Arrive in Beijing Capital International Airport from Hometown: Tour guide will meet you at the Baggage Claim Area and transfer to hotel. We will proceed to visit the Temple of Heaven if your flight arrives early. The Temple of Heaven is a masterpiece of architecture and landscape design which simply and graphically illustrates a cosmogony of great importance for the evolution of one of the world's great civilizations.

Hotel: Sariz International Hotel, Beijing or similar.

Today we are going to have a full day sightseeing. We will visit the Chang Tomb, one of the Ming Tombs (Consisting of mausoleums of 13 Ming emperors, is one of the largest imperial necropolises in China), Sacred Road and Great Wall at Badaling which is the symbol of China and Climbing the Great Wall you can pass visitors from all over the world, and hear conversations in almost every language. Enjoy a delicious Peking Duck Dinner at local restaurant in the evening.

Hotel: Sariz International Hotel, Beijing or similar.

Full day sightseeing to the Tiananmen Square and explore the Palace Museum (known as Forbidden City) in the morning. After lunch, visit the Imperial Summer Palace, the imperial palace for the Ming and Qing with a history of around 600 years.

Hotel: Sariz International Hotel, Beijing or similar.

After breakfast, we will fly to Xi'an, the capital of Shanxi Province, once the largest city in the world. Xi'an has a history of nearly 6,000 years and was the starting point of the famous ancient Silk Road between Asia and Europe. We will visit the Mosque in the afternoon. It is one of the oldest, largest and best-preserved Islamic mosques in China.

Hotel: Xi'an Hotel, Xi'an or similar.

The visit to the majestic Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum will start your today's tour. Terracotta Warriors and Horses are the most significant archeological excavations of the 20th century, the army of terra-cotta warriors and the bronze chariots entombed in vast underground vaults at emperor Qin's tomb. Then go to see the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, which is one of the city's most distinctive and outstanding landmarks, possibly the most beautiful building left in Xi'an today. And then proceed to Xian City Wall which was constructed in the early Ming Dynasty on the basis of the Imperial City of Chang An (Everlasting Peace) of the Tang Dynasty. You will enjoy Chinese lunch at local restaurant and banquet with show at Tang Dynasty Theater today.

Hotel: Xi'an Hotel, Xi'an or similar.

Transfer to the train station and take train to Luoyang. Visit the History Museum. The museum is located in the center of the city, built in 1958. It is a comprehensive history museum combined with collection, preservation, scientific research and exhibition. It displays various kinds of precious cultural relics, many of which are the essence of the state treasure house of cultural relics, from over 500,000 years ago to the Sui & Tang period. There are 5 halls arranged chronologically, which starts at first the Stone Age. In Hall 2 for the Shang bronzes and an endearing jade tiger from the Zhou; Hall 4 has some Indian-influenced Wei Statuary, as well as a model farm from a Han Tomb with a sow and her row of piglets; and in Hall 5 you¡¯ll find some comical Tang polychrome figures, including camels and a traveling merchant keeling over under the weight of his pack.

Hotel: Luoyang Grand Hotel, Luoyang or similar.

Today we will visit the Longmen Grottos and White House Temple. The sculptures of the Longmen Grottoes are an outstanding manifestation of human artistic creativity. The Longmen Grottoes illustrate the perfection of a long-established art form, which was to play a highly significant role in the cultural evolution of this region of Asia.

Hotel: Luoyang Grand Hotel, Luoyang or similar.

Transfer to Shaolin Temple, which is known in and outside of China for Shaolin wushu (martial arts). After the visit, transfer to Zhengzhou.

Hotel: Feng Leyuan Hotel, Zhengzhou or similar.

Transfer to the airport and take the flight to Nanjing. Transfer to hotel.

Hotel: Conference Center Hotel, Nanjing or similar.

In the morning, we will visit the Dr. Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, Nanjing Museum which offers you a lot of different culture scenes, including the sailing of Zheng He (the eunuch admiral of the Ming Dynasty who explored at least to Africa, perhaps further) and real-silk-making. It's a great place to spend either a hot or rainy day, Zhonghua Gate (the southern gate of Nanjing's city wall), and Confucian Temple.

Hotel: Conference Center Hotel or similar.

Transfer to train station to take train to Shanghai. Tour to Yu Garden and the old town area. Yu Garden is a place of peace and comfort in the heart of bustling Shanghai, dates back to the fabled Ming Dynasty.

Hotel: Holiday Inn Downtown, Shanghai.

Today we will visit the Jade Buddha Temple, the most famous Buddhist temple in Shanghai. Then go to the Shanghai Museum which is one of the largest Museums in China. At last, we will tour the Nanjing Road - the longest commercial street in China, lined with big department and specialty stores, upscale boutiques, and a variety of fine restaurants, enjoying the reputation of "China's No.1 Street".

Hotel: Holiday Inn Downtown, Shanghai.

After breakfast, transfer to the Shanghai airport for your homeward flight or to your next destination.

*** Itinerary varies slightly depending on day of departure.