10 Days Beijing Xian Chengdu Food Shanghai Flight Tour with Panda

Forbidden City

Tiananmen Square

Today you will first visit the noted Temple of Heaven, which is a royal sacred site where prayers for good harvests, prosperity and harmonious life are offered. Then we will head to the historic Tiananmen Square which is the largest city square in the world and the spiritual heart of China, and then the magnificent Forbidden City which located in the center of Beijing and used to be the imperial palace of the Ming and Qing dynasties with a history of around 600 years.

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Great Wall

Ming Tombs

Today you will visit the majestic Great Wall (Badaling section) and the Chang Tomb of Ming Tombs. You will be taken on a group tour to the Great Wall, the most famous symbol of China and one of the world’s most remarkable architectural wonders. This section was first built during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 AD). The Ming Tombs is also known as the “13 Tombs”, and it is a collection of mausoleums of the 13 out of 17 of the Ming Dynasty emperors.

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Today, you will take flight from Beijing to Xian, our guides will pick you up at the airports. Also, you can take a cab on your own.

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Grand Mosque

City Wall of Xian

Upon your arrival in Xian, you will be transferred to the reserved hotel and have a good rest. In the afternoon, you will be able to enjoy the Ancient City Wall of Xian by bicycle tour. The wall around the inner part of the city was built in the 14th century and is 14km long. It is an amazing example of ancient defensive structures. Then you will head to the Grand Mosque, a Chinese traditional Alhambresque architecture, with a great combination of Islamic and Chinese culture.

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Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses

Big Wild Goose Pagoda

The next morning will see you visiting the Museum of Qin Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses, a must-see when in Xian. Around 8,000 ancient, life-sized figures were created to accompany the first Emperor of China to the afterlife, and were part of his mausoleum. Each figure has a unique facial structure and expression, as if they had been made from living people. The warriors were buried with the Emperor in 208BC and were not discovered until 1974.

After the warriors, you will head to another of the most visited sites in Xian, the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. Built in 652, the pagoda is a repository of Buddhist figures and scriptures brought to Xian from India by, Xuanzang, the first abbot of Daci'en Temple.

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Today, you will take flight from Xian to Chengdu, our guides will pick you up at the airports. And you will be escorted to your hotel. The rest of the day you can freely explore the city.

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Chengdu Panda Base Tour

Jinli Ancient Street

In the morning, drive for about half an hour to Chengdu Panda Breeding and Research Center, the home to more than 100 giant pandas, where you will catch pandas' feeding time. This is also one of the highlights of your trip.

During the morning, they are at their most active, both adults and babies. Walking at leisure through the bamboo framed paths, you can closely observe giant pandas eating bamboos, playing with each other, tumbling, strolling, climbing trees, etc. Pandas in the base are divided into different zones in their ages. There is a kindergarten with toys for baby pandas, who are most naughty and active. You can hang on for a while to capture the vivid scene with your camera for a good memory. Of course, there are also lazy ones sleeping under the sunshine or falling into fantasy quietly, leaving tourists just a back of figure. In nursery, you can see new born babies out of a windowpane. They are tiny and hairy, some just starts to grow black hairs. You will be surprised by their adorable and naive performances. Please remember be quiet and don’t open flashlights when taking photos of them.

In Panda Story Cinema, you can watch a short video to know more about giant pandas. Some red pandas, peacocks, and swans are also raised in the base. You will see these cute creatures along your way of sightseeing. In the entrance of base, there is a Giant Panda Museum in which you can get a better understanding of panda's origin, living habits, and send a postcard stamped with panda postmark. It takes about 2.5 hours to visit the base.

After lunch, we will drive back to downtown and visit some incity popular spots. The first is Wenshu Temple, the famous Buddhist monastery of western Sichuan in which conserves many precious cultural relics and ten thousand of Buddhist scriptures and literature. It’s the most frequented monastery in Chengdu where people come for worship of Buddha and praying. Coming out of the temple and driving for about 20 minutes, we will reach Renmin Park, a park with a history frequented by local people. Here, you can see how Chengdu people enjoy their life in leisure. Parallel of tea houses crowded with guests drinking teas and chatting with friendly constitutes an unique scenery.

In the late afternoon, we will reach Jinli Ancient Street, another must-see destination for travelers and a business street built with the architectural style of the traditional old town in western Sichuan Province from Qing Dynasty. Here you can see handicraftsman making sugar figures or sand paintings or you can hang around in quaint stores selling sorts of souvenirs or have a rest in various bars, tea houses and cafe houses. When night approaches and lamps are lighten up, the street will be decorated with beautiful light, making it more attractive. It’s a good time for you to take some great pictures.

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The Famous Pixian Chili Bean Paste Ferments in the Courtyard

Sichuan Cuisine Cooking Class in the Cuisine Museum

After breakfast, your guide and driver will pick you up from your hotel in and drive to the Sichuan Cuisine Museum, which is located in Pixian County in western Chengdu. As the first museum with a theme of regional cooking culture in the world, Sichuan Cuisine Museum is the best place to learn the history of the famous Sichuan cuisine, as well as experience how to make an authentic Sichuan dish.

When you arrive in Sichuan Cuisine Museum, you could visit the main hall houses, where thousands of relics of cooking utensils hold. You could learn the history of Sichuan cuisine that dating back to about 2,500 years ago, in the Hall of Classical-collection Exhibition. There are great collection of books and records that vividly show the portrait of the rich culture of Sichuan cuisine, one of the most popular regional cuisines in China, even among the world.

Keeping on visiting the museum, you will see many antique treasure of the ancient Sichuan. And in the small farm in the courtyard, you could see how the famous Pixian Chili Bean Paste ferments in clay jars.

The most fantastic part of this foodie tour is to take a cooking class there and learn the authentic Sichuan dishes from local chefs. There is an English menu for you to choose, once you decided which to learn, the chef will teach you hand by hand. When you fished, you could sit down and enjoy the dish you just made. What a wonderful experience!

After the tour, our guide will escort you to Shuangliu Airport, you will take flight to Shanghai.

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Yu Garden

Yu Garden

In the morning, you will visit to Yu Garden, a private garden built in the Ming Dynasty, about 400 years ago. After meticulous care for over 20 years, the owner named it “Yu Garden”, expressing the wishes of safety and harmony. you can experience the ancient culture in Yu Garden, viewing the magnificence of wisdom of Ancient Chinese.

After half an hour’s drive, you will arrive at 1933, unique theme park transformed from slaughter house, the whole building integrates the characteristics of the east and the west, with the building structure of the outer circle and the inner circle and the crisscross corridor bridge, creating a maze like effect.

In the afternoon our guide will escort you to the airport, you will leave Shanghai at night, the tour ends.