The Great China Tour Itinerary
Meals Included
B = Breakfast,     L = Lunch,     D = Dinner


Day 1 : depart Cleveland to Newark at 7:30am
- Depart Newark (12:05pm) for Beijing


Day 2 : Arrival in China
- Arrive Beijing (1:45pm)
- Meet Guide & Transfer to Hotel and rest


Day 3 : Beijing (B, L, D)
- Breakfast in hotel
- Tiananmen Square
- Forbidden City
- Pearl Store
- 2 hour Tour by rickshaw to Old Beijing’s Hu Tongs District
- Lunch in local families home
- Tea Shop
- Dinner in local restaurant
- Transfer back to hotel


Day 4 : Beijing (B, L, D)
- Breakfast in hotel
- Jade Factory
- Excursion to Great Wall
- Lunch in local restaurant
- Cloisonné Factory
- Ming Tombs
- Peking Roast Duck Dinner in Quan Ju De Restaurant Qianmen
- Transfer back to hotel


Day 5 : Beijing - Xi’an (B, L,D)
- Breakfast in hotel
- Temple of Heaven
- Carpet Store
- Transfer to airport and fly to Xi’an
- Lunch in local restaurant
- Big Wild Goose Pagoda
- Great Mosque and Old City
- Dinner in local restaurant
- Transfer to hotel


Day 6 : Xi’an (B, L, D)
- Breakfast in hotel
- Terra-cotta warriors and horse
- Lunch in local restaurant
- Furnishings Factory
- Shaanxi History Museum
- Tang Dynasty Dinner with Show in Tang Palace
- Transfer back to hotel


Day 7 : Xi’an – Chongqing - Boarding (B, L, D)
- Breakfast in hotel
- Ancient City Wall
- Lunch in local restaurant
- Transfer to airport and fly to Chongqing
- Dinner in local restaurant
- Transfer to pier and boarding on Yangtze Cruise ship


Day 8 : Yangtze River Cruise (B,L,D)
- Excursion to Ghost City Fengdu


Day 9 : Yangtze River Cruise (B,L,D)
- Qutang Gorge
- Wu Gorge
- Excursion to Shennong Stream
- Western section of Xiling Gorge


Day 10 : Yangtze River Cruise– Yichang–Shanghai (B,L)
- Breakfast on Board
- Excursion to Three Gorges Dam Project
- Eastern section of Xiling Gorge
- Arrive in Yichang
- Lunch in local restaurant
- Transfer to airport and fly to Shanghai
- Meet Guide & Transfer to the hotel
- Dinner on your own


Day 11 : Shanghai (B,L,D)
- Breakfast in hotel
- Yu Garden
- Old City Temple
- Silk Factory
- Lunch in local restaurant
- Jade Buddha Temple
- Shanghai Museum
- Nanjing Road
- Dinner in local restaurant
- Evening: Acrobatic Show in Shanghai Grand Theater
- Transfer to hotel


Day 12 : Shanghai (B)
- Breakfast in hotel
- Free time at leisure
- Dinner on your own


Day 13 : Shanghai – USA (B)
- Breakfast in the hotel
- Transfer to airport for flight to Home


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Day 13 : Shanghai – Hong Kong (B)
- Breakfast in the hotel
- Transfer to airport for flight to Hong Kong
- Meet Guide & Transfer to hotel


Day 14 : Hong Kong (B, L)
- Breakfast in hotel
- Half Day Tour of Hong Kong Island
- Victoria Peak
- Stanley Market
- Repulse Bay
- Sanpan Ride (approx 20 min)
- Lunch at Jumbo Floating Restaurent
- Transfer back to hotel
- Dinner on your own


Day 15 : Hong Kong (B)
- Breakfast in hotel
- Free time at leisure
- Optional Tour to Macau (China's Las Vegas)
- Dinner on your own


Day 16 : Hong Kong – USA (B)
- Breakfast in the hotel
- Transfer to airport for flight to Home



Beijing






Xi'an




Yangtze River Cruise






Shanghai




Hong Kong










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