In Brief
| Flight - 1 night. Beijing - 3 nights. Xian - 2 nights. Guilin - 1 night. Chengdu - 2 nights. Cruise - 3 nights. Shanghai - 2 nights. |
Day 1 Fly overnight from London Heathrow to Beijing.
Day 2 Transfer to the 4-star Radisson Blu for three nights.
Day 3 Visit the Forbidden City and Tian An Men Square, then the Summer Palace with a short lake cruise. Peking Opera performance.
Day 4 Visit the Temple of Heaven and Great Wall. Peking Duck dinner.
Day 5 Fly to Xian for two nights at the 4-star Jianguo Hotel. Special City Wall ceremony.
Day 6 Visit the Terracotta Warriors, Shaanxi Provincial History Museum and Great Mosque. Evening dumpling dinner. Optional Tang Dynasty show (Mar-Nov, bookable locally).
Day 7 Visit the Wild Goose Pagoda. Fly to Guilin for overnight at the 4-star Park Hotel.
Day 8 A half-day cruise on the Li River. Fly to Chengdu for two nights at the 4-star Hotel Tianfu Sunshine.
Day 9 Visit the Panda Breeding Research Centre, home to more than 50 pandas. Walk along ancient Jinli Street. Dinner and Sichuan Opera.
Day 10 Travel by road to visit the Dazu Buddhist Caves. At Chongqing embark on the MV Century Sky for three nights.
Day 11 An excursion to Shibaozhai or Fengdu.
Day 12 Sail through Qutang and Wu gorges. An excursion to the Lesser Gorges or Shenong Stream. Pass through the Three Gorges shiplocks.
Day 13 Disembark and visit the Three Gorges Dam site. Transfer to Wuhan or Yichang and fly to Shanghai. Two nights at the 4-star Bund Riverside Hotel.
Day 14 Visit Yu Garden, Shanghai Museum, Jade Buddha Temple, the Bund and Nanjing Road. Acrobatic show.
Day 15 Return flight via Beijing.
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