Upon landing at Pudong Airport (PVG), you will meet our professional guide after claiming your luggage and clearing the customs. Now, your 8 days Shanghai Xian Beijing tour starts! The guide will escort you to the hotel with a comfortable drive, and then help you with the check-in procedures. The rest of the day is free time for you to have a good rest or get familiar with this international metropolis.

Meals: No meal, advice freely available
Accommodation: Ocean Hotel Shanghai (4 stars)

In the morning, your private guide and driver will first lead you to visit Shanghai Museum. The exhibits of the museum feature delicate cultural relics, especially bronze wares, porcelain, pottery, Chinese calligraphy and painting. You can get a basic knowledge of ancient Chinese artworks and culture there. Next, they will take you to the 400-year-old Yu Garden, a classical Chinese garden, where you can enjoy traditional Chinese halls, pavilions, small bridges, streams, and rockeries in peace and tranquility. Then, an a la carte lunch, which is valued at CNY 150 per person and included in our price, will be served to you at a fancy restaurant. Your guide can help you order dishes as you like.

In the afternoon, the guide will take you to the city's top waterfront sightseeing belt - the Bund, and show you the landmarks of Shanghai, including Oriental Pearl Tower, Jin Mao Tower, and Shanghai Tower. Also, we offer a special experience of a one-hour cruise on the rippling Huangpu River. The old western-style buildings on the west bank of the river contrast finely with the skyscrapers on the east bank. It will be a wondrous experience! After that, you will be accompanied to an art and cultural street - Tianzifang.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast, A la carte lunch
Accommodation: Ocean Hotel Shanghai (4 stars)

In the morning, it is free time for you to further explore the city. For example, you can go shopping on the Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street, or have some local snacks at City God Temple area. In the afternoon, the guide will see you off at the airport for a flight to Xian. Upon landing, a local guide will meet you and escort you to the hotel.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast
Accommodation: Holiday Inn Xi'an Big Goose Pagoda (4 stars)

Today, your guide will lead you to the Terracotta Army Museum. The life-size mighty warriors standing in the battle array, the bronze chariots and horses, and sharp ancient weapons will bring you back to the era of the powerful Qin Dynasty (221 - 207BC). You will be amazed by its grandeur. Today's lunch is on your own arrangement. Considering the limited restaurants around the museum, you can prepare some snacks in advance, or your guide is willing to provide some suggestions on the nearby restaurants.

In the afternoon, we arrange Shaanxi History Museum for you, a miniature of the glorious history of the whole province, to which Xian belongs, and where thirteen dynasties established their capitals. You can see a great variety of treasures, including bronze wares and tri-colored glazed pottery. After that, the guide will accompany you to ascend the well-preserved City Wall. A leisure walk on the ancient wall is very delightful! If you like, you can also rent a bike at your own expense to have an exciting cycling on the wall.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast
Accommodation: Holiday Inn Xi'an Big Goose Pagoda (4 stars)

In the morning, the guide will show you the ancient Small Wild Goose Pagoda. It was built in the Tang Dynasty (618-907) to store Buddhist sutras brought back from India. The pagoda originally had fifteen storeys, but only thirteen remain. You can choose to ascend the top along the winding wooden stairway. Next, a quick visit to Xian Museum beside the pagoda offers a good chance for you to learn more about the local history and artwork. Then, the guide will invite you to a local family, and enjoy an a la carte lunch, with the value at CNY 120 per person and being included in our price. It will be the highlight of your Shanghai Xian Beijing tour to taste the authentic home cooked food in a typical Chinese family.

Afterwards, the guide will take you to the North Railway Station for a bullet train to Beijing. The train ride takes about 5 to 6 hours. You can enjoy the rural scenery along the way. Upon your arrival, a local guide and driver will meet you and escort you to the hotel.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast, Home cooked a la carte lunch
Accommodation: Beijing New World Centre Tongpai Hotel (4 stars)

A visit to Tiananmen Square starts today's itinerary. The guide will show you the major sites on the square, such as the grand Tiananmen Tower, the solemn Monument to People's Heroes, and National Museum of China. Walking north, we will enter the Forbidden City, the best-preserved imperial buildings complex of ancient China. Follow closely your guide, who will give you informative stories and sketch the cultural background of the solemn palace for you. Seeing the magnificent halls and pavilions with very exquisite patterns and decorations, you can imagine the luxurious life of emperors and their royal family. After visiting, you must get hungry. Now, an a la carte lunch valued at CNY150.00 per person and included in our price will be served to you in a nice restaurant.

In the afternoon, the guide will lead you to the Summer Palace, the largest and best-preserved imperial garden in China. You will be deeply impressed by the natural beauty and the grandeur of the royal garden. Then, we will go back to the hotel.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast, A la carte lunch
Accommodation: Beijing New World Centre Tongpai Hotel (4 stars)

In the morning, the guide will lead you to the world-famous Mutianyu Great Wall, which is two hour's drive from downtown. Sitting on the crests of mountains, the Great Wall resembles a giant dragon flying over mountain ridges and stretching away to the distance. The round-trip cable car will be arranged for you. Walking on the Great Wall is quite an exciting and unforgettable experience! Today's lunch is arranged by yourself, but the guide is happy to offer suggestions on dining around the site. You can also take some food with you in case that the restaurants there are below your expectation.

En route to downtown Beijing, we will drive by the Bird's Nest (National Stadium). Hence, you can see the unique exterior. In the afternoon, you will be accompanied to the Temple of Heaven, where ancient emperors worshipped the Heaven and prayed for a good harvest.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast
Accommodation: Beijing New World Centre Tongpai Hotel (4 stars)

As the capital of Vietnam, Hanoi has many attractions with a long history. Today's family tours in Vietnam will start with the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and his former residence, where you can learn more stories about Ho Chi Minh, the founder of the Communist Party of Vietnam. We will also visit the nearby One Pillar Pagoda which was built on a single stone pillar in the center of a lotus pond.

After that, you will be guided to the Temple of Literature. It was built in 1070 in honor of Confucius, a great Chinese ideologist. Then follow your guide to Vietnam Fine Arts Museum. There, a large collection of artworks from the prehistoric age to the 21st century will be presented to you. Finally, we will drive you to Halong Bay in 3.5 hours and transfer you to the hotel directly.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Novotel Ha Long Bay (4 stars)

After breakfast in the hotel, we will have a 4-hour cruise on Ha Long Bay. Along the way, you can see hills in various shapes standing among green water. Disembark in the midway and you will be guided to Dau Go Cave and Thien Cung Cave to admire fascinating stalactites. Lunch will be served onboard.

When the cruise is over, you will be transferred to Noi Bai Airport to catch your flight to Da Nang. When you arrive at the airport, the local guide will escort you to Hoi An Ancient Town in 50 minutes and help you check in the booked hotel.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Little Beach A Boutique Hotel & Spa (4 stars)

Your today's family tours in Vietnam begins with Hoi An, which was designated as a World Cultural Heritage Site in 1999, was formerly one of the major commercial ports in Southeast Asia. The town has lots of traditional buildings of Chinese, Japanese and French styles. After breakfast, you will head for some popular destinations in Hoi An with the company of our guide, including Chua Ong Pagoda with a history of over 350 years, a merchant's former residence - Tan Ky Ancestral House, and Japanese Covered Bridge.

Afterward, we will have a short boat trip to Thanh Ha Pottery Village to learn how to make Vietnamese pottery. For the rest of the day, you are free to wander around and enjoy the nightscape in Hoi An.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Little Beach A Boutique Hotel & Spa (4 stars)

Have breakfast and then we will drive you to Hue in 3.5 hours. En route, you can see long and beautiful coastlines on the top of Hai Van Passon. Upon arrival in Hue, you will be transferred to the hotel.

Today's Vietnam family holidays begins with the Imperial City, also known as the Citadel. It is the largest and best-preserved ancient building complex in Vietnam, and there you can admire luxury royal palaces of the Nguyen Dynasty (1802 - 1945). After that, we will visit the 400-year-old Thien Mu Pagoda, also called Pagoda of the Celestial Lady, to get a view of splendid halls shaded by leafy trees.

Then you will be guided to Tomb of Tu Duc. It is not only an emperor's tomb, but also one of the most beautiful architectural works of the Nguyen Dynasty with pavilions and ponds in it. Conclude today's Hue private tour with Dong Ba Market to have a taste of local specialties.

Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Moonlight Hotel Hue (4 stars)

In the morning, the driver will take you to Phu Bai Airport for your flight to Ho Chi Minh City. Upon arrival, you will be transferred to the hotel and check in with the help of the guide. Today we will visit the War Remnants Museum and Reunification Palace to learn more about Vietnam War (1955-1975). Next, Notre Dame Cathedral is waiting for you. It is also called Red Cathedral for its construction with red bricks. As a typical Gothic building, it is a significant landmark of Ho Chi Minh City. The statue of Saint Mary in front of the cathedral was given as a gift by the Church of Rome in 1945.

Then, follow the guide to go across the street to Central Post Office built by the French in the late 19th century. There, Vietnamese maps of different periods are hung on the wall to let you have a good knowledge of the country's territory changes. Besides, you can buy some souvenirs and send postcards to your friends. Today's final visiting place of your Vietnam family holidays will be Ben Thanh Market, the biggest market of Ho Chi Minh City. There you can have a look of various crafts and antiques.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Liberty Central Saigon Riverside Hotel (4 stars)

After 2 hours' drive, we will reach Ben Tre. A boat will be there taking you to cruise along the Ham Luong River with bustling scenes of locals exchanging goods on boat. Afterward, you can get to visit orchards and coconut groves etc. Then the boat will stop at a riverside village where you will walk into the farmer's life in a local house with our guide's company and then enjoy the rural scenery by "Xe Loi", a kind of rickshaw or bike. After having lunch in a local restaurant, take sampan to the pier to go on with the cruise back to Ben Tre. After arriving, our driver will take you back to Ho Chi Minh City.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Liberty Central Saigon Riverside Hotel (4 stars)

Your private Vietnam family tour ends today. Make sure you take your entire luggage to check out the hotel. The guide will transfer you to the airport and see you off. Have a nice journey!

Meals: Breakfast