for a group-toasting on the Great Wall. After enjoying a buffet lunch, we will return downtown.
China Great Wall Tour
20 minutesAdmission not included
China Great Wall Tour
Drive back down and take a photo stop at the Olympic National Stadium (Bird's Nest), you will see its magnificent appearance from a distance.
China Great Wall Tour
1 hourAdmission included
China Great Wall Tour
Afterwards, you will take a rickshaw tour to explore the original Hutong alleys and have a chance to visit a local family.
Summer Palace, Take High-speed Train from Beijing to Xi'an
3 hoursAdmission included
Summer Palace, Take High-speed Train from Beijing to Xi'an
In the morning, you will visit the Summer Palace - the largest existing imperial garden with a graceful landscape and magnificent constructions.
Summer Palace, Take High-speed Train from Beijing to Xi'an
2 hours
Summer Palace, Take High-speed Train from Beijing to Xi'an
After a local flavor lunch, you will take a high-speed train to Xi'an, where your local guide will pick you up at the railway station and transfer you to the hotel.
Terracotta Army, Ancient Pagoda & Tang Dynasty Dancing Show
4 hoursAdmission included
Terracotta Army, Ancient Pagoda & Tang Dynasty Dancing Show
The visit to the magnificent Terracotta Army will begin your day's trip. In the museum, there are three excavated pits displaying amazing warrior figures and Chinese ancient weapons. Afterwards, take a family visit to the home of the first discoverer of the Terracotta Army. And then make a mini clay warrior by yourself with the help of a local artisan.
Terracotta Army, Ancient Pagoda & Tang Dynasty Dancing Show
1 hourAdmission included
Terracotta Army, Ancient Pagoda & Tang Dynasty Dancing Show
After lunch, you will the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, which was built in the Tang Dynasty (618–907 AD) to store the Buddhist scriptures brought from ancient India.
Terracotta Army, Ancient Pagoda & Tang Dynasty Dancing Show
1 hour 30 minutesAdmission included
Terracotta Army, Ancient Pagoda & Tang Dynasty Dancing Show
A splendid evening awaits when you will be entertained by the Tang Dynasty Music and Dance Show while partaking in the famous Dumpling Dinner.
Xi'an City Highlights Tour
2 hoursAdmission included
Xi'an City Highlights Tour
The day begins with a leisure visit to the City Wall Park, where you can observe the day-to-day life of the locals. Here you can also learn to practice Tai Chi with the master. Tai Chi, a soft form of Chinese martial arts, is considered the quintessential Chinese culture. After that, you will pay a visit to the City Wall. It is the most complete existing urban fortification in China. Cycling on the ancient wall is an exciting experience that many people like to try (bike rental fee is not included).
Xi'an City Highlights Tour
1 hour 30 minutesAdmission included
Xi'an City Highlights Tour
Afterwards, you'll have lunch at a well-known restaurant in the Muslim Quarter. Here you will find various local snacks or flavors, like sweet steamed rice, green bean cake, persimmon cake, rice cake, etc.
Xi'an City Highlights Tour
1 hourAdmission included
Xi'an City Highlights Tour
Extend to Great Mosque, one of the largest and best-preserved Islam mosques in China. Here you can appreciate the integration of different cultures, which has combined the characteristics of Chinese classical architecture with religious colors.
Xi'an City Highlights Tour
2 hours
Xi'an City Highlights Tour
Afterwards, visit Shaanxi History Museum, known as the pearl of Xi'an and the treasury of China for storing and exhibiting historical relics unearthed from this land, where the capital of thirteen ancient dynasties of China is located. If the Shaanxi History Museum is not available, alternatively, the famous Forest of Stone Steles Museum will be arranged instead.
Xi'an to Guilin by Plane, Visit Reed Flute Cave & Elephant Trunk Hill
2 hours
Xi'an to Guilin by Plane, Visit Reed Flute Cave & Elephant Trunk Hill
Catch a morning flight to Guilin. Upon your arrival, your local guide will meet you outside the baggage claim area and take you to the hotel for check-in.
Xi'an to Guilin by Plane, Visit Reed Flute Cave & Elephant Trunk Hill
1 hour 30 minutesAdmission included
Xi'an to Guilin by Plane, Visit Reed Flute Cave & Elephant Trunk Hill
Your Guilin sightseeing starts with the famous Reed Flute Cave, which is a 240-meter karst cave that has various shapes of stalactites and stalagmites.
Xi'an to Guilin by Plane, Visit Reed Flute Cave & Elephant Trunk Hill
1 hourAdmission included
Xi'an to Guilin by Plane, Visit Reed Flute Cave & Elephant Trunk Hill
Then you will head to Elephant Trunk Hill. The hill is shaped like a giant elephant drinking water from the river with its long trunk, hence the name. After that, you will be transferred back to the hotel.
Li River Cruise from Guilin to Yangshuo
4 hoursAdmission included
Li River Cruise from Guilin to Yangshuo
Take a cruise from Guilin to Yangshuo. Li River is the essence of the landscape in this area, especially the section from Guilin to Yangshuo, which is reputed as 'A Hundred Miles Gallery'. The cruise ship will arrive at Yangshuo in about 4.5 hours.
Li River Cruise from Guilin to Yangshuo
4 hoursAdmission included
Li River Cruise from Guilin to Yangshuo
After docking at Yangshuo, you will walk through the well-known West Street. Then you will enjoy the amazing rural scenery as we drive along the country roads of Yangshuo. En route, you will be invited to visit a villager's home. After that, transfer you back to Guilin.
Guilin to Shanghai by Plane
3 hours
Guilin to Shanghai by Plane
In the morning, you will be escorted to Guilin airport and take your flight to Shanghai. Upon landing, you will be picked up by your local guide and driver and be transferred to your hotel. The remainder of the day is left free for you.
Shanghai City Tour
2 hoursAdmission included
Shanghai City Tour
This morning, Your local tour guide will pick you up at your hotel. You will visit one of the four largest museums in China, the Shanghai Museum, which specializes in exhibiting artworks from ancient times.
Shanghai City Tour
2 hoursAdmission included
Shanghai City Tour
After that, explore Yu Garden and its nearby traditional bazaar. The symbol of the Garden is the Nine Zigzag Bridge built of granite and grass-white jade and the quaint, elegant mid-lake pavilion.
Shanghai City Tour
1 hour 30 minutesAdmission included
Shanghai City Tour
After that, enjoy a panorama of the city at Duo Yun Bookstore on the 52nd floor of Shanghai Tower. And then go to the thriving Bund area.
Shanghai City Tour
1 hour 30 minutesAdmission included
Shanghai City Tour
Take a one-hour cruise along the Huangpu River - the mother river of Shanghai. As the symbol and a microcosm of the city, the river has witnessed the glory, humiliation, despair, and prosperity of Shanghai. Enjoy some free time on the Bund. Upon returning to the hotel, your guide will see you into the lobby to say bon voyage.
Leave Shanghai by yourself
1 hour
Leave Shanghai by yourself
After breakfast at the hotel, please find your own way to the airport for your homeward flight. Due to different flight schedules, the hotel-airport transfer service is not included. However, we would be happy to assist you if needed.
Additional Info
Stroller Accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Public Transportation Nearby
Public transportation options are available nearby
Physical Easy
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Other
NO shopping detours, no factory stores, no tea ceremony, no shopping site restaurant. Avoid wasting time at any shopping motive stop.
Other
Passport name, number, expiry and country is required at time of booking for all participants
Other
A current valid passport is required on the day of travel
Other
Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
Other
A minimum of 2 people per booking is required
Cancellation Policy
All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.
Policy type
All Sales Final
All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.
Refund eligibility
0% refundable 0+ days before
Review Summary
4.9
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