Traveling through half of China in 18 days and 16 nights! From the misty rain of Wuyue to the desert of the Western Regions

Itinerary

Route

Shanghai → Xi'an

Duration

18 days / 17 nights 17 day plan

Services

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Itinerary order may change based on departure date and local conditions. Final arrangements follow the guide on the tour day.

D1United States, Canada and Australia ✈ Shanghai

Arrive in Shanghai by international flight. The tour guide will pick you up and transfer you to the hotel for rest and general adjustment. Meals: No meals included

Hotel　Shanghai Lichen Huating or Bonham Radisson or similar 5 diamonds

D2Shanghai-Qiantang

After breakfast, we will visit the Free Trade Zone. After lunch, we will drive to Qiantang, Gongchenqiao Historical and Cultural District, take a boat trip on the canal, and stroll through West Lake Changqiao Park. Known as one of the "Three Lovers' Bridges in West Lake", it is an excellent place to watch the ten scenic spots of West Lake, "Leifeng Sunset". Meals: Breakfast: In the hotel Lunch: Local style Dinner: Grandma’s style

Hotel　Novotel Qiantang Xintiandi or similar 5 diamonds

D3Qiantang-Liangxi

After breakfast, visit the internet celebrity check-in point - Shilimeiwu Changjie Tea Fragrance Cultural Park, carry a bamboo basket on your back, put on a bamboo hat, put on an apron, pick tea, fry tea, and become an inheritor of intangible cultural heritage. After lunch, go to Liangxi and visit the famous CCTV film and television base in Liangxi - Three Kingdoms City. Take an ancient warship to tour Taihu Lake, visit Wu Palace, Taoyuan, Haiding Square, etc., and then visit the Qingming Bridge Water Lane to experience the culture of the ancient canal in the south of the Yangtze River. Meals: Breakfast: In the hotel Lunch: Hu Guang’s medicinal cuisine Dinner: Sauce-flavored pork ribs

Hotel　Liangxi Degen Hotel or similar 5 diamond hotel

D4Liangxi-Jinling

After breakfast, visit the Taihu Pearl Cultivation Center, and then visit the Liangxi Intangible Cultural Heritage Zisha Pot Culture Museum. After lunch, go to Jinling, the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, and visit Xuanwu Lake. Xuanwu Lake is the "city living room" of Jinling and the largest royal garden lake in China. It is known as the "Pearl of Jinling". Visit the Confucius Temple-Qinhuai River Scenic Area and feel the old dream of Jinling in the light and shadow of night mooring. Meals: Breakfast: In the hotel Lunch: Taihu Sanbai Dinner: Jinling 16-course snacks

Hotel　Jinling Airport Wyndham Garden Hotel or similar 5 diamond

D5Jinling-Xitang

After breakfast, visit the Grand Baoen Temple Ruins Park, where the Glazed Pagoda was once as famous as the Colosseum and was known as the "Seven Wonders of the Medieval World". Visit the Jinling Art Exhibition Center, and then go to Xitang, Jiashan, Zhejiang Province after lunch. It is known as the "living thousand-year-old ancient town". Residents here have lived by the river for generations. Grandma washes clothes by the river in the morning, and boat girls row home in the evening. Fireworks and poetry coexist in Taihu Town. At night, the bar street in Xitang will let you feel another side of the thousand-year-old ancient town. Meals: Breakfast: In the hotel Lunch: Jinling salted duck Dinner: Steamed pork with rice flour flavor

Hotel　Xitang Yiman Hotel or similar 4 diamonds

D6Xitang-Shanghai

After breakfast, visit Jiaxing Silk Factory and experience silk reeling in person. Afterwards, we returned to Shanghai to visit the Jiangnan Jade Culture and Art Museum. Check in at the Shanghai LV flagship store "Louis, The Boat" (Louis, The Boat), which is Louis Vuitton's only new concept landmark in the world that is shaped like a giant ship. Then we visit Shanghai Zhangyuan, the largest and best-preserved Shikumen lane building complex in the mid-to-late period, which is a window to understand the Shanghai-style culture of Shanghai. Meals: Breakfast: In the hotel Lunch: Jiaxing style Dinner: Shanghai local cuisine

Hotel　Shanghai Lichen Huating or Bonham Radisson or similar 5 diamonds

D7Shanghai ✈ Urumqi (included, reference flight: to be announced)

Take a flight to Urumqi. After being picked up by a professional tour guide, we went to visit the city. Urumqi International Grand Bazaar is the largest Grand Bazaar in the world. It integrates Islamic culture, architecture, ethnic commerce, entertainment, and catering. It is a gathering place and exhibition center for Xinjiang tourism products. Meals: Breakfast: In the hotel Lunch: On the plane Dinner: Tiaozi style

Hotel　Urumqi Universal International Hotel or Jinjiang International Hotel or similar 5-diamond hotel

D8Urumqi-Turpan

After breakfast, drive to [Tianshan Tianchi] + roller coaster ride. Tianchi in Tianshan Mountain is the mythical and legendary holy place where King Mu of Zhou visited the Yaochi to the west and met the Queen Mother of the West. Drive to Turpan. In the afternoon, visit [Sugong Pagoda]. Sugong Pagoda is an art treasure with Islamic architectural style created by Uyghur architectural masters in Turpan, where wood is extremely scarce. It has high artistic value. Meals: Breakfast: In the hotel Lunch: Noodles with flavor Dinner: Chinese dishes

Hotel　Turpan Huozhou Mercure or similar 4 diamonds

D9Turpan

In the morning, we visited Turpan’s unique underground irrigation and water conservancy project - [Karez]. After lunch, visit [Jiaohe Ancient City] + battery car. The Old City of Jiaohe is the largest, oldest and best-preserved earth-built city in the world, and the most complete urban relic in my country that has been preserved for more than 2,000 years. The Anxi Protectorate, the highest military and political institution in the western regions of the Tang Dynasty, was first located in Jiaohe Ancient City. In the afternoon, visit [Flaming Mountain] - the highest temperature in summer can reach 47.8°C, and the highest temperature on the surface of the sunny side of the Flame Mountain can reach 82.3°C. Meals: Breakfast: at the hotel Lunch: light meal on the way Dinner: Chinese dishes

Hotel　Turpan Huozhou Mercure or similar 4 diamonds

D10Turpan🚄Liuyuan-Dunhuang

After breakfast, take the high-speed rail to Liuyuan. After arriving, proceed to Dunhuang. Passing by Red Willow Wetland + Gobi Highway, after lunch visit [Mingsha Mountain + Crescent Moon Spring] + optional camel riding + battery car, river night scenery route, and Shazhou Night Market. Meals: Breakfast: In the hotel Lunch: Gathering in the Western Regions Dinner: Donkey meat yellow noodles

Hotel　Dunhuang Wansheng Hotel or similar 5 diamond

D11Dunhuang

After breakfast, visit [Mogao Grottoes] + section library + digital movie - the first of the three largest grottoes in China; in the afternoon visit [Dunhuang Museum] Meals: Breakfast: In the hotel Lunch: Chinese dishes Dinner: Snow Mountain Camel Palm

Hotel　Dunhuang Wansheng Hotel or similar 5 diamond

D12Dunhuang-Jiayuguan

After breakfast, drive to Jiayuguan, passing by Internet celebrity Son of the Earth, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and the Silk Road Group of Sculptures. In the afternoon, visit [Jiayuguan Gate Tower] + [Hanging Great Wall] + Battery Car - the westernmost end of the Great Wall. Meals: Breakfast: In the hotel Lunch: Chinese mixed dishes Dinner: Heroic Sichuan cuisine

Hotel　Jiayuguan Gonghanglv Pearl Hotel or similar 5 diamond

D13Jiayuguan-Zhangye

After breakfast, drive to Zhangye and visit the color palette that God overturned - [Zhangye Danxia National Geopark] + battery car. After lunch, visit Muta Temple Square. Meals: Breakfast: In the hotel Lunch: Chinese mixed dishes Dinner: Ganzhou first-row flavor

Hotel　Zhangye Jinglong International Hotel or similar 5 diamonds

D14Zhangye 🚄 Lanzhou

After breakfast, visit the [Big Buddha Temple] and take the train to Lanzhou. Then visit the Waterwheel Park, Yellow River Mother Statue, Yellow River Iron Bridge, and Zhengning Road Night Market. Meals: Breakfast: In the hotel Lunch: Chinese dishes Dinner: Self-catering at the snack street Warm reminder: Due to high-speed rail station restrictions, Little Red Riding Hood service is not available at Zhangye and Lanzhou stations, please understand.

Hotel　Lanzhou Zhongbang Sheraton or Jinchuan Group Lanzhou Hotel with 5 diamonds in the same class

D15Lanzhou 🚄 Xi'an

After breakfast, take the high-speed train to Xi'an and visit the [Big Wild Goose Pagoda] (climbing the pagoda is not included), the holy place where the eminent Tang monk Xuanzang translated Buddhist scriptures after returning from his mission to the Western Regions; in the evening, take a night tour of [The City that Never Sleeps in the Tang Dynasty] Meals: Breakfast: In the hotel Lunch: Chinese dishes Dinner: Self-care Warm reminder: Due to high-speed rail station restrictions, there is no Little Red Riding Hood service at Lanzhou Station. Please understand.

Hotel　Novotel Xi'an Daming Palace or Gaoxin Li Rui Hotel or similar 5 diamond hotel

D16Xi'an

Xi'an After breakfast, visit [City Wall], the most complete ancient city wall in China, [Terracotta Warriors] (pits 1, 2 and 3 + battery car + headphones), [Bell and Drum Tower Square], the geographical center of Xi'an. [Muslim Street] An old Muslim neighborhood with hundreds of years of history + a paradise for foodies. Meals: Breakfast: In the hotel Lunch: Chinese dishes Dinner: Farewell dinner

Hotel　Novotel Xi'an Daming Palace or similar 5 diamonds

D18Xi'an Airport Drop-off

Drop off after breakfast The travel agency has the right to adjust the itinerary, hotels, and meals appropriately. Please refer to the actual tour group!

Fees

Package price (base)

Single room

USD 1,368.00 / person

Double room

USD 798.00 / person

Triple room

USD 798.00 / person

Quad room

USD 798.00 / person

Included	Extra expense
1. Hotel: 4-5 diamond hotels for 16 nights throughout the journey 2. Meals: listed in the itinerary 3. Car: air-conditioned vehicle throughout the journey 4. Tickets: tickets for attractions shown in the itinerary and scenic transportation 5. Tour guide: Excellent Chinese tour guide service 6. 2 bottles of water per person per day 7. Air tickets: Shanghai-Urumqi (no specified flights) 8. High-speed rail tickets: Turpan-Liuyuan, Zhangye-Lanzhou, Lanzhou-Xi'an high-speed rail second class.	1. Baggage handling fee 2. Travel accident insurance 3. Cancellation and interruption insurance 4. All personal expenses incurred by personal consumption 5. Chinese visa and international round-trip air tickets

Included

Extra expense

1. Hotel: 4-5 diamond hotels for 16 nights throughout the journey
2. Meals: listed in the itinerary
3. Car: air-conditioned vehicle throughout the journey
4. Tickets: tickets for attractions shown in the itinerary and scenic transportation
5. Tour guide: Excellent Chinese tour guide service
6. 2 bottles of water per person per day
7. Air tickets: Shanghai-Urumqi (no specified flights)
8. High-speed rail tickets: Turpan-Liuyuan, Zhangye-Lanzhou, Lanzhou-Xi'an high-speed rail second class.

1. Baggage handling fee
2. Travel accident insurance
3. Cancellation and interruption insurance
4. All personal expenses incurred by personal consumption
5. Chinese visa and international round-trip air tickets

Add-ons

Optional add-ons are available in the booking panel above, where priced add-ons update the estimate and request-only add-ons are saved with your booking details.

Item	Price	For	Note
Comprehensive service fee	USD 203.00	Adult	—
Comprehensive service fee	USD 203.00	Child	—

Pickup & drop-off

Pickup

Refer to the tour package itinerary

Drop-off

Refer to the tour package itinerary

Booking policies

1. This itinerary is suitable for 25 to 78-year-old overseas Chinese in the United States, Canada and Australia who are fluent in Chinese. A surcharge of US$350/CAD500/AUD550 is required for those under 25 years old/over 79 years old. For other regions or English-speaking tour guides, additional quotations are required;

2. Extend your stay at the hotel in advance U S$98/CAD118/AUD118/room/night, additional airport pick-up/drop-off US$30/CAD45/AUD45 per person/trip (minimum of 2 people);

3. The Jiangnan section includes part of the shopping itinerary. After signing up, guests will indicate that they accept the relevant arrangements and will not be refused entry for any reason. Or leave the group midway, otherwise you will need to pay an additional departure fee of US$150/person/day and all fees will not be refunded;

4. Reserve the right to adjust the itinerary and hotel appropriately according to the actual situation, please refer to the final departure notice;

5. It does not include air tickets, visas, self-paid items, insurance, etc. and all unlisted items, it is strongly recommended to bring the necessary travel insurance;

Cancellation Policy

Once confirmed, it cannot be canceled.

Visa instructions

Once confirmed, no changes are allowed.

Itinerary

Route

Duration

Services

D1United States, Canada and Australia ✈ Shanghai

D2Shanghai-Qiantang

D3Qiantang-Liangxi

D4Liangxi-Jinling

D5Jinling-Xitang

D6Xitang-Shanghai

D7Shanghai ✈ Urumqi (included, reference flight: to be announced)

D8Urumqi-Turpan

D9Turpan

D10Turpan🚄Liuyuan-Dunhuang

D11Dunhuang

D12Dunhuang-Jiayuguan

D13Jiayuguan-Zhangye

D14Zhangye 🚄 Lanzhou

D15Lanzhou 🚄 Xi'an

D16Xi'an

D18Xi'an Airport Drop-off

Fees

Package price (base)

Add-ons

Pickup & drop-off

Booking policies

Cancellation Policy

Visa instructions

How booking works