China: Beijing, Xi’an&Shanghai

9 or 12 Days

The Great Wall, China

3-DAY TOUR EXTENSION

DAY 9: Hong Kong

Fly to Hong Kong

Ride on the Star Ferry to Kowloon

DAYS 10-11: Hong Kong

Take a guided tour of Hong Kong: – Aberdeen

– Repulse Bay

Take the Peak Tram up to Victoria Peak

Visit Stanley Market

Visit Man Mo Temple

Enjoy a Dim Sum tastingOptional: Lantau Island

DAY 12: Depart for home

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Number of overnight stays in parentheses. This tour may also be reversed.

Program Fee includes:• Round-trip airfare

• Comfortable motorcoach; Internal flights

• 7 overnight stays in hotels with private bathrooms (10 with extension)

• Breakfast and dinner daily

• Full-time EF Tour Director

• 3 sightseeing tours led by licensed local guides (4 with extension)

• 1 sighseeing tour led by your tour director

Experiential Activities:• Taiji lesson

• School visit

• Meal with Chinese family

• Bike ride on the Xi’an City Wall

Optional: • The Legend of Kung Fu show

• Tang Dynasty show and dinner

• Lantau Island (with extension)

Top things to see on tour:

Summer Palace

Forbidden City

Great Wall of China

Terracotta Warriors

Shanghai World Financial Center

DAY 1: Fly overnight to China

DAY 2: Beijing

Arrive in Beijing

DAY 3: Beijing

Take a guided tour of BeijingVisit the Summer Palace

Take a dragon boat rideParticipate in a Taiji lesson Visit the Forbidden CityVisit Tiananmen SquareVisit a local schoolEnjoy a traditional Peking Duck dinner

DAY 4: Badaling • Beijing

Travel to Badaling

Take a tour of the Great Wall of ChinaTake a Hutong rickshaw tour Enjoy a traditional Chinese meal with Hutong familiesOptional: The Legend of Kung Fu show

DAY 5: Beijing • Xi’an

Visit the Temple of Heaven ParkFly to Xi’an

Take a bike ride on the ancient City Wall

DAY 6: Xi’an

Take a guided tour of Xi’anVisit Big Wild Goose PagodaVisit the Terracotta WarriorsOptional: Tang Dynasty show and dinner

DAY 7: Shanghai

Fly to Shanghai

Visit Shanghai World Financial CenterVisit the BundAttend a Chinese acrobatics show

DAY 8: Shanghai

Take a guided tour of ShanghaiVisit Jade Buddha TempleVisit Yu Yuan GardenSee Nanjing Lu

DAY 9: Depart for home

BeijingExperience the excitement of Beijing! On your sight-

seeing tour, step back in time in the Forbidden City,

whose grandeur is epitomized by the golden-roofed

Imperial Palace. Discover the principles of taiji on

the magical garden grounds of the Summer Palace.

Stand in Tiananmen Square, a site of worldwide cul-

tural signifi cance. On a local school visit you’ll interact

with Chinese students in their classroom. In the eve-

ning, share a regional specialty at your Peking duck

dinner. And fi nally, no trip to Beijing would be com-

plete without an excursion to the Great Wall of China.

Construction of this 3,000-mile manmade marvel,

used to defend the Chinese Empire against northern

invaders, began in the third century B.C. Don’t forget

your camera!

Xi’anThe massive wall surrounding Xi’an is a testament

to the city’s importance: it has served as the capital

of 11 dynasties. Follow in the footsteps of Silk Road

traveler Marco Polo during your sightseeing tour.

Visit the life-size sculptures known as the Terracotta

Warriors, which were created to protect the tomb of

Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi, founder of the Qin Dynasty.

Of these 6,000 models, no two are alike. Watch how

these treasures were excavated in a fascinating 3D

fi lm. You’ll also see the 7th-century Big Wild Goose

Pagoda, built upon the orders of Xuan Zang, the

monk who introduced Buddhism to China.

ShanghaiDiscover Shanghai, a nexus point of ancient custom

and modern technology. Once considered the “Wall

Street of the East,” the Bund is a waterfront prom-

enade offering a postcard-perfect view of Shanghai’s

famous skyline. A local guide will take you to the Jade

Buddha Temple. Sculpted out of white jade, these

Buddhas were brought from Burma by a Chinese

monk in the last century. One portrays Buddha expe-

riencing Enlightenment; the other his transcendence

into Nirvana. Stroll past goldfi sh ponds and admire

classical Chinese landscape in the Yu Garden. Then,

ascend to the observation deck of the Shanghai

World Financial Center. Before you depart, pick up a

souvenir along colorful Nanjing Road.

Forbidden City

Beijing, China

City skylineShanghai, China

Terracotta soldiersXi’an, China

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