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Cruise from Guilin to Yangshuo
Great Wall of China
Elephant trunk hill Guilin
Shanghai
Yangshuo

6-Day Private China Highlights Tour from Xi'an: Beijing, Shanghai and Guilin

By Unique Beijing Tours
Free cancellation available
Price is €2,648 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple adult tickets
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  • Free cancellation available
  • 5d
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
  • Multiple languages
Overview

Travel through China for seven days of sightseeing around Beijing,Guilin and Shanghai from Xi'an You’ll travel by private air-conditioned car and plane. At each destination, a local guide meets you and takes you around the top sights. Discover the culture and history of China as you see famous sites such as: the Great Wall, the Forbidden City, Tian'anmen Square, Shanghai Yuyuan Garden, White Jade Buddha Temple, the Bund and Xintiandi area, Elephant Trunk Hill, Fubo Hill and Reed Flute Cave. Cruise down the Li River from Guilin to Yangshuo and admiring the stunning karst peaks. Your friendly and knowledgeable private guide will give you a comprehensive history class about the attractions. Tour including plane tickets, cruise ticket, 4 star cruise ticket, entrance fee, lunch, English speaking tour guide and private vehicle, you can choose to end your tour in Shanghai /Beijing or return Xi'an. Tour includes the option to book 4 star accommodation with daily breakfast.

Activity location

  • Airport Highway
    • Ji Chang Gong Lu
    • Xi An Shi, Shan Xi Sheng, China

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Airport Highway
    • Ji Chang Gong Lu
    • Xi An Shi, Shan Xi Sheng, China

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Ends in Guilin without hotel
  • Activity duration is 5 days5d5d
  • English

Please book your own hotel : Please book your own hotel
Day 1&2 in Beijing
Day 3 in Shanghai
Day 4&5 in Guilin

Ends in Guilin without hotel: D1:Xian fly to Beijing
D2: Beijing
D3:Beijing fly to Shanghai
D4:Shanghai fly to Guilin
D5:Guilin
D6:Guilin
Pickup included

Price details
€2,647.92 x 1 Adult€2,647.92
Total
Price is €2,647.92
Ends in Shanghai without Hotel
  • Activity duration is 5 days5d5d
  • English

Please book your own hotel : Please book your own hotel
Day 1&2 in Guilin
Day 3&4 in Beijing
Day 5 in Shanghai
Ends in Shanghai without Hotel: D1:Xian fly to Guilin
D2: Guilin
D3:Guilin fly to Beijing
D4:Beijing
D5:Beijing fly to Shanghai
D6:Shanghai
Pickup included

Price details
€2,647.92 x 1 Adult€2,647.92
Total
Price is €2,647.92
Ends in Xi'an without Hotel
  • Activity duration is 5 days5d5d
  • English

Please book your own hotel : Please book your own hotel
Day 1 in Guilin
Day 2&3 in Shanghai
Day 4&5 in Beijing
Ends in Xi'an without Hotel: D1:Xian fly to Guilin
D2: Guilin fly to Shanghai
D3:Shanghai
D4:Shanghai fly to Beijing
D5:Beijing
D6:Beijing
Pickup included

Price details
€2,818.26 x 1 Adult€2,818.26
Total
Price is €2,818.26
Ends in Guilin with Hotel
  • Activity duration is 5 days5d5d
  • English

Please book your own hotel : Please book your own hotel
Day 1&2 in Beijing
Day 3 in Shanghai
Day 4&5 in Guilin
Ends in Guilin with Hotel : D1:Xian fly to Beijing
D2: Beijing
D3:Beijing fly to Shanghai
D4:Shanghai fly to Guilin
D5:Guilin
D6:Guilin
Pickup included

Price details
€3,051.06 x 1 Adult€3,051.06
Total
Price is €3,051.06
Ends in Shanghai with Hotel
  • Activity duration is 5 days5d5d
  • English

Including 5 nights 4 star hote: Including 5 nights 4 star hotel
Day 1&2 in Guilin
Day 3&4 in Beijing
Day 5 in Shanghai
Ends in Shanghai with Hotel: D1:Xian fly to Guilin
D2: Guilin
D3:Guilin fly to Beijing
D4:Beijing
D5:Beijing fly to Shanghai
D6:Shanghai
Pickup included

Price details
€3,051.06 x 1 Adult€3,051.06
Total
Price is €3,051.06
Ends in Xi'an with Hotel
  • Activity duration is 5 days5d5d
  • English

Including 5 Nights 4 Star hote: Including 5 Nights 4 Star hotel
Day 1 in Guilin
Day 2&3 in Shanghai
Day 4&5 in Beijing
Ends in Xi'an with Hotel: D1:Xian fly to Guilin
D2: Guilin fly to Shanghai
D3:Shanghai
D4:Shanghai fly to Beijing
D5:BJ
D6:Beijing fly to Xi'an
Pickup included

Price details
€3,221.41 x 1 Adult€3,221.41
Total
Price is €3,221.41

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedHotel pickup and drop-off
  • What's includedWhat's includedPlane Tickets (economy class)
  • What's includedWhat's includedCable car return or ski lift up and toboggan down at the Great Wall
  • What's includedWhat's included4 Star Cruise Ticket from Guilin to Yangshuo
  • What's includedWhat's includedOvernight accommodation of standard twin room (two beds), based on twin share if option selected.
  • What's includedWhat's includedEnglish-speaking guide
  • What's includedWhat's includedTransport by private air-conditioned vehicle
  • What's includedWhat's includedEntrance Fee
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedService charge to tour guide and driver(recommended)
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedAccommodation if you choose to have the tour only

Know before you book

  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.

Activity itinerary

Day 1: Xi'an-Beijing: Temple of Heaven, Tiananmen Square-Forbidden City, Hutong (L)
  • 11 stops
  • Meals: lunch
  • Accommodation: Overnight 4 Star hotel in Beijing if you choose the option to including the hotel
Airport Highway
  • 1h
Your driver will hold your name sign waiting in the lobby of your Xi'an hotel, you will be transferred to airport for a 2 hour flight to Beijing. Your tour guide in Beijing will hold your name sign waiting at the exit of the arrival hall, hope on your private air-conditioned vehicle, heading back to city. On the way to city, your tour guide will introduce the city's facts and history to you. Feel free to ask questions if you have.
Temple of Heaven
  • 2h
  • Admission ticket included
Heading directly to the Temple of Heaven, where the Emperors in the Ming and Qing Dynasties worshipped the God of Heaven. Follow your tour guide to stroll around the park, in the morning you can see the local retired people doing all kinds of moving exercise. Feel free to join them if you want. Inside the Temple of heaven, you will visit the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest, Hall of Imperial Zenith.
Echo Wall
  • 30m
  • Admission ticket included
Walking via Danbi Bridge to Echo Wall and Circular Mount Alter.
Yuanqiutan
  • 30m
  • Admission ticket included
Move on to Yuanqiutan. Learn how to talk with heaven, how the emperors worship the god of heaven in ancient time. Your tour guide will explain the related histories and stories along the way.
Tiananmen Square (Tiananmen Guangchang)
  • 30m
Enjoy lunch in the local restaurant, then heading to Tian'anmen Square- home to the Great Hall of the People, The Monument to the people's heroes, Chairman Mao's Memorial Hall and Front Gate. Stroll around the square, and get to know the stories and histories about the buildings around the square.
Forbidden City-The Palace Museum
  • 2h
  • Admission ticket included
Pass through the South Gate-Meridian Gate to the magnificent Forbidden City, a 250-acre (101-ha.) complex of courtyards, palaces, pavilions, and gardens that served as the imperial palace for emperors and their households for more than 500 years.
Hall of Great Harmony (Taihe Dian)
  • 30m
  • Admission ticket included
Stroll around the courtyards and halls of the Forbidden city with your tour guide, and learn the histories and stories about this massive palace. You will visit these buildings inside the Forbidden City. Hall of Great Harmony where the emperor handle states affairs. Hall of Central Harmony and Hall of Compete Harmony.
Palace of Heavenly Purity
Then continue to check out the living quarters in the palace: Hall of Union, Hall Heavenly Purity, and Hall of Earthly Tranquillity.
The Imperial Garden of The Palace Museum
Your tour of the Forbidden city will end at the Imperial Garden, then you will exit the Forbidden city from the north Gate.
Shichahai Scenic Resort
  • 1h
Move on to Shichahai area, enjoy a leisure walk around Yandai xie Street, Gulou East Street, and Nanluoguxiang Allay.
Nanluoguxiang
Stroll around the shops and hutongs around Nanluoguxiang allay. After the tour finished, you will be transferred back to your hotel in Beijing.
Day 2: Beijing:Great Wall of China-Olympic Park-Summer Palace (B,L)
  • 6 stops
  • Meals: lunch, breakfast
  • Accommodation: Overnight 4 Star hotel in Beijing if you choose the option to including the hotel
Mutianyu Great Wall
  • 2h
  • Admission ticket included
Meet your tour guide in the lobby of your Beijing hotel, hop on your private air-conditioned vehicle, then Heading directly to Great Wall at Mutianyu Section. Your tour guide will explain the related histories and stories along the way, feel free to ask questions if you have. Upon arrival, follow your tour guide to take the cable car or ski lift up to the Great Wall, marvel at the surrounding area, hike up and down at different towers. You can decide how long you want to stay at the Great Wall.
Niaochao National Stadium
  • 1h
Enjoy a delicious lunch in the local village restaurant. Here, you will sit with the village people, and enjoy the cuisine from Northeast of China. On the way back to city, you will drive pass by the Olympic park to get a glimpse of amazing modern stadiums built for 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics.
Summer Palace (Yiheyuan)
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
Then, continue to the Summer Palace, a well-preserved royal garden that's renowned for its beautiful landscape and spectacular architecture, and is considered one of the most classical gardens in the world.
Hall of Benevolence and Longevity
  • 20m
  • Admission ticket included
Learn the stories about Empress Cixi with your tour guide here and check out her living quarters.
Long Corridor at the Summer Palace
Walk along the longest corridor in the world which listed on the Guinness book of world record;
Qingyan Stone Boat
  • 20m
  • Admission ticket included
Then continue to the Marble Boat--a foreign style superstructure which was supposed to be a symbol of stability of the Qing Dynasty. After the tour finished, you will be transferred to your hotel in Beijing
Day 3: Beijing-Guilin(B, L)
  • 4 stops
  • Meals: breakfast
  • Accommodation: Overnight 4 Star hotel in Guilin if you choose the option to including hotel
Beijing
  • 2h
Your driver will pick you up from the lobby of your Beijing hotel, you will be transferred to airport for a 2.5 hour flight to Guilin. Upon arrival, your local guide will hold your name sign waiting at the exit of the Arrival hall. Then heading directly to Guilin city.
Elephant Trunk Hill (Xiangbishan)
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
Your tour guide in Guilin will hold your name sign waiting at the exit of the arrival hall, hop on your private vehicle, discuss the highlights and attractions you wish to see in Guilin City with your knowledgeable guide who will help you plan an itinerary according to your interests. Then, set off and explore. Typically, you will start fro the Elephant Trunk Hill. Elephant Trunk Hill is the landmark of Guilin. It has been a famous tourism destination since the Tang Dynasty (618 – 907). The hill looks like a giant elephant drinking water from the river. Enjoy a vigorous walk to the top, visit the the Ming Dynasty (1368 – 1644) Puxian Tower which was built to worship Samantabahdra. Get to learn its history from your tour guide, then enjoy the panoramic views of the city, Li River and surrounding scenery.
Yunfeng Temple
  • 30m
  • Admission ticket included
Continue to Yunfeng Temple-one of the famous ancient temples of Guilin. Which was the dwelling place of Monk Jianzhen, an eminent monk of the Tang Dynasty, crossing over to Japan six times to spread Buddhist doctrines and help regularize monks' behaviour. Stroll around the temple and the exhibition gallery on the second floor.
Reed Flute Cave (Ludi Yan)
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
Enjoy lunch in the local restaurant, then heading to Reed Flute Cave. Over millions of years, dripping water has eroded the cave to create a special world of various stalactites, stone pillars and rock formations. Explore important spots in the attraction such as :Tower-shaped Pine,Crystal Palace etc. Despite the fantastic natural scenery inside Reed Flute Cave, there are many writings on the wall. There are 77 travelogues and poems left, which are derived from the Tang Dynasty (618-907). After the tour finished, you will be transferred to your hotel in Guilin
Day 4: Guilin: Cruise to Yangshuo (B, L )
  • 9 stops
  • Meals: lunch, breakfast
  • Accommodation: Overnight 4 Star hotel in Shanghai if you choose the option to including the hotel
Li River
Your private English-speaking guide and driver will pick you up from your hotel's lobby at 8:00am and you will be transferred to Zhujiang Pier, where you will embark and start the boat cruise down the Li River to Yangshuo County. The Li River Cruise is considered as the highlight of any visit to Guilin.
Gui Lin Zhujiang pier
Along the river, enjoy breathtaking views of peaks and pinnacles, crystal-clear water and picturesque pastoral countryside scenery. The river generally has three sections. Various attractions like peaks and villages along the river have interesting descriptive names, which calls for much of your imagination to see what it is like. Listening to tour guide's legendary stories about the attractions is a delightful experience when you are appreciating the landscapes. Most are mystical fairy and love stories. The cruise usually takes around 3.5 to 4 hours, depends on water condition.
Xingping Fishing Village
Li River takes a big turn at Xingping and endowed with beautiful and poetic scenery. It has been reproduced in many Chinese landscape paintings. Even the newly-issued 20 RMB note has the scenery on its back. A photographer once said: 'Shots from any perspective for this place turn to be impressive and stunning'. You will enjoy a simple lunch on the boat.
West Street
  • 30m
Arrive Yangshuo at 1:30 pm, stroll around West Street with your tour guide, explore various shops, craft-works shops, painting and calligraphy stores, backpack shops, cafes, your tour guide will help you to negotiate price if you want to purchase any souvenir.
Shili hualang
  • 2h
  • Admission ticket included
In the afternoon, you will explore the Ten-Mile Gallery in Yangshuo. Sauntering down a country road makes you feel like you are travelling in a painting. This is true of the Ten-Mile Gallery in Yangshuo County, a fairyland on earth. As the name implies, Ten-Mile Gallery is a picturesque road stretching from the Yangshuo town area to Moon Hill, endowed with rolling hills, endless fields, idyllic villages and clear rivers on both sides.
Butterfly Spring Park
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
Along Ten-Mile Gallery, there are few famous sites you should no miss, such as Butterfly Spring Park. In the park, peculiar peaks, grotesque rocks, magnificent waterfalls, and bubbling springs can be found everywhere. A winding path meanders to the sightseeing terrace where you can enjoy a bird’s eye view of Ten-Mile Gallery.
Big Banyan Tree
  • 30m
  • Admission ticket included
As the journey of Ten-Mile Gallery goes on, you will encounter a Big Banyan Tree, which is more than 1,400 years old. Follow your tour guide to stroll around, get to know the love storey about Liusanjie, and see how new lovers come here to make wishes for their future.
Moon Hill
Your last stop is Moon Hill, let your tour guide know if you want to stop to take photos. After the tour, you will be transferred to airport for a 2 hour flight to Shanghai.
Shanghai
Your driver in Shanghai will hold your name sign waiting at the exit of the arrival hall. You will be transferred to your hotel in Shanghai.
Day 5: Shanghai City Highlights (B, L)
  • 6 stops
  • Meals: breakfast, lunch
  • Accommodation: Not included
Shanghai Museum (Shanghai Bowuguan)
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
Meet your tour guide in the lobby of your Shanghai hotel, hop on your private air-conditioned vehicle, embark upon your customised tour of the city's sights. Discuss the historical highlights and attractions you wish to see with your knowledgeable guide who will help you plan an itinerary according to your interests. Then, set off and explore. Typically, you will start with the Shanghai Museum. The museum is divided into eleven galleries and three exhibition halls. With bronze ware, ceramics, and painting and calligraphy as its distinctive collections, the museum boasts 120,000 pieces of rare and precious cultural relics in 21 categories.
Jade Buddha Temple
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
Then, move on to Jade Buddha Temple. You will see the White Jade Buddhas which were brought here from Burma in the nineteenth century. Stroll around halls and courtyards in the temple with your tour guide, learn the history about the temple and buddhism in China, see how the locals come to worship and burn incense.
Yu Garden (Yuyuan)
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
Enjoy lunch in the local restaurant, then explore the Yuyuan Garden. Yuyuan Garden is the largest ancient gardens with Ming and Qing style architecture. Follow your tour guide to explore the garden, learn how to form a perfect garden. Then visit the Old City God Temple, where various of local snack shops and streets are scattered around.
The Bund
  • 1h
Continue to the Bund, where you will see amazing city skyline, including the Oriental Pearl TV Tower, Shanghai World Financial Centre Shanghai Tower, Shanghai Tower and colonial buildings along the Huangpu River. Take a walk and stop for photos.
Former French Concession
  • 1h
Continue to explore the Former French Concession. Besides its historical and religious factors, Shanghai French Concession is also a fantastic place for spending leisure time. Follow your tour guide to wandering the narrow alleyways, dining and one of the million cafes or restaurants(at your own cost), or browsing through the endless art galleries and photographic studios.
Xintiandi
  • 1h
Finally, finish your tour in the lively nightlife district of Xintiandi. As a window to the past and the future, to China and the world, Shanghai Xintiandi's Shikumen attraction was created by converting residential blocks into a multifunctional dining, retail and entertainment centre flowing with restaurants, boutiques, cafes and bars of an international standard. Follow your tour guide and explore the area. If you have already visit some of those places above before, and want to do something different. Please feel free to discuss with your tour guide on where to go, you can choose these attractions or activities base on your interests: Shanghai Museum/ Pearl TV Tower/World financial centre/Jinmao Tower After the tour, you can choose to end your tour in Shanghai or return Beijing/Xi'an.

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Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESAirport Highway
    • Ji Chang Gong Lu
    • Xi An Shi, Shan Xi Sheng, China

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEAirport Highway
    • Ji Chang Gong Lu
    • Xi An Shi, Shan Xi Sheng, China

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