Description
Tour Code: OCT-Classic-01
Tour Type: Private Tour
Tour Highlights:
Best Travel Time: Suitable for the whole year, best from April to November.
Day 1 Arrival Beijing
Transfer service to hotel
Meals: No meal
Recommended Hotel: Citadines Ritan Service Apartment ★★★★
Arrive in Beijing, the capital city of China. You will be greeted and met by OCT tour guide at the airport and transferred to your hotel, whenever your flight arrives in Beijing. After check-in, free at leisure for the rest of the day.
Day 2 Beijing
Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, Panjiayuan Antique Market
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
Recommended Hotel: Citadines Ritan Service Apartment ★★★★
[09:00-09:30] Our guide will meet you up at the hotel lobby and start to explore the historical city of Beijing.
[09:30-12:30] You will reach the Tian'anmen Square first, the largest public square in the world. Walk through the square and visit today’s highlight: Forbidden City, the largest and most complete ancient imperial palace in the world.
[12:30-14:00] Have lunch at a local Chinese restaurant enroute to experience the real Chinese food.
[14:00-16:30] Visit Temple of Heaven, which was used to pray for harvest by the emperors. It is China's existing largest structure for sacrifice to heaven.Shopping time at Panjiayuan Antique Market and tea store.
[16:30-17:30] Back to the hotel, en route you can plan for the night show or the Peking duck dinner with your guide and ask for suggestions.
Day 3 Beijing
Mutianyu Great Wall, Olympic Park, the exterior of Bird Nest and Water Cube
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
Recommended Hotel: Citadines Ritan Service Apartment ★★★★
[08:00-08:30] Our guide will meet you up at the hotel lobby and start to explore the Great Wall.
[08:30-12:30] Drive to Mutianyu Great Wall, which section is more popular among foreign visitors. Upon arrival, you can choose to hike on the Great Wall, or take cable car up and walk around
[12:30-13:30] Have lunch at a local Chinese restaurant nearby The Great Wall.
[13:30-16:30] Drive back to Beijing city, while you can take a nap in the car. Have a stop at jade store. Visit the exterior Bird Nest and Water Cube, the amazing architectures that built for Beijing Olympic Games.
[16:00-17:30] Back to the hotel, en route you can plan for the night activities, such as foot massage, houhai night bars and Sanlitun bar street.
Day 4 Beijing - Shanghai
Beijing Hutong, Summer Palace, Fly to Shanghai
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
Recommended Hotel: SSAW Boutique Hotel Shanghai Bund★★★★
[09:30-10:00] You will have enough time to pack up and check out. Our guide will meet you up at the hotel lobby and have half day leisure tour in Beijing.
[10:00-11:30] Drive to Drum Tower area for taking a relaxing Hutong Tour by rickshaw, which is the way to know the Beijing local lifestyle.
[11:30-14:30] Drive to Summer Palace, which is the existing largest, best-preserved imperial garden in China. Boat ride on Kunming Lake is included. Lunch will be arranged at a nearby restaurant.
After lunch, be transferred to the airport for the 2 hours flight to Shanghai. Your Shanghai tour guide will wait for you at the airport and help you to transfer to the hotel.
Day 5 Shanghai
Yuyuan Garden, Shanghai Old Street, The Bund, Jade Buddha Temple, the exterior of Oriental Pearl TV Tower
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
Recommended Hotel:SSAW Boutique Hotel Shanghai Bund ★★★★
[09:00-09:30] Our guide will meet you up at the hotel lobby and start to explore the Modern city of China.
[09:30-12:30] Visit Yuyuan Garden, which is a Chinese classic garden in city downtown, shopping time at Shanghai Old Street and Nanjing Road which is the earliest commercial street in Shanghai, you could look for some special souvenirs and silk product there. After that, enjoy a leisure walk along the Bund, famous for groups of buildings known as "a Gallery of world architecture".
[12:30-13:30] Have lunch at a local Chinese restaurant enroute.
[13:30-16:30] Visit Jade Buddha Temple, which is famous for the seated Buddha, encrusted with jewels, which is said to weigh 1,000 kg. Shopping time at silk museum .Then have a photo stop and visit the exterior of Oriental Pearl TV Tower, while walking on Riverside Promenade Bingjiang Da Dao.
[16:30-17:30] Back to the hotel, en route you can plan for the night Acrobatic Show, especially the ERA show, which is one of the most popular evening entertainments in Shanghai.
Day 6 Departure Shanghai
Transfer service to airport
Meals: Breakfast
Free day at leisure and be transferred to the airport for return flight. We can arrange the Maglev train ride to Pudong airport if you are interested in, or we will drive you directly to the airport.
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