• Start your journey with several days in the ancient city of Beijing.
  
  
• Explore the city's main attractions with your own guide and driver, with trips to the Forbidden City, the Summer Palace, the Temple of Heaven, Tiananmen Square, and the Great Wall of China.
  
  
• Indulge in the city's upscale shopping districts and restaurants, antique markets, and traditional residential districts (hutongs).

• Fly to Shanghai, where you'll tour the Bund riverfront, the superb Shanghai Museum, the Yu Yuan Garden, and the sophisticated French Concession.
  
  
• Spend a day exploring the narrow, quaint cobblestone backstreets and canals in the town of Wuzhen, or a day exploring the gardens in Suzhou.

Day 01	Arrive Beijing Arrival transfer to hotel for 4 nights. Visit Night Markets.
Day 02	Beijing Private tour of Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square, and the Summer Palace. (B)
Day 03	Great Wall Full-day excursion to the Simatai section of the Great Wall. (B)
Day 04	Beijing Continue city touring. Visit the Temple of Heaven, take a rickshaw ride through Beijing's cobblestone lanes (hutongs), and enjoy flexible browsing at food markets, antique districts, and Liu Li Chang (B)
Day 05	Beijing -Shanghai Transfer and flight to Shanghai for 3 nights. Afternoon at leisure. (B)
Day 06	Shanghai Private city touring to People's Square, Yu Yuan Garden, The Bund, Shanghai Museum, and the French Concession. (B)
Day 07	Shanghai and Wuzhen or Suzhou Excursion to canal town of Wuzhen or garden town of Suzhou. Afternoon at leisure in Shanghai. (B)
Day 08	Shanghai At leisure until airport transfer. (B)

Cost

Per Person Cost (double occupancy): $2,925

* Optional surcharge for regional business class flights (when available): From $70 per person

To request the complete itinerary for the above tour, or to begin customizing your own itinerary, please contact an Artisans of Leisure travel expert.