9-Day China Tour for Indian Travelers: Beijing, Xi'an & Shanghai

Meals: No Meal
Hotel: In Beijing

Arrive in Beijing,, where your local guide will meet you at the airport with a YUNSKY signboard. Transfer to the hotel and use the rest of the day to settle in and recover from the flight.

Beijing

Meals: Breakfast, Indian lunch
Hotel: In Beijing

Begin at Tian'anmen Square, a central Beijing landmark connected with many major events in modern Chinese history. Stop outside The National Centre, widely known as “The Egg,” then walk to the Forbidden City. Spend more than 2 hours exploring its palace halls and gardens while learning how emperors and the imperial household lived.

Lunch is served at a local Indian restaurant.

In the afternoon, visit the Temple of Heaven, China's largest surviving ceremonial complex for imperial worship and prayers for good harvests. Its halls and courtyards provide a clear introduction to traditional Chinese architectural planning.

Forbidden City

Meals: Breakfast, A La Carte Lunch
Hotel: In Beijing

Meet your guide in the hotel lobby and drive about 1 hour from central Beijing to Juyongguan Great Wall,. This mountain-pass section of the Great Wall was recognized as one of Beijing's celebrated landscapes around 800 years ago and entered the World Heritage list in 1987. Walk along the wall for views across the surrounding ridges.

An à la carte lunch is arranged at a selected local restaurant near Juyongguan Great Wall.

Return to central Beijing and stop for around 0.5 hour outside the Bird Nest and Water Cube, two venues built for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

Continue to the National Museum of China, one of the world's largest museums, with more than 120 million collection pieces and 48 exhibition halls presenting Chinese history and culture, . The museum closes on Monday; on Mondays, take a short walk through a Hutong alley instead.

The Great Wall

Meals: Breakfast, Indian lunch
Hotel: In Xi'an

Check out and spend the morning at the Summer Palace, China's largest well-preserved imperial garden. See Longevity Hill and Kunming Lake, choose an optional boat trip, and walk through the Long Corridor to view the paintings along its beams.

Have lunch at a nearby Indian restaurant, then transfer to Beijing West Railway Station. Travel to Xi'an by high-speed train in a 2nd class seat, a journey of about 5 hours. Your Xi'an guide will meet you at the station exit and accompany you to the hotel.

Summer Palace

Meals: Breakfast, Indian Lunch
Hotel: In Xi'an

Drive toward the Terracotta Warriors, stopping first at a pottery workshop to learn how miniature pottery figures are made and create one yourself. Continue to the archaeological site for time among the life-size soldiers, horses and chariots arranged in battle formation.

Return to central Xi'an for a walk around the North Square of Big Wild Goose Pagoda and, when operating, watch the fountain show at the north plaza. Lunch is arranged at a nearby Indian restaurant.

In the afternoon, visit the Ancient City Wall, one of China's oldest and best-preserved city walls. Bicycle rental is optional. If weather conditions do not allow the wall visit, the itinerary substitutes the Bell Tower.

Return to the hotel after sightseeing. Ask your guide if you would like information about optional evening entertainment such as the Tang Dynasty Show.

Good to Know:
1. Bike-riding on the ancient city wall is available only to children over 10 years old or taller than 1.4 meters (4.6 feet). Younger children may walk on the wall or take a golf cart instead.

Terracotta Warriors

Meals: Breakfast, Indian Lunch
Hotel: In Shanghai

Begin with the Small Wild Goose Pagoda, a well-preserved Tang-dynasty Buddhist site. During the visit, watch a traditional shadow play and also see Jianfu Temple and Xi'an Museum. Lunch is arranged at a local Indian restaurant before the airport transfer.

Fly from Xi'an to Shanghai, one of China's principal international gateway cities. Your local transfer is arranged after arrival.

Shadow play

Meals: Breakfast, Indian lunch
Hotel: In Shanghai

Start below The Oriental Pearl TV Tower at the Shanghai City History Museum , formerly called the Shanghai Wax Museum, for an introduction to the city's development. Take the elevator to the tower's second sphere for a broad city view, then drive through Lujiazui to see Pudong's modern skyline.

Continue to the Bund and look across the Huangpu River toward the Oriental Pearl TV Tower and surrounding high-rises. Lunch is served at a local Indian restaurant.

After lunch, visit Yuyuan Garden, a classical Chinese garden in central Shanghai. Continue through nearby Shanghai Old Street and Nanjing Road, one of the city's earliest commercial streets.

Return to the hotel. If you wish, ask about an optional evening Acrobatic Show, including the popular ERA production.

The Bund

Meals: Breakfast
Hotel: In Shanghai

Keep the day free for your own plans in Shanghai.

Good to know:
Shanghai Disney Resort is mainland China's first Disney resort. The 963-acre development in Pudong is approximately 3 times the size of Hong Kong Disneyland Park and includes Disneyland Park, Toy Story Hotel, Shanghai Disneyland Hotel, Disneytown and Wishing Star Park. It is one possible choice for your free day.

Meals: Breakfast

Enjoy free time until the airport transfer. A Maglev ride to Pudong Airport can be arranged if requested; otherwise, transfer directly by road.

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