Day 1London
Fly from London to Beijing, arriving the following day.
You are met on arrival and transferred to the city centre. Given the location of your hotel, you may wish to explore the Summer Palace in the afternoon, as well as visiting the magnificent Forbidden City.
Your guide and driver will collect you today for a tour of the Temple of Heaven and Tiananmen Square.
Today you drive out to the lesser-visited and spectacular Huanghuacheng Great Wall, where you enjoy a champagne picnic lunch.
This morning visit the fast diminishing hutong area of Beijing; the city's traditional courtyard dwellings and tangled alleyways give you a glimpse into day to day Chinese life. Later, transfer to the airport for your flight to Xian.
This morning you have the opportunity to visit the amazing spectacle that is the Terracotta Army complex. In the evening explore the vibrant Muslim quarter of the city.
Transfer to the airport for your flight to Hangzhou, stopping in at the interesting Hanyangling Tombs en route.
The afternoon is at leisure to relax at the Amanfayun.
Take a cruise on the expansive West Lake and visit the famed Lingyin Temple and a tea plantation today.
At leisure at the Amanfayun.
An early start this morning sees your driver collecting you for the journey to the station in order to board the bullet train to Shanghai. Here you will be met and driven to the airport in time for your return flight back to London.