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Huangshan landscape

East China bite-sized trips

Create your own ideal holiday

From the pulsing metropolis of Shanghai, discover zen gardens, sacred islands, and one of the world’s most iconic mountain ranges. Choose your favourite bite-sized trips below and your personal travel specialist will piece them together to create a tailor-made holiday just for you.

Not sure where to start? No problem, take a look at our full itineraries or just get in touch and we’ll talk you through the options.

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    Shanghai river cruise
    • Itinerary:
      Shanghai
    • Duration:
      3 days / 2 nights (flexible)
    • Price:
      from £ 210.- per person

    Explore Shanghai, crammed with skyscrapers and exploding with variety. It’s a place where the old crashes into the new and surprises are around every corner. From 19th century alleyways to swanky bars and art-deco buildings, there’s nowhere like it.

    Explore Shanghai, crammed with skyscrapers and exploding with variety. It’s a place where the old crashes into the new and surprises are around every corner. From 19th century alleyways to swanky bars and art-deco buildings, there’s nowhere like it.

    Tongli canal boat
    • Itinerary:
      Shanghai - Luzhi - Tongli - Suzhou - Shanghai
    • Duration:
      4 days / 3 nights (flexible)
    • Price:
      from £ 558.- per person

    Drift through lantern-lined canals and swing by traditional tea houses on your way to sleek and glitzy Shanghai. It’s a trip of eye-opening extremes, pitting the old world against the new. You’ll get a taste of traditional China followed by a flash of neon drama in Shanghai, a city packed with skyscrapers.

    Drift through lantern-lined canals and swing by traditional tea houses on your way to sleek and glitzy Shanghai. It’s a trip of eye-opening extremes, pitting the old world against the new. You’ll get a taste of traditional China followed by a flash of neon drama in Shanghai, a city packed with skyscrapers.

    tourist by temple
    • Itinerary:
      Shanghai - Putuoshan - Shanghai
    • Duration:
      3 days / 2 nights (flexible)
    • Price:
      from £ 315.- per person

    Discover the peacefulness of Putuoshan, a small Buddhist island marooned in the Sea of China. Visit sacred temples, hike up to panoramic hilltops and stretch out on white sands.

    Discover the peacefulness of Putuoshan, a small Buddhist island marooned in the Sea of China. Visit sacred temples, hike up to panoramic hilltops and stretch out on white sands.

    Huangshan pink flowers and mountain amongst clouds
    • Itinerary:
      Shanghai - Huangshan
    • Duration:
      3 days / 2 nights (flexible)
    • Price:
      from £ 450.- per person

    Watch dawn break over craggy peaks and bamboo forests swirled in mist. With gnarled pine trees scattered across endless rock pinnacles, Huangshan is China at its most iconic.

    Watch dawn break over craggy peaks and bamboo forests swirled in mist. With gnarled pine trees scattered across endless rock pinnacles, Huangshan is China at its most iconic.

Speak to our China specialist, Rob

“I was lucky enough to travel across China for two months and the more I explored, the more I loved; from its ancient towns to its futuristic cities. My top highlight has to be the mountainous scenery of Yunnan.”

China Travel Specialist Rob