11-Day China & Tibet Private Tour: Beijing, Xi'an, Lhasa & Shanghai

Meals: No Meals
Recommended Hotel: Citadines Ritan Service Apartment ★★★★

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

Beijing City View

Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
Recommended Hotel: Citadines Ritan Service Apartment ★★★★

[09:00-09:30] Meet your guide in the hotel lobby and begin your introduction to historic Beijing.

[09:30-12:30] Start at Tian'anmen Square, then enter the Forbidden City, to explore the former imperial palace. Continue to Jingshan Park and climb Coal Hill for a broad view over the palace roofs.

[12:30-14:00] Stop for lunch at a local Chinese restaurant along the route.

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

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

Forbidden City

Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
Recommended Hotel: Citadines Ritan Service Apartment ★★★★

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

[08:30-12:30] Drive to the Mutianyu Great Wall. On arrival, choose to hike or take the cable car up before walking along the restored wall.

[12:30-13:30] Have lunch at a local Chinese restaurant near the Great Wall.

[13:30-16:30]  Drive back toward central Beijing, with a stop at a jade store. Walk through Olympic Park and view the exteriors of the Bird Nest and Water Cube, two prominent venues from the Beijing Olympic Games.

[16:30-17:30]  Return to the hotel. A traditional foot massage or an evening at Sanlitun Bar Street can be considered during your free time.

Mutianyu Great Wall

Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
Recommended Hotel: Atour Hotel Xian Nanmen ★★★★

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

[10:00-11:30] Head to the Drum Tower area for a Hutong Tour by rickshaw, offering a closer look at Beijing's lanes and neighborhood life.

[11:30-14:30] Continue to the Summer Palace, Beijing's best-preserved imperial garden. The visit includes a boat ride on Kunming Lake, followed by lunch at Xiangyangtun Restaurant with its indoor opera stage.

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

Hutong Tour by Rickshaw

Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
Recommended Hotel: Atour Hotel Xian Nanmen ★★★★

[09:00-09:30] Meet your guide at the hotel and begin the day's exploration of ancient Xi'an.

[09:30-12:30] Drive to the Terracotta Warriors and view the excavated soldiers, horses and chariots arranged in battle formation. The shuttle bus is included, followed by a visit to a pottery-figurine factory to learn how the replicas are made.

[12:30-14:00] Have lunch at Lanchi Restaurant, whose buffet includes local foods such as dim sum, noodles and Chinese hamburgers.

[14:00-17:00] Return downtown to visit the Xian City Wall, one of China's oldest and best-preserved city walls. Bicycle rental on the wall is optional and excluded from the tour price. Continue to the Muslim Quarter for time to explore its shops and food stalls.

[17:00-17:30] Return to the hotel. The optional Tang Dynasty Show with Dinner is one possible evening plan.

Terracotta Army

Meals: Breakfast
Recommended Hotel: Lhasa Hotel ★★★★

After breakfast, transfer to the airport for the morning flight to Lhasa. Meet your Tibet guide on arrival and continue to the hotel. Keep the afternoon unhurried so you can rest, acclimatize and take a short independent walk if you feel comfortable.

Lhasa City View

Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
Recommended Hotel: Lhasa Hotel ★★★★
Tips: When you enter into a temple or monastery in Tibet, please take off your hats at the entrance to show your respects and follow the clockwise direction for visiting. No smoking, do not touch the Buddha statues, turn the Buddhism scriptures or toll the bell.

[09:00-19:30] Meet your guide at the hotel and begin the first full day in Lhasa.

[19:30-12:30] Visit Potala Palace, then follow the clockwise route around the palace area to observe local worshippers. Continue to the opposite hill for a panoramic view and photographs of the palace.

[12:30-13:30] Lunch is arranged at Ganglameduo Restaurant, with local beef and mutton dishes listed for the meal.

[13:30-16:30] Continue to Jokhang Monastery, then spend time along Barkhor Street, where local religious life and Tibetan handicrafts are part of the street scene.

[16:30-17:30] Return to the hotel and ask your guide for suggestions if you are considering an evening show.

Potala Palace Lhasa

Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
Recommended Hotel: Lhasa Hotel ★★★★

[09:00-09:30] Meet your guide at the hotel for the second day of sightseeing in Lhasa.

[09:30-12:30] Begin at Drepung Monastery, one of Tibet's three great monasteries, then continue to Norbulingka Park, the traditional summer palace associated with the Dalai Lamas from the seventh onward.

[12:30-13:30] Have lunch at Tibetan Family Kitchen, where yak-meat dumplings are the listed local specialty.

[13:30-16:30] Visit Sera Monastery to observe the monks' debating session in the courtyard behind the main temple. Afterwards, return to the hotel and keep the rest of the day free.

Drepung Monastery

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

Keep the day free until your hotel-to-airport transfer. Fly approximately six hours to Shanghai , where your local guide will meet you and arrange the hotel transfer.

Shanghai City View

Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
Recommended Hotel:Sunrise on the Bund Hotel ★★★★

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

[09:30-12:30] Visit Jade Buddha Temple and its seated, jewel-covered Buddha, described as weighing 1,000 kg. Continue to the exterior of the Oriental Pearl TV Tower and walk along the Riverside Promenade, with a silk-museum shopping stop en route.

[12:30-13:30] Lunch features the listed Shanghai specialties of dim sum and steamed buns.

[13:30-16:30] Explore Yuyuan Garden, then browse Shanghai Old Street and Nanjing Road for local souvenirs. Finish with a walk along the Bund, known for its collection of historic international architecture.

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

The Bund

Meals: Breakfast

Keep the day free until the airport transfer for your return flight. A Maglev ride to Pudong Airport can be arranged if requested; otherwise, transfer directly by road.

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