(2N)Beijing/(1N)Xian/(2N)Hangzhou/(2N)Shanghai/ 9 days Golden Triangle Folklore Tour (by train)

Beijing/Xian/Hangzhou/Shanghai 9 days Golden Triangle Folklore Tour (by train)

Itinerary

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: 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. 2130p.m. Transfer to Indian restaurant for dinner and then return back hotel. Breakfast + Indian Dinner

Day 3: Beijing

Breakfast at hotel, 1000a.m. Departure from Hotel, start City tour. Visit a Longdi Jade shop where we will learn about Chinese jade culture Visit the fabled Great Wall-Juyong Pass, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a massive defensive structure built to keep off intrusion. Afternoon proceed to see the Bird’s Nest (Olympic National Stadium outside) and the Water Cube (Outside). Packed Indian dinner box, Transfer to railway station to take overnight train to Xian. Breakfast +Chinese Lunch in Great Wall + Packed Indian Dinner box in Beijing

Day 4: Xian -Arrive at 0809 by Z19

0809a.m. Arrive Shanghai Hongqiao railway station. Pick up and transfer to hotel at hotel, breakfast at hotel, early check-in under the circumstance of hotel room availability. 1000a.m. Departure from Hotel, start City tour. Visit the incredible 2000 year-old Terra Cotta Warriors. Each one is part of the underground tomb of the Emperor Qin. Well over 7000 figures were drawn up in full battle array in several large pits. Ceramic shop. Afternoon, visit the Shaanxi Historical Museum. Among the 400,000 items on display are treasures from many of the Dynasties, including some magnificent bronzes and porcelain, many of which have never been on permanent display before. Option: Tang Dynasty show-the ancient Chinese dance and musical show 2100p.m. Transfer to Indian restaurant for dinner and then return back hotel. Breakfast + Indian Dinner

Day 5: Xi’an/Hangzhou – by Z88/Z85 1948/1213+1 soft berth

1100a.m. Departure from Hotel, start City tour. Visit the Big Wild Goose Pagoda square. The great goose pagoda, calling Dayanta in Chinese, is built for keeping book. You can watch the Bell and Drum tower outside look, a classical building with carved beams and painted rafters, has been served as the symbol of Xi’an. The Muslim Bazaar, the Muslim quarters lies 100 meters west of the Bell tower in downtown Xi’an. The 500 meters long avenue paved by bluestones are dotted with many unique stall, souvenir shop, café and bars which are mostly run by Muslim people. Packed Indian dinner Box and transfer to train station to take overnight train to Shanghai. Breakfast +Packed Indian Dinner Box

Day 6: Hangzhou

1213a.m. Arrive Hangzhou railway station. then transfer to visit the Flower and Fish Pond, Enjoy West Lake with boat ride, Three Ponds Reflecting the Moon, Hangzhou silk Shop. Indian Dinner

Day 7: Hangzhou/Shanghai by car

1000a.m. Departure from Hotel, start City tour. Visit we will visit Lingyin Temple. Then go to Shanghai by Car. Arrive Shanghai we will visit the People Square and Nanjing Road for shopping Option: Shanghai Madame Tussauds wax museum 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. Option program:1900pm-2100pm Evening 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. 2100pm Transfer to Indian restaurant for dinner and then return back hotel. 2230pm back to hotel. Breakfast + Indian dinner

Day 8: Shanghai

visit the Jade Buddha Temple, the most famous Buddhist temple in Shanghai, Tea Shop, then transfer to Taobao City for shopping. Option program :Shanghai Aquarium after 1600 p.m. Explore the Bund in the evening. Visit the Oriental Pearl TV tower 2nd level Option program: Huangpu River Cruise Breakfast + Indian dinner

Day 9: Shanghai/India – by Int’l flight

Breakfast at hotel, free leisure before 1200, only transfer to airport to get Int’l flight, option: Maglev Train one way on the way to Pudong Airport. Breakfast