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Day trips in China

One-day excursions with a guide — for travellers already in China: between business meetings, on a layover or during a beach holiday.

Great Wall of China
8 hoursBeijing

Great Wall of China

Mutianyu section: cable car, watchtowers and no crowds — with hotel transfer.

Forbidden City and Tiananmen
6 hoursBeijing

Forbidden City and Tiananmen

The imperial palace, its hidden courtyards and stories with a licensed guide.

Night Shanghai and the Bund
4 hoursShanghai

Night Shanghai and the Bund

Pudong skyscrapers, the Huangpu embankment and a river cruise.

Terracotta Army
7 hoursXi'an

Terracotta Army

All three excavation pits and the bronze chariots museum with a historian.

Water town Zhujiajiao
5 hoursShanghai

Water town Zhujiajiao

Canals, humpback bridges and tea houses of the 'Venice of Shanghai'.

Canton Tower and old Guangzhou
6 hoursGuangzhou

Canton Tower and old Guangzhou

The observation deck, Shamian island and a Cantonese dim sum lunch.

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