11 days the paradise discovery

includes: beijing, xi'an, nanjing, suzhou, zhouzhuang & shanghai

d1 arrive in beijing. greeted by our attentive local guide at airport and transfer to your hotel.

d2 visit the tian'anmen square, the largest square in the world, then move on to visit the forbidden city, which has been the royal palace for more than 500 years, with 800 buildings and 9000 rooms. after lunch, go to visit the summer palace, which is a beautiful royal garden with a big lake. a famous beijing duck dinner is arranged in the evening.

d3 full day excursion to the great wall at mutianyu, with cable car go up and down the wall. on the way back, visit the ming tombs. beijing opera in the evening.

d4 after breakfast, visit the magnificent temple of heaven, where qing emperors prayed for good harvest. after lunch, take a flight to xi'an, meet and transfer to your hotel. a traditional chinese dumpling banquet in the evening.

d5 visit the well preserved old city wall and the provincial museum with a nice chinese buffet lunch at the tang dynasty palace. afternoon visit the world famous terra-cotta warriors and horses. a traditional imperial singing and dancing show in the evening.

d6 free time in the morning, after lunch, take a flight to nanjing. visit the old city gate built in ming dynasty. then go to visit the confuciustemple which is surrounded by a number of teahouses, wine shops, restaurants and small inns all restored in their original style of ming and qing dynasties.

d7 in the morning, visit the dr. sun yat-sen's mausoleum. dr. sun is regarded as china's national father. after lunch, take a train with soft seat for two hours to suzhou, a very pretty old town well known for its gardens and silk.

d8 visit the exquisite garden of humble administrator and the lingering garden, after lunch, visit the silk embroidery institute as well as the silk warm factory to see the procedure of the silk making.

d9 the highlight today is to visit zhouzhuang, which is a small and quiet old town only 38 km southeast of suzhou. most of its temples, houses, bridges and water lanes were built in early ming and qing dynasties and are still kept in the original shapes and styles. we will drive to tongli and then get on boat to travel into the town and enjoy the nice scenery of the ancient water town. after that, we will drive for 2 hours to shanghai.

d10 in the morning, visit the yu garden built in late ming dynasty, and the jade buddha temple. after lunch, we will visit the shanghai museum which has a large collection of bronze ware, pottery, porcelain, paintings & calligraphy.

d11 after a relaxed breakfast in your hotel, we will see you off.