Day 1
Guangzhou
Arrive in Guangzhou. Be met at the airport and transferred to the hotel. Just relax and take a leisured stroll around the city. You can excurse and reveal this charming city by person. Happy 12 Day China High Speed Train Tour!
Day 2
Guangzhou -
- Nanchang
Today you will experience Guangzhou New TV Tower, The Chen Clan Academy and Beijing Road. Then flight to Nanchang, which is the second city of 12 Day China High Speed Train Tour.
Guangzhou New TV Tower: As the world’s first high-Guangzhou New TV Tower, the tower will be the highest platform in the world - 454 meters, set the jumping machine. Get people to raise feelings of stimulation after jumping machine about 500 meters height, while overlooking the panoramic view of Guangzhou in China train tour. In addition, the new tower will be installed six high speed lifts, lift height will reach 438 meters, the highest in the world, these high-speed elevators and a half minutes in a direct access to the top.
The Chen Clan Academy: The Chen Clan Academy is a conglomeration of Guangdong’s folk architectural styles and features an ingenious application of decorative arts, such as wood, brick and stone carvings, lime-clay mixtures, pottery sculptures, iron castings, and paintings, all of which are masterpieces of folk arts with different themes, vivid designs, rich colors, and consummate workmanship, seen in this train tour.
Beijing Road: Beijing Road is a popular street in Guangzhou, visited in 12 Day China High Speed Train Tour. When the sun set with the curtain of night drawn, you would see busy traffic and shoppers packing both sides of the road, and an array of neon lights dazzling your eyes.
Day 3
Nanchang -
- Lushan
Visit Tengwang Pavilion. Then travel to Mt. Lushan in 12 Day China High Speed Train Tour.
Tengwang Pavilion: Tengwang Pavilion has long been ranked first among the three famous pavilions in the south of Yangtze River. Standing by the North Fuhe Avenue in Nanchang, the magnificent pavilion is located at the convergent point of Ganjiang River and the old Fu River, taking the city as its background and the river as its mirror. Preface to Tengwang Pavilion seen by train tour is so popular among the mass that it has been passed down from generation to generation.
Lushan ( Mountain Lu): There are 12 main scenic areas, together with 37 attractions, over 900 cliff inscriptions, and over 300 steles. The major spots seen during China train tour include Wulao Feng, Sandie Spring, Lulin Lake, Flower Path, Ruqin Lake, Jinxiu Valley, Xianren Dong and Donglin Temple, etc.
Day 4
Mount Lu( Mt.Lu )
Today you will experience Mount Lu (Mt.Lu)'s beauty and huge cultural relics in 12 Day China High Speed Train Tour.
Mount Lu (Mt.Lu) is one of the top ten famous mountains in China and among the first batch of sites ranked as world geoparks. Mount Lu is located in Boyang Lake Basin in north Jiangxi Province of China, in the south of Jiujiang City. The oval-shaped mountain is about 25 kilometers long and 10 kilometers wide, with 90-plus stretching peaks serving as a protective shield for the north gate of Jiangxi like a nine-fold screen. Standing on the peak of the Lushan Mountain in 12 Day China High Speed Train Tour, you can look out at tier upon tire of mountains and spectacular rock groups.
Day 5
Lushan -
- Jingdezhen
Today you will experience Jingdezhen in 12 Day China High Speed Train Tour.
Jingdezhen, the world-famed ceramic capital, has a long history of ceramics making and a rich cultural heritage. As the poem said, "China is well known by the porcelain, the famous porcelains are made in this city." A visit to Jingdezhen during China train tour is a perfect one for Chinese porcelain and ceramics lovers.
Day 6
Jingdezhen -
- Huangshan
Today you will be tranferred to Yellow Mountain in 12 Day China High Speed Train Tour, and first stop is to experience Old Town of Tunxi.
The Old Town of Tunxi is located in the Yellow Mountain City of Anhui Province. The classical town is like a moving painting of "Qing Ming Shang He Tu". The town is 1.5 meters long and about 7 meters wide. The charming old town, included in China train tour has attracted great number of photographers. They came to photograph and report the beautiful scenes of the town and have accomplished more than 100 films and TV sets about it.
Because it is to the south of the Yellow Mountain scenic spot, the town is always the first station for the tourists who want to travel around the Yellow Mountain. There are also many famous historic relics in the area of Tunxi which is viewable in China tour on high speed train.
Day 7
Huangshan
Today you will experience Yellow Mountain by 12 Day China High Speed Train Tour.
Yellow Mountain occupies a very unique position in Chinese history and culture. It has been considered to be with the most beautiful mountain scenery. Yellow Mountain has a complex geological history. As the most notable mountain in China, Yellow Mountain (Mt.Huangshan) is one of the most visited tourist attractions in China during China train tour, boasting magnificent mountain scenery with abundant resources and great variety of zoological species.
It is said that you won’t want to visit any other mountains after seeing Wu Yue (the collective name given to the most important mountains in China), but you won’t wish to see even Wu Yue after returning from Yellow Mountain. From this saying, you can get some idea about the awe inspiring beauty of the Yellow Mountain. And it was listed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1990.
Day 8
Huangshan -
- Suzhou
Today you will experience Hongcun--the representative of Hui architecture by 12 Day China High Speed Train Tour. Then you will travel to suzhou by overnight train.
Hongcun is the China you think of when you think of ancient China during China train tour. Imagine an old man stroking his wispy grey beard while smoking a long thin pipe and this is where he probably lives. Hongcun’s narrow cobblestone paved lanes winding around boxy whitewashed buildings with pointed black tiled roofs offer a pleasant place to spend a few unhurried days in a beautiful part of rural China.
Several larger residences reflect the wealth of its one time resident in the ornate carvings on every beam and column. Many of the buildings, visited in by 12 Day China High Speed Train Tour, date back to the Ming and Qing dynasties and are regarded as the best examples of typical Anhui-style architecture.
Day 9
Suzhou
Today you will experience Humble Administrator’s Garden, Tiger Hill and Hanshan Temple by 12 Day China High Speed Train Tour.
Humble Administrator’s Garden: It is the best representative of Chinese classical gardens, constructed in the Ming dynasty, which focuses on a central pond with pavilions, terraces, chambers, and towers located nearby; the garden is divided into three parts: the eastern, middle and western parts. You can’t miss Humble Administrator’s Garden in 12 Day China High Speed Train Tour.
Tiger Hill: Tiger Hill, known also as Surging Sea Hill, is a large hillock, standing 36 meters high and covering an area of some 14,100 square meters. Going up to the hill during China tour on high speed train, you will find a number of historical sites, including some from 2,500 years ago.
Hanshan Temple: Being one of the most famous temples in Chinese history, Hanshan Temple often boasts about its bell rings. However, the best known bell described in Zhang Ji’s poem disappeared a long time ago. The bell in the tower now was modeled on the previous one in 1904. Every year on New Year’s Eve in China’s lunar calendar, the bell is tolled to pray for the happiness and safety of the coming New Year. This festival attracts thousands of tourists both at home and abroad. This train tour has no exception.
Day 10
Suzhou -
- Zhouzhuang -
- Shanghai
Travel to Zhouzhuang Water Town, and then you will be transferred to your hotel in Shanghai. Shanghai is the last tourist destination of 12 Day China High Speed Train Tour.
Zhouzhuang, one of the most famous water townships in China, situated in Kunshan City which is only 30 kilometers (18 miles) southeast of Suzhou. It is noted for its profound cultural background, the well preserved ancient residential houses, the elegant watery views and the strong local colored traditions and customs. Crowned as "the Oriental Venice", it is believed that zhouzhuang will make your China train tour well spent.
Day 11
Shanghai
Your first stop today is the impressive Yuyuan Garden, and then you will visit Jade Buddha Temple, Nanjing Road, the Bund and Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hall by 12 Day China High Speed Train Tour. After that, you will be transferred back to your hotel.
Yuyuan Garden: It is a renowned traditional landscape garden and a historical site and tourist attraction famous at home and abroad. It was built by a man named Pan during the Ming Dynasty. It was changed and rebuilt for hundreds of years by different descendants of the original builder. The garden is a virtual maze of caves, gardens, rockeries, paths, bridges, and buildings. Every corner you turn has a new surprise, and a total different view. See Yu Garden in train tour.
Jade Buddha Temple: Its exterior is easily identifiable by its bright saffron walls. Inside, the centerpiece is a two-meter-high white jade sitting Buddha encrusted with jewels. It is said the statue weighs 1,000kg. The sitting Buddha was installed in the temple when it was brought by monks from Burma to Zhejiang Province in 1882. A smaller reclining Buddha lies on a redwood bed. You can take this China train tour to enjoy the Buddhist architecture.
The Bund: The Bund is the long corridor of Shanghai. It shows the culture of Shanghai and the creation of modern civilization to people. The architecture along the Bund is unanimously honored as a "World Architectural Fair", including all kinds of tall buildings like the Gothic style, the Baroque style, the Roman style, the classical style, the Renaissance style and the combination of Chinese and Western style. All these are included in 12 Day China High Speed Train Tour.
Nanjing Road: This landmark of Shanghai can't be missed in China train tour. If you can get up early in the morning, you must be attracted by the Nanjing Street. At that time, the shops and restaurants are closed, but the street is quite busy. People are doing all kinds of things. Some are dancing, some are doing shadowboxing, some are playing sliding board, etc.
Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hall: Itis located on Renmin Square. It covers an area of over 0.4 hectare and rises 142 feet high. There are five floors above the ground and two underground. It opened to the public in 2000. The design and style of the main building add beauty to the surrounding environment which you will enjoy in China tour on high speed train.
Day 12
Shanghai
In 12 Day China High Speed Train Tour, you must have a wonderful time in China. We are sure that you have enjoyed its splendid culture and unique scenery and you can be our best ambassadors to share that experience with your friends and neighbors. We sincerely hope to see you revisit China again with your friends. In addition, we hope you are satisfied with our information and service for this China train tour.