Exotic China

PLACES AND SIGHT SEEING COVERED

Day 1 India/Beijing – by Int’l flight

Fly to China, arrive at Beijing Capital Int’l Airport, airport pick up with our English-speaking airport representative, only transfer to hotel and take a rest. Free on your own at the rest of the day.
Option: Evening Acrobatic show No meal

Day 2 Beijing

Breakfast at hotel, 1000a.m. Departure from Hotel, start City tour. 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”. Pearl shop. Visit to the world famous Tian'anmen Square the biggest square in the world that lies in the center of the city. Visit the Forbidden City from which the Emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties governed for over 500 years. Option: Hutong tour, which is also called Rickshaw Tour. Visit Houhai, is a lake and its surrounding district in central Beijing, one of the three parts of Shichahai. In recent years it has become famous for nightlife because it is home to many popular restaurants, bars, and cafes.The area is especially popular with foreign tourists visiting Beijing, but is also often visited by the expatriate community and younger locals. Option: Kongfu show in the evening. 20:30p.m. Transfer to Indian restaurant for dinner and then return back hotel. Breakfast + Indian Dinner

Day 3 Beijing

Breakfast at hotel, 10:00a.m. Departure from Hotel, start City tour. Visit the fabled Great Wall-Juyong Pass, 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. Option program: Ming Tombs Dingling. Afternoon proceed to see the Bird’s Nest (Olympic National Stadium outside) and the Water Cube (Outside). Yaxiu market shopping at leisure. 20:30p.m. Transfer to Indian restaurant for dinner and then return back hotel. Breakfast + Chinese Lunch in Great Wall+ Indian dinner

Day 4 Beijing/Shanghai-by morning domestic flight (suggest flight arrive Shanghai about 10:00a.m.)

Morning fly to Shanghai, if hotel has packed breakfast, we will request for guest, upon arrival, airport pick up and transfer to hotel. Breakfast at hotel, 12:00am Departure from Hotel, start City tour. depart for visiting the Jade Buddha Temple, the current temple draws from both the Pure Land and Chan traditions of Mahayana Buddhism. Visit the People Square and Nanjing Road for shopping, Option program: Shanghai Madame Tussauds wax museum Roaming in Riverside Promenade Taobao City for shopping 20:00p.m. Transfer to Indian restaurant for dinner and then return back hotel. Breakfast+ Indian dinner

Day 5 Shanghai

Breakfast at hotel, 10:00am visit the Shanghai Museum which is the largest museum of ancient Chinese art in Shanghai. Visit the lovely old Yuyuan Garden-outside look nine zig zag bridge with golden fish pond, bridges and pavilions. Step onto Yu Market (Old City God's Temple), which is a major yet relatively inactive, Taoist temple in Shanghai. Visit the Oriental Pearl TV tower 2nd level Option program :Shanghai Aquarium after 1600 p.m. Option program: Huangpu River Cruise 20:00pm Transfer to Indian restaurant for dinner and then return back hotel. Breakfast + Indian dinner

Day 6 Shanghai

Departure from Hotel, transfer to Xitang on time. Xitang is level, densely distributed with rivers and has a very quiet natural environment. There are many well-preserved architectural groups constructed during the Ming and Qing dynasties. Xitang is a water town crisscrossed by nine rivers. The town stretches across eight sections, linked by old-fashioned stone bridges. In the older parts of town, the buildings are set along the banks of the canals, which serve as the main transportation thoroughfares in the area. Xitang also contains numerous antique residences and temples, such as the Temple of the Seven Masters. The town keeps a tranquil ambience and scenic beauty, making it a very popular tourist attraction. Through a bird's-eye view of the whole town, green waves ripple everywhere and every family resides near water. We will also take boat ride to enjoy the beautiful scenery there. 18:00p.m. Back to Shanghai. 20:00p.m. Chinese Vegetarian dinner at local restaurant Visit Xintiandi, is an affluent car-free shopping, eating and entertainment district of Shanghai, China. It is composed of an area of reconstituted traditional shikumen ("stone gate") houses on narrow alleys, some adjoining houses which now serve as book stores, cafes and restaurants, and shopping malls. Most of the cafes and restaurants feature both indoor and outdoor seatings. Xintiandi has an active nightlife on weekdays as well as weekends, though romantic settings are more common than loud music and dance places. It is considered one of the first lifestyle centers in China. Xintiandi is the location of the site of the first congress of and the Communist Party of China, now preserved at the Museum of the First National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. 22:30p.m. Back to Hotel Breakfast + Indian dinner

Day 7 Shanghai/India – by Int’l flight

Breakfast at hotel, only transfer to airport to get Int’l flight. Option: Maglev Train on the way to Pudong Airport. Breakfast