Few places on earth can match the extraordinary historical panorama on display in Běijīng. There are six Unesco World Heritage Sites in this city alone (just one less than the whole of Egypt). At its heart is the magnificent Forbidden City, a royal palace on a scale like no other. Běijīng is also home to sublime temples that aspire to cosmological perfection, while the city centre is criss-crossed by enchanting hútòng: ancient alleyways that teem with life today, as they did hundreds of years ago. And, to cap it all, the awe-inspiring Great Wall snakes its way across the hills north of town.
Shànghǎi is home to the world’s second-tallest tower and a host of other neck-craning colossi. But it’s not all sky-scraping razzmatazz. Beyond the crisply cool veneer of the modern city typified by Pǔdōng, you can lift the lid to a treasure chest of architectural styles. The city’s period of greatest cosmopolitan excess – the 1920s and 1930s – left the city with pristine examples of art deco buildings, most of which survived the 20th-century vicissitudes assailing Shànghǎi. And there’s more: from Jesuit cathedrals, Jewish synagogues and Buddhist temples to home-grown lòngtáng (laneway) and shíkùmén (stone gate) housing, Shànghǎi’s architectural heritage is like none other.
DAY 1: BEIJING
Arrival to Beijing International Airport; Beijing the capital of the People’s Republic of China, which is over 3,000 years old. You are welcomed at the airport and escorted to check in Hotel. (No Meals)
DAY 2: BEIJING
Breakfast at hotel, Begin today’s full tour with visit the fabled Great wall of Badaling with cable car a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a massive defensive structure built to keep off intrusion. Visit a Longdi Jade shop where we will learn about Chinese jade culture. Later proceed to see the Bird’s Nest (Olympic National Stadium outside) and the Water Cube (Outside), Then go to visit Temple of Heaven. Breakfast + Chinese Lunch + Dinner.
DAY 3: BEIJING
Breakfast at hotel, visit to the world famous Tian’anmen Square the biggest square in the world that lies in the centre of the city. Then the Forbidden City from which the Emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties governed for over 500 years. Silk shop, and visit the Summer Palace, the largest and best preserved of all the imperial palace gardens, and boasts such delights as the “Marble Boat” and the ornately painted” Long Corridor”. Dinner at local restaurant. Breakfast + Dinner
DAY 4: BEIJING – SHANGHAI
Departure from Beijing to Shanghai by air. Arrive Shanghai, airport pick up by our guide, then transfer to hotel and check in. Dinner and overnight.Breakfast + Dinner.
DAY 5: SHANGHAI
Breakfast at Hotel, then visit the Visit Oriental TV Tower, then lovely old Yuyuan Garden-outside look Nine Zig Zagbridge with golden fish pond, bridges and pavilions. Then we step onto Yu Market for shopping. Breakfast + Dinner.
DAY 6: HOMEBOUND
Breakfast at hotel. Free for shopping and then transfer to airport.
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