12-Day China Highlights Tour: Shanghai, Beijing, Xi'an, Guilin & Hong Kong

Meals: No meal
Recommended Hotel: Sunrise On The Bund Hotel ★★★★

Arrive in Shanghai, meet your guide at the airport and transfer to the hotel. The rest of the day is free to recover after the international flight.

Shanghai City View

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Recommended Hotel: Sunrise On The Bund Hotel ★★★★
Optional Night Activities: Acrobatic Show about 2 hours (daily 19:30)(your own expense)

Begin at Jade Buddha Temple for a one-hour visit, then spend one hour in Yuyuan Garden and another hour along nearby Chenghuangmiao Old Street. After lunch, view the exterior of the Oriental Pearl TV Tower for about 30 minutes. Continue to Nanjing Road for approximately one hour, then finish with a 30-minute walk along the Bund before returning to the hotel.

Yuyuan Garden

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

Visit the Shanghai Museum for about one hour and see its broad collection of cultural relics. Continue with a one-hour walk through Xintiandi . After lunch, transfer to Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station for the 5.5-hour high-speed train to Beijing. Meet your Beijing guide at Beijing South Railway Station and continue to the hotel.

Shanghai Museum

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Recommended Hotel: Sunworld Hotel Beijing Wangfujing★★★★
Optional Night Activities: Peking Opera 1.5 hours (daily 19:30)(your own expense)

Leave the hotel in the morning for Tiananmen Square, allowing about 40 minutes, followed by 2.5-3 hours in the Forbidden City. Continue to the Temple of Heaven for a one-hour afternoon visit, then return to the hotel for free time.

Forbidden City

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Recommended Hotel: Sunworld Hotel Beijing Wangfujing ★★★★
Optional Night Activities: Peking Roasted Duck around 1 hour(your own expense)

After breakfast, drive to the Mutianyu Great Wall for a two-hour visit. Have lunch nearby, then return to Beijing and spend about one hour viewing the exteriors of the Bird Nest and Water Cube before returning to the hotel.

Mutianyu Great Wall

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Recommended Hotel: Bell Tower Grand New Century Hotel ★★★★

Begin with a short, approximately 40-minute Hutong Tour by rickshaw, then visit the Summer Palace for about 1.5 hours. After lunch, transfer to Beijing West Railway Station for the 1,216 km high-speed journey of about 5.5-6 hours to Xi'an North Railway Station. Your Xi'an guide will meet you at the station and transfer you to the hotel.

Summer Palace

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Recommended Hotel:Bell Tower Grand New Century Hotel ★★★★
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)(your own expense)

Allow 2.5-3 hours at the Terracotta Warriors, followed by lunch near the scenic area. Return to central Xi'an for one hour at the Small Wild Goose Pagoda and another hour on the Xian City Wall, then transfer back to the hotel.

Terracotta Warriors

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Recommended Hotel: Guilin Bravo Hotel ★★★★

Visit the Shaanxi History Museum for about two hours. After lunch, continue to the Hanyang Mausoleum for a one-hour visit, then transfer to the airport for the two-hour flight to Guilin. Meet your Guilin guide on arrival and continue to the hotel.

Guilin City View

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Recommended Hotel: Guilin Bravo Hotel ★★★★
Optional Night Activities: Landscape Show Impression of Liu Sanjie 1 hour (daily around 20:00, time will be changed in different seasons)(your own expense)

Transfer to Zhujiang Pier for the approximately four-hour Li River Cruise, with lunch served onboard. Cruise through the karst landscape to Yangshuo, walk along West Street, and then drive back to Guilin for the overnight stay.

Li River Cruise

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

After breakfast, spend about one hour at Elephant Trunk Hill, Guilin's natural city symbol, followed by one hour inside Reed Flute Cave. Transfer to the station for the 3.2-hour high-speed train to Hong Kong, where an English-speaking driver will take you to the hotel.

Elephant Trunk Hill

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

Take a half-day city tour beginning at Victoria Peak, reached at an elevation of 373 meters. Continue to Aberdeen without a sampan ride, then visit Stanley Market and the largest jewelry factory . Keep the rest of the day free for independent exploration.

Victoria Peak Hong Kong

Meals: Breakfast

Keep the morning free to explore Hong Kong independently, then transfer to the airport for your onward flight.

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