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China travel plan: China's Golden Triangle+ (11 days)
A classic first trip to China, with a surprise at the end. Four days in Beijing (the Forbidden City, the hutongs and the Mutianyu section of the Great Wall with its cable car and toboggan), two in Xi'an with the Terracotta Army and a bike ride on the city walls, then Shanghai with the Bund and the Lujiazui skyline. To finish, something less obvious: the port city of Ningbo and Tianducheng, China's “Paris” with its own Eiffel Tower. You fly home from Shanghai, with no need to go back to Beijing. What surprised us most in China was how clean it is – even in Beijing and Shanghai, cities of more than 20 million people.
- 11 daystrip length
- 5 placeson the route
- Beijingstart
- Departure from ShanghaiTransfer to Shanghai and departure from Pudong Airport (PVG)
- Best time to go April–May, September–October
See a free sample (PDF) – 2 days from this itinerary, exactly as in the full version.
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Day-by-day route
A route summary. In the PDF every day is covered in detail: what to see, times, getting there, tickets and addresses in Chinese.
- Day 1Arrival in Beijing
- Day 2Beijing
- Day 3Great Wall
- Day 4Beijing
- Day 5Beijing → Xi’an
- Day 6Xi’an
- Day 7Xi’an → Shanghai
- Day 8Shanghai
- Day 9Shanghai → Ningbo
- Day 10Ningbo → Tianducheng → Shanghai
- Day 11Shanghai → departure
On this route
- Beijing: the Forbidden City, the Great Wall and the hutongs
- Xi'an: the Terracotta Army and the city walls
- Shanghai: the Bund, Lujiazui and Yu Garden
- Ningbo and Tianducheng – China's “Paris” with its own Eiffel Tower
What's in the PDF plan
- A day-by-day schedule describing each day
- A map of the whole route
- Place names and addresses in Chinese
- Before you go: visa, apps, internet, money, trains and plugs
- Connections between cities
- Booking a train ticket step by step
- Getting around the city
- What and where to eat
- How much it costs on the ground (per person, excluding flights to China)
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Trains on this route
Read before you go
- 2.1
Beijing in 3–4 days: what to see in China's capital
Beijing in 3–4 days: the Forbidden City and how to book it, the Great Wall at Mutianyu, Temple of Heaven, Summer Palace, hutongs and duck. Where to stay, getting around.
11 min read - 2.2
Shanghai in 2–4 days: what to see in China's biggest city
Shanghai in 2–4 days: the Bund at night, Shanghai Tower, Yu Garden, the French Concession, a water town and xiaolongbao. Where to stay and how to get around.
10 min read - 2.3
Xi'an in 2–3 days: what to see in China's ancient capital
Xi'an in 2–3 days: Terracotta Army tickets, cycling the city wall, the Muslim Quarter, Big Wild Goose Pagoda and Mount Hua. Where to stay, getting around.
14 min read
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