Day 01: USA/ Shanghai
Board your flight with United Airline or Northwest outbound for your exciting journey to Shanghai, the Pearl of the Orient. Meals and movies are served on the plane.

Day 02: Arrive Shanghai
Cross the International Date Line, arrive China' s largest metropolitan city---Shanghai. The National Guide and local guide of Trans Pacific Express Travel & Tours, Inc. will meet you at the airport and transfer you to Ever Bright International Hotel or similar .
On the way to our hotel, having a short evening tour of Huangpu River, enjoying the charming colorful view of the modernized city.

Day 03: Shanghai-Suzhou(BLD)
After breakfast at the hotel, you will have a short ride to Suzhou, famous for its beautiful gardens and silk-weaving traditions. Full day sightseeing will cover Liu Garden, Tiger Hill, Hanshan Temple and the National Embroidery Institute. Overnight at luxurious Astor Hotel in Suzhou.

Day 04: Suzhou-Wuxi(BLD)
Take an hour short ride to Wuxi today. Wuxi is charming for its picturesque Taihu Lake and green hills snaking along the lakeside. You will visit Turtle-head Islet, Xihui Garden Park or Jichangyuan Garden, and Purple-sand Pottery Museum. Overnight at Xizhou Hotel.

Day 05: Wuxi-Zhengjiang-Yangzhou-Nanjing(BLD)
Three cities will be visited today. First stop at Zhengjiang, an old city at the southern bank of Yangtze River with many legendary stories and tales. We will visit the famous Jinshan Temple, where the legendary story, " white Snake" and the" Romance of the Three Kingdoms" were taken place there. Later, we have a short ride across the Yangtze River, to Yangzhou, one of the ancient cultural cities in China built 2480 years ago, where Marco Polo once worked there for three years. You will walk in Marco Polo' steps on your sightseeing of " Slim West Lake" and the Five Pavilion Bridge. Later afternoon, we come to Nanjing, one of China' s Seven famous capitals in ancient China. Overnight at Dingshan Garden Hotel. Enjoy a local special favor food at night. After dinner, having a evening tour of Confucious Temple Shopping Street.

Day 06: Nanjing-Mt. Huangshan(BLD)
Take a half-day tour of Lake Xuanwu, Ming Tombs and Visit Dr. Sun Yat-sen' s Mausoleum. Dr. Sun was great pioneer of Chinese Revolution. After the tour , the bus will take you to Mt. Huangshan in the afternoon. Mt. Huangshan, or " Yellow Mountain" features 72 peaks with sheer cliffs and deep gullies. It enjoys the reputation of " The first mountain under haven" .It was placed on the list of World Cultural and Natural Heritage by UNESCO in 1990. We will overnight either at Taoyuan or Cloudy Vally Hotel at the foot of the Mt. Huagnshan.

Day 07: Mt. Huangshan(BLD)
It will be a spectacular day today. You will take a cable car up the mountain. Enjoy the luxuriant bamboo and pines, murmuring streams, unique rocks, hot springs, waterfalls and cloudy sea. Overnight either at Beihai or Shilin Hotel on the top of the mountain.

Day 08: Mt. Huangshan-Hangzhou(BLD)
If the weather permits, get up very early in the morning and enjoy the sun rising from the top of the mountain today. Then, take the cable car down the mountain. Take a long ride to Hangzhou, a land of Tea and Silk, through new built highways as well as quiet rural landscape of orchards and Hot Springs, tea fields, and traditional mud-walled villages.
You will be accommodated at deluxe villa Manlong Guiyu Hotel in Hangzhou.

Day 09: Hangzhou
Enjoy a full day tour of West Lake and other picturesque sights that Marco Polo landed 500 years ago when he described Hangzhou as " paradise on earth".

Day 10: Hangzhou-Wuzheng Watertown-Shanghai(BLD)
Depart Hangzhou for Shanghai today. Visit Wuzheng Town en route. Wuzheng, an ancient town built on water. It is charming for beautiful surroundings and crisscrossing rivers and lakes with dozens of small bridges. Return back to Everbright Hotel in Shanghai at night.

Day 11: Shanghai(BLD)
Explore the diversity of vibrant city of Shanghai. Visit the Yu Garden, the Bund and Nanjing Road. Enjoy the beautiful scene of the pearl of the Orient.

Day 12: Shanghai-New York(B)
After breakfast, depart China for New York or other cities with United Airlines or Northwest arrival your home city on the same day with great memories.

Departure date: 9/4, 9/18, 10/9, 10/23, 11/6, 11/27, 12/18. Price: $1199.00 + SEP & OCT Departure add $100.