12 days China tour with Yangtze River Cruise (downstream)

Day 1  Arrive Beijing        
On arrival in Beijing, you will be met & transferred by our professional English speaking guide to your hotel. Enjoy the rest of the day at your leisure.

Day 2  Beijing (B/L/D)
Buffet breakfast at hotel. Full day city excursion to Tiananmen Square-the largest square in the world, Forbidden City-imperial palace of Ming and Qing Dynasty, and Temple of Heaven-here ancient emperors prayed for good harvest. Lunch at good local restaurants. You can choose the Peking Opera Show or Chinese Kungfu show as optional in the evening.
The Tian'anmen Square: The largest city square in the world.The Forbidden City: the imperial palace for the Ming and Qing with a history of around 600 years.
The Temple of Heaven: The Temple of Heaven is a masterpiece of architecture and landscape design which simply and graphically illustrates a cosmogony of great importance for the evolution of one of the world’s great civilizations.

Day 3  Beijing (B/L/D)
Buffet breakfast at hotel followed by full day trip to the Great Wall at Badaling, the Ming Tombs and the Sacred Way with lunch at local Chinese restaurant. Peking Roasted Duck Dinner.

The Great Wall: The symbol of China and Climbing the Great Wall you can pass visitors from all over the world, and hear conversations in almost every language.
The Ming Tombs: Consisting of mausoleums of 13 Ming emperors, is the largest imperial necropolises in China.
The Sacred Way: The way standed on both sides with marvelous stone sculptures by which means the road leading to heaven.

Day 4  Beijing/Xian (B/L/D)  Hotel: Bell Tower Hotel (4 stars)
Buffet breakfast at hotel, visit Summer Palace,  transfer to the airport for flight to Xian-the ancient capital of China, visit Ancient City Wall. Dumpling Dinner with dumplings making demonstration at a good dumpling restaurant.

The Ancient City Wall:
Xian City Wall was constructed in the early Ming Dynasty on the basis of the Imperial City of ChangAn (Everlasting Peace) of the Tang Dynasty.

Day 5  Xian (B/L/D)
Buffet breakfast at hotel. Full day excursion to world famous Terracotta Warriors and Horses with circle movie showed before visiting the Big Wild Goose Pagoda and the Grand Mosque. Lunch at good local restaurant. You can choose the Tang Dynasty dinner Showas optional in the evening (highly recommended, as it is the best show in China).

The Terracotta Warriors and Horses: The most significant archeological excavations of the 20th century, the army of terra-cotta warriors and the bronze chariots entombed in vast underground vaults at emperor Qin's tomb.
The Tang Dynasty Dinner & Show: The show that presents the palace dances and sings in the Tang Dynasty.
The Big wild Goose Pagoda: It is one of the city's most distinctive and outstanding landmarks, possibly the most beautiful building left in Xi'an today. In AD 652, the Big Goose Pagoda was built to store the sutras and the figurines of Buddha, which were brought from India by a famous Buddhist translator and traveler Tang Sanzang, also known by his Buddhist name as Xuanzang.
The Great Mosque: It is one of the oldest, largest and best-preserved Islamic mosques in China.

Day 6  Xian/Chongqing (B/L/D) ( Victoria Cruise 5 star )
Buffet breakfast at hotel, then transfer to the airport for flight to Chongqing. Arrive at Chongqing, you will be met at the airport & transferred to take a half day city tour, in the evening board your deluxe cruise ship for the Three Gorges river journey.

Day 7  Yangtze Cruise (B/L/D)
Shore excursion at Fengdu.

Fengdu:
Known as the "Ghost City" and is a place for punishing the devil and awarding the good.

Day 8  Yangtze Cruise (B/L/D)
Pass through the magnificent Qutang Gorge and beautiful Wu Gorge. Transfer to a small sampan to cruise the Shennong Stream.

Qutang Gorge: the first of the three gorges of the Yangtze River, and the one that is famous for its sheer and spectacular precipices
Wu Gorge: The most beautiful section of the Yangtze River, The gorge was also known to be as dangerous as it is beautiful.
Shennong Stream: A tributary of the Yangtze River, a sampan tour in Shennong Stream will allow you to experience a high speed adventure.

Day 9  Yangtze Cruise/Yichang/Shanghai (B/L/D)   Hotel: Shanghai Hotel (4stars)Visit the Three Gorges Dam. Sail through Xiling Gorge. Arrives in Yichang about 12:00. Be transferred to the airport for your flight to Shanghai. Upon arrival meet and transfer to Hotel.

Three Gorges Dam:The largest water conservancy project ever under taken by human being is now being built at Sandouping in the middle of Xiling Gorge.
Xinling Gorgee: The longest part of the Three Gorges.

Day 10  Shanghai (B/L/D)
Buffet breakfast at hotel. Full day city tour with visit to the Yu Garden, the "Bund" and the Jade Buddha Temple with lunch at local Chinese restaurant. You can choose the Acrobatic Show as optional in the evening.

Yu Garden: A place of peace and comfort in the heart of bustling Shanghai, dates back to the fabled Ming Dynasty.
The Jade Buddha Temple:The most famous Buddhist temple in Shanghai.
The Bund: Known as a miniature museum of international architecture with dozens of high buildings standing along the shore.

Day 11  Shanghai (B/L/D)
Buffet breakfast at hotel. Half day tour of the Shanghai Museum and Lunch at local Chinese restaurant. Afternoon free for shopping.

Shanghai Museum: As one of the largest Museums in China, Shanghai Museum possesses a collection of 120,000 precious works of art.

Day 12  Shanghai/Departure (B)
Buffet breakfast at hotel. Free until transfer to the airport for flight to the next destination. End of service.