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9 Full Days Affordable Private China Tour: Beijing,Xi'an,Shanghai
Product code 124115P48
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From USD 1,919
Dates
Aug 1, 2020 to Apr 27, 2024
Start times
9:00 AM, 8:30 AM
Travelers
Adult ages 5-90
Options
Affordable transfers & lunches, Private transfers & No lunches, Affordable transfers No lunchs, Priate transfers with lunches
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Duration
216 hours
Ticket type
Mobile Only
Languages
English
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Instant
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Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
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9 Full Days Affordable Private China Tour: Beijing,Xi'an,Shanghai





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Duration
216 hours
Ticket type
Mobile Only
Languages
English
Confirmation
Instant
Pickup
Pickup details available
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Why Travelers Love This
It's a well-arranged worry-free tour with perfect itinerary. You will visit the best attractions in China. Including 1. The Great Wall of China; 2. The Forbidden City and the Imperial Palace, Beijing; 3. The Terracotta Army; 4. The Summer Palace; 5. Shanghai's Promenade: The Bund; And much more. This tour include 9 full days and covers 3 cities (Beijing, Xi'an, Shanghai). You could choose and book the hotels that you like for each city by yourself. This tour includes all the main entrance tickets to the attractions in the itinerary. The price also includes chairlift riding up to the Great Wall, and toboggan riding down to the base from the top of the Great Wall. And also includes the bicycle rental fee on the top of Xi'an City Wall. This tour suits solo travelers perfectly. However, if you are a group of two persons that only have light luggage (no more than 2 check-in luggage) and can be put into the trunk of a small taxi, then this tour is available for your group 2 persons as well.
Overview
It's a well-arranged worry-free tour with perfect itinerary. You will visit the best attractions in China. Including 1. The Great Wall of China; 2. The Forbidden City and the Imperial Palace, Beijing; 3. The Terracotta Army; 4. The Summer Palace; 5. Shanghai's Promenade: The Bund; And much more. This tour include 9 full days and covers 3 cities (Beijing, Xi'an, Shanghai). You could choose and book the hotels that you like for each city by yourself. This tour includes all the main entrance tickets to the attractions in the itinerary. The price also includes chairlift riding up to the Great Wall, and toboggan riding down to the base from the top of the Great Wall. And also includes the bicycle rental fee on the top of Xi'an City Wall. This tour suits solo travelers perfectly. However, if you are a group of two persons that only have light luggage (no more than 2 check-in luggage) and can be put into the trunk of a small taxi, then this tour is available for your group 2 persons as well.
What's Included
Included
Hotel pickup & drop off
Flight from Xi'an to Shanghai (20kg free check-in luggage)
All the admission tickets to the attractions mentioned in the itinerary
Lunch
Private air-conditioned transportations by Uber taxis (For private transfers options)
Entry/Admission - Chairlift ride at Mutianyu Great Wall
Mixed subway, shuttle buses and privare transfers (For affordable transfers options)
High-speed train ticket from Beijing to Xi'an
Bicycle rental on the top of Xi'an City Wall
Entry/Admission - Toboggan ride at Mutianyu Great Wall
Private tour guide
Not included
Accommodations (please follow the itinerary and book your hotels in the 3 cities).
Lunches (if you chose No lunches option)
Breakfasts & dinners
Gratuities
Meeting and Pickup
Pickup details
Itinerary
The Forbidden City and the Imperial Palace | overnight in Beijing
1 hourAdmission included
The Forbidden City and the Imperial Palace | overnight in Beijing
Pick up at your hotel located in the downtown Beijing at 8:30am. Then you will go to visit NCPA. This is a music hall. The building looks like a big egg on water. The structure is amazing inside and outside. Beautiful architecture.
The Forbidden City and the Imperial Palace | overnight in Beijing
15 minutes
The Forbidden City and the Imperial Palace | overnight in Beijing
Tiananmen Square established in the year 1417. Huge scale and space, with an impressive entrance to the Forbidden City. Monument to the People's Heroes is located in the square. National Museum of China is located in the East of the square and on the south side is the Mao Zedong Mausoleum.
The Forbidden City and the Imperial Palace | overnight in Beijing
10 minutes
The Forbidden City and the Imperial Palace | overnight in Beijing
Tian'anmen is a monumental gate in the centre of Beijing, widely used as a national symbol of China. First built during the Ming dynasty in 1420, Tiananmen was the entrance to the Imperial City, within which the Forbidden City was located.
The Forbidden City and the Imperial Palace | overnight in Beijing
4 hoursAdmission included
The Forbidden City and the Imperial Palace | overnight in Beijing
The magnificent Forbidden City is the largest Imperial Palace in the world. You’ll spend a couple of hours wandering around this amazing example of Imperial architecture and learning about the history of the palace.
The Forbidden City and the Imperial Palace | overnight in Beijing
1 hourAdmission included
The Forbidden City and the Imperial Palace | overnight in Beijing
You will climb to the top pavilion to get a fabulous panoramic view of Forbidden City.
The Great Wall of China | overnight in Beijing
4 hoursAdmission included
The Great Wall of China | overnight in Beijing
1.5hours driving to visit the Mutianyu Great Wall in the morning. This place is the most famous and ideal section of the Great Wall. You will take a chairlift up to the breathtaking wall and spend a leisurely 1 to 2 hours hiking up and down the various sections exploring the Watch Towers and marveling at the construction and beauty of the renown and legendary Wall. You then will take an exhilarating toboggan ride back down from the top of the Great Wall.
The Great Wall of China | overnight in Beijing
1 hour
The Great Wall of China | overnight in Beijing
It's China’s most progressive artistic precinct. It's a hotspot of modern art, culture and design.
The Summer Palace -- Lama Temple | overnight in Beijing
3 hoursAdmission included
The Summer Palace -- Lama Temple | overnight in Beijing
Morning you will go to visit Summer Palace, a summer resort for imperial family members. It is considered the best preserved Imperial Park. Summer Palace has been listed in the World Heritage Sites, originally named Qingyi Yuan or the Garden of Clear Ripples, was the first constructed in 1750. It was razed to the ground by the Anglo-French Allied Forces in 1860. The Government of Qing Dynasty rebuilt it in 1886 with funds that it had misappropriated from the Imperial Navy and other sources then 2 years later, renamed as Yihe Yuan or the Garden of Health and Harmony, it was ravaged by the Allied Forces of the Eight Powers that invaded China in 1900. You can visit the court area, lake area, long corridor etc.
The Summer Palace -- Lama Temple | overnight in Beijing
2 hoursAdmission included
The Summer Palace -- Lama Temple | overnight in Beijing
Lama Temple also known as Yonghe Temple, Harmony and Peace Palace Lamasery, Yonghe Lamasery is located at the northeast corner of Beijing City, considered as the largest and most perfectly preserved lamasery in present day China.
High-speed Train to Xi'an from Beijing | overnight in Xi'an
2 hoursAdmission included
High-speed Train to Xi'an from Beijing | overnight in Xi'an
It's the largest Imperial place of worship from ancient times. This special place becomes a park where the local community utilizes this beautiful and enormous space for social activities such as singing, dancing, and Taiji practice.
High-speed Train to Xi'an from Beijing | overnight in Xi'an
4 hoursAdmission included
High-speed Train to Xi'an from Beijing | overnight in Xi'an
It takes about 4.5 hours from Beijing to Xi'an by a fast train. Your guide will help you to get your ticket easily. Please NOTE, this night you will be at Xi'an city. So please book a hotel in advance in Xi'an for this night for yourself.
The Terracotta Army -- Xi'an City Wall | overnight in Xi'an
3 hoursAdmission included
The Terracotta Army -- Xi'an City Wall | overnight in Xi'an
It was while digging wells on the outskirts of Xi'an in the 1970s that farmers stumbled across what was to be China's most important archeological find: the Terracotta Army. Distributed over three large underground pits and built to guard the First Emperor's tomb were more than 8,000 life-size warriors, some 520 horses, and more than 100 chariots, along with numerous other non-military characters dating from around 280 BC.
The Terracotta Army -- Xi'an City Wall | overnight in Xi'an
40 minutes
The Terracotta Army -- Xi'an City Wall | overnight in Xi'an
It's a food street. The Chinese hamburger is a must-eat food here.
The Terracotta Army -- Xi'an City Wall | overnight in Xi'an
2 hoursAdmission included
The Terracotta Army -- Xi'an City Wall | overnight in Xi'an
Xi'an City Wall has been guarding the inner city for 600 years. Bicycle riding on the top of the wall is a popular activity. If the weather is good, why don't you give it a try.
Shaanxi History Museum -- Tomb of Emperor Jingdi | overnight in Xi'an
3 hoursAdmission included
Shaanxi History Museum -- Tomb of Emperor Jingdi | overnight in Xi'an
It's one of the first huge state museums with modern facilities in China and one of the largest. The museum houses over 370,000 items, including murals, paintings, pottery, coins, as well as bronze, gold, and silver objects. The modern museum was built between 1983 and 2001 and its appearance recalls the architectural style of the Tang Dynasty.
Shaanxi History Museum -- Tomb of Emperor Jingdi | overnight in Xi'an
3 hoursAdmission included
Shaanxi History Museum -- Tomb of Emperor Jingdi | overnight in Xi'an
It is the mausoleum of Emperor Jing, the sixth emperor of the Western Han Dynasty and his Empress Wang. The Han Yang Ling is composed of two large burial mounds, 86 smaller burial pits and a criminals' graveyard. The site today also hosts a museum. The larger of the two mounds is the burial place of the Jing Emperor, it sits next to the slightly smaller mound of his Empress Wang.
Flight to Shanghai | overnight in Shanghai
2 hoursAdmission included
Flight to Shanghai | overnight in Shanghai
Xi'an have a long history and it was a very important city in China for long years. So the museums are a lot in this city.
Flight to Shanghai | overnight in Shanghai
1 hourAdmission included
Flight to Shanghai | overnight in Shanghai
Fully functioning buddhist temple with numerous buildings containing statutes and alters set in a pretty garden area. Plenty of beautiful photo opportunities.
Flight to Shanghai | overnight in Shanghai
2 hours
Flight to Shanghai | overnight in Shanghai
20kg free check-in luggage.
Yu Garden -- Shanghai's Promenade: The Bund | overnight in Shanghai
2 hoursAdmission included
Yu Garden -- Shanghai's Promenade: The Bund | overnight in Shanghai
This elegant museum, opened in 1996, features eleven state-of-the-art galleries housing China’s international-standard exhibits of bronzes, paintings, sculpture, ceramics, jade and Ming and Qing dynasty furniture.
Yu Garden -- Shanghai's Promenade: The Bund | overnight in Shanghai
2 hoursAdmission included
Yu Garden -- Shanghai's Promenade: The Bund | overnight in Shanghai
Yu Garden presents exquisite examples of traditional landscaping.
Yu Garden -- Shanghai's Promenade: The Bund | overnight in Shanghai
1 hour
Yu Garden -- Shanghai's Promenade: The Bund | overnight in Shanghai
A remarkable act of smart city planning and preservation can be seen in Shanghai's splendid riverside promenade, the Zhongshan Lu, perhaps better known as the Bund (Wàitan). As you stroll this wide pedestrian zone along the Huangpu Jiang River, you'll almost forget you're bang-smack in the middle of China's largest city (Shanghai's population exceeds 24 million people).
Yu Garden -- Shanghai's Promenade: The Bund | overnight in Shanghai
30 minutes
Yu Garden -- Shanghai's Promenade: The Bund | overnight in Shanghai
When you see the Bund you will see this river at the same time. This river divided the City into two parts. They are Puxi side (west, with old historic buildings) and Pudong side (east with mordern skyscrapers).
Yu Garden -- Shanghai's Promenade: The Bund | overnight in Shanghai
1 hourAdmission included
Yu Garden -- Shanghai's Promenade: The Bund | overnight in Shanghai
Shanghai Tower is the world's second-tallest building by height to architectural top. The first is Burj Khalifa. Get to the top of Shanghai Tower and get a panorama view of Shanghai city. It having the world's highest observation deck within a building or structure at 562m.
Shanghai City Highlights
1 hour
Shanghai City Highlights
A residential area of Shanghai once designated for the French, the French Concession is popular with tourists and expats, and appreciated for its cafes, tree-lined avenues, and tudor houses.
Shanghai City Highlights
2 hoursAdmission included
Shanghai City Highlights
The Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum contains the site of one of only two synagogues in Shanghai, the Ohel Moshe Synagogue, along with two exhibition halls.
Shanghai City Highlights
2 hoursAdmission included
Shanghai City Highlights
Built in the early Song Dynasty (960-1279), it is the oldest and largest temple in Shanghai. It is popularly believed that the temple gained its name Longhua from the legendary “Longhua” tree with branches extending some 20 kilometers, under which the Maitreya Buddha was enlightened.
Shanghai City Highlights
2 hours
Shanghai City Highlights
The main business is tailor-made men's and women's wear. Customers are all over the world. They have tailors and factories for both shirts and suits. At the end of the tour, drop you off at your hotel in Shanghai. (Shanghai airport drop off service can be arranged for extra charge.)
Additional Info
Public Transportation Nearby
Public transportation options are available nearby
Physical Easy
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Other
This tour is for solo traveler. However if your group of two persons only have light luggage, and can be put into the trunk of a small taxi, then this tour is available for 2 persons as well.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Policy type
Standard
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Refund eligibility
100% refundable 1+ days before
Refund eligibility
0% refundable 0-1 days before
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