5-Day Chengdu and Chongqing Highlights Tour

Your private guide and driver will meet you at the airport or the railway station when you arrive in Chengdu. Then you will be escorted to your hotel in the city center of Chengdu and helped check in. Take a rest or try some free time ideas:

Free Time Ideas

• Go shopping at Chunxi Pedestrian Street, where many large shopping malls and souvenir shops are located.
• Enjoy a Sichuan Opera night show.
• Have a taste of Sichuan hotpot.

Accommodation

Tibet Hotel Chengdu (4-star) / Sofitel Chengdu Taihe (5-star)

You can discover some highlights of the ancient Chengdu at the Jinsha Civilization Museum. It is in northwest Chengdu, and has relics dating back more than 3,000 years.

Jinli Old Street was a popular business center in the Three Kingdoms Period (220–280). Retaining its ancient building style, it is very popular with tourists. Have a taste of the spicy local snacks. Discover Chengdu’s local culture, including the face-changing masks of Sichuan Opera, the puppet plays, and sugar figurines.

Temple of Heaven

Relax in the bamboo forest, visit the famous romantic poet Xue Tao's tomb, and see the ancient Sichuan-style architectures in Wangjiang Park.

Accommodation

Tibet Hotel Chengdu (4-star) / Sofitel Chengdu Taihe (5-star)

Dujiangyan Giant Panda Base is 1½ hours’ drive from your hotel. Currently, it is the only Giant Panda Base that provides a panda keeping program. Their one-day program includes cleaning the panda house, touring around the base, feeding the pandas lunch and dinner, watching panda movies, making panda cakes, and at the end getting a participation certificate.

It is a unique and memorable experience in Chengdu. You can also hold a cute panda baby for photos (at extra cost).

Wenshu Monastery is a Buddhist center in Chengdu. It was built in the Sui Dynasty (581–618). The wooden buildings are in the ancient style, creating a peaceful atmosphere. You can also see beautiful gardens in the monastery.

The Wide and Narrow Alleys are actually three old alleys: Wide Alley, Narrow Alley, and Well Alley. The old houses and roads are well-preserved/restored. Some coffee bars, boutique stores, and snack shops are on the street. One special activity is the ear cleaning service.

In the afternoon, the guide and driver will take you the railway station.

After two hours by high-speed train, you will arrive at Chongqing North Railway Station. Your private guide and driver in Chongqing will pick you up and transfer you to your hotel. For the activities for the rest of this day, see our free time ideas:

• Go shopping in Jiefangbei Pedestrian Street.
• Taste a Sichuan hotpot.
• Take a trip on the Yangtze cableway.

If you have any interest in the Yangtze River, the Three Gorges Museum won’t let you down. You can see almost every aspect of the Yangtze River exhibited, including the wildlife, and the world-famous Three Gorges Dam. It has five floors, with some temporary art exhibitions.

Ciqikou Ancient Town is an ancient business center, where a number of stores are located. Interesting and handmade artifacts, and other souvenirs of Chongqing are sold there. Walking on the stone road and taking pictures of the ancient Chinese-style buildings is also fascinating.

Visit Hongya Cave (#3 for Chongqing on TA) — it’s good for views, shopping, food, and nightlife.

Your private driver and guide will transfer you to the railway station, the airport, or the Yangtze cruise pier.