A line running through thirteen hundred years: the Six Dynasties and the Ming in Nanjing, the Qin and Han empires and the cosmopolitan Tang in Xi'an. Together the two cities answer a single question — why China is China.
Private airport transfer and hotel check-in.
Zhonghua Gate, the Ming city wall and the Nanjing Museum.
Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, Ming Xiaoling and the Presidential Palace; evening on the Qinhuai.
Morning high-speed train or flight to Xi'an, afternoon check-in.
A full day at the Terracotta Army museum, including the bronze chariots.
Morning cycling on the city wall; afternoon at the Bell and Drum Towers and the Muslim Quarter.
Morning at the Shaanxi History Museum; afternoon at the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda.
Morning at leisure, afternoon transfer to the airport.
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Nanjing · Suzhou · Hangzhou · Shanghai
Humble Administrator's Garden and Lingering Garden in Suzhou: two of China's four great gardens in one day
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Nanjing & Beijing
Half a day inside the Forbidden City, along the central axis and into the side palaces
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Six Dynasties Capital
Zhonghua Gate: the largest surviving barbican in the world, where you can touch bricks laid six centuries ago
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