China's grand imperial and modern tour. Day-by-day itinerary: Arrival in Beijing; Forbidden City & Temple of Heaven; Great Wall & Summer Palace; Beijing → Xi'an (high-speed train).
Day-by-day itinerary
Day 1 — Arrival in Beijing
13:00 — Arrival at Beijing PEK/PKX
16:00 — Hotel check-in — Dongcheng, Pékin
Walk to Wangfujing — Dongcheng, Pékin → Wangfujing
18:00 — Wangfujing — shopping street — Wangfujing
Taxi to Qianmen — Wangfujing → Qianmen
19:30 — Peking duck — Qianmen
Day 2 — Forbidden City & Temple of Heaven
08:00 — Tiananmen Square + Forbidden City — Gugong
Walk to Jingshan — Gugong → Jingshan
13:00 — Noodle lunch — Jingshan
Taxi to the Temple of Heaven — Jingshan → Tiantan
14:30 — Temple of Heaven — Tiantan
Taxi to the hutongs — Tiantan → Nanluoguxiang
17:00 — Hutongs by pedicab — Nanluoguxiang
Taxi back to Dongcheng — Nanluoguxiang → Dongcheng
19:30 — Mongolian hot pot — Dongcheng
Day 3 — Great Wall & Summer Palace
07:00 — Private minibus → Mutianyu
09:00 — Great Wall at Mutianyu — Mutianyu
13:00 — Lunch in a local village
15:00 — Back to Beijing
17:00 — Summer Palace — Yiheyuan
19:30 — Dinner on Wangfujing Snack Street
Day 4 — Beijing → Xi'an (high-speed train)
08:00 — High-speed train Beijing → Xi'an (4h30) — Gare de Pékin Ouest
13:30 — Hotel check-in — Intérieur des remparts, Xi'an
Walk to the city walls — Intérieur des remparts, Xi'an → Remparts de la ville
15:30 — Xi'an city walls by bike — Remparts de la ville
Walk to the Muslim Quarter — Remparts de la ville → Muslim Quarter
19:00 — Muslim Quarter — street food — Muslim Quarter
Day 5 — Terracotta Warriors
08:00 — Tourist bus → Terracotta Warriors site — Xi'an → Lintong
09:30 — Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang — Terracotta Warriors — Lintong
13:00 — Lunch on site
15:00 — Back to Xi'an
17:00 — Giant Wild Goose Pagoda — Xi'an
19:30 — Dumpling banquet dinner — Xi'an
Day 6 — Xi'an → Shanghai
10:00 — Flight Xi'an → Shanghai
13:30 — Hotel check-in — Concession Française, Shanghai
Walk to the French Concession — Concession Française, Shanghai → French Concession
15:30 — French Concession — tree-lined streets — French Concession
Metro to the Bund — French Concession → The Bund
19:00 — The Bund by night — The Bund
Walk to Yu Garden — The Bund → Nanxiang Mantou Dian, Yu Garden