Odyssey from Hong Kong to Chengdu

Day01 Arrival in Hong Kong

Airport-hotel transport by yourself.

Day02 Hong Kong

Free time for the day.

Day03 Hong Kong – Beijing

Take a flight to Beijing by yourself. Pick up & airport-hotel transfer.

Day04 Beijing

Tiananmen Square:  the center of Beijing, where you can visit Tiananmen Tower, Monument to the People’s Heroes, Great Hall of the People, Mao Zedong Memorial Hall and see the national flag raising ceremony.
Forbidden City: also known as the Palace Museum, and Gu Gong in Chinese, lies at the city center of Beijing, and once served as the imperial palace for 24 emperors during the Ming and Qing Dynasties (1368 – 1911).
A la carte lunch: special and local food of Beijing.
Temple of Heaven:  It is the largest existing one in Beijing among several royal altars to Heaven, Earth, the Sun, the Moon and other deities or symbolic forces of Nature.
Kung Fu Show.

Day05 Beijing

Badaling Great Wall: The Great Wall is a must for a China tour, while Badaling is a must for a Great Wall tour. Badaling Great Wall in Beijing is the best-preserved and most complete section among the various, hence the most popular, even among world leaders. You should visit it at least once in your life.

Sacred Way: The road leading to heaven. The Emperor, known as the Son of the Heaven, who came from Heaven to his country through the Sacred Way, also deservedly would return to Heaven through this road.
Bird’s Nest (drive by): It was designed as the main stadium of 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. The Olympic events of track and field, football, gavelock, weight throw and discus were held there.

Day06 Beijing – Xian

Summer Palace: Summer Palace is China existing largest and best preserved imperial garden, also is one of the four famous gardens in China.
A la carte lunch.
Hutong visit:
Fly to Xian. Airport-hotel transfer.

Day07 Xian

Terracotta Warriors: constructed to accompany the tomb of China’s First Emperor as an afterlife guard. It is considered one of the greatest archaeological sites in the world, and one of the greatest discoveries of the 20th century.
A local family visit, Home-cooked lunch.
Xian Museum and Small Wild Goose Pagoda: A national AAAA scenic spot and a world heritage site, the Buddhist pagoda survives from the Tang Dynasty (618-907). Tourists can learn about the history and culture of Xian by visiting the pagoda and the Xian Museum in the southwest of the temple.
Tang Dynasty Show with dumpling dinner: Music & Dance Dinner Show in Xian
” is the pride of the city. Hosted at the “Tang Dynasty Palace”, which is a leading entertainment theatre & dinner restaurant in China. This legendary venue offers visitors a unique.

Day08 Xian

City Wall: The most complete city wall that has survived in China, as well being one of the largest ancient military defensive systems in the world.
Shaanxi History Museum: Shaanxi History Museum is located in the northwest of the Xi’an Wild Goose Pagoda. It was built in 1983 and was open on June 20, 1991. Shaanxi History Museum is China’s first large-scale modern.
Great Mosque：located near the Drum Tower, is one of the oldest and most renowned mosques in the country. Built in the Tang Dynasty (reign of Emperor Xuan Zong, 685-762), it still used by Chinese Muslims today as a place of worship.
Free time at the Muslim Bazzar.

Day09 Xian – Chengdu

A high-speed train to Chengdu. Train station to hotel transfer. Free time in the afternoon.

Day10 Chengdu

Giant Panda Breeding Base：This huge institution replicates the natural habitat of the giant panda and is dedicated to preserving and increasing their population so they will not become extinct. You are able to get real close-up to some pandas and photograph them as well as the so-called lesser red pandas which really look and act like raccoons.
Jinsha Site Museum：It is a rare site museum among Chinese museums because of its combination of modern civilization and the civilization of ancient Shu State (Sichuan Province was called Shu State in ancient times), as well as the combination of ecological environment and culture.
Broad and Narrow Alleys： It is a microcosm of the city’s history as well as a deep mark in local people’s memory.

Day11 Departure from Chengdu

Hotel-airport transfer is on your own arrangement. A pleasant onward trip!