Ancient Cities & Panda

When you arrive in Beijing Airport, your guide and driver will pick you up on time and escort you to check in at the hotel. The rest of the day is free for your own arrangement.

Meals: No meals, advice freely available

This morning, your Beijing Xi'an Chengdu tour begins with Tiananmen Square and the neighboring Forbidden City, which are exactly in the center of Beijing city. Tiananmen Square is a large city square that can accommodate 1 million people. The Monument to the People's Heroes and Memorial Hall of Chairman Mao lie in the center of the square. The Forbidden City is just to the north of Tiananmen Square. It is the imperial palace complex of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (1368-1911 AD), and one of the world's largest-scaled and best-preserved wooden architecture complex. After that, you will enjoy an a la carte lunch to taste authentic Chinese food.

In the afternoon, we will go to visit the Temple of Heaven built in 1420 AD. The emperors usually worshipped the Heaven and prayed for harvest there. The Altar of Prayer for Good Harvests is the symbol and the grandest architecture of Temple of Heaven, which is also a solemn place. 

Meals: Western buffet breakfast, A la carte Lunch

The highlight of today's Beijing Xi'an Chengdu tour is Mutianyu Great Wall. To save your energy, we will go up and down the wall by cable car. If you prefer to go down by toboggan, we can also arrange it for you. Mutianyu is the longest section of the Great Wall. There are a series of watch towers, double-side crenels on the wall, and the vegetation coverage there is very high.

The restaurants near the Great Wall site cannot meet the service standard of TCG, so we do not arrange lunch for you. It is recommended that you have a big breakfast at the hotel and eat some simple fast food for lunch. On the way back to downtown Beijing, we will stop at the Bird's Nest, the National Stadium where the opening ceremony of 2008 Olympic Games was held. You can appreciate the stadium from the roadside. Then we will go to a local market and hang out there. 

Meal: Western buffet breakfast

Today, we are going to visit the Summer Palace, China's best-preserved imperial garden built with beautiful Longevity Hill, Kunming Lake and other views. Afterwards, we will have a rickshaw ride tour in the Hutongs. There are many famous local snack restaurants. You can enjoy your own lunch according to your taste, and the guide will be ready for recommendations anytime.

Then your guide will send you to Beijing West Railway Station to take the high-speed train, taking 4.5 hours to Xi'an. Upon arrival, your local guide will pick you up at the exit of Xi'an North Railway Station, and then escort you to the hotel for check-in.

Meal: Western buffet breakfast

Your Beijing Xi'an Chengdu tour in Xi'an will start with the Terracotta Army, a wonder of the world built in the Qin Dynasty (221-207 BC) in the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor, who was also the first emperor in Chinese history. There are three big pits with tens of thousands of terracotta warriors, horses and chariots, which is quite grand, solemn and magnificent.

Lunch is left for your own arrangement, but your guide will be glad to recommend some proper restaurants for you. After that, we will return to downtown Xi'an to visit the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda and Shaanxi History Museum. 

Located in Da Ci'en Temple, Giant Wild Goose Pagoda was built in 652 AD in the Tang Dynasty to store the Buddhist texts taken from ancient India by Buddhist monk Xuanzang. It is the best-known pagoda in China. Shaanxi History Museum is not far away from Giant Wild Goose Pagoda. It is a national museum collecting more than 1.7 million pieces of priceless relics, including bronze wares, pottery, gold and silver wares, murals of Tang Dynasty tombs, and so on. 

Meal: Western buffet breakfast

After breakfast, you will be guided to visit Xi'an City Wall Park, which is a good place to learn about the life of the locals. They do their morning exercise there, like Tai Chi, dance, sword play, etc. Then follow the guide to go up to Xi'an City Wall, China's largest scaled and best-preserved ancient city wall in existence nowadays. Riding a bicycle on the city wall is a popular activity. If you are interested, you may experience it at your own expense.

After that, your guide will take you to a local family, where you can enjoy the a la carte home-made lunch well prepared by the hostess. After lunch, your guide will help you board the 4-hour high speed train to Chengdu. Upon arrival, your tour guide in Chengdu will pick you up and assist you to check in the hotel.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast, Home-cooked a la carte lunch

Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding is the first stop of your trip in Chengdu. We will spend the whole morning there to have a close contact with lovely pandas, watching them eating and playing, and learning their living habits. 

In the afternoon, we will visit Jinsha Site Museum and the Wide and Narrow Alley. Jinsha Site Museum displays the relics unearthed from Jinsha Site of about 2,600-3,200 years ago and shows the development of ancient civilizations in Sichuan. Wide and Narrow Alley is a commercial pedestrian block in Chengdu with many ancient style architectures. Fairs, music festivals and many other cultural activities are often held there. You can also find delicious food there.

Meal: Western buffet breakfast

Your Beijing Xi'an Chengdu tours come to the end today. We will escort you to the airport for your homebound flight according to your flight schedule.

In addition to pandas, Leshan Giant Buddha and Mount Emei near Chengdu are also worth visiting. Two more days are needed for these places. If you want to visit, please contact your travel consultant to arrange. Thank you!

Meal: Western buffet breakfast