10 Days Imperial and Scenic China Family Tour

Summary

Day 1 Shanghai Arrival: Make your own flight arrangement to Shanghai
Day 2 Shanghai: Yuyuan Garden,Jade Buddha Temple,Old French Concession,The Bund,Huangpu River Night Cruise
Day 3 Shanghai: Full day explore Shanghai Disneyland
Day 4 Shanghai-Hangzhou:Take train to Hangzhou,West Lake Boat Ride,Fish Viewing Park,Guo's Garden,Temple of Yue Fei,Leifeng Pagoda
Day 5 Hangzhou: Lingyin Temple,Meijiawu Tea Plantation,Hefang Street,Optional Activities: Chinese Fan Making
Day 6 Hangzhou-Suzhou: Take train to Suzhou,Humble Administrator's Garden,Pingjiang Road,Suzhou No.1 Silk Mill
Day 7 Suzhou: Full Day Tongli Water Town Tour
Day 8 Suzhou-Wuxi: Lingshan Buddha; Yuantouzhu Park
Day 9 Suzhou-Nanjing-Shanghai: take train from Suzhou to Nanjing,Sun.Yatsen Mausoleum,Memorial of Nanjing Massacre,Confucian Temlpe,return Shanghai by train
Day 10 Shanghai Departure: Transfer to Shanghai airport for your own flight back home

Day 1 Shanghai Arrival

Make your own flight arrangement to Shnaghai. Shanghai is the largest city in China and there are many direct flight arrive Shanghai. Once you arrive Shanghai airport, our guide will meet you at the exit of Shanghai airpotr and transfer to your Shanghai hotel. The rest day is free on your to explore the city.

Day 2 Shanghai

After breakfast, starts your Shanghai tour with Yuyuan Garden. It was a private garden of the Pan family in the Ming Dynasty. It was the largest and most prestigious of its era in Shanghai after it was completed. The garden is unique in its design. It perfectly blends decorative halls, elaborate pavilions, glittering pools, zigzag bridges, pagodas, archways, and impressive rockeries.

Next, you will visit Jade Buddha Temple, it is an active buddhist temple in the city of Shanghai. The temple houses two jade Buddha statues – one, a 1.95 m tall, sitting Buddha and the other a smaller reclining Buddha depicting Buddha’s death. If you interested in the architecture and the custom of temple, do not miss Jade Buddha Temple in Shanghai.

After lunch, drive you to visit Old French Concession, a residential area of Shanghai once designated for the French, the French Concession is popular with tourists and expats, and appreciated for its cafes, tree-lined avenues, and tudor houses.If you want to get away from busy street in Shanghai, here is an ideal place to explore.

Then, you will visit The Bund Area, it is a nice place to appreciate the skyline of the city. You see some of the famous landmarks of shanghai such as the pearl tower, jinmao tower and the shanghai tower.For a century, the Bund has been one of the most recognizable symbols and the pride of Shanghai. The architecture along the Bund is a living museum of the colonial history of the 1800s.

At night, it's a good time to have a cruise to experience and enjoy the scenery along Huangpu River. A Huangpu River cruise has now become a must-have activity when visiting Shanghai. If you have time to join a Huangpu River night cruise, you can enjoy the most extraordinary night view.

After the cruise, drive you back to your hotel.

Day 3 Shanghai Disneyland Park Tour

After breakfast, transfer to Shanghai disneyland from you hotel in Shanghai downtown. We know people don't like time limitations in Shanghai Disneyland so, to guarantee the best experience, you can have fun in Shanghai Disneyland from the morning until the evening. Our guide accompany with to the park and help you to collect the tickets and enter the park. The day at Disneyland is free on your own. Our guide and driver will meet you again when you finish your Disneyland park tour.

Drive you back to your Shanghai hotel at a suitable time.

Day 4 Shanghai-Hangzhou

After breakfast, transfer to Shanghai train station to catch your train to Hangzhou. Upon arrival, you will take a boat cruise along the famous Hangzhou West Lake. It's an enjoyable and relaxing way to appreciate the beautiful scenery with its islands, causeways, temples, pagodas and ornamental planting. Different from appreciating scenery on the bank of West Lake, you’ll enjoy the heavenly lake view in another angle, closer and closer. It is not surprised that you’ll become a part of this traditional Chinese painting.

Later, head to the Fish Viewing at the Flower Pond(Huagang Park), one of the top 10 views around the lake and famous for the view of red carp.This area now has been made into a 22 hectare (54 acre) park with many varieties of trees and flowers, featuring a peony garden and a goldfish pond which is the famous site for viewing fish.

In the afternoon, you will visit the Guo's Garden, it is the best existing traditional private residence in Hangzhou. It was built in late Qing Dynasty. With a mountain in the back and the west lake in the front, the garden is known as 'Number One Garden of the West Lake' thanks to its tranquil environment, well-preserved buildings, and tasteful landscaping layout.

The last stop for today is Leifeng Pagoda, this pagoda is relatively newly built over the remains of the existing one which has been well preserved. the 2nd floor exhibits the wooden carvings which are intricate and from the top most floor you get an amazing 360 degree view of the city.It's the site famous for the Chinese legend story-"The legend of White Snake Lady".

After the tour, drive you back to your hotel in Hangzhou.

Optional Activity:
1) Impression West Lake Show- one of the 'impression series' jointly created by the famous directors Zhang Yimou, Wang Chaoge and Fan Yue.With the lake as a stage, using high-tech sound and light technology and a large number of actors are used to reproduce southern beauty and folklore. Spend a quiet night on the charming West Lake, and the beautiful sceneries and legends of the South will be etched in your memory.

2) The Romance of Song Dynasty- It is a large stereoscopic musical drama which was wholeheartedly made by Song Dynasty City. The drama adopted the old stories and legends in Hangzhou City

Day 5 Hangzhou-Suzhou

After breakfast, you will visit the Lingyin Temple & Peak Flying From Afar, it is the oldest and largest buddhist temple in southeastern China.It was originally founded in 326 AD, but has been rebuilt no less than sixteen times since then.It also houses various Buddhist literature and treasures situated in front of the Temple, and is famous for its more than 470 stone carvings of Buddhist figures, which dated from the 10th to 14th centuries.

Later, move on to Dragon Well Green Tea Plantation, you will visit one of the five tea villages in Hangzhou-Meijiawu. Meijiawu Tea Village, just west of West Lake, is a top producer of Longjing (Dragon Well) tea, considered one of the finest teas in China and the world. Surrounded by mountains, valleys, and streams, Meijiawu Tea Village is a picturesque locale where visitors can learn all about the heritage, production, and benefits of Longjing tea.

Drive you back to Hangzhou downtown to visit the Qinghefang street, is a good place to experience the life of Old Hangzhou, because it is the epitome of historic Hangzhou. A great place for shopping, eating, and sightseeing. You can see the well-preserved old buildings, explore the interesting boutique stores, and choose your favourite souvenirs.

After the tour, drive you back to your hotel.

Optional Activity:Chinese Fan Making & Painting: The Wangxingji Fan is famous both in China and abroad. The initiator of this ancient store is Wang Xingzai who lived in Hangzhou for making fans. He set his first fan store with his family in Hangzhou which has a long history about 130 years. His fans are famous for their top-quality and beautiful design. That held many customers for his family store.It will be fun to make and DIY a fan on your own.

Day 6 Hangzhou-Suzhou

After breakfast, transfer to Hangzhou train station to catch your train to Suzhou. Our Suzhou local guide will meet you at the train station ocne you arrive. Today, you will visit the Humble Administrator's Garden. Built in the early years of Zhengde of the Ming Dynasty (the early 1500s), the Humble administrator’s Garden has a history of more than 500 years. As a representative of classical gardens south of the Yangtze River, it ranks at the top of all the gardens in Suzhou.

In the afternoon, you will visit Pingjing Road, it is an ancient canal-side street located in the city of Suzhou. The road and its surroundings have been around for more than 800 years, since the Song Dynasty. A popular tourist destination, this charming cobblestone street gives visitors a fascinating glimpse into local Suzhou life.

At last,take a chance to visit the Suzhou No. 1 Silk Mill. Suzhou has a long history of silk culture, including mulberry tree and silk worm cultivation and turning raw silk into beautiful fabric. The Suzhou No. 1 Silk Mill has been a proud steward of this heritage for over 80 years. It's more like a museum which shows you how the silk is made from cocoons from the beginning and the whole silk process.

After the tour, drive you back to your hotel in Suzhou.

Day 7 Suzhou

After breakfast, drive you about 50 minutes to explore the ancient water town-Tongli. It is one of the hidden gems around Shanghai and one of China’s most beautiful water towns.Tongli Water Town is home to peaceful classical gardens, bucolic canals littered with traditional rowboats and ancient bridges, and numerous historic buildings. Upon arrival, our guide will show you around the town and intrduce the culture and history the site. Taking a stroll along the shore of the grand canal and you will have a traditioanl boat experience in Tongli.

Free on your own stay in the town to take pictures and relax. Drive you back to your Suzhou hotel at a suitable time.

Day 8 Suzhou-Wuxi-Suzhou

After breakfast, drive around 1 hour to Wuxi city from Suzhou. Upon arrival, you will visit the Lingsha Buddha Scenic Area. The Wuxi Lingshan Buddha scenic area is the main reason for travelers book wuxi tour in China.Lingshan Grand Buddha is one of the largest, tallest and most representative collections of Buddhism architecture and art in China.This famous site features one of the largest and most representative collections of Buddhism architecture and art in China.

In the afternoon, you will visit Yuan Tou Zhu Park. Yuantouzhou offers the most beautiful scenery, flanked by massive protruding stones, a hill and lake waters. Visitors can climb the hill to enjoy the breathtaking views of the mist-strewn waters below.Within the Yunatouzhu Scenic Areas, visitors will also be met by numerous pavilions strewn about.

After the tour, drive you back to your hotel in Suzhou.

Day 9 Suzhou-Nanjing-Shanghai

Transfer to Suzhou train station to catch your train to Nanjing. Once you arrive, our local guide will meet you at the exit of Nanjing train station. Starts your Nanjing Tour with a visit to Sun Yatsen Mausoleum. It's the most beautiful worth visiting burial place of Dr. Sun Yat Sen, called “Father of Modern China” is located at the southern slope of Purple Mountain. The Sun Yatsen mausoleum pays homage to the founding father and the first President of the Republic of China.

Next, you will visit The Memorial of the Nanjing Massacre, where on Dec 13, 1937, the Japanese army occupied Nanjing and during the following six weeks, they started a bloody massacre in the city where an estimated 300,000 people were slaughtered. The innovative museum opened to the public on 2007 and consists of four parts, namely the assembly ground, the exhibition hall, the site of the massacre and the Peace Park.

The last stop for the tour is Confucian Temple Area to see how people worship the great educator and philosopher in the temple, taste the local snacks on the old street. Walk along the mother river of Nanjing Qinhuai River to see the old buidings.

After the tour, drop off at Nanjing train station to catch your train back to Shanghai.Once you arrive, you will be picked up from train station and taken back to your Shanghai hotel.

Day 10 Shanghai Departure

Free on your own until transfer to Shanghai airport for yor own flight back home.

Price Per Person in US Dollars

Price Includes 1. All transfer and city transportation 2. Air-conditioned car or van 3. Hotels specified in the itinerary, all based     on two persons sharingone standard room; 4. Meals specified in the itinerary: Western     breakfast in hotels Chinese lunch and     dinner in local restaurants 5. Sightseeing: All arrangements mentioned     in the itinerary will be covered All first     admission/entrance fees in the itinerary 6. Tour guide: Conducted by a professional     tour guide

Price Excludes 1. International air-tickets 2. Airport departure tax. 3. International or domestic air tickets which     are not listed in the itinerary. 4. Insurance coverage of personal loss, illness     or damages incurred during your trip 5. Tips to the tour guide and driver 6. Meals not specified in the itinerary. 7. Personal expenses: phone bills, laundry,     optional tours, postage, excess baggage     charge, entertainment fees out of the     itinerary. 8. Single Room Supplement.