Day 1. Hometown to Beijing (In-flight Meals)
Fly to Beijing, enjoy delicious meals, drinks, and in-flight entertainment during the journey.

Day 2. Beijing (IM)
Welcome to Beijing Capital International Airport, the 2nd busiest airport in the world by passenger traffic. You will be greeted by our tour guide and transferred to check in at your luxurious hotel where you are at your leisure to relax and enjoy the evening.

Day 3. Beijing (American Breakfast, Lunch, Special Dinner)
Your full day tour begins at the Tiananmen Square (Gate of Heavenly Peace). Next, you will tour the Forbidden City (Gu Gong or The Imperial Palaces), which is the imperial palace for Ming and Qing emperors for 500 years. The Third Ming Emperor YongLe moved the capital of China to Beijing in early 1400. Summer Palace is described by UNESCO as “a masterpiece of Chinese landscape garden design”. Later you can enjoy a walk along Lake Kunming in Summer Palace. enjoy a fabulous Peking Duck Banquet (Kao Ya) as dinner

Day 4. Beijing (AB, L, D)
The Great Wall of China (Chang Cheng) is another world heritage site, it is a dream destination for millions of people around the world to fulfill the famous Chinese saying “one cannot be a successful person without a visit to the Great Wall”, You can hike along the Badaling Pass of the Great Wall, where President Richard Nixon and his wife visited during his historic journey in 1972. Enjoy lunch at a local restaurant followed by a visit to the historic Hutong and Alley (Hu Tong) of Beijing old town, spending sometime with a local Hutong family will be a highlight of this trip. Here you can sense the many different sights and sounds of historic Beijing. Walk along the World Trade Street and later watch the ‘Legend of Kungfu’ show.

Day 5. Beijing (AB)
Explore the Capital city on your own. An optional tour is available to visit Tianjin. Tianjin is the sixth largest city of China, only 30 minutes away from Beijing by Maglev-Train. Tianjin has several famous snack items. Goubuli is a traditional brand of steamed buns with tasty flavor filling that is famous throughout China. Guifaxiang is a traditional brand of mahua (twisted dough sticks). Visit Ancient Culture Street, this 580-meter-long street is full of Qing Dynasty style Architectures. Head back to Beijing after the stop at Yangliuqing (Green Willows) Museum, which is famous for its popular Chinese New Year-themed, traditional-style, colorful Wash Paintings.

Day 6. Beijing/Shanghai/Suzhou (AB, L, D)
Visit the Temple of Heaven, where the Emperor prayed for harvest in Ming and Qing dynasty. Walk along the New Qianmen Street and enjoy the beautiful Bird’s Nets and Water Cube up close. Later in the day, we board a flight to Shanghai, drive to Suzhou, visit the Lingering Garden, the Grand Canal with boat ride, and Suzhou Silk Spinning Factory. Stay over night at Suzhou - ‘Venice of the East’.

Day 7. Suzhou/Watertown Wuzhen/Hangzhou (AB, L, D)
Suzhou Museum is the last design of Mr. I. M. Pei in his career, it is an innovative mark bridging Chinese architectural culture from the tradition to the future. Take a 2-hours bus to Wuzhen, which is a thousand years old coastal town. Sites of particular note include a local cloth printing workshop, an exhibition of antique beds from the Ming & Qing Dynasties and a museum of local folk culture. There will also be a tranquil cruise in Chinese gondolas.

Day 8. Hangzhou/Shanghai (AB, L, D)
Hangzhou is one of the seven capitals of ancient China, known for its tea products. Take small boat on the west lake, revealing the ethereal beauty of Hangzhou’s willow draped islands. Then visit Six Harmony Pagoda, which was built 1000 years ago in Song dynasty. Take motor coach back to Shanghai in late afternoon, visit the famous Bund (Wai Tan). Enjoy the world famous Acrobatic Show tonight.

Day 9. Shanghai (AB, L, SD)
Today’s city tour starts with a visit to Cheng Huang Miao, experience the bustling shopping district of Nanjing Road and People’s Square. Spend some free time at Shanghai Museum. with special exhibites and collection of 120,000 precious works of art, this museum has become one of the best in China. Tonight you will have local Shanghai Cuisine as farewell dinner party.

Day 10. Shanghai/Hometown (AB)
Transfer to the airport for your flight home, or begin optional Post-Trip Extension