7 Days Shanghai-Huangshan-Shanghai Tour

Day 1

Arrive in Shanghai

Transfer via: Flight on your own arrangement

Arriving in Shanghai, you will be met and transferred to your hotel by our local guide. The rest of the day will be free for your own purposes.

Day 2

Shanghai (B, L)

Sightseeing: Nanjing Road, the Bund, Yuyuan Garden, Jade Buddha Temple

In the morning you will take a walk to the famous Nanjing Road and the Bund. They are among the most recognizable architectural symbols of Shanghai and therefore a must-see when visiting Shanghai.

Then we will take another relaxing walk to the lovely Yuyuan Garden, a beautiful garden in the south of the Yangtze River. Wandering through it, you will find pavilions, corridors, streams, courtyards as well as many other natural features.

Finally we head to the Jade Buddha Temple. The old-time and classical architectural style makes the temple unique and inimitable in this modern city. Both, the Sitting Buddha and the Recumbent Buddha are carved with whole white jade. If you're lucky, you can watch the monks serving a ceremony in a side room.

Day 3

Shanghai (B, L)

Sightseeing: Shanghai Museum, Oriental Pearl Tower,Shanghai French Concession

Today you will visit Shanghai Museum which is the biggest museum of China. It incorporates a collection of over 120,000 pieces of Chinese art & cultural relics and is especially famous for its treasures of bronzes, ceramics, paintings and calligraphy.

After lunch, we will visit the Oriental Pearl Tower, the highest TV Tower in Asia, which creates a picture of 'twin dragons playing with pearls'. The entire scene is a photographic jewel that excites the imagination and attracts thousands of visitors all year-round.

Then we will visit the Shanghai French Concession, which was a foreign concession in Shanghai, Republic of China from 1849 until 1946. The area covered by the former French Concession was once the premier residential and retail districts of Shanghai, and was also the centre of Catholicism in Shanghai.

Day 4

Shanghai / Huangshan (B, L)

Transfer via: Flight on our arrangement

This morning you will be free at leisure. After lunch, your guide will meet you at your hotel lobby and then transfer you to airport to take flight to Huangshan. Upon your arrival in Huangshan, our local guide will meet you and escort you to your hotel. Then you will have leisure time to explore the near streets, or relax and get over the jet lag.

Day 5

Huangshan (B, L)

Sightseeing: Mt. Huangshan

In the morning, you will be transferred to the foot of Mt. Huangshan, take cable car to the top of it and make a tour to North Sea Scenic Area and other peaks. You will stay this night on top of the mountain.

Mt. Huangshan, known as "the loveliest mountain in China", is famous for its magnificent scenery made up of many granite peaks and rocks emerging out of clouds. Its landscape features "four wonders" of imposing peaks, spectacular rocks, odd-shaped pines, and a sea of clouds. Mount Huangshan boasts 72 peaks, more than 1,000 meters above sea level, with three main peaks rising majestically. The famous Welcoming Guests (Yingke) Pine (1,500 years old) and See-Guest-Off Pine have become a symbol of being faithful, unyielding and hospitable.

Day 6

Huangshan / Shanghai (B, L)

Transfer via: flight on our arrangement
Sightseeing: Tangyue Memorial Archway, Ink Stone Factory

In the morning we will enjoy the beautiful sunrise from top of the Yellow Mountain before we descend by cable car.

Then we will follow Tangyue Memorial Archway, a complex of seven arches. In 1996 it was listed as a key national cultural protection unit under the approval of the State Council. Situated in Tangyue village six kilometers (four miles) west of the renowned Town of Arches-ShexianCounty, it is the biggest existing and best-preserved complex of arches inAnhuiProvince.

Finally we will visit Ink Stone Factory. Ink stone is the important part of "Four Treasures of the Study" inChina. The Ink Stone Factory in Huangshan is one of the most famous ink stone factories inChina, where you can see the whole working process.

Later you will be transferred to airport to take flight back to Shanghai. Upon arriving, you will be met by yourShanghaitour guide and then be transferred to your hotel.

Day 7

Shanghai / Departure (B)

Transfer via: Flight on your own arrangement

Today will be free for your own purposes, until our guide will escort you to the airport for your next destination.