Beijing - Xi’an - Lhasa - Shanghai  11 Days

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 Lama Temple in the afternoon, the most renowned Tibetan Buddhist temple in China, outside Tibet itself.

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.

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 Haven. 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 Big Wild Goose Pagoda and The Park of City Wall in Ming Dynasty. 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 the Forest Stele Museum.

Day 06 Xi’an - Lhasa (BLD)

Fly to Lhasa in the morning, capital of Tibet Autonomous Region. The rest of the day is on your own. Stay in 3-star hotel 3 nights.

Day 07 Lhasa (BLD)

Visit Jokhang Temple, Eight Angles Street and Drepung Monastery.

Day 08 Lhasa (BLD)

Visit Potala Palace, the most imposing attraction of Lhasa and Sera Monastery.

Day 09 Lhasa - Shanghai (BLD)

Transfer to Shanghai by air. Shanghai, 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. Visit 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 2 nights.

Day 10 Shanghai (BLD)

You have a full-day visit of Yuyuan Garden with its quintessential Chinese zigzag bridges, rockeries, and pavilions; the Old Town and Longhua Temple complete the day at a thrilling show by the Shanghai acrobats.

Day11 Shanghai - Hometown (B)

With new insights and found memories of China, you embark on your homebound journey aboard your select airline.