This is the golden route of China.The Golden Route is the itinerary that first comes to mind when a traveler expresses interest in going to China. This most popularity of China's travel route includes the country's best-known cities and most famous sights: the Great Wall, the forbidden City, Tian'anmen Square, the terra-cotta army of ancient Xi'an, the Bund of Shanghai, and those magical karst limestone hills that everyone recognizes in an instant. These are the very things that the first-time traveler comes to see. The Golden Route gives the traveler a good sampling of what China travel is all about.

A Golden Route itinerary normally begins or ends in Beijing or Shanghai, China's two international gateway cities. Whichever path one follows, a Golden Route tour always includes a visit to Xi'an to see the terra-cotta army of China's first emperor Qin Shihuang, and an excursion up the Li River in Guilin, whose waters reflect those misty limestone hills in all their splendor. A typical Beijing-Xi'an-Guilin-Shanghai itinerary can run as few as 10 days. From that basis, travel agents begin to add excursions to nearby cities like Suzhou and Wuxi, or a few extra days for a trip to Chengde. The Golden Route is the foundation on which most China tours are built.

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