14-Day Grand China: Diverse Beauty Boutique Group Tour

Meals: No Meals
Accommodation: 4 Star /4+Star Hotel in Beijing ★★★★

Arrive in Beijing, meet the local driver at the airport beside the YUNSKY signboard and transfer to the hotel. The remainder of the day is free to check in, rest and recover from the flight.

Please note:
1. We generally arrange the airport pick up from Beijing Capital International Airport(PEK). If your flight arrive at Beijing Daxing International Airport(PKX), it will cause an transfer supplement: US$90 per 5-seat car per way
2. Our airport transfer from Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) is generally arranged on sharing basis according to the arrival timing of each client's flight. If any tourists request a separate private transfer service from Beijing Capital International Airport, it will cause an transfer supplement: US$50 per 5-seat car per way.

Beijing City View

Meals: Hotel Breakfast, A la carte Chinese lunch
Accommodation: 4 Star /4+Star Hotel in Beijing ★★★★

Meet your YUNSKY guide in the hotel lobby at the appointed time. Begin at the Temple of Heaven, the large ceremonial complex where emperors prayed for good harvests. Alongside its historic architecture, the surrounding public spaces offer a chance to see residents practicing kung fu, tai chi, dancing, cards and chess.

Travel through a Beijing Hutong by rickshaw and visit a local family for a closer look at neighborhood life.
At noon, have an à la carte lunch at a local restaurant and take a short break.

Continue to Tian'anmen Square, then walk to the Forbidden City and spend more than 2 hours exploring its imperial halls, gardens and art collections.

Return to the hotel after sightseeing.Note:  Optional evening entertainment includes a Chinese Kung Fu Show at the Red Theater or an acrobatic show.  

Forbidden City

Meals: Hotel Breakfast, A la Carte Lunch
Accommodation: 4 Star /4+Star Hotel in Beijing ★★★★

Meet your guide early at the hotel and drive about 2 hours to Mutianyu Great Wall, a section first built in the mid-6th century during the Northern Qi and older than Badaling. The included round-trip cable car provides access to the wall before time to walk along the restored fortifications.

Have an à la carte lunch near Mutianyu, then return to Beijing. Stop outside the Bird Nest and Water Cube, two venues from the 2008 Olympic Games, before the hotel drop-off. Ask your guide for suggestions if you would like to try Peking duck independently in the evening.

Mutianyu Great Wall

Meals: Hotel breakfast, A La Carte Lunch
Accommodation: 4 Star /4+Star 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 the boat trip, and walk along the Long Corridor beneath its painted beams.

Have an à la carte lunch en route to Beijing West Railway Station. Take the high-speed train to Xi'an in a 2nd class seat, a journey of about 5–5.5 hours. Meet your Xi'an guide at the station exit and transfer to the hotel.

Summer Palace

Meals: Hotel breakfast, A La Carte Lunch
Accommodation: 4 Star /4+Star Hotel in Xi'an ★★★★

Begin Xi'an sightseeing at the Xian City Wall, one of China's best-preserved old city walls. Bicycle rental is optional and is not included in the tour price.

Continue toward the Terracotta Warriors, stopping at a cave-dwelling pottery workshop to see how miniature figures are made and learn about traditional northern Chinese housing. After an à la carte lunch nearby, explore the excavation halls and their life-size soldiers, horses and chariots.

Return to central Xi'an and walk around  Bell Tower Square,  a public space where traditional lanes meet the modern city. The day's tour ends at the hotel.

Note: Ask your local guide about optional evening entertainment, including the Tang Dynasty Show.

Terracotta Warriors

Meals: Hotel breakfast, A La Carte Lunch 
Accommodation: 4 Star /4+Star Hotel in Chengdu ★★★★

Keep the early morning free, then meet your guide for hotel check-out. Walk through the Muslim Quarter  and visit  Gao's Courtyard to see a historic residence and learn about shadow puppetry. Continue to Big Wild Goose Pagoda North Plaza for a landmark photo stop and the 12:00 music fountain show when it is available.

Take a late-afternoon high-speed train to Chengdu in a 2nd class seat. The journey takes about 4 hours.

Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding

Meals: Hotel breakfast, A La Carte Lunch
Accommodation: 4 Star /4+Star Hotel in Chengdu ★★★★

Meet your guide after breakfast and travel to Mount Leshan. Take the scheduled 30-minute cruise for a full view of Leshan Giant Buddha. After lunch and a short rest at the restaurant, return to central Chengdu and visit People's Park, where residents sing, dance, play cards and chess. Sit down for tea at a local teahouse before returning to the hotel.

Notes: Ask your guide if you would like to arrange Sichuan opera as optional evening entertainment.

Leshan Giant Buddha

Meals: Hotel breakfast, A La Carte Lunch
Accommodation: 4 Star /4+Star Hotel in Chongqing ★★★★

Spend 2–3 hours at the Giant Panda Breeding Research Base, whose landscaped grounds recreate habitat for giant pandas. After lunch, visit Wuhou Temple, a museum connected with the Three Kingdoms period, then walk along nearby Jinli Ancient Street.

Transfer to Chengdu railway station and take the bullet train to Chongqing in a 2nd class seat, a journey of about 2 hours. Meet your English-speaking guide at the station exit and continue to the hotel.

Note: You may visit Hongyadong independently in the evening for views of Chongqing after dark.

Giant Panda Breeding Research Base

Meals: Hotel breakfast, A La Carte Lunch
Accommodation: 4 Star /4+Star Hotel in Zhangjiajie Wulingyuan ★★★★

Begin at Liziba Station and watch a metro train pass through a building from the designated observation platform.

Continue to Ciqikou Ancient Town to walk its stone streets, view traditional buildings and browse local snacks and teahouses.

Have lunch at a nearby local restaurant featuring regional dishes.

Visit Kuixing Tower, where the surrounding levels create the impression of standing at street level while actually being on the 22nd floor.

Walk through the Mountain City Alleyways, a former residential area that preserves Chongqing's steep lanes and Bayu architectural character while now accommodating small shops and pedestrian spaces.

See the exterior of Raffles City Chongqing, then transfer to the railway station for the high-speed train to Zhangjiajie, a sandstone mountain region in northwest Hunan associated with the landscapes of Avatar.

Meet your local guide at Zhangjiajie railway station and transfer to the hotel.

Ciqikou Ancient Town

Meals: Hotel breakfast, A La Carte Lunch
Accommodation: 4 Star /4+Star Hotel in Zhangjiajie Wulingyuan ★★★★

Reach Yuanjiajie Scenic Area by the Bailong Elevator and see the Hallelujah Mountains associated with Avatar and the First Stone Bridge in the World. Continue by battery car to Tianzi Mountain Nature Reserve for views of peaks, valleys and forest, with a possible sea of clouds in suitable conditions.

Afterwards, take the small train through Ten-mile Gallery (small train at your own expense), a 5km route lined by naturally shaped rock formations. Return to the Wulingyuan hotel after the visit.

Yuanjiajie Scenic Area

Meals: Hotel breakfast, A La Carte Lunch
Accommodation: 4 Star /4+Star Hotel in Zhangjiajie Wulingyuan ★★★★

Visit the Grand Canyon Glass Bridge after breakfast, then have an à la carte lunch at a local restaurant. Continue to Baofeng Lake  for waterfalls, mountain scenery and the scheduled boat ride accompanied by Tujia folk songs. Return to the hotel afterwards.

Grand Canyon Glass Bridge

Meals: Hotel Breakfast, A La Carte Lunch
Accommodation: 4 Star /4+Star Hotel in Shanghai ★★★★

Spend the day at Tianmen Mountain, covering the cable car, Glass Skywalk, Tianmen Temple, Bonsai Garden, Tianmen Cave and Connected-Heaven Avenue. After lunch, return to the hotel for your luggage and transfer to Zhangjiajie airport for the evening flight.

Meet the local guide in Shanghai and continue to the hotel.

Tianmen Mountain

Meals: Hotel Breakfast, A La Carte Lunch
Accommodation: 4 Star /4+Star Hotel in Shanghai ★★★★

Begin Shanghai sightseeing in the lanes of Shikumen to see its distinctive architecture and observe local neighborhood life.

Continue to Yuyuan Garden; it closes on Monday, when Jade Buddha Temple is visited instead. Browse the nearby Yuyuan Bazaar, also known as Chenghuangmiao Old Street.

After lunch, visit Shanghai City History Museum below  The Oriental Pearl TV Tower, then take the elevator to the tower's second sphere and drive through Lujiazui for skyline views.

Finish at the Bund beside the Huangpu River, looking across toward the Oriental Pearl TV Tower and Pudong's high-rises.

The Bund

Meals: Hotel Breakfast

Meet the driver for the transfer to Shanghai Pudong International Airport and board your onward international flight, concluding the 14-day group tour.

Service Ends

Please note: We generally arrange the free hotel-airport transfer on sharing basis according to all the travelers' departure flights. If a separate private transfer is required, itwill cause transfer supplement: US$75 per 5-seat car per way. Independent private transfer service will be required in advance.