General Information
Tour Details
Duration: 13 days/ 12 nights
Start/ End: Beijing/ Shanghai
Tour Route: Beijing – Xi’an – Shanghai
Date: No Fixed Departure – Anytime You Wish
Tour Customizable: Definitely! Tell us your interests in the inquiry form
Accommodations: 5-star hotel or Super Deluxe Hotels as you want
Tour Guide: Private local guide (English speaking guide or other languages as you want)
Transportation: Private first-class air-conditioned vehicles
Brief Itinerary
Day 01: Beijing Arrival
Day 02: Beijing Tour
Day 03: Beijing Tour
Day 04: Beijing Tour
Day 05: Beijing Relaxation
Day 06: Beijing – Xi’an
Day 07: Xi’an Tour
Day 08: Xi’an Relaxation
Day 09: Xi’an – Shanghai
Day 10: Shanghai Tour
Day 11: Nanxun Ancient Town Leisure Tour
Day 12: Shanghai Relaxation
Day 13: Shanghai Departure
Full Itinerary
Day 01: Beijing Arrival
Upon arrival, you will be warmly greeted by Luxury Asia Trip’s guide and driver. Then, they will escort you to the hotel for check-in. En route, a brief introduction to Beijing will be given on your super comfortable private drive. Once you’ve settled in the hotel, relax at leisure. If time permits, you’ll be accompanied to visit 798 Art Zone.
- Meals: No meals included. Advice freely available
Day 02: Beijing Tour
Today, our China Golden Triangle Luxury Tour will start with Tiananmen Square. After taking good pictures there, the guide will walk you through the Tiananmen Tower at the northern end to the Forbidden City, the imperial palace during the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368 – 1911). Also, you’ll highly appreciate precious historical items at the Treasure Gallery as well as Hall of Clocks inside.
At noon, enjoy an a la carte lunch which is specially served at a luxe restaurant. After that, you will be escorted to the Summer Palace. A painted pleasure boat ride on the Kunming Lake is consisted of for you to enjoy a full and clear view of the Longevity Hill and surrounding halls, gallery, and bridges when it comes to lovely weather.
If you are a big fan of Chinese Kung Fu, tonight’s Kung Fu show will be perfect for you. We will reserve a relatively good seat to let you appreciate the actors’ free-flowing but vigorous moves up close.
- Meals: American breakfast (or others you want). A la Carte lunch
Day 03: Beijing Tour
After breakfast, set out to the less-touristy, Mutianyu Great Wall with a pretty 1.5-hour drive. The round-trip cable car is also included. You can take time to walk on the Great Wall and appreciate the beautiful scenery. Today, it is your choice to have the choice of selecting your preferred deluxe restaurants. Please ask our guide for some recommendations. Your guide will be always happy to help and your driver as well.
On your way back to the hotel, you can have a stopover to observe and shoot the outstanding appearance of the Birds Nest. After a short break, you will be entertained with the authentic roast duck at Da Dong Roast Duck Restaurant.
- Meals: American breakfast (or others you want). Roast Duck Dinner
Day 04: Beijing Tour
Today, your private guide and driver will escort you from the hotel to the Temple of Heaven. The site is a park nearby where seniors usually do the morning exercise. It is great for you to take a 1-hour Tai Chi class there before heading to the temple. After Tai Chi class, you will feel so refreshed and then, your guide will show you around the Temple of Heaven and explain old-aged sacrificial rituals for you. Then, we will take a Hutong tour by a rickshaw to explore the traditional local lifestyle. Around noon, enjoy a delicious a la carte lunch. You can order your favorite food and our guide is willing to give you some advice. Then, back to the hotel and relax at leisure.
- Meals: American breakfast, A la carte lunch
Day 05: Beijing Relaxation
Today is yours. You can choose to relax at the hotel with high-end facilities and services or enjoy daily life in Beijing. Anytime you want, you can contact your guide and driver.
- Meals: American breakfast (or others you want).
Day 06: Beijing – Xi’an
Relax at leisure until getting escorted to the airport for a domestic flight to Xi’an. Upon arrival, drive to the deluxe hotel for check-in. The rest of the day will be yours. Relax at leisure.
- Meals: American breakfast (or others you want).
Day 07: Xi’an Tour
This luxury Xi’an tour will start with the Terracotta Army Museum featuring more than 8,000 life-sized pottery soldiers, 400 horses, and 100 chariots buried together with the Emperor Qin Shi Huang (259 – 210 BC). Then, an a la carte lunch at the 5-star Huaqing Aegean International Hot Spring Resort will be severed.
In the afternoon, enjoy a tour to City Wall and the Muslim Quarter – a bustling snack street with hundreds of years of history. On City Wall, you can take a bicycle or battery car to travel around the wall and get some stunning views of the city. This evening, get into the marvelous Music and Dance Show which is presented at the Tang Dynasty Palace while having the luxury imperial court dinner.
- Meals: American breakfast (or others you want). A la carte lunch. Tang Dynasty dinner show
Day 08: Xi’an Relaxation
Today is yours. You can choose to relax at the hotel with high-end facilities and services or enjoy daily life in Xi’an. Anytime you want, you can contact your guide and driver.
- Meals: American breakfast (or others you want).
Day 09: Xi’an – Shanghai
Today, we visit the Shaanxi Provincial History Museum converging more than 370,000 precious relics unearthed throughout the province. Our next destination is the Small Wild Goose Pagoda serving as the storage for Buddhist scriptures during the reign of the Tang Dynasty (618 – 907). A local family visit follows around noon. While the host is preparing the lunch, you can learn to cook one or two dishes if interested.
At the end of this Xian tour, our guide and driver will deliver you to the airport and see you off. Upon arrival, drive to the hotel for check-in. The rest of the day will be yours. Relax at leisure
- Meals: American breakfast (or others you want). Home-cooked a la carte lunch
Day 10: Shanghai Tour
Today, our China Luxury Tour starts with the Shanghai World Financial Center, which has a height of 492 meters (1,614 feet). Take some great shots there and then you will be transferred to the Urban Planning Exhibition Hall. Here you will have a general idea of the city’s past, present, and future. Lunch with an a la carte lunch at the famous Xian Qiang Fang Restaurant.
Yuyuan Garden and the nearby commercial blocks are scheduled in the afternoon. Then, head to the Bund Area and then cruise on the Huangpu River to enjoy old-style exotic buildings along with the beautiful skyline on the two banks. In the evening, the amazing Era Acrobatic Show awaits you at Shanghai Circus World.
- Meals: American breakfast (or others you want). A la carte lunch
Day 11: Nanxun Ancient Town Leisure Tour
Today, enjoy a private one-day leisure tour at the Nanxun Ancient Town. With a river flowing through, the town is full of elegant and splendid mansions of rich merchants in the past times. You will feel like being taken back to the old days while wandering around and immersing yourself in the grace and refinement of the water town.
- Meals: American breakfast (or others you want).
Day 12: Shanghai Relaxation
Today is yours. You can choose to relax at the hotel with high-end facilities and services or enjoy daily life in Shanghai. Anytime you want, you can contact your guide and driver.
- Meals: American breakfast (or others you want).
Day 13: Shanghai Departure
Time to say goodbye to China. Breakfast and relax at leisure until getting escorted to the airport in Shanghai for an international flight coming home. The trip ends. Hope you enjoyed it and wish that we could serve you next time when it comes to other Asia luxury tours.
- Meals: American breakfast (or others you want).
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