Code: TCE-Y11 

Shanghai - Suzhou - Chongqing - Yangtze River Cruise - Yichang - Beijing 11 Days

Day 01 Shanghai - Suzhou (D)

Arrive in Shanghai, the largest and most cosmopolitan city, as modern any in the world. You are greeted on arrival and transfer to Suzhou by bus. Visit Grand Canal. Stay at hotel in Suzhou for 2 nights.

Day 02 Suzhou (BLD)

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 West Garden. Step into small, harmonious designed with rock, water, trees and showy vegetation, then visit silk factory. Have free time in the afternoon.

Day 03 Suzhou - Shanghai (BLD)

Take train back to Shanghai. Round out your tour with stops at Nanjing Road, the most famous shopping street in Shanghai and the riverfront Bund where foreign traders left a legacy of European-style buildings Stay in hotel 1 night.

Day 04 Shanghai (BLD)

You have a full-day visit of Yuyuan Garden with its quintessential Chinese zigzag bridges, rockeries, and pavilions and the Jade Buddha Temple.

Day 05 Shanghai - Chongqing (BLD)

Fly to Chongqing in the morning, known as Ba in ancient times, is located in Southwest China. It is also known as a city of oven, mountains and fog. Visit Eling Park. Get on board in the afternoon and spend overnight on the boat.

Day 06 - Day 07 The Three Gordes Cruise Tour（BLD）

You will take the shore excursion to Fengdu, the “Ghost City” or Shibaozhai, continue this afternoon through Qutang Gorge and Wu Gorge and see the fabled Twelve Peaks, take the shore excursion to Shennong Stream or Little Three Gorges.

Day 08 Yichang - Beijing (BLD)

Arrive in Yichang in the morning, visit the construction of Three Gorges Dam. Take flight to Beijing, the capital and cultural center of China, where virtually every boulevard and building exudes an air of importance. Stay in Beijing for 3 nights.

Day 09 Beijing (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, Tiananmen Square, the largest man-made square in the world and The Temple of Heaven.

Day 10 Beijing (BLD)

Enjoy a full-day tour of the sights that make Beijing a spectacular destination: 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 and Ming Tomb. Taste your imperial-style Peking Duck dinner before returning to hotel.

Day 11 Beijing - 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=Dinner

The 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