About This Trip

You will begin your journey in Shanghai, go to Qufu and Tai'an, two significant Shandong cities, and finish in Beijing. You'll see the stunning view of the Bund. Explore Family Kong's Mansion and Temple of Confucius in Qufu to learn about the story of Confucius, the most influential Chinese philosopher. Ride a cable car up to the top of the holy Mount Tai. Marvel at the ancient architecture of the Forbidden City and hike along the majestic Great Wall.

Itinerary Summary

DAY	PLACE	HIGHLIGHTS
1 - 2	Shanghai	The Bund, Yu Garden, Jade Buddha Temple
3	Qufu	Kong Family Mansion, Temple of Confucius
4	Tai'an	Mount Tai
5 - 8	Beijing	Great Wall, Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, Summer Palace, Hutongs

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Day 1: Arrival, Shanghai

Welcome to Shanghai! You will be picked up from the airport and transferred to hotel. The rest of the day is free for you to take a short exploration on your own.

Shanghai

Day 2: Shanghai Sightseeing

Start the city tour from the Bund to Yu Garden, Yuyuan Market, Jade Buddha Temple and a silk workshop. Later, have a walking tour from Fuxing Park to Bugaoli. You will have a chance to see the locals enjoy their leisure time in the park, watch the unique residential buildings in Bugaoli. Before the tour ends, you can try some local dim sum at a food market.

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Shanghai

Day 3: Shanghai - Qufu - Tai'an, Confucian Culture

After breakfast, you will be transferred to the railway station for high-speed train to Qufu City. Upon arrival, be picked up and escorted to the Kong Family Mansion by your local guide and driver. Later, continue to visit the Temple of Confucius and the Cemetery of Confucius. After that, drive about 1.5 hours to the city of Tai'an for overnight.

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Tai An

Day 4: Tai'an, Mount Tai

In the morning, set off to Mount Tai which is the most famous sacred mountain of China. Regarded as the foremost of the Five Great Mountains of China, it has been the most important place of worship for thousands of years in Chinese history.

Today, you will go deep into the mountain by visiting the Puzhao Temple and the Bixia Temple. After that, take a cable car up to the top of the mountain and enjoy a spectacular view of the surrounding area. Pay a visit to the Dai Temple after getting down the mountain, and then return to the hotel for some relaxing time.

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Tai An

Day 5: Tai'an - Beijing, Old Beijing Hutongs

After breakfast, head to the railway station for the high-speed train to Beijing. After arrival, a local guide will meet you and escort you to the hotel. Have a short rest before setting out to the Summer Palace (including 15-minute boat ride) and a pearl store. Later, walk into the authentic Old Beijing hutongs, where you can get closer to the local life as well see crickets and listen to the story about cricket fighting.

Note: Boat ride is not available from Nov. 1 to Apr.1 because the lake is frozen.

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Beijing

Day 6: Beijing, Forbidden City

Start for the Tiananmen Square with your guide and driver. Take a leisure stroll on this previous largest city square in the world and then you will reach the Forbidden City which was used as emperors' residence and office in ancient China.

After getting out, move to the top of the Jingshan Park for a panoramic view of the majestic Forbidden City.

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Beijing

Day 7: Beijing, Great Wall

This morning, go deep into local people's leisure and entertainment by visiting the Temple of Heaven, and you can join them to do morning exercise.

After that, leave for the majestic Great Wall at Mutianyu section by private car for about 1.5 hours. Taking a cable car up and down is available to choose from. The Great Wall is a series of ancient fortifications built between the 7th century BC and the 17th century to protect the northern borders of the Chinese Empire during the rule of successive dynasties. Get back to the downtown for overnight.

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Beijing

Day 8: Beijing, Departure

Enjoy some free time until your guide escorts you to the airport for the departure flight.

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05 Aug 2025

Beijing Beauty It started off with a friendly face at the airport, with Roy, our tour guide.The week has been such a pleasure and a treat. From adventures to The Great Wall, Temple of Heaven and the Forbidden City, to local markets, delicious Beijing food and roof top tea houses.Roy and our driver, Mr. Zhou, were prompt in picking us up and driving us around safely.The knowledge and fact about history and Beijing that Roy knows and explains is amazing and the fact he could answer my weird and inquisitive history questionsnwoth ease was a treat.He made it so easy to enjoy ourselves and absorb all that was around us, he even takes great photos too! 😊Polite, kind and thoughtful and ever patient in letting us take our time with things that interested us.I would highly recommend this tour and Roy again and again.

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Amazing travel experience My name is Zarah M. Babangida a Nigerian and i visited Beijing with my colleagues from the office. During our 5 day stay in Beijing, Ms. Eva Ma, was our Tour guide and from the minute we came through the Arrival Gate of the Airport, we were embraced by her alluring smile and warm welcome. She remained consistent with her warmth, a kind and intelligent professional who exuded unique passion not just for her job as a tour guide but, even more so as a proud Chinese woman. Her outstanding insight and knowledge of the sweet Chinese history and heritage left us in awe. I couldn't be more proud and thankful that she was assigned to our group and she made our stay exciting, fun-filled effortless and knowledge packed. I absolutely commend her dedication to work which she depicted throughout our stay. I recommend her to every visiting tourist because to know Eva, is to love her. If it were up to me, i will increase her bonuses or upgrade her salary as i am sure most tourists would want or revisit for her sake first and then perhaps other reasons.Thank you Eva and keep the passion up🙌.