Day 1
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Fly overnight to China
Day 2
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Shanghai
Meet the host families at a group dinner
Day 3
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Shanghai
Take an International Language Schools (ILS) placement test
Attend an ILS orientation
Take a guided tour of Shanghai
Visit the Jade Buddha Temple
Visit the Yu Yuan Garden
See Nanjing Lu
Day 4
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Shanghai
Attend Mandarin Chinese classes
Visit the Shanghai World Financial Center
Visit the Bund
Day 5
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Shanghai
Attend Mandarin Chinese classes
Visit a local school
Day 6
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Shanghai
Attend Mandarin Chinese classes
Day 7
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Shanghai
Attend Mandarin Chinese classes
Attend a Chinese acrobatics show
Day 8
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Xi'an
Fly to Xi’an
Day 9
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Xi'an
Take a guided tour of Xi’an
Visit Big Wild Goose Pagoda
Visit the Shaanxi Provincial Historical Museum
Visit the Terra-cotta Warriors
See an IMAX presentation
Optional: Tang Dynasty show and dinner
Day 10
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Beijing
Fly to Beijing
Visit the Temple of Heaven Park
Enjoy a Peking Duck dinner
Day 11
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Beijing
Take a guided tour of Beijing
Visit the Summer Palace
Visit the Forbidden City
Visit Tiananmen Square
Learn how to cook a traditional Chinese meal with a local family
Day 12
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Badaling • Beijing
Travel to Badaling
Take a tour of the Great Wall of China
Take a rickshaw tour through the Hutong
Optional: Kung Fu show
Day 13
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Depart for home
Program fee includes:
Airfare: Round-trip airfare
Transportation: Comfortable motorcoach • Internal flights
Accommodations: 5 overnight stays in hotels with private bathrooms • 6 overnight stays with a local host family
Meals: Breakfast and dinner daily; 1 lunch
Tour director: Full-time EF Tour Director
Sightseeing: 3 sightseeing tours led by licensed local guides • 1 sightseeing tour led by your tour director
Language learning: 15 Mandarin Chinese language lessons
Experiential learning: Cultural immersion
Optional excursions: Tang Dynasty show and dinner, Kung Fu show