Beijing-XiĄŻan-Luoyang-Qufu-Taishan-JiĄŻnan-Suzhou-Shanghai

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Day01

Arrive Beijing & transfer to the hotel, pm visit the Temple of Heaven.

Day02

Visit the Palace Museum and Summer Palace, Beijing Opera in the evening.

Day03

The Great Wall

Day04

Am free time, transfer to the railway station for T41(soft sleeper), leaving Beijing at 17:12

Day05

Arrive Xi'an at 06:45, transfer to the hotel, then visit the Great Mosque, the Big Wild Goose Pagoda & Shanxi History Museum.

Day06

The Terra-cotta Army, Huaqing Pool & the Neolithic village

Day07

Drive to Huashan Mountain.(2 hr), back to XiĄŻan

Day08

The City Wall, Stone Tablets Museum, transfer to the railway station for K618(soft seat), leaving XiĄŻan at 15:33-20:30

Day09

Visit Longmen Grottoes (2 hrs) & White Horse Temple, the oldest Buddhist Temple in China.

Day10

Am drive to Shaolin to visit Shaolin Monastery (3 hrs), the Song Tombs (1 hr), Mid pm drive to Kaifeng.

Day11

Visit the Iron Pagoda, then see traditional wooden Chinese houses, then drive to
the railway station for T2034(soft sleeper), leaving Kaifeng at 22:07.

Day12

Arrive Yanzhou at 05:22.After breakfast walk to Temple & visit with LG (3 hrs), pm visit Confucius Mansion (2 hrs), Confucius Forest to see the burial ground of Kongs where Confucian is buried(1 hr)

Day13

Drive to TaiĄŻan, am visit? Dai Temple ,take mountain bus to cable car station half way up(40mins) & walk to summit (foot,3hrs up 3000 steps-quite steep)

Day14

Early morning view sunrise from summit, explore summit temples. AM walk down mountain to cable car station(foot,1.5 hr down step), drive to Jinan (1.5 hrs), pm free, night view the Furong Street

Day15

Am visit Daming Lake, Baotu Spring, Black Tiger SpringŁŹtransfer to the railway station for T177(soft sleeper),leaving Jinan at 18:23

Day16

Arrive Hangzhou06:03, visit West Lake Cruise, Six Harmonies Padoga, Fish & Flower Harbor, Tea Village

Day17

By Train T786 to Suzhou, pm visit Silk Embroidery Museum, Master of Nets Garden

Day18

Am visit Garand Canal Cruise, Pm drive to Shanghai via Zhouzhuang (5 hrs)

Day19

Visit Jade Buddha Temple, Yuyuan Gardens, Shanghai Museum and the Bund. Pm free in Shanghai.

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