Great ancient Capitals with scenic Guilin

Day01/Day02 Homeland – Beijing

Day03 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).
Jingshan Park: Jingshan Park is a beautiful royal landscape garden.
A la carte lunch: special and local food of Beijing. the park stands on the central point of the south-north axis of the city and faces the north gate of the Forbidden City.
Summer Palace: Summer Palace is China existing largest and best preserved imperial garden, also is one of the four famous gardens in China.

Day04 Beijing – Xian

Badaling Great Wall: the most visited section of the Great Wall, Many world leaders have made a trip to the site including Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan,  Mikhail Gorbachev and Richard Nixon.
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.
take the overnight soft sleeper train to Xian.

Day05 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.
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.

City Wall：Protective city walls are a common sight in both ancient Europe and Asia. The City Wall in Xi’an dated back to the Tang Dynasty and strengthened in the Ming Dynasty (1368 – 1644), is regarded as a landmark of the city. When you stand on the ancient wall, you can survey the old city and pick out the city’s other landmarks, such as the Bell Tower and the Drum Tower. Riding a bicycle around on the wall rampart is a quiet an experience. It takes about 1.5 hours to finish the whole circle of the wall and the bike rental is an out of the pocket expense.

Day06 Xian – Guilin

Fly to Guilin
Airport to hotel transfer.
The rest time is free.

Day07 Guilin – Yangshuo – Guilin

Li River cruise to Yangshuo: enjoy the natural beauty along the country road.

Day08 Guilin

Reed Flute Cave: a karst cave boasting various shapes of stalactites and stalagmites.
Elephant Trunk Hill: As a landmark attraction in Guilin, the elephant trunk hill is a huge rock resembling an elephant drinking water with its long trunk on the riverside.
Fubo Hill: have a bird’s eye view of Guilin City

Day09 Guilin – Montreal

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