7 Days Eastern China Tour

Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
Recommended Hotel: In Shanghai

Jade Buddha Temple, the exterior of Oriental Pearl TV Tower, Yuyuan Garden, Shanghai Old Street, The Bund

[09:00-09:30] Our guide will meet you up at the hotel lobby and start to explore the Modern city of China.

[09:30-12:30] Drive to Shanghai People's Square, where we will visit Shanghai Museum, which is the largest museum of ancient Chinese art. 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. Then you will have a shopping time at Shanghai Old Street, where you could look for some special souveniors and silk product and have a leisure walk along the Bund, famous for groups of buildings known as “ a Gallery of World Architecuture".

[12:30-13:30]  Lunch time for the local special food, Dim Sum and Steamed Bun

[13:30-16:30] Visit Jade Buddha Temple, which is famous for the seated Buddha, encrusted with jewels, which is said to weigh 1,000 kg. Then visit the Oriental Pearl TV Tower, the famous landmark of Shanghai. You could take a picture with the tower by walking on Riverside Promenade Bingjiang Da Dao

[16:30-17:30] Back to the hotel, en route you can plan for the night acrobatic show, especially the ERA show, which is one of the most popular evening entertainments in Shanghai.

The Bund

Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
Recommended Hotel: In Suzhou

Drive to Suzhou by private vehicle, Tongli Water Town, Tiger Hill

[09:00-09:30] Guide will meet you up at the hotel lobby

[09:30-12:30] drive to Tongli Water town, where are famous for the traditional residences including gardens, houses and temples, built in the Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty. You will also experience Tongli Canal wooden boat through the waterways.

[12:30-13:30] Lunch time at local restaurant in Tongli water town

[13:30-16:30] Drive to Suzhou city after lunch and visit to Tiger Hill has been known as No. 1 Sight of Suzhou. It is 34 meters height and a must see for tourists, for its natural beauty as well as historical sites.

[16:30-17:30] Back to the hotel, rest of day at leisure. The Jinji Lake would be a good choice for night activities, where has the Asia No.1 sky wheel on water and the laser show.

Tongli Water Town

Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
Recommended Hotel: In Suzhou

Lingering Garden, Suzhou Museum, Pingjiang Ancient Street, Silk Factory

[09:00-09:30] Guide will meet you up at the hotel lobby in the morning.

[09:30-12:30] Start the tour to visit the real gardens in China. You will firstly have a sightseeing tour to Lingering Garden - which is one of the great four gardens. And then, take a short visit to Suzhou Museum - the masterpiece of I.M. Pei.

[12:30-13:30] Lunch time at local restaurant nearby Suzhou Museum

[13:30-16:30] You will have a leisure walk around the Pingjiang Ancient Street, an ancient cultural road which has been preserved for more than 800 years. Afterwards, visit Silk Factory, a site for you to find out how silk is being made.

[16:30-17:30] Back to the hotel, rest of day at leisure. We suggest you visit Shantang Old Street or stroll around the Grand Canal to appreciate the beauty of Suzhou at night.

Lingering Garden

Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
Recommended Hotel: In Hangzhou

Take high speed train to Hangzhou, West Lake, Hu Qingyu Traditional Pharmacy

Our guide will meet you up in the morning and help you with the check-out from the hotel. Drive to Suzhou train station and take bullet train to Hangzhou about 2 hours. Your Hangzhou guide will meet you up at the train station on time and help you to transfer to the hotel. In the afternoon, go ahead for Su Causeway, one of the top 10 Scenes of West Lake. Explore the West Lake in-depth, while the local public bike or shuttle bus is also available at your disposal. Firstly, bike from Su Causeway to West Lake Colored Port View Fish Garden about half an hour. There are thousands of red carps in the fishpond here. Enjoy the pleasure for feeding the red carps and have fun. After that, get back to Su Causeway and enjoy orientation walk to Bai Causeway about 1 hour, while you will appreciate most of the famous scenes.

Then pay a visit to Hu Qingyu Traditional Pharmacy which presents to visitors a style of antique architecture besides a treasury of traditional Chinese medical science and technology. And you will also uncover the mystery of the traditional Chinese Medicine there.

West Lake

Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
Recommended Hotel: In Hangzhou

Meijiawu Tea Plantation, Chenghuangge Pavilion, Lingyin Temple, Hefang Street

[09:00-10:00] Guide will meet you up at the hotel lobby early in the morning.

[10:00-12:00] Discover the Meijiawu Tea Culture Village which is considered the best to return to the nature. With its idyllic beauty, the tea farmer will take you to the mountain area and you will be impressed by the tea terraces of high and low hill-slops. As a tea fan, you will not only see tea picking and tea processing, but also have a chance to experience as a tea expert, entering a tea plantation, picking the tea leaves, visiting the tea farmer’s house and enjoying the local tea ceremony.

[12:30-14:00] Snacks Banquet at Chenghuangge Pavilion. The Chenghuang Pavilion is one of the most iconic images of Hangzhou skyline. With a bird’s-eye view over the city and the lake, you will have a unique lunch-snacks banquet, including a cup of flower tea, lotus powder, Hangzhou cat’s ear noodle, crisp cakes and some other local snacks, while enjoying a traditional Chinese music instrumental performance during your snacks banquet

[14:00-17:00] visit the Lingyin Temple a site famous for not only as a Buddhism temple but also an attraction to catch beautiful scenery. Shopping time at Hefang Street, which is the most prosperous place in Hangzhou since the ancient time.

[17:00-17:30] Back to the hotel, en route you can plan for the night activities or watch Impression Show of West Lake.

Meijiawu Tea Plantation

Meals: Breakfast

Take bus to Shanghai Pudong airport directly

Free day at leisure and be transferred to Hangzhou bus station for direct coach to Shanghai Pudong airport about 3.5 hours. We will buy the bus ticket according to your departure flight timing.

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