Culture of China with Moderate Hiking

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Tour Code: ODY-CN-250

Destination:Beijing, Pingyao, Xi'an, Luoyang, Tai'an, Qufu, Huangshan, Shanghai

Duration

15 Days

Tour Type

Private & Bespoke

Tour Style

Classic

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About This Trip

This 15-day China tour starts in Beijing with visits to the Forbidden City, the Great Wall, and a walking tour through the Hutongs to experience local life. Transfer to Pingyao Ancient Town before visiting the Terracotta Warriors in Xi'an. Continue your journey to Dengfeng and Luoyang to see the Chinese Kung Fu and Longmen Grottoes. Detour to Shandong province to see Mt. Tai and learn about Confucius' culture in Qufu. Then take a bullet train to Huangshan. Enjoy the natural beauty before concluding your journey in cosmopolitan Shanghai.

Itinerary Summary

DAY PLACE HIGHLIGHTS
1 - 4 Beijing Forbidden City, Hutong Walking Tour, Mutianyu Great Wall, Temple of Heaven, Summer Palace
5 Pingyao Wang Family Compound, Ancient City Wall, Rishengchang Exchange Shop, Ming and Qing Street
6 - 7 Xi'an Terracotta Warriors, Great Mosque, Ancient City Wall, Muslim Street
8 Dengfeng Shaoling Temple, Kung Fu show
9 Luoyang Longmen Grottoes
10 Tai'an Mt. Tai: Puzhao Temple, Bixia Temple
11 Qufu Kong Family Mansion, Temple of Confucius, Cemetery of Confucius
12 - 13 Huangshan Mt. Huangshan, Xidi Village
14 - 15 Shanghai The Bund, Yu Garden, Jade Buddha Temple, Walking Tour from Fuxing Park to Bugaoli, Local Food Market Visit, Departure
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Day 1: Beijing - Pingyao

Spend a leisurely morning at the Summer Palace and then enjoy a boat trip on Kunming Lake there. After that, stop at a pearl store and then take a high-speed train to Pingyao. Arriving in about 4 hours, be met by your local guide and driver.

Pingyao

Day 2: Pingyao

After breakfast, be accompanied to visit the Wang Family Compound out of the town and then get back to Pingyao Ancient Town to take in its charm: the ancient City Wall, the first private financial organization in China - Rishengchang Exchange Shop, and Ming and Qing Street. Besides that, you can also spend some time roaming through the old alleyways for a glimpse of the local life.

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Pingyao

Day 3: Arrive in Beijing

Welcome to Beijing, the great capital of China! On arrival, be met and escorted to your hotel for check-in. The rest of the day is yours to recover from your long journey or explore this city on your own. If you are a meat-eater, you can't leave Beijing without Peking duck! It seems like there are hundreds of restaurants boasting the "best" Peking duck, but your private local guide will tell you where the locals eat it!

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Beijing

Day 4: Beijing

You will visit the famous Great Wall today. In order to bring you a better experience, you will tour the less crowded Great Wall at Mutianyu, which will take you about 2 hours on road. The Great Wall here is quite steep, so a round-way cable car is included for you to get up and down easily and safely. On top of it, you can do some moderate hikes further up to enjoy the majestic landscape. Later on, return to the city and visit the Temple of Heaven.

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Beijing

Day 5: Beijing

Departing from the hotel as planned, your guide will take you to see Tiananmen Square - the most important landmark of the capital city of Beijing, followed by the Forbidden City, which was the seat of power from 1406 to 1912. Your Forbidden City Heritage tour includes a regular visit of three main palaces on the central axis and an in-depth visit to other places that most tourists do not go. Afterward, visit Jingshan Park and climb the artificial Coal Hill to enjoy the full view of the magnificent royal complex of the Forbidden City.

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Beijing

Day 6: Pingyao - Xi'an

Take a 3 hours' train to Xi'an in the morning, meet your guide and driver in Xi'an, and follow them to your hotel near downtown. Later, your guide will lead you to explore the Muslim quarter, including the busy Muslim Street and peaceful Great Mosque.

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Xi'an

Day 7: Xi'an

Terracotta Warriors is as important as the Great Wall and is another most famous symbol of China. Today, you will see it and be captured by the legends of this grand array of thousands of life-size clay warriors, horses and chariots. After that, drive back to the city with a short break at a jade store, and then visit the Ancient City Wall.

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Xi'an

Day 8: Xi'an - Luoyang

Take a morning train to Luoyang, meet your local guide at the railway station, and then take 1.5 hours drive to Dengfeng where you will visit the Shaoling Temple and the Forest of Pagodas. You will have a chance to enjoy the Shaolin Kung Fu show. This is not a private show, so you may need to wait sometime to see it. Finish the tour in the late afternoon, and then get back to the city of Luoyang for overnight.

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Luoyang

Day 9: Luoyang - Tai'an

In the morning, marvel at the masterpieces of Buddhist rock carving at the Longmen Grottoes, one of the three Buddhist grotto treasure houses in China. In the afternoon, a 4.5 hours high-speed train will take you to Tai'an, a small city that got its name from the Mt. Tai.

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Tai An

Day 10: Tai'an

As a mountain of historical and cultural significance, Mount Tai is associated with sunrise, birth and renewal, so it is often regarded as the foremost of the Five Great Mountains of China. It has been the most important place of worship for at least 3,000 years in Chinese history. Today, you will take a cable car to get up this holly mountain, visit Puzhao Temple, Bixia Temple and enjoy its surrounding scenery. After descending from it, stop and tour Dai Temple, another important attraction in Tai'an.

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Tai An

Day 11: Tai'an - Qufu - Huangshan

After breakfast, you will drive to Qufu for about 1.5 hours. It is the birthplace of Confucius and has grown into a philosopher. His philosophy has greatly influenced people around the world and still affect today's society.

In Qufu, you will visit the Kong Family Mansion, which was the residence of the descendants of Confucius; followed by the Temple of Confucius where Confucius was worshiped, and the Cemetery of Confucius where Confucius himself, many of his disciples and descendants were buried after death. In the afternoon, head to Huangshan by another 4 hours high-speed train, meet your guide and transfer to your hotel.

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Huangshan

Day 12: Huangshan

Drive 80 kilometers (about 1.5 hours) to Huangshan Scenic Area and take a cable car at Yungu Station to the top of the mountain. After check-in and lunch, you will view Brush Pen Peak, tour Lion Peak and Xihai Grand Canyon, and may enjoy the sunset at the Cloud Dispelling Pavilion, etc. Stay overnight at the summit.

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Huangshan

Day 13: Huangshan - Shanghai

Try to get up early in the morning to capture the magical sunrise. After breakfast, tour the Begin-to-Believe Peak to see the grotesque pine trees. Afterward, take another cable car down to the foot of the Mt. Huangshan, and then drive to Yixian County, 54km away from the city of Huangshan (about 1-hour drive), where you will visit the ancient village - Xidi. In the late afternoon, take 3 hours' high-speed train to Shanghai where your new guide and driver will be at your service.

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Shanghai

Day 14: Shanghai

Start your today tour from Shanghai popular promenade - the Bund; then, stroll around Yu Garden, Yuyuan Market, Jade Buddha Temple and a silk workshop (factory). And ends with a relaxing walking from Fuxing Park to Bugaoli where you can see the traditional Shikumen houses, and go to a food market to try some dim sum.

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Shanghai

Day 15: Shanghai, Departure

Time to say goodbye. When you are ready, your guide and driver will pick you up and transfer you to the airport for your home-bound flight. 

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Richee Family Adventures

05 Aug 2025

Second Honeymoon My wife and I celebrated our 20th anniversary by spending a few weeks touring around Asia. We loved how Odynovo worked with us to craft a tour of what we wanted to see and how we wanted to see it. This was our first time traveling with a private tour guide, and it was truly amazing. they took care of all transportation, tickets, and everywhere we went we had someone who not only spoke our language, but was also very well-versed in the places we were visiting. We saw Beijing and then took a bullet train to Xi'an. In both cities we had tour guides who had done this "a thousand times," and as a result knew all the tricks on where to take the best pictures, what lines to stand in, where to eat, and what not to waste your time seeing. At one point our guide pulled out ponchos from her backpack when it started to rain, while another helped us haggle for a good price on a new suitcase. We were surprised by how much we loved China, and it is safe to say that is because of the quality of service we got from Odynovo. Oh, and the hotels were great, too! In our first hotel my wife fell in love with her breakfast soup that she had to have every morning, while in Xi'an we were right around the corner from the Muslim Night Market and were able to get to it in less than 5 minutes of walking.We are already looking to see what tours we will be doing next through Odynovo, as the service was amazing, the quality was remarkable, and the cost was very worth it for what we received.
Shannon V

05 Aug 2025

Fabulous! We had a fabulous experience with our guide and Odynovo walking the Great Wall of China, and all other sites in Beijing. We loved our Peking duck dinner. It was fabulous. Thank you, Sammie/Jing for a great experience.
domotic d

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.
Zarah B

05 Aug 2025

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🙌.

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