Magnificent China

8 nights, 9 days tour to Shanghai, Yellow Mountain, Hangzhou and Suzhou, from $2,350 (Tour Code: EI)

Day 01 Australia/Shanghai

Fly from Australia to Shanghai. Upon arrival in Shanghai, you will be greeted by our CTS Guide and transferred to your hotel.

Day 02 Shanghai/Yellow Mountain (B/L/D)

After breakfast, visit Shanghai Urban Planning Museum to have a picture of the city of yesterday and tomorrow. In the afternoon, transfer to the airport for a flight to Tunxi, and then take a coach ride to the Yellow Mountain. On arrival, the breathtaking, mountainous scenery will strike you. Accommodation will be at a hotel in Tunxi.

Day 03 Yellow Mountain (B/L/D)

In the morning, you will take a cable car up to Yellow Mountain, immortalized by Chinese poets and painters and now a favorite vacation retreat for top Chinese officials and important state guests. You will see the famous sights including the ‘Summit of Brightness’, Beginning-to-believe Peak, Dropped Rock, Paiyun Pavilion and ‘Monkey viewing the sea’. We will stay overnight at a hotel on top of the Yellow Mountain.

Day 04 Yellow Mountain (B/L/D)

In the morning, we will watch the magnificent sunrise if weather permits before taking a cable-car down from the mountain and taking a coach ride to Yixian County to visit the Ancient Residences of Hongcun Village, which was listed as one of World Cultural Heritage Sites by UNESCO in 2000, which is also a place where the movie “Crouching Tiger and Hidden Dragon” was shot. Drive back to Tunxi. Take a short tour to the old Tunxi Street and visit an ink stone factory.

Day 05 Yellow Mountain-Hangzhou(B/L/D)

This morning, we take a coach back to Hangzhou. Hangzhou is a well-known tourist, historical, and cultural city and one of the six ancient capitals in China.

Day 06 Hangzhou (B/L)

Visit the Hua Gang Park and West Lake. You will appreciate the fabled scenery such as ‘Broken Bridge’, ‘Autumn Moon over the Calm Lake’ and ‘Three Pools mirroring the Moon’. You will take a short cruise tour on the West Lake, then visit to Lingyin Temple, which is among the ten most famous Buddhist temples in China and has a history of over 1300 years. Hangzhou is famous for Longjing Green Tea; you will visit a tea plantation to taste its famous tea as well as learning about the ancient tea making process.

Day 07 Hangzhou-Suzhou-Shanghai (B/L/D)

In the morning, take a side trip to Suzhou, a small town famous for its classic gardens and often so-called ‘Oriental Venice’. You will visit the Master of the Nets Garden, Silk Spinning Mill. Afterwards, you will take a boat cruise on the Canal constructed over 1300 year ago in Sui Dynasty. If time permits, we take a short visit to newly renovated Shan Tang Street. Late in the afternoon, we will travel by coach to metropolitan Shanghai.

Day 08 Shanghai (B/L)

In the morning tour we will visit the Bund, a popular promenade along the Huangpu River, where the old meets the modern in Shanghai. You may see the local people performing Tai Chi during your stroll along the bund. Afterwards, we will visit the Old Town with its winding alleyways, lined with shops, teahouses and restaurants, and then to the elegant and tranquil Yu Garden. Afternoon tour the Shanghai Xintiandi, which is a new tourist attraction in downtown Shanghai, featuring the city’s unique “Shikumen” houses and a maze of narrow alleys, which have been converted into cafes, restaurants, bars, art retail shops. Dinner will be on your own arrangement.

Day 09 Shanghai/Australia (B)

Today you are free for some last minute shopping before being transferred to the airport for your flight back home.

Day 10 Australia

Arrival in Australia.