9 Days Beijing - Yangtze Cruises - Shanghai Tours

Day 1
Destination: Arrival in Beijing
Meals: Chinese Lunch
Itinerary Details: Be met by English speaking tour guide at airport and take the private vehicle to the hotel in the morning. After a short rest in hotel, visit Temple of Heaven - the best preserved and largest sacrificial building.complex in the world.
Hotel: Luxury Tour: Crowne Plaza Beijing - 5 star / Stardard tour: Capital Hotel Beijing - 4 star

Day 2
Destination: Beijing
Meals: Breakfast, Chinese Lunch, have a Peking Duck Dinner in Quanjude Restaurant.
Detailed Itinerary: Visit Tiananmen Square -the biggest downtown Square of the world, the Forbidden City - the world's largest palace complex. Then we will drive to Summer palace - 20 kilometers northwest of downtown Beijing. Summer Palace is the largest imperial garden of Ming and Qing dynasty. In the Evening, have a Peking Duck Dinner in Quanjude Restaurant and enjoy Beijing opera in theatre. Beijing opera is deemed the national opera of China.
Hotel: Luxury Tour: Crowne Plaza Beijing - 5 star / Stardard tour: Capital Hotel Beijing - 4 star

Day 3
Destination: Beijing
Meals: Breakfast, Chinese Lunch, Chiners Dinner
Itinerary Details: About 8:30 am, drive one and half hours to the famous Badaling Great Wall - the most famous section of Great Wall. Take sightseeing on Badaling Great Wall for about 2 hours. Drive 20minutes to Ming Tombs. Ming Tombs consist of mausoleums of 13 Ming emperors. Changling is the most famous one.
Hotel: Luxury Tour: Crowne Plaza Beijing - 5 star / Stardard tour: Capital Hotel Beijing - 4 star

Day 4
Destination: Xian - Chongqing
Meals: Breakfast
Detailed Itinerary: Flight from Beijing to Chongqing, Be met by English speaking tour guide at Chongqing airport to Chongqing city, Free for the rest of the day. Embarking on board in Chongqing and checking in at 19:00 - 21: 00. Departure Chongqing at 22:00
Ship of Cruise: Luxury tour ; 5 star Ship, for example: Victoria Cruises / Luxury Tour, 4 star Ship: President No.6 - Yangtze Paradise.

Day 5
Destination: Yangtze River
Meals:Breakfast, Chinese Lunch, Dinner
Detailed Itinerary: Shore excursion to Fengdu Ghost City or New Wanxian County
Ship of Cruise: Luxury tour ; 5 star Ship, for example: Victoria Cruises / Luxury Tour, 4 star Ship: President No.6 - Yangtze Paradise.

Day 6
Destination: Yangtze River
Meals:Breakfast, Chinese Lunch, Dinner
Detailed Itinerary: Passing through the first--Qutang gorge, Sail through Qutang Gorge/Wu Gorge, Excursion to Lesser Three Gorges or Shennong Stream, Passing through the second--Wu gorge, Passing through the third-Xiling gorge, Passing through the ship-lock of the new three gorges dam
Ship of Cruise: Luxury tour ; 5 star Ship, for example: Victoria Cruises / Luxury Tour, 4 star Ship: President No.6 - Yangtze Paradise.

Day 7
Destination: Yichang - Shanghai
Meals:Breakfast, Chinese Lunch
Detailed Itinerary: After Shore Excursion -Three Gorges Dam Project, Disembark Yichang, transfer to Yichang Aiport, flight to Shanghai, Be met by English speaking tour guide at Shanghai airport and take the private vehicle to the hotel.
Hotel: Luxury Tour: Radisson Hotel New World Shanghai - 5star / Stardard tour: The Panorama Hotel Shanghai - 4 star

Day 8
Destination: Shanghai
Meals: Breakfast, Chinese Lunch
Detailed Itinerary: Visit the Yu Yuan Garden and Yu Yuan Market, Yu Yuan is a famous classical garden located in Anren Jie, Shanghai. The garden was finished in 1577 by a government officer of the Ming Dynasty.Then we will visit Shanghai Museum - known as the Museum of Ancient Chinese Art, where you will find more than 120,000 precious and rare works of art, located at the People’s Square. In the after noon, Visit a famous Buddhist temple - the Jade Buddha Temple, : Visit the bund - located along the Huangpu River, the Bund shows off Shanghai’s outstanding foreign buildings. In the evening enjoy Acrobatic Show.
Hotel: Luxury Tour: Radisson Hotel New World Shanghai - 5star / Stardard tour: The Panorama Hotel Shanghai - 4 star

Day 9
Destination: Shanghai Exit
Meals: Breakfast, Chinese Lunch
Detailed Itinerary: Visit the Nanjing Road East- the most famous shopping area, Oriental Pearl TV Tower -the world's third tallest TV and radio tower, which combines ancient concepts with 21st Century technology. Get a bird-eye-view of whole Shanghai city from the Tower. In the afternoon. we dirve to the Aiport in for departure.