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Eastern China by Rail

Eastern China by Rail, a rail journey with Wexas Travel

Between Beijing and Shanghai, take in the mountain wonders, rural villages and ancient cities of China's heartlands.

Day by day

  1. Day 1

    Depart UK

    Make the most of your complimentary airport lounge access before boarding your overnight flight to China.

  2. Day 2overnight: Capital Hotel (Superior) or Regent Hotel (Deluxe), Beijing

    Beijing

    On arrival, a private driver will see you to your central accommodation.

  3. Day 3overnight: Capital Hotel (Superior) or Regent Hotel (Deluxe), Beijing

    Beijing

    Begin your programme of private, expert-led tours with the imposing gates of Tiananmen Square and the world's largest palace complex - the Forbidden City.

  4. Day 4overnight: Capital Hotel (Superior) or Regent Hotel (Deluxe), Beijing

    Beijing

    Alongside the imperial Summer Palace, the royal family's 15th-century Temple of Heaven and the Great Wall itself, discover the city's lesser-known jewels.

  5. Day 5overnight: Capital Hotel (Superior) or Regent Hotel (Deluxe), Beijing

    Beijing

    After visiting the Sacred Way's Ming Tombs, enjoy a rickshaw ride through the old town's hutong alleyway maze, pausing to try traditional Beijing paper art and opera makeup.

  6. Day 6railovernight: Tang Die Roaina Hotel (Standard / Superior), Tangmo village

    Tangmo Village

    Depart Beijing with a high-speed train trip to Huangshan, then a private transfer to Tangmo village. Join your guide to wander the village's thousand-year-old lanes, uncovering hidden pavilions and water-side houses, and try traditional paper craft and stone-tablet rubbings.

  7. Day 7overnight: Shilin Hotel (Standard) or Xihai Hotel (Superior), Huangshan Scenic Area

    Huangshan Scenic Area

    Explore the 'Yellow Mountain' range, where dramatic rock formations are shrouded in mist. Begin with UNESCO-listed Hongcun village, perhaps on a lake-side bike ride, before a cable-car ride up into the mountains admiring viewpoints such as 'Fairy Maiden Peak' and 'A Monkey Gaping at the Sea of Cloud'.

  8. Day 8overnight: Parkview Hotel (Standard) or Crowne Plaza (Superior), Huangshan

    Huangshan

    A spectacular sunrise over Huangshan, then secret pavilions and viewpoints over great canyons before descending by cable car. Continue to the village of Lingshan, famous for its bamboo houses and 'Ancient Water Street'.

  9. Day 9overnight: Zhongwei Sunny Hotel (Standard) or Indigo (Superior), Hangzhou

    Hangzhou

    Private transfers bookend your first-class trip to Hangzhou. Join your private local guide for a serene cruise on the willow-lined lake, pausing at hidden pagodas and temples ranked among the country's most sacred.

  10. Day 10railovernight: Golden Tulip on the Bund (Standard) or Radisson Blu Hotel Shanghai New World (Superior), Shanghai

    Hangzhou to Shanghai

    Further time around Hangzhou with your expert guide at the rolling Dragon Well Tea Plantation and a walk to Yellow Dragon Cave's rock formations, plus a stop at a traditional Chinese medicine shop, before your last train sprint to Shanghai.

  11. Day 11overnight: Golden Tulip on the Bund (Standard) or Radisson Blu Hotel Shanghai New World (Superior), Shanghai

    Shanghai

    The world-class Shanghai Museum and its historic art collection, then the exotic Yu Garden and the ornate Jade Buddha Temple.

  12. Day 12overnight: Golden Tulip on the Bund (Standard) or Radisson Blu Hotel Shanghai New World (Superior), Shanghai

    Shanghai

    A day trip to Suzhou, an ancient town famed for its waterways and home to one of China's four major gardens, with a cruise along its Grand Canal, admiring pagoda-dotted banks and hump-back bridges.

  13. Day 13

    Depart for UK

    After a final breakfast, a private transfer will see you to the airport for your day flight home.

Included

  • Complimentary UK airport lounge access
  • Return flights between London, Beijing and Shanghai
  • 12 nights accommodation in typically 4* (Superior) hotels on a B&B basis
  • First class train tickets between Beijing-Huangshan, Huangshan-Hangzhou & Hangzhou-Shanghai
  • Private round trip transfers to/from railway stations and city hotels
  • Private sightseeing including lunch, highlights include: The Forbidden City & Summer Palace in Beijing, rickshaw rides, visit a traditional village and local family, the mountain peaks of the Huangshan scenic areas, temples and tea plantations

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