Itinerary day by day
Day 1Arrive in Shanghai
Welcome to Shanghai! Our private English-speaking tour guide & driver will pick you up in time at Shanghai airport and transfer you to your hotel in downtown Shanghai. A paper board with the sign of YangtzeTour.com and your name will be held high by the guide at exit of the airport. The rest of day is free at your own leisure.
Day 2Shanghai ( B, L )
After breakfast, our tour guide will pick you up and drive to visit Yuyuan Garden. Yuyuan is the famous classical garden in Shanghai, built in 1577. The pavilions, halls, rockeries, ponds and cloisters all have unique characteristics.
After lunch at a nice local restaurant with the authentic Chinese food, you will take one hour cruising on Huangpu River. Then you visit the west side of the river that has many skyscrapers and the Bund that has many outstanding foreign buildings of the early 20th century. Afterwards, you will be transferred back to your hotel.
Yuyuan Garden
The Bund
Day 3Shanghai - Huangshan ( B )
After breakfast at your hotel, you will drive to Pudong New District – Lujiazui, where there the futuristic, avant-garde building: Oriental Pearl Tower, Jinmao Building, Bank of China Tower, etc. You will have time to take the 88-storey Observation Deck of Jinmao Tower where you will have a spectacular view of the whole city.
After the tour, you will be escorted to the airport for your flight to Huangshan. In the airport of Tunxi, our local guide will meet you and escort you to your hotel.
Lujiazui
Jinmao Tower
Day 4Huangshan ( B )
After breakfast, you will be picked up and transferred to Huangshan Scenic Area, which is honored as “the No.1 Mountain under Heaven” and noted for the unique pines, grotesque rocks, dreamlike cloud sea and gurgling hot springs. You will take the cable car at Yungu Station to the top of the Mountain. After checking in the hotel on the top, you will visit the Brush Pen Peak, Lion Peak and Xihai Grand Canyon. At dusk, you will enjoy the sunset glowing at the Cloud Dispelling Pavilion. Stay overnight at the summit.
Huangshan
Yungu Cable Car
Day 5Huangshan – Shanghai( B, L )
If weather permits, try to get up early in the morning to catch Huangshan’s magical sunrise. After that, you will take the cable car back to the foot of the mountain. Then you will be transferred to visit Hongcun Village, which is an 880-year-old ancient village with graceful scenery of mountains, lakes, rivers, bridges and houses. Walking on the Tunxi Old Street, you will see the age-old houses decorated with delicate wood and stone carvings, the time-honored shops selling brushes and ink for Chinese calligraphy, and small restaurants for delicious local snacks.
In the evening, our tour guide & driver will escorted to the airport for your flight back to Shanghai. In Shanghai airport, our tour guide meets you and transfer to the hotel.
Hongcun Village
Tunxi Old Street
Day 6Depart from Shanghai ( B )
After breakfast, you will be escorted to the airport for your flight to depart from Shanghai. Your pleasant trip ends.
