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Code: TCE - IM02
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Day 01 Beijing (D)
Arrive in Beijing, the capital and cultural center of China, where virtually every boulevard and building exudes an air of importance. Transfer on arrival to your 4-star hotel. Visit the Yonghe Palace in the afternoon, the most renowned Tibetan Buddhist temple in China, outside Tibet itself and Wangfujing Street, a shopping street in Beijing. Stay in hotel 2 nights.
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Day 02 Beijing (BLD)
Enjoy a full-day tour of the sights that make Beijing a spectacular destination: The Summer Palace, an oasis of tea gardens, pavilions, painted corridors, and shimmering Kunming Lake with Empress Dowager's eccentric marble boat. Badaling Great Wall, one of the world's most awe-inspiring sights, the great Wall snakes along nearly 4000 miles of impossibly steep hills and harsh, rugged plains. Today you will climb Badaling Great Wall in your leisure and marvel at the manpower that went into building the world's longest structure entirely by hand. Taste your imperial-style Peking Duck dinner before returning to hotel.
Day 03 Beijing - Xi'an (BLD)
Today you will enjoy the sprawling Forbidden City, home to 24 Ming and Qing emperors and now a repository of precious art and antiques; Tiananmen Square, the largest man-made square in the world and the Temple of Heaven. Take overnight train to Xi'an.
Day 04 Xi'an (BLD)
Arrive in Xi'an in the morning, a vital center of history, culture and archaeology. It is impossible to overstate Xi'an's importance in China's history. Here began the fabled Silk Road, here a string of dynasties made their capital, here a Neolithic culture built a village 6000 years ago, and here lies a highlight of your trip: the excavation site of 8000terra-cotta soldiers and horses, buried around the tomb of emperor Qinshihuangdi, builder of the Great Wall and other massive endeavors. Round out your tour with stops at Shaanxi History Museum, enjoy the brilliant history and 372,000 exquisite historical relics in the museum and free market. Stay in 4-star hotel 2 nights.
Day 05 Xi'an (BLD)
Round out your tour with stops at the Museum of Terra-Cotta Warriors and Horses of Qinshihuangdi and Big Wild Goose Pagoda, built by pilgrim monk Xuanzang in the Tang Dynasty 1400 years ago.
Day 06 Xi'an - Luoyang (BLD)
Round out your tour with stops at City Wall of Ming Dynasty. Take train to Luoyang, capital of 7 dynasties until the Northern Song 
dynasty moved its capital to Kaifeng in the 10th century AD. Today, it's hard to imagine that Luoyang was once the centre of the Chinese world and home to more than 1300 Buddhist temples. The guide will meet you up at the platform.
Day 07 Luoyang (BLD)
You have full day visit in Luoyang; Dragon Gate Grottoes, located 12 Km south of Luoyang. The grottos are among the greatest treasure troves of ancient stone carving in China, together with Dunhuang in the north-west province of Gansu and Yungang in the Shanxi Province. You also walk around in the old city. Stay in hotel 1 night.
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Day 08 Luoyang - Kaifeng (BLD)
Visit Shaolin Monastery, at the foot of Wuru Peak on the northern slope of Shaoshi Mountain was originally built in 495 during the Northern Wei Dynasty(368-534). It is known as the “most famous temple under heaven”, for it was here that , in 527, the Indian monk Bodhi Dharma( or Dharma) founded the Chan sect of Buddhism in China. Since Dharama was regarded as the ancestor of the Chan aect, the Shaolin Monastery was called Zuting—The Ancestor's home. Embark on coach to Kaifeng after lunch. Stay in hotel 1 night.
Day 09 Kaifeng - Nanjing (BLD)
Once the prosperous imperial capital of China during the Northern Song Dynasty (AD 960—1126 ), Kaifeng, called Bian at that time, is a charming city. It was the first city in China where Jews settled when arrived, via India, during the Song Dynasty. Visit Da Xiangguo Si founded in AD 555 and Iron Pagoda, built in the 11th century. Transfer to Zhengzhou and take overnight train to Nanjing.
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Day 10 Nanjing (BLD)
Nanjing is one of China's more attractive cities. It sports a long historical heritage and has twice served briefly as the nation's capital, firstly, in the early years of the Ming dynasty (AD1368—1644) and secondly as the capital of the Republic of Chins in the early years of the 20th century. Most of Nanjing's major attractions are reminders of the city's former glory under the Ming. Our English-Speaking guide will pick you up at the platform of railway station and transfer on arrival to your plush hotel and have your buffet breakfast. Visit Ming Xiaoling Tomb (the Tomb of Hongwu ), Zhongshan Ling ( Sun Yatsen Mausoleum ) and old city.
Day 11 Nanjing - Suzhou (BLD)
Embark on coach to Suzhou, packed with gardens, pagodas, temples, lively shops and street scenes, Suzhou is a pleasure to explore, as you'll do on this morning's tour. Visit the Garden of the Master of Nets and the Garden for Lingering in. Step into small, harmonious designed with rock, water, trees and showy vegetation, then visit silk factory. Stay in 4-star world-class hotel.
Day 12 Suzhou - Tongli - Shanghai (BLD)
Take bus to Tongli, a beautiful water town near Suzhou. You can stroll to the local streets, see the real life of southern China. Then go to Shanghai by bus, the largest and most cosmopolitan city, as modern any in the world. You are greeted on arrival and escorted to your 4-star world-class hotel. Stay in hotel 2 nights.
Day 13 Shanghai (BLD)
You have a full-day visit of Yuyuan Garden with its quintessential Chinese zigzag bridges, rockeries, and pavilions; the Qibao Old Town, Nanjing Road, the most famous shopping street in shanghai and the riverfront Bund where foreign traders left a legacy of European-style buildings complete the day at a thrilling show by the Shanghai acrobats.
Day 14 Shanghai - Hometown (B)
With new insights and found memories of China, you embark on your homebound journey aboard your select airline.
Meals Symbol: B=Breakfast L=Lunch D=DinnerThe trip price includes:
1. Hotel accommodations with breakfast as specified (but hotels are subject to change to the same category before finally confirmed).
2. All meals as specified in the itinerary.
3. Transfers among airports & hotels as specified in the itinerary by private car or coach with driver & English-speaking guide.
4. Entrance fees for sightseeing as outlined in the itinerary with English speaking guide.
5. Domestic flights, trains or buses as specified in the itinerary.
6. Domestic airports departure taxes have been charged with the flight tickets.
7. Travel insurance in mainland China during the above travel period.
8. Arrangements for the planning, handling, operational and communication charges.
The trip price does not include:
1. Any meals which are not included in the "The trip price includes."
Single Room Supplements (as the above quotation for accommodation is based on twin sharing room).
2. International air and train tickets for coming to & leaving mainland China. Air tickets or train tickets not specified in the itinerary on the first arrival day and last departure day.
3. Excess Baggage Charges.
4. Personal expenses: Items of a purely personal nature such as drinks, laundry, tips to guides or drivers, FAX, telephone, excess baggage charges, or sightseeing or meals which are not included in the day-to-day itinerary.
5. Insurance coverage of personal loss, illness or damages incurred during your trip.
6. Gratuities, Tips to Guides and Drivers.
7. Visa fees
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