Day 1 · Beijing
Arrive in Beijing
Your guide and driver meet you in the arrivals hall and take you to your hotel. The rest of the day is free.
- Travel
- 30 km, about 1 hour
7 days · 6 nights
Beijing's imperial sights and the terracotta army of Xi'an in one private week.
Choose your dates when you enquire
Ask about datesA private week that pairs Beijing with Xi'an. You spend three nights in the capital for the Forbidden City, the hutongs and a quieter stretch of the Great Wall, ride the high-speed train to Xi'an for its walls, food streets and the Terracotta Warriors, and return to Beijing for a last night.
The same person from your first question to the flight home, with a wedding or vow renewal planned alongside if you like.
How the days unfold. Your advisor tailors the pace, the hotels and the extras to you.
Beijing
Day 1 · Beijing
Your guide and driver meet you in the arrivals hall and take you to your hotel. The rest of the day is free.
Day 2 · Beijing
Cross Tiananmen Square and walk through the halls and gardens of the Forbidden City, the palace of the Ming and Qing emperors. After lunch, explore the hutong lanes and courtyard homes of old Beijing and see the White Stupa of Miaoying Temple from the outside.
Huanghuacheng and Beijing
Day 3 · Huanghuacheng and Beijing
Walk an easy stretch of the Great Wall at Huanghuacheng, with views over the two lakes the wall runs down into. After lunch, explore the galleries and cafes of the 798 Art District in a former factory complex.
Xi'an
Day 4 · Xi'an
Visit the Temple of Heaven, where emperors prayed for good harvests and locals now gather for tai chi. Take the afternoon high-speed train to Xi'an, then wander the food stalls of the Muslim Quarter before dinner at a local restaurant.
Day 5 · Xi'an
Walk the Ming city wall, with bikes for hire on top. See the Terracotta Warriors with your guide, then after lunch visit the Xi'an Museum.
Beijing
Day 6 · Beijing
Take the high-speed train back to Beijing and transfer to your hotel for a last evening in the city.
Day 7 · Beijing
Breakfast and some free time before your transfer to the airport.
The hotels for each stop. Your advisor confirms them, or something just as good, for your dates.
Beijing · 4 nights
Your first three nights and the last night. Or similar
Xi'an · 2 nights
Or similar
Tell us when you would like to travel. Your advisor confirms dates and hotels, tailors the trip to the two of you, and stays with you until you are home.
China
4 days · 3 nights
Beijing
A short private stay in Beijing built around one full guided day: the halls and gardens of the Forbidden City in the morning and a long walk on the Mutianyu Great Wall in the afternoon. Around it you have an arrival afternoon and a whole free day to explore, or to add a guided tour.
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13 days · 12 nights
Beijing → Xi'an → Chengdu → Chongqing → Yangtze River → Yichang → Shanghai
You start in Beijing with the Forbidden City and the Great Wall, then fly to Xi'an for the Terracotta Warriors. A bullet train takes you to Chengdu and its pandas, and from Chongqing you cruise three nights through the Three Gorges before finishing in Shanghai.
China
13 days · 12 nights
Beijing → Datong → Pingyao → Xi'an → Nanjing → Shanghai
A private journey across six cities linked by high-speed train. After three nights in Beijing you head west to the Buddhist grottoes of Datong and the walled town of Pingyao, then south to Xi'an for the Terracotta Warriors, before Nanjing and two final nights in Shanghai.
A private week that pairs Beijing with Xi'an. You spend three nights in the capital for the Forbidden City, the hutongs and a quieter stretch of the Great Wall, ride the high-speed train to Xi'an for its walls, food streets and the Terracotta Warriors, and return to Beijing for a last night.
Every trip can be shaped around you before you book.
Arrive early or stay on at the end, in the same hotel or somewhere new.
Your travel expert books flights that fit the first and last day.
Choose a better room or a hotel with a view for the nights that count.
A honeymoon, an anniversary or a birthday, planned into the trip.
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