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 China's Great Icons, ancient to modern. This journey brings together many of China's most iconic highlights with meaningful insights into everyday life and local traditions. From the Great Wall and the Terracotta Army to tea ceremonies, night markets and life along the Yangtze, it offers a remarkably complete introduction to one of the world's most fascinating countries. China on a grand scale: imperial palaces, high-speed trains, river landscapes and cities that keep pushing upwards.
On this fascinating gay group tour, you’ll travel from Beijing to Xi’an, cruise along the Yangtze, continue through Nanjing and Suzhou, and end in Shanghai. Expect the Great Wall, the Terracotta Army, the Three Gorges, old tea rituals, bold city lights and plenty of shared moments with the guys along the way.
These and many more unforgettable adventures are waiting for you:
• Climb the Great Wall and enjoy stunning views to the horizon
• Immerse yourself in China’s rich history - from the Imperial Palace in Beijing and the Terracotta Army in Xi’an to the Ming Tombs.
• Cruise along the Yangtze River - spend 3 nights aboard a 5-star ship as you pass through the Three Gorges
• Experience Shanghai - where historic charm meets vibrant modern life
Day 1
You’ll arrive independently in Beijing and transfer from Beijing Capital Airport to your hotel.
Your guide will welcome you there before you head straight into your first taste of the city with a visit to the Summer Palace - imperial architecture, lakeside views and a first sense of China’s vast capital. In the evening, you’ll sit down with the group for dinner at a local restaurant, easing into the journey ahead with the guys.
Meals Included: Dinner
Accommodation: Beijing Landmark Hotel, 4+*, Beijing
Day 2
After breakfast, you’ll stop at the Temple of Heaven before continuing to Tiananmen Square, the "Square of Heavenly Peace".
From there, you’ll visit the Imperial Palace, once the centre of power for China’s emperors.
In the evening, one of Beijing’s great classics awaits: Peking duck. Your guide will also give you a few tips on handling chopsticks - useful, practical and best tested over a delicious dinner.
Meals Included: Breakfast & Dinner
Accommodation: Beijing Landmark Hotel, 4+*, Beijing
Day 3
Today brings one of the great icons of your gay China tour: the Great Wall at Badaling. The climb is demanding in places, with steep steps that sometimes rise almost to knee height, but the view makes the effort worthwhile. From the top, the wall seems to run endlessly across the hills - stone, watchtowers and open landscape stretching towards the horizon. On the way back to Beijing, you’ll stop at a pearl farm before returning to the city.
Meals Included: Breakfast & Lunch
Accommodation: Beijing Landmark Hotel, 4+*, Beijing
Day 4
You’ll leave Beijing behind and travel by high-speed train to Xi’an, a journey of around six hours. Once there, you’ll explore the old town, visit the Great Mosque and head into the night market, where the city becomes louder, warmer and more immediate. In the evening, dinner is all about jiaozi. Dumplings like you know them? Not quite - these are different, but no less delicious. Served with soy sauce, fragrant vinegar and chilli oil, they bring plenty of flavour. Just watch out for the fire dragon!
Meals Included: Breakfast & Dinner
Accommodation: Jinjiang West Capital International Hotel, 4*, Xi'an
Day 5
Today brings another heavyweight - the Terracotta Army in Xi’an. Thousands of life-sized warriors and horses stand guard at the tomb of Qin Shi Huang, China’s first emperor - silent, disciplined and still powerful after more than two thousand years. After visiting a jade workshop, you’ll continue by train to Chongqing, a journey of around six hours.
In the evening, you’ll have a hotpot dinner before boarding your Yangtze cruise ship. Over the next few days, this part of your gay adventure in China will move between shore excursions and time to relax on board.
Meals Included: Breakfast & Dinner
Accommodation: China Goddess, Yangtze River Cruise, 5*
Day 6
You’ll spend the day on the Yangtze, travelling around 630 km downstream through one of China’s most dramatic river landscapes. Cliffs, gorges and changing shorelines pass by as the ship makes its way through the water, including sections such as Wu Gorge and Bellows Gorge.
After an excursion to one of the Yangtze’s tributaries, you’ll return to the ship for dinner on board.
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Accommodation: China Goddess, Yangtze River Cruise, 5*
Day 7
Today brings the landmark of the Yangtze River cruise: the Three Gorges Dam. As the ship continues along the river, you’ll pass towering cliffs and wide stretches of water shaped by one of the world’s largest engineering projects. Lunch and dinner will be served on board, giving you time to take in the views from the deck and let this quieter part of your gay holiday in China unfold at its own speed.
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Accommodation: China Goddess, Yangtze River Cruise, 5*
Day 8
Beyond the huge dam near Yichang, the Yangtze becomes slower and wider.
Today, you’ll leave the cruise ship behind and continue overland by high-speed train to Nanjing, a journey of around five hours. After days on the river, the contrast is immediate: back on land, back among stations, streets and city lights. In the evening, you’ll sit down for hotpot at a local restaurant - rich, warming and made for sharing with the guys.
Meals Included: Breakfast & Dinner
Accommodation: Grand Metropark Hotel, 4*, Nanjing
Day 9
Today you’ll explore Nanjing, a city with a long and powerful history. You’ll visit the mausoleum of Dr Sun Yat-sen, founder of modern China, set amid greenery at the foot of Purple Mountain. Your guide will then take you to the imperial Ming tombs and Nanjing City Wall - reminders of the city’s former power and its long place in Chinese history.
Meals Included: Breakfast & Dinner
Accommodation: Grand Metropark Hotel, 4*, Nanjing
Day 10
You’ll continue to Suzhou, known for its classical gardens, old waterways and long silk tradition. Here, you’ll visit the Garden of the Master of the Nets, a carefully composed world of courtyards, ponds and quiet corners. You’ll also stop at a silk spinning mill before strolling along Panmen Water Gate, one of the city’s historic landmarks. In the evening, you’ll arrive in Shanghai and enjoy a dinner of Suzhou specialities.
Meals Included: Breakfast & Dinner
Accommodation: Jianguo Hotel, 4*, Shanghai
Day 11
You’ll start in Shanghai’s old town, walking to Yu Garden and the old teahouse with its famous Zigzag Bridge. From there, the city opens up: you’ll continue along the Bund, Shanghai’s colonial waterfront, before heading to Nanjing Road, one of the city’s classic shopping streets. Later, the focus turns to a traditional tea ceremony. A tea master will prepare oolong tea according to old rituals — rinsing the cups and teapot, placing the leaves, pouring the hot water and turning a simple drink into something precise, calm and deeply rooted in Chinese culture.
Meals Included: Breakfast & Dinner
Accommodation: Jianguo Hotel, 4*, Shanghai
Day 12
Your final full day in Shanghai begins with the Shanghai Museum, where ancient bronzes, ceramics, calligraphy and paintings bring another layer of Chinese history into focus. Later, you’ll see the city from the water on a harbour cruise - skyline, river traffic and the hard edge of modern Shanghai all in view.
In the evening, you’ll meet the guys again for a farewell dinner in a long-established restaurant - a fitting final night on this gay China tour.
Meals Included: Breakfast & Dinner
Accommodation: Jianguo Hotel, 4*, Shanghai
Day 13
You’ll transfer to the railway station and continue by maglev train to Shanghai Pudong Airport. After almost two weeks of imperial cities, river landscapes and shared moments with the guys, your gay tour of China comes to an end.
Meals Included: Breakfast
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• China doesn’t do things halfway. This journey takes you from imperial palaces and vast city skylines to river gorges, old gardens and high-speed trains cutting across the country. One moment you’re standing on the Great Wall or facing the silent ranks of the Terracotta Army; the next, you’re watching the Yangtze widen between cliffs and river towns. It’s a gay group tour through China shaped by bold contrasts, long distances and constant movement.
• What makes China so powerful is the way history sits inside everyday life. In Beijing, imperial landmarks still shape the city. In Xi’an, thousands of clay warriors guard the tomb of the first emperor. In Nanjing and Suzhou, tombs, gardens and old waterways reveal a quieter side of the country. Tradition isn’t presented like a museum piece here - it sits beside traffic, tea houses, street food and cities that keep rising.
• The Yangtze River cruise slows things down. For three days, you’ll travel through gorges and river landscapes, with shore excursions along the way and time on board to take it all in. It’s calmer than the cities, and a strong counterpoint to the speed and energy elsewhere on this gay holiday in China.
• April is a good time to discover China: spring has arrived, temperatures are generally mild, and the major cities can be explored comfortably before the heat of summer sets in. From Beijing and Xi’an to the Yangtze and Shanghai, you can expect a varied mix of city life, river landscapes and cultural highlights - with pleasant conditions for sightseeing and time outdoors.??
Transfers
• Transfers, excursions and round trip by good local coaches
• High-speed train journeys from Beijing to Xi'an, Xi'an to Chongqing and Yichang to Nanjing in second class
Accommodation
• 19 nights in a shared or single room,
• 3 nights on the cruise ship in a shared or single cabin
Meals
• Breakfast, 1 lunch in a restaurant, 2 lunches on board, 2 dinners on board and 9 dinners in restaurants
Carefree travel package
• A variety of excursions and activities
• Entrance fees as per the itinerary
• English-speaking tour guides
Beijing Landmark Hotel, 4+*, Beijing
Directly opposite Beijing Embassy Area, the Beijing Landmark Towers boasts a fitness centre, an indoor swimming pool and 6 dining options. Agriculture Exhibition Center and China International Trade Exhibition Center is a 5-minute drive away.
Set beside the peaceful Liangma River, Landmark Towers is a 5-minute walk from Liangmaqiao Subway Station (Line 5), a 5-minute drive from Sanlitun Bar Street and a 30-minute drive Beijing Capital International Airport. It takes 20 minutes by car from the hotel to Tian’anmen Square and The Forbidden City in the city centre.
Guests can visit the nightclub and the beauty shop, arrange interesting sightseeing trips at the tour desk, or keep up to date with news at the business centre. Sauna facilities, cash machine and currency exchange are also provided. Delicious Chinese dishes can be enjoyed at South Beauty, while fine Western meals are offered at Evergreen Café. Other dining options include JINDE Restaurant, Jackpot Café, and Lvbolang.
The well-decorated rooms are fitted with pastel colours, freshly laundered beddings and modern furnishings. Each room has a minibar, a flat-screen TV and a safety deposit box. The well-appointed bathrooms include bathrobes, shower facilities and free toiletries.
Jinjiang West Capital International Hotel, 4*, Xi'an
Xi'an Jin Jiang West Capital International Hotel situated in the thriving downtown district, adjoins the Bell-Tower Drum-Tower and Muslim culture block which are landmarks of Xi’an.Surrounded by shopping area, easy access to public transportation, near to the Bell Tower Station of Metro Line 2, 1 minute walking distance to Guang Ji Jie Station of Metro Line 6.
The exterior of hotel fellows the design of Tang Dynasty architectural style, offering distinctive types of rooms with modern amenities, including Luxury room, Tang Art-Deco Theme room, Family suites, Business suites etc, providing diversified services with high-speed internet, underground car park, indoor swimming pool, Lobby Bar and so on.
The all day dining restaurant "JIN" restaurant on the first floor features variety dishes of Chinese and Western styles and buffet. On the second floor, "Hu Jiang Garden Restaurant" blends Jiangnan cuisine and local featured dishes, integrating the flavor of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai cuisines, supplemented by Guangdong, Sichuan and Shaanxi cuisines.
The meeting space covers total 900 square meters with 7 distinctive meeting room and banquet halls that suitable for different banquets and conferences.
China Goddess, Yangtze River Cruise, 5*
China Goddess is an all-steel cruise ship, with a bulbous bow, three propellers, three rudders, and three diesel engines. There are 319 staterooms onboard with a capacity of 650 passengers. As a typical new generation of luxury cruise ships on the Yangtze River, the hull line, drag coefficient, propulsion efficiency, vibration, noise reduction, and space layout are effective.
The total area of activities for passengers and crew is 19,000 square meters, with a reasonable distribution of functions. The passenger accommodation area and public entertainment area are separated by the central cruise lobby.
Following the traditional style of the luxury cruise ship of the China Goddess cruise series, on the interior decoration of the ship, the China Goddess cruise ship will adopt a simple Chinese style, perfectly interpreting the unique Three Gorges civilization and goddess culture of the Chinese nation.
Grand Metropark Hotel, 4*, Nanjing
Located 46 km from Nanjing Lukou International Airport, the hotel is a short walk from Nanjing Museum and close to Nanjing Aeronautics and Astronautics University. Nearby attractions include Ming Tomb and Xuanwu Lake.
The hotel features a restaurant, bar, and coffee shop. Breakfast is available in-room, and private check-in and check-out services ensure a smooth arrival and departure.
Grand Metropark Hotel Nanjing in Nanjing offers rooms with private bathrooms. Each room includes free WiFi, air-conditioning, and modern amenities.
Guests can relax at the spa and wellness centre, indoor swimming pool, sauna, and steam room. Massage services and a fitness centre enhance the stay.
Jianguo Hotel, 4*, Shanghai
Located in the heart of Xujiahui, Jianguo Hotel Shanghai offers unmatched convenience just steps from major shopping malls, metro lines 1, 9, and 11, scenic parks, cultural attractions, and iconic landmarks such as St. Ignatius Cathedral.
Relax in the comfortable guest rooms equipped with Wi-Fi and smart locks, then indulge in a variety of dining options at Kuiyuan Buffet, Chutingge Cantonese Restaurant, and Café Story.
With a grand ballroom that accommodates up to 800 guests, flexible meeting spaces, a fitness center, and a fully equipped business center, Jianguo Hotel Shanghai is an exceptional choice for both business and leisure travelers.
King Room offers 23 square meters of spacious comfort with a luxurious king-size bed and stylish modern décor, perfect for up to two guests. It includes an imported electronic door lock, free Wi-Fi, wired internet, and a wide range of international TV channels. Additional amenities include an in-room safe, iron and ironing board, hair dryer, umbrella, bedside USB charging port, complimentary bathrobe and slippers.
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