| DAY 01: | Arrive in Shanghai | No prearranged meals |
| SHF guide will hold a name sign and wait for you at Shanghai airport. With his/her escort, transfer to check in hotel by a private vehicle. After that, you may have a rest to recover from jetlag or design your own itinerary to explore this city by getting tips or adviced from the guide. | ||
| DAY 02: | Shanghai | Breakfast + Lunch |
| Breakfast in hotel. First head to Yuyuan Garden, Shanghai’s largest ancient garden with beautiful pavilions, miniature lakes, bridges and rockeries in Ming and Qing architectural styles. Proceed to Jade Buddha Temple, an active temple, with 70 resident monks at the last count. It was built to keep one jade Buddha statue, which is one of the two Jade Buddha statues brought from Burma by a monk named Huigen in 1882. Then go to Shanghai Old Street, an old business street owes its special social attractions and rich commercial background to the fact that the earliest bank, gold shop, jeweler’s store, wine shop and tea house of Shanghai were all to be found here.After lunch of local dishes, spend some leisure time in Xin Tian Di Entertainment Complex, a fashionable pedestrian street composed of Shikumen and modern architecture style. Stroll along the ‘No. 1 commercial street in China — Nanjing Road and the symbol of Shanghai –The Bund, a famous waterfront and regarded as the symbol of Shanghai for hundreds of years. Then head to Oriental Pearl TV Tower, 468 meters (1,536 feet) high, the world’s third tallest and Asian highest TV and radio tower, which can give you an amazing birdview of Shanghai and Huangpu River.
After covering all the sites hereinbefore, transfer bakc to your hotel and have a good rest.
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–> The Bund| DAY 03: | Shanghai / Kunming Tour | Breakfast + Lunch |
Breakfast in hotel. Morning take a flight to Kunming. Meet your Kunming local guide and then visit Grand View Pavilion. Built in 1690, this three-storey pavilion resides by the Dianchi Lake and thus provides a grand view across sparkling lake to the distant Western Hill. Literally known all over China, the pavilion houses a great couplet of 180 characters composed one century ago, the first half of which praises beautiful scenery in and around Kunming, while the second, traces 2000 years of Yunnan’s history, commemorating its rulers and warriors, battles and victories. The couplet is regarded the “longest couplet in China” as well as one of the province’s most valued cultural treasures. Then is the Cuihu Park, a charming place with teahouses and boutiques surrounded. –> Cuihu Park |
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| DAY 04: | Yunnan Tour | Breakfast + Lunch |
Breakfast in hotel. Drive to the Stone Forest (85 km, 1.5 h). An extremely rare geological phenomenon dating back to 270 million years ago, the Stone Forest is 80 hectares of karst limestone pillars in fantastic shapes that resemble a forest viewed from a distance. The Stone Forest is also home to the Sani tribe, a branch of the diverse and scattered Yi minority renowned for their diligence, embroidery and dancing. After back to Kunming, stroll down the downtown walking street. –> Stone Forest |
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| DAY 05: | Kunming / Beijing | Breakfast |
| Free on your own arrangements until take a flight to Beijing. Meet your Beijing local guide after arrival, later private transfer to check in a local hotel and have a good rest. | ||
| DAY 06: | Beijing | Breakfast + Lunch |
Breakfast in hotel. Today you will visit three World No.1 attractions: the world largest city square–Tiananmen Square; the No.1 permanent residence of the emperors among the world’s Top 5 as well as the world’s largest, most complete wooden structure of the ancient buildings– Forbidden City; the world largest architectural complex for worshipping Heaven–Temple of Heaven. Later you will visit the biggest Royal Garden in China–Summer Palace, which is well known for its large and priceless collection of cultural artifacts. –> Forbidden City |
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| DAY 07: | Beijing | Breakfast + Lunch |
| An old Chinese saying goes, he who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man. And you will conquer it today. Your first destination today is the Badaling Great Wall. As the best preserved and the most popular one among all the sections, the Badaling section is easily accessible and has easy walking conditions.Since Ming Tombs became a famous attraction in Beijing for its large scale construction and the biggest number of emperors buried in the world, so you will be lead to Changling Mausoleum today.
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| DAY 07: | Depart from Beijing | Breakfast |
| Breakfast in hotel. Private transfer to airport to catch your homebound flight.The driver will see you off at the airport.
Home sweet home. |
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