Day 1:Arrive Shanghai; skyline, The Bund, Old City stroll.
Day 2: Shanghai city highlights; Yu Garden; Nanjing Road.
Day 3: Fly/train to Chongqing; board Yangtze cruise.
Day 4: Yangtze cruise; Three Gorges scenery.
Day 5: Yangtze cruise; more river landscapes; Nanjing-style port call.
Day 6: Yangtze ends; transfer to Chongqing; travel to Chengdu.
Day 7: Chengdu; Panda Base; Sichuan cuisine.
Day 8: Chengdu to Xi’an by high-speed rail.
Day 9: Xi’an; Terracotta Army; ancient city walls.
Day 10: Xi’an to Beijing by high-speed rail. Day 11: Beijing; Great Wall at Badaling.
Day 12: Beijing; Forbidden City; Temple of Heaven; Olympic Park.
Day 13: Beijing; more sights or hutong stroll; shopping.
Day 14: Return home from Beijing..