Both Beijing and Shanghai are well-known for hosting grand world events: 2008 Summer Olympic Games will be celebrated in Beijing and followed by 2008 Summer Paralympics; the Expo 2010 World's Fair will be hosted between May and October, 2010 in the city of Shanghai. Obviously many magnificent event venues shall be the most emerging city scenery after the events, which would be magnificent places for sports fans and tourists. After the exciting tour around sports venues, Guilin is the best tourist destination for relaxing mind due to its unique natural scenery and beautiful waterside villages hidden in greens.

• Welcome to China! Welcome to Beijing! After arrival, you are needed to clear the customs and retrieve your baggage, be met by our tour guide in the Arrival Hall who is holding a sign on which it says your name. And then transferred by your private car/vehicle to your  downtown hotel. After check-in and a short rest in your hotel, you will pay a visit to the Temple of Heaven and the ancient pedestrian streets: Qianmen Street and Dashilan Street. The above-mentioned tour activities depend on your Arrival Time. If you miss our arrangements for you because of your flight schedule, then you are free to spend the remainder of the day.

• Today's excursion will first take you to the Badaling Great Wall and a Cloisonne Factory. After lunch, you'll move on to Beijing Olympic Village to take some photos of the Bird's Nest and the Water Cube from the outside. And then proceed to the splendid Summer Palace. Feel a little bit tired after the full-day trip? No worry. Mandarin Tours will arrange a foot massage (free of charge) for you. It is a most incredible relaxing treatment! With the famous Peking Roast Duck for dinner, you will complete today's program.

• Today, you will first visit the world's largest city plaza - the historic Tian'anmen Square. Then walk to the marvelous "Egg" - National Centre for the Performing Arts, to take some pictures from its outside. Later head for the magnificent Forbidden City. After having lunch in a local family during the following Hutong Tour by Rickshaw, you will be escorted to Jingshan Park. From its top you may enjoy a perfect panorama of the whole Forbidden City and the city of Beijing. In the evening, you will take the overnight train to Xi'an.

• Upon arrival in Xi'an, you'll be met and transferred by our local guide to your hotel for breakfast. Then you will begin with today's excursion to the Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses and the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. After a short rest in your hotel, you will be transferred to a special restaurant to enjoy a savory Dumpling Dinner (Jiaozi banquet).

• In this morning, you will first pay a visit to Shaanxi History Museum and the Ancient City Wall. Afterwards, proceed to Xi'an Local Free Market where you can experience the typical daily life of the local people. And then move on to the Grand Mosque in the old city. Bell Tower, the landmark of Xi`an, stands in the city`s centre, just a stone`s throw from the mosque. So you may make a stroll in  the square of the Bell Tower. Xi'an was the starting point of the Silk Road. Taking a photo of the Relievos of Silkroad-Starting-Point, you will complete today's program.
• Optional: You might enjoy the day with the worldwide famous Tang Dynasty Music and Dance Show tonihgt (You could book it in advance with this tour together).

• Be free after breakfast till our local guide escorts you to the airport for your flight to Guilin. Upon your arrival in Guilin, be met and escorted to your hotel. In the afternoon, drive to the Reed Flute Cave and the Elephant Trunk Hill. After that you`ll pay a visit to  a Tea Plantation Farm. Lastly you could stroll along the Li River, Ronghu and Shanhu Lake and appreciate the fantastic sights. At night, under the colorful neon lights, the natural beauty of landscape turns into a galaxy of ecological harmony between man and nature.

• After breakfast, you will be picked up from your hotel at about 08:00 and driven to Zhujiang Pier (about 40 minutes) to start your cruise along the tranquil Li River to Yangshuo - the highlight of your sightseeing tour in Guilin. Lunch will be served on board. After disembarking, take a stroll on the interesting and bustling Yangshuo Free Market or, if you prefer, you may enjoy a cup of coffee or tea in the pedestrian street Xiejie (West Street) in Yangshuo downtown. The rest of the day is free for your own arrangement.
• Optional: You may have watched plays in the theater and have been used to the stage, lights, and sound equipment in an enclosed space. Would you like to try an alternative way of enjoying a performance, in a natural environment? The dream can come true tonight!  You may enjoy the wonderful performance "Impression on Sanjie Liu" , produced by the great Chinese Director Yimo Zhang, who has successfully schemed and directed the Opening Ceremony of 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. If you want to watch it, please just ask your guide for help. Our guide will be very glad to arrange everything for you!

• Today, you will have a whole day free time after breakfast!  What to do is your choice!  And our tour guide will provide details of the available options as well as supply you with necessary maps or travel aids. If you'd like, you're free to tour on your own or just relax in the Xijie Steet (West Steet). A bike tour into the outskirts of Yangshuo will be a very good idea! Our local guide will make an appointment with you to take you back to your hotel in Guilin in the late afternoon.
• Optional: You could take a ride on bike into the country of Yangshuo to experience the local people's life, taste the typical family-cuisine of local peasant for lunch and appreciate the unforgettable scenery. If you want to take this bike tour, you could book it in advance with this tour together.

• Enjoy your free time until our guide escorts you to the airport for your flight to Shanghai. Upon your arrival, you will make an impressive city tour of the People's Square, Shanghai Museum, Nanjing Road and the Bund.
• Optional: Shanghai's Acrobatic Performance is the best one in whole China. This evening, you may have an opportunity to enjoy it! Mandarin Tours will be very glad to arrange this program for you. If you want, you can book it in advance with this tour together.

• Today, your full-day excursion of the incredible Shanghai will take you to Yu Garden, Dongtai Road, French Concession, Temple of Jade Buddha,  Jinmao Tower and the Pudong New Area.
• Optional: If you'd like to enjoy the frenetic nightlife in Shanghai, you could take a taxi to Xin Tian Di (The New World) where you will get the taste of Shanghai in the 1920's as well as the sonic modern lifestyle of urbanites. Just relax and enjoy the local beer and rock and jazz music. Another choice you have for this evening is to take a cruise on the Huangpu River. You could ask our local guide to arrange both of them, so that you can experience them in order!

• Free time today! Your tour guide will provide detailed information of the various restaurants, shops, and sight-seeing options. You're welcomed to venture out on your own or relax at your hotel or take our optional tour. It's just up to you!
• Optional: Today, you could enjoy a full-day trip to the small but very charming water town Zhujiajiao (lunch included), which is about one-hour drive away from Shanghai. In this fantastic water town, lots of ancient scenery, such as the Ming and Qing architecture, old stone bridges and ancient streets are well-preserved. It's truly a worthwhile trip!

• Enjoy your free time until your tour guide picks you up from your hotel. Then, you will "fly" to the Pudong International Airport for your departure by taking the world's fastest train - the Shanghai Maglev! However, it depends on your return flight schedule. In case of missing the Maglev, you`ll be driven by car/van to the airport.