Home › Countries › China › China Grand Tour China Grand Tour — 14 days Beijing, Xi'an, Guilin–Yangshuo and Shanghai — from emperors to skyscrapers. Day-by-day itinerary: Arrival in Beijing & hutongs; Forbidden City & Tiananmen; Great Wall at Mutianyu; Summer Palace & flight to Xi'an.
Day-by-day itinerary Day 1 — Arrival in Beijing & hutongs 13:00 — Arrival at Beijing PEK/PKX 15:30 — Airport Express → Dongzhimen 17:00 — Hotel check-in — Dongcheng, Pékin Walk to the hutongs — Quartier Dongcheng → Nanluoguxiang 19:00 — Stroll through the Nanluoguxiang hutongs — Nanluoguxiang Taxi to Qianmen — Nanluoguxiang → Quanjude, Qianmen 20:30 — Peking duck — Quanjude, Qianmen Day 2 — Forbidden City & Tiananmen 08:00 — Tiananmen Square — Centre Pékin Walk to the Forbidden City — Centre Pékin → Gugong 09:00 — Forbidden City — Gugong Walk to Jingshan — Gugong → Jingshan 13:00 — Zhajiangmian noodle lunch — Jingshan Walk to the park — Jingshan → Jingshan Park 14:30 — Jingshan Park — view over the Forbidden City — Jingshan Park Taxi to the Temple of Heaven — Jingshan Park → Tiantan 16:00 — Temple of Heaven — Tiantan Taxi back to Dongcheng — Tiantan → Dongcheng 19:30 — Mongolian hot pot dinner — Dongcheng Day 3 — Great Wall at Mutianyu 07:30 — Private minibus → Mutianyu (1h30) — Pékin → Mutianyu 09:30 — Chairlift up to the wall — Mutianyu 10:00 — Hike along the Great Wall — Mutianyu 13:00 — Toboggan ride down — Mutianyu 15:30 — Back to Beijing 19:30 — Dinner on Wangfujing Snack Street — Wangfujing Day 4 — Summer Palace & flight to Xi'an 08:30 — Summer Palace — Yiheyuan 12:00 — Lunch near the lake — Yiheyuan 14:00 — Transfer to PEK/PKX airport 17:00 — Flight Beijing → Xi'an (2h10) 20:00 — Hotel check-in — Intérieur des remparts, Xi'an Day 5 — Xi'an city walls & Muslim Quarter 09:00 — Xi'an city walls by bike — Remparts de la ville Walk to lunch — Remparts de la ville → Muslim Quarter 13:00 — Biang biang noodle lunch — Muslim Quarter 14:30 — Great Mosque of Xi'an — Muslim Quarter Walk to the pagoda — Muslim Quarter → Xi'an 16:00 — Giant Wild Goose Pagoda — Xi'an Walk back to the Muslim Quarter — Xi'an → Muslim Quarter 19:30 — Muslim Quarter — street food — Muslim Quarter Day 6 — Terracotta Warriors & flight to Guilin 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 + airport transfer 19:30 — Flight Xi'an → Guilin (2h) 22:00 — Hotel check-in — Centre-ville, Guilin Day 7 — Li River cruise to Yangshuo 08:00 — Transfer to Zhujiang pier — Guilin → Zhujiang 09:00 — Li River cruise (4h) — Guilin → Yangshuo 13:00 — Buffet lunch on board 14:30 — Hotel check-in — Yangshuo Walk to West Street — Yangshuo → West Street 18:00 — West Street — Yangshuo's lively street — West Street 20:00 — Li River beer fish dinner — West Street Day 8 — Yangshuo countryside by bike 08:30 — Cycling in the Yangshuo countryside — Yulong River 11:00 — Bamboo raft on the Yulong River — Yulong River Drive into the countryside — Yulong River → Campagne de Yangshuo 13:00 — Lunch at a local farm — Campagne de Yangshuo Drive to Moon Hill — Campagne de Yangshuo → Moon Hill 15:30 — Climb Moon Hill — Moon Hill Drive back to Yangshuo — Moon Hill → Yangshuo 19:30 — "Impression Liu Sanjie" show — Yangshuo Day 9 — Yangshuo → flight to Shanghai 08:30 — Reed Flute Cave — Guilin 11:30 — Drive Yangshuo → Guilin airport (1h30) 15:00 — Flight Guilin → Shanghai (2h30) 18:30 — Hotel check-in — Concession Française, Shanghai Head to Yu Garden — Concession Française, Shanghai → Nanxiang Mantou Dian, Yu Garden 20:00 — Xiaolongbao (soup dumplings) — Nanxiang Mantou Dian, Yu Garden Day 10 — Historic Shanghai 09:00 — Yu Garden — Yu Garden Walk to the bazaar — Yu Garden → Old City 11:00 — Yu Garden Bazaar — Old City 13:00 — Shanghainese lunch — Old City Walk to the French Concession — Old City → French Concession 15:00 — French Concession — tree-lined streets — French Concession Metro to the Bund — French Concession → The Bund 19:00 — The Bund by night — The Bund Head to Pudong — The Bund → Lujiazui 20:30 — Cantonese dinner in Pudong — Lujiazui Day 11 — Nanjing Road & Shanghai Tower 09:30 — Pedestrian Nanjing Road — Nanjing Road Walk to the museum — Nanjing Road → People's Square 11:30 — Shanghai Museum — People's Square 13:30 — Lunch near People's Square 15:30 — Shanghai Tower — 118th-floor observatory — Pudong Metro to Tianzifang — Pudong → Tianzifang 18:00 — Shopping in Tianzifang — Tianzifang Head to the Huangpu cruise — Tianzifang → Fleuve Huangpu 20:00 — Huangpu River dinner cruise — Fleuve Huangpu Day 12 — Zhujiajiao, the Venice of Shanghai 09:00 — Bus to the water town of Zhujiajiao (1h) — Shanghai → Zhujiajiao 10:30 — Boat ride along the canals — Zhujiajiao 13:00 — Canal-side lunch 15:00 — Back to Shanghai 17:00 — Silk market & last shopping — AP Xinyang Taxi to Jing'an — AP Xinyang → Jing'an 20:00 — Sichuan dinner — Jing'an Day 13 — Free day in Shanghai 09:00 — Jade Buddha Temple — Jing'an Metro to Xintiandi — Jing'an → Xintiandi 12:00 — Xiaolongbao lunch at a renowned spot — Xintiandi 14:30 — Xintiandi — restored shikumen district — Xintiandi Head to the Bund — Xintiandi → The Bund 17:00 — Stroll along the Puxi side of the Bund — The Bund Walk to the French Concession — The Bund → French Concession 20:00 — Last dinner — refined Shanghainese cuisine — French Concession Day 14 — Departure 09:00 — Last shopping on Nanjing Road — Nanjing Road Walk to lunch — Nanjing Road → Centre-ville 11:30 — Last noodle meal — Centre-ville 13:30 — Maglev → Pudong Airport — Longyang Road → PVG 17:30 — Return flight from Shanghai PVG