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Visits : Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City

After breakfast at the hotel, our guide will meet you at the hotel lobby and guide you to Tiananmen Square, the biggest city square in the world. You will get on the gate tower of Tiananmen to get a view of the square. Then you will visit the well known Forbidden City, one of the five most famous palaces in the world where 24 emperors of Ming and Qing Dynasties lived and ruled for over 500 years. After that, enjoy a good lunch in one of our well selected restaurant outside Forbidden City. In the afternoon, go to Jingshan Park to get a perfect panoramic view of the Forbidden City and take good photos. After that, you can freely walk around the popular Shichahai area (the old part of Beijing) and the Beihai park (enjoy a boat cruise if you would like to). Lotus market in Shichahai area is also a good place to explore. In the evening, enjoy the famous Beijing Roast Duck for dinner. Then you will be transferred back to the hotel. Today´s feature: The well-arranged route to visit the top World Heritage sites in Beijing and explore both the local culture and food options.

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In the morning, you will firstly visit the Summer Palace, which used to be a summer resort of Empress Dowager Cixi. You will take a leisure walk inside and enjoy a short boat ride on the Kunming Lake. After that you will visit a local Pearl shop along the lake. Foxiang Pavilion (the pavilion of Buddhist fragrance) standing on Wanshou Hill (Longevity Hill) is the highlight in Summer Palace. You will ascend the Pavilion to enjoy a bird eye view of the garden and the lake.In the afternoon, go ahead to the Fragrance Hill . Fragrance Hill, the former imperial garden, has become a well-known forest park which boasts lots of ancient relics as well as a huge amount of old trees. Today´s feature: explore the former imperial gardens from the best angle.

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Visits : Terra-Cotta Warriors, City Wall, The Big Wild Goose Pagoda

In the morning you will travel to the magnificent Terracotta Warriors Museum. You will be guided around the museum to see the huge underground project in ancient China, which is considered one of the eight wonders in the world. Have lunch after visiting the museum. In the afternoon,  take a look at the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. This pagoda is inside a temple which was built to house the Buddhist sutras brought from India by a famous Tang Dynasty monk named Xuan Zang. His travel story was made into a widely known fiction Journey to the West which is acknowledged as one of the four classic novels in ancient China. After that, we will drive you back and then you will  tour the ancient city wall. If the weather is good on the day, you can enjoy a beautiful sunset and have a look at the surrounding city area. You may also ride a bike along the city wall which is quite an interesting thing to try. The rent fee of the bike should be paid by yourself. When darkness approaches, red lanterns will all be lit up and these lanterns offer a very gorgeous night view. Today´s feature: Get to know the life story of Emperor Qinshihuang, the first emperor of feudal China and the owner of all these life-sized terracotta warriors and horses, and why he built an underground kingdom for his afterlife.

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Visits : Yuyuan Garden

Take a bullet train from Hangzhou to Shanghai in the morning after you have your breakfast at the hotel. When you arrive in Shanghai, you will then go to Yuyuan Garden. This garden originally belonged to Pan Yunduan who was an official of Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Pan built the garden for his parents as a place for them to enjoy a tranquil and happy time in their old age. The garden is a typical Chinese classic garden-style architectural complex. Later on, walk around Chenghuangmiao Bazaar. There is an authentic local flavor about this busy market area. After lunch, travel to Pudong for a visit to the Oriental Pearl TV Tower. Ascend to the 263-meter-high helmet for a panoramic view of the Huangpu River and the city. Then move on to Tianzifang. With high speed of modernization, lanes which have great memories about old Shanghai are gradually replaced by skyscrapers. Tianzifang keeps the precious scenes of old Shanghai but also a little bit different. In the evening, we will send you to the bund and enjoy a wonderful cruise over Huangpu River to appreciate the night view of the modern Shanghai. Then send you back to your hotel.