10-Day Classic China Tour: Beijing, Xi'an, Shanghai & Hong Kong

Beijing, Xi'an, Shanghai, Hong Kong

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Tour Type: Private Tour

Tour Code: SKY-Classic-06

Tour Highlights:

Visit Beijing, Xi'an, Shanghai and Hong Kong on one well-paced private itinerary.
See the Great Wall, Forbidden City, Terracotta Warriors, the Bund and Victoria Peak.
Travel between China's historic capitals and modern cityscapes with local guides.
Keep the established sightseeing schedule while enjoying private transfers and time to explore independently.

Best Travel Time:
The tour operates year-round, with April through November recommended for the most comfortable overall conditions.

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Day 1Arrival Beijing

Transfer service to hotel

Meals: No Meals
Recommended Hotel: Sunworld Hotel Beijing Wangfujing ★★★★

Arrive in Beijing, meet your YUNSKY guide at the airport and transfer to the hotel. After check-in, the remainder of the day is free to recover from the journey.

Beijing City View

Day 2Beijing

Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Jingshan Park, Temple of Heaven, Panjiayuan Antique Market

Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
Recommended Hotel: Sunworld Hotel Beijing Wangfujing ★★★★

[09:00-09:30] Meet your guide in the hotel lobby and begin the day's exploration of historic Beijing.

[09:30-12:30] Cross Tian'anmen Square and enter the Forbidden City, then climb to Jingshan Park for a broad view across the former imperial palace.

[12:30-14:00] Stop for lunch at Shi Yuan Restaurant, where the listed local dishes include braised eggplant, vegetable balls and diced chicken with walnuts in soy sauce.

[14:00-16:30] Visit the Temple of Heaven, the ceremonial complex where emperors prayed for good harvests, then browse Panjiayuan Antique Market.

[16:30-17:30] Return to the hotel. Ask your guide for suggestions if you would like an evening show or a Peking duck dinner dinner.

Forbidden City

Day 3Beijing

Mutianyu Great Wall, Olympic Park, The exterior Bird Nest and Water Cube

Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
Recommended Hotel: Sunworld Hotel Beijing Wangfujing ★★★★
Optional Night Activities: Peking Roasted Duck around 1 hour

[08:00-08:30] Meet your guide at the hotel and leave for the Great Wall.

[08:30-12:30] Drive to the Mutianyu Great Wall. On arrival, choose between hiking from the base or taking the cable car before walking along the restored wall.

[12:30-13:30] Have lunch at Xiaolongpu Restaurant; the listed dishes include fried vegetables, dry-fried beans and sweet corn cake.

[13:30-16:30] Return toward central Beijing and stop outside the Bird Nest and Water Cube, two landmark venues from the Beijing Olympic Games.

[16:30-17:30] Head back to the hotel. Optional evening ideas include a foot massage, Houhai bars or Sanlitun Bar Street.

Mutianyu Great Wall

Day 4Beijing – Xi'an

Beijing Hutong, Summer Palace, Take high speed train to Xi'an

Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
Recommended Hotel: Grand Noble Hotel in Xi'an ★★★★
Tips: The transporting method is the high speed train. Detailed information can be found in Beijing-Xi'an High-speed Train page.

[09:30-10:00] Pack, check out and meet your guide for the final half-day in Beijing.

[10:00-11:30] Travel to the Drum Tower area for a Hutong Tour by rickshaw and a closer look at neighborhood life in the old lanes.

[11:30-14:30] Continue to the Summer Palace, China's largest surviving imperial garden. A boat ride on Kunming Lake is included, followed by lunch at nearby Xiangyangtun Restaurant.

After lunch, transfer to the railway station for the approximately five-hour high-speed train to Xi'an. Your Xi'an guide will meet you at the station and accompany you to the hotel.

Summer Palace

Day 5Xi'an

Terracotta Warriors, Bell Tower, Gao's Courtyard, Muslim Quarter

Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
Recommended Hotel: Grand Noble Hotel in Xi'an ★★★★
Optional Night Activities: Tang Dynasty Show with Dinner, 3.5 hours (daily 18:00 – 20:30 for dinner, 20:30 – 21:35 for Tang Dynasty Show)

[09:00-09:30] Meet your guide in the hotel lobby and begin exploring Xi'an.

[09:30-12:30] Drive to the Terracotta Warriors, where excavated soldiers, horses and chariots stand in battle formation. The sightseeing shuttle is included.

[12:30-14:00] Have lunch at Lanchi Restaurant, whose listed selection includes buffet dishes, dim sum, noodles and Chinese hamburgers.

[14:00-17:00] Visit the Bell tower, then explore traditional residential architecture and paper-cutting and shadow-puppet culture at Gao's Courtyard. Finish with time to walk and sample local food in the Muslim Quarter.

[17:00-17:30] Return to the hotel. The optional Tang Dynasty Show with Dinner can be arranged as an evening activity.

Terracotta Warriors

Day 6Xi'an – Shanghai

Ancient City Wall, Wild Goose Pagoda and north square, Hanyang Tomb, Fly to Shanghai

Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
Recommended Hotel: Sunrise On The Bund Hotel ★★★★

[09:30-10:00] Check out and meet your guide for the final sightseeing in Xi'an before the flight to Shanghai.

[10:00-12:30] Visit the Ancient City Wall, one of China's oldest and best-preserved city walls; bicycle rental is optional and excluded from the tour price. Continue to the Big Wild Goose Pagoda and its north-square fountain show.

[12:30-16:30] After the included dumpling-banquet lunch, drive toward Xi'an airport and visit the Hanyang Mausoleum on the way.

Fly to Shanghai. Your local guide will meet you at the airport and transfer you to the hotel.

Ancient City Wall

Day 7Shanghai

Jade Buddha Temple, the exterior of Oriental Pearl TV Tower, Yuyuan Garden; Shanghai Old Street, The Bund

Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
Recommended Hotel: Sunrise On The Bund Hotel ★★★★

[09:00-09:30] Meet your guide at the hotel and begin the full-day Shanghai program.

[09:30-12:30] Visit the Jade Buddha Temple and its seated, jewel-covered Buddha, described as weighing 1,000 kg. Continue to the exterior of Oriental Pearl TV Tower and the Riverside Promenade.

[12:30-13:30] Stop for a local lunch of dim sum and steamed buns.

[13:30-16:30] Explore Yuyuan Garden, then browse Shanghai Old Street and Nanjing Road for souvenirs and silk products. Finish with a walk along the Bund and its historic waterfront buildings.

[16:30-17:30] Return to the hotel. Ask your guide about the optional Acrobatic Show, including the popular ERA production.

The Bund

Day 8Shanghai – Hong Kong

Shanghai Museum, Fly to Hong Kong

Meals: Breakfast
Recommended Hotel: Harbour Plaza Metroplis Hotel ★★★★

Keep the morning free, then check out and visit Shanghai Museum, whose square base and circular top reflect traditional Chinese ideas of earth and sky.

Fly to Hong Kong in the afternoon. Your Hong Kong driver-guide will meet you at the airport and transfer you to the hotel.

Hong Kong City View

Day 9Hong Kong

The Victoria Peak, Repulse Bay, Aberdeen Fishing Village, Gem Factory Outlet, Stanley Market

Meals: Breakfast& Lunch
Recommended Hotel: Harbour Plaza Metroplis Hotel ★★★★

[09:00-09:30] Meet your guide in the hotel lobby and set out for the half-day Hong Kong tour.

[09:30-12:30] Ride the Peak Tram one way to Victoria Peak and continue to the outdoor observation deck for city views. Afterwards, visit Aberdeen fishing village and take the included sampan ride among its traditional boats.

Keep the afternoon free to explore Hong Kong independently.

Victoria Harbour

Day 10Departure Hong Kong

Transfer service to airport

Meals: Breakfast

Check out and keep the remaining time free until your airport transfer. Your guide will reconfirm the pickup time according to the departure flight schedule.

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Due to the uncertainties of this tour, such as special local conditions , the changes of accommodation rate, etc, the tour has to be tailor-made and its price is on request. Please tell us in advance your group information inclusive of departure date, number of pax, and other individual needs, which will be helpful to work out a fit program and the right price.

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5.0

PunkNelson

5.0

Great Hotel stay Very Nice Tour guides Convenient planned daily trips Average selection of restaurant for food though

Kiwimac53

5.0

We were looking for a tour in SW China while in the area for work and found this one. While we wouldn't normally get a private tour but surprisingly it was actually cheaper than most of the group tours in the area and was great value. While I would usually rather keep one guide for the whole tour, as you get to know each other and they get to know what you are interested in, we changed guides 5 times during this trip (fortunately we had the same guide in Kunming at the start and end of the tour which was a real bonus as Murphy, our Kunming based guide, was excellent.) In this case changing guides had the advantage of local knowledge at each site so compensated for the change. Of the 4 guides we had 3 excellent and 1 very good with each of them working hard to look after us and make sure we enjoyed our trip. Vicky, our Dali based guide was also extremely good making our time there a highlight. The tour gives you 2 days at each base ie travel in the morning, have the afternoon and the next day touring the area then drive to the next base. We chose the driving tour as we feel it gives you a better experience of the area and you get to see the locals in action. All the drivers we had were great – they went out of their way to look after us and were very safe, which is saying something for driving in China. While all of the guides were very fluent in English none of the drivers could speak English which was a slight disadvantage as you didn't have the guides with you when traveling between bases but the friendliness and helpfulness of the drivers more than made up for this.
The tour was very well organised and we knew what we were doing from the time we met our guide on arrival at the Kunming railway station to when we walked through security at the airport on our way out. The tour comes with 4,5 and 6 star accommodation choices and we went for the cheapest 4 star option. While the English at the hotels was limited the guides made sure we were checked in and out and took care of any issues (which were minimal). The 4 star option is largely “Chinese style” hotels ie designed for Chinese visitors with breakfast consisting of what many westeners would consider dinner style food but there was always eggs and toast for the less adventurous. The hotels were all clean and comfortable and generally very well located. The Hotel in Kunming (Jin Jang Inn) was a bonus as it seemed higher than 4 star and we stayed there both on our way in and out. As well as breakfast, lunch came with the tour which was enjoyable as the guides choose the restaurants so we got a variety. I got the feeling that most of the restaurants were owned by friends or family or there was some arrangement with the guide, but as you get to formally review each guide and the meals at the end of each stop they work hard to make sure you enjoy the meal and there was always an abundance of food. We tried a range of local cuisine and there was only one meal we didn't think was up to par. You get your own dinner which also suited us as there is invariably a range of restaurants or for the more adventurous there is the street vendors and you can choose what you want. The vehicles we were driven in were all very good- plenty of space and very comfortable.
Being a private tour, while there was a set itinerary, which was diverse and very interesting with something for most people, the guides could tweak it to suit individual interests eg more time at one site and less at another. It is easy to get a bit templed out but overall the itinerary was a good mic of nature and culture. I would thoroughly recommend the tour and the company and we will be looking to the company if/when we go back – Guilin is next on the list as the guides were very happy to discus what they thought we would and wouldn't enjoy based on working with us on this tour,

N2265ZIinfo

5.0

Excellent guides, flexible and knowledgeable travel agent. They speak good English. Our trip was very well organized. We are 100% happy and I can recommend Yun Sky Travel to everybody.

Wesley O

5.0

I contacted Yun Sky Travel for a 13 day China vacation (Beijing/Xian/Yangtze River cruise/Shanghai) and right from the start Bonnie provided me with great choices and package options. Throughout the entire planning and even during the trip Bonnie was there for us following up and making sure everything was perfect. Thank you Bonnie for making our China vacation unforgettable.

Johnf8958

5.0

From the minute I contacted Vicky at Yun Sky Travel to book our holiday, to the time we were taken to Pudong airport for our flight home, the experience was perfect.
My wife and I visited Beijing, Xian and Shanghai and all of our tour guides were fluent in English, very knowledgeable and very friendly.
Thank you Vicky and all at YUNSKY and I will definitely be in contact when I return to China.

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