Day 1 · Beijing
Arrive in Beijing
You arrive in China's capital, a city of more than 20 million people.
- Overnight
- Four Seasons Hotel Beijing
13 days · 12 nights
Travel on dates that suit you
Ask about datesThe 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
You arrive in China's capital, a city of more than 20 million people.
Day 2 · Beijing
A tai chi master leads you through a private lesson at the Temple of Heaven. You cross Tiananmen Square and walk the halls of the Forbidden City.
Day 3 · Beijing
A cable car lifts you onto the Mutianyu section of the wall for wide mountain views. Back in the city, you walk the alleys of an old hutong.
Xi'an
Day 4 · Xi'an
You fly to the old Silk Road city of Xi'an, learn to make dumplings with a chef and explore the market and Great Mosque of the Muslim Quarter.
Day 5 · Xi'an
An on-site specialist walks you through the pits where more than 8,000 clay soldiers stand guard, each with its own face.
Chengdu
Day 6 · Chengdu
A bullet train brings you to Chengdu for a Sichuan hot pot lunch, then People's Park, where you learn about traditional matchmaking.
Chengdu and Chongqing
Day 7 · Chengdu and Chongqing
You watch giant pandas at the Chengdu research centre, then take the high-speed train to Chongqing to board your river cruiser.
Yangtze River
Day 8 · Yangtze River
You start with tai chi on deck. At Fuling you choose between the 816 military plant and the Baiheliang Underwater Museum.
Day 9 · Yangtze River
You sail through Qutang Gorge, go ashore at Wushan, then pass through the Wu and Xiling gorges. After dinner your ship rides the lift at the Three Gorges Dam.
Yichang and Shanghai
Day 10 · Yichang and Shanghai
You leave the ship at Yichang and fly to Shanghai, checking in to a hotel on the Bund.
Shanghai
Day 11 · Shanghai
You look over the city from the Shanghai Tower, then walk the old Jewish quarter that sheltered refugees in the Second World War. The rest of the day is yours.
Day 12 · Shanghai
You walk the Bund, explore the French Concession with a local historian and finish in the Old Town at the 16th-century Yu Garden.
Day 13 · Shanghai
After breakfast, a private transfer takes you to the airport.
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.
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.
China
9 days · 8 nights
Beijing → Xi'an → Overnight train → Shanghai
Three cities across nine days. You begin with three nights in Beijing for the Forbidden City, the Temple of Heaven and the Great Wall, take the fast train to Xi'an for the Terracotta Warriors, then ride the overnight sleeper to Shanghai for its old town, the Bund and the canal town of Zhujiajiao.
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.
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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