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A compact but highly rewarding 8 nights, 9 days tour to Beijing, Hangzhou, Wuzhen, Suzhou and Shanghai. (Tour Code: EJ)
Day 01 Australia/Beijing
Fly from Australia to Beijing, the dynamic capital of the People’s Republic of China. Once the imperial city of Mongol, Ming and Manchu emperors, Beijing today is still extraordinarily rich in historical sites and cultural relics. After clearing airport formalities, meet your local guide and transfer to your hotel.
Day 02 Beijing (B/L/D)
Tour the Tian’anmen Square, the biggest public square in the world. If permitted, we visit Mao’s mausoleum. After lunch, visit Forbidden City, the vast complex of palaces, which was the home to successive Emperors for more than 500 years. Included is admission to the living quarters, museum and jewelry sections. Enjoy our traditional Beijing Duck banquet dinner.
Day 03 Beijing (B/L/D)
Morning tour to the Great Wall, stretching almost 4,000 miles from the Pacific Ocean to the sands of Central Asia and befittingly crowned one of the ten wonders of the world. Along the way, you will stop at a jade carving factory where you can watch artisans at work. Continue to the Summer Palace, the largest and the best preserved of all imperial palace gardens, which boasts such delights as the famous Marble Boat and the ornately painted ‘Long Corridor’, and take a boat ride on its Lake Kunming if weather permit. After dinner, acrobatic show.
Day 04 Beijing (B/L)
Morning, enjoy a pedicab tour of Hutong , the ‘old city’ neighbourhoods of narrow alleyways and courtyard gardens, experience local life on a family visit and kindergarten if opens. After our special lunch in a local family home, tour to the Temple of Heaven, the 500 year old Temple houses altars on which sacrifices and offerings were laid to the gods in a glorious setting of gardens, tress and sculptures. Visit a local market if time permit. Evening at leisure.
Day 05 Beijing/Hangzhou (B/D)
After breakfast, take morning flight to Hangzhou. Upon arrival, we will go to the West Lake Garden to see the Gold Fish (Hua Gang Park). Take afternoon cruise on the West Lake, located west of the city and hemmed in by mountains on three sides, you will enjoy the fabled scenery at ‘Broken Bridge’, ‘Three Pools mirroring the Moon’. Afterwards we will also visit a local tea plantation and taste the rich and fresh green tea as well as acquaint you with the ancient refining process of tea. If time permit, visit the Lingyin Temple, which has a history over 1000 years.
Day 06 Hangzhou-Wuzhen-Suzhou(B/L/D)
Continue traveling to Suzhou by coach. On the way visit Wuzhen, a picturesque well-preserved old water-town with simple and elegant homes, teahouses and intriguing shops. You will have time to visit the market and mingle with local citizens.
Day 07 Suzhou-Shanghai (B/L/D)
Morning visit to “Fishing-Net Master’s Garden”, this tiny garden is a typical building complex of ancient China, and Silk Spinning Factory, afterwards take a short cruise on the Canal. If time permit, we take a short visit to newly renovated Shan Tang Street. Late afternoon, take Coach to Shanghai, the biggest commercial city in China.
Day 08 Shanghai (B/L)
Morning tour to the Bund, a popular promenade along the Huangpu River, where the old meets the modern. We may experience local life on the Bund to see early morning Tai Chi if you want to be an early bird. Then to the Old Town with its winding alleyways, lined with shops, teahouses and restaurants, and to the elegant and tranquil Yu Garden. Afternoon tour the Shanghai Xintiandi, which is a new tourist attraction in downtown Shanghai, featuring the city’s unique “Shikumen” houses and a maze of narrow alleys, which have been converted into specialist F & B, retail, entertainment and cultural facilities. Dinner will be on your own arrangement.
Day 09 Shanghai/Australia (B)
Before transferred to the airport for your flight back to Australia, you are free to have the last chance for shopping or to explore this booming city at your own pace.
Day 10 Australia
Arrival in Australia.
