Beijing Trip Overview
Perfect for those with limited time in China! Enhance your sightseeing experience of Shanghai by designing your own itinerary on this private, full-day tour from Beijing by plane. Be greeted by a knowledgeable local guide, travel by private air-conditioned vehicle, customize your day according to your interests. Choose to visit some of the city’s historical highlights such as White Jade Temple, Yuyuan Garden; explore the waterfront Bund; venture into the Shanghai Museum, discover the atmospheric French Concession, and the lively nightlife district of Xintiandi. Tour includes plane tickets, tasty local lunch, all entrance fee, an English-speaking guide and transport by private vehicle. You can choose to end your tour in Shanghai or return Beijing.
Additional Info
Duration: 8 to 12 hours
Starts: Beijing, China
Trip Category: Air, Helicopter & Balloon Tours >> Air Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Beijing, China, China
Perfect for those with limited time in China! Enhance your sightseeing experience of Shanghai by designing your own itinerary on this private, full-day tour from Beijing by plane. Be greeted by a knowledgeable local guide, travel by private air-conditioned vehicle, customize your day according to your interests. Choose to visit some of the city’s historical highlights such as White Jade Temple, Yuyuan Garden; explore the waterfront Bund; venture into the Shanghai Museum, discover the atmospheric French Concession, and the lively nightlife district of Xintiandi. Tour includes plane tickets, tasty local lunch, all entrance fee, an English-speaking guide and transport by private vehicle. You can choose to end your tour in Shanghai or return Beijing.
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Pass By: The Sandalwood, Beijing – Marriott Executive Apartments, 23 Jian Guo Road, Chaoyang District, 朝阳区北京市 BJ, China, 100123
Your driver will hold your name sign waiting in the lobby of your Beijing city hotel’s lobby, you will be transferred to airport for a 2 hour flight to Shanghai.
Upon arrival, your tour guide will hold your name sign waiting at the exit of the arrival hall.
Stop At: Shanghai Museum (Shanghai Bowuguan), No.201 Renmin Avenue, Shanghai China
Hop on your private air-conditioned vehicle, embark upon your customized tour of the city’s sights. Discuss the historical highlights and attractions you wish to see with your knowledgeable guide who will help you plan an itinerary according to your interests. Then, set off and explore.
Typically, you will start with the Shanghai Museum. The museum is divided into eleven galleries and three exhibition halls. With bronze ware, ceramics, and painting and calligraphy as its distinctive collections, the museum boasts 120,000 pieces of rare and precious cultural relics in 21 categories.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Jade Buddha Temple, 170 An Yuan Road, Shanghai China
Then, move on to Jade Buddha Temple. You will see the White Jade Buddhas which were brought here from Burma in the nineteenth century. Stroll around halls and courtyards in the temple with your tour guide, learn the history about the temple and buddhism in China, see how the locals come to worship and burn incense.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Yu Garden (Yuyuan), No.218 Anren Street, Huangpu District, Shanghai 200010 China
Enjoy lunch in the local restaurant, then explore the Yuyuan Garden.
Yuyuan Garden is the largest ancient gardens with Ming and Qing style architecture. Follow your tour guide to explore the garden, learn how to form a perfect garden. Then visit the Old City God Temple, where various of local snack shops and streets are scattered around.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: The Bund, The Bund, Shanghai
Continue to the Bund, where you will see amazing city skyline, including the Oriental Pearl TV Tower, Shanghai World Financial Center Shanghai Tower, Shanghai Tower and colonial buildings along the Huangpu River. Take a walk and stop for photos.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Former French Concession, Former French Concession, Shanghai
Continue to explore the Former French Concession. Besides its historical and religious factors, Shanghai French Concession is also a fantastic place for spending leisure time. Follow your tour guide to wandering the narrow alleyways, dining and one of the million cafes or restaurants(at your own cost), or browsing through the endless art galleries and photographic studios.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Xintiandi, Lane 181, Taicang Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai 200021 China
Finally, finish your tour in the lively nightlife district of Xintiandi. As a window to the past and the future, to China and the world, Shanghai Xintiandi’s Shikumen attraction was created by converting residential blocks into a multifunctional dining, retail and entertainment center flowing with restaurants, boutiques, cafes and bars of an international standard. Follow your tour guide and explore the area.
If you have already visit some of those places above before, and want to do something different. Please feel free to discuss with your tour guide on where to go, you can choose these attractions or activities base on your interests:
Shanghai Museum/ Pearl TV Tower/World financial center/Jinmao Tower
After the tour, you can choose to end your tour in Shanghai or return Beijing.
Duration: 1 hour
