Thoughts on my travel itinerary for my China trip
Hello everyone! I was finally able to complete my itinerary after a while of planning. I was wondering if anyone could take a glance at it. When I'm in shangahi, guangzhou, and these bigger cities, i want to spend a lot of my time shopping for clothes, hence the shopping malls/centers. I mainly used this subreddit and trip.com and the internet for this itinerary. I will mainly be taking overnight trains
· Zhangjiajie: 9/3-9/6
o 9/3: Take high speed rail train at 8am 4 hr train ride
o 9/4:
- Spend the day exploring:
- Bailong Elevator
- Yuanjiajie Scenic Area (Avatar Mountains)
- First Bridge Under Heaven
- Tianzi Mountain
o 9/5:
- Long cable car
- Heaven's Gate: escalator
- Glass skywalk
- Cliff walk
- Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon Glass Bridge if there’s time
o 9/6: leave 9:55am to zhangjiajixie
· 9/6-9/9: Arrive Chongqing at 12am
o 9/6: Chongqing
- Visit Liziba Metro Station
- Visit Kuixinglou Square
- Explore Shibati Traditional Area
- Chuxun Travel Photography photoshoot
- Explore Hongyadong after photoshoot
- Walk around Jiefangbei Pedestrian Street
o 9/7 – Dazu Rock Carvings
- Drive to Dazu Rock Carvings.
- Explore the carvings and temples
- walk around Jiefangbei.
o 9/8 – Wulong Karst National Park
- Day trip to Wulong Karst National Geology Park.
- Visit Natural Three Bridges.
- Explore the scenic walking trails and filming locations.
- Return to Chongqing.
- Eat dinner in Jiefangbei and walk aroud
o 9/9 – Shopping & Overnight Train to Xi'an
- visit UNIQLO and H&M branches
- Explore Jiefangbei Pedestrian Street shopping area.
- Visit Longhu Beicheng Paradise Walk (龙湖北城天街)
- Longhu Times Paradise Walk (龙湖时代天街)
- overnight train
· 9/10-9/11: arrive Xi’an
o 9/10:
- Terra Cotta Warriors (BOUGHT TICKETS)
- Big Goose Pagoda
- Xi’an City Walls
- Drum and Bell Tower
o 9/11:
- Louguantai Center- panda reserve
- Muslim Quarters
- Great Mosque of Xi’an
- Tang paradise
- at night: Yongxingfang
- overnight train
9/12-9/15: Beijing at 1030am
o 9/12:
- Tian’anmen square
- Forbidden city
- South luogo lane
- wangfujing
o 9/13
- 6:30am: Great Wall of China (https://en.mutianyugreatwall.com/reservation-center/tickets)
- Summer palace
- The ruins of yuanmingyuan park
- The lama temple
- Return to central beijing
- Temple of heaven
9/14: Shopping Day
- Silk Street
- Taikoo Li Sanlitun
- Julong foreign trade
- Bairong International Small Commodities Market
- Niujie Muslim Quarter
- Leave for overnight train
9/16-9/20: Shanghai
o 9/16
- People's Park
- K11 Art Mall
- Nanjing Road (also has shopping)
- The Bund
- Cross to Pudong
- Shanghai Tower Observation Deck (around sunset)
- Enjoy the skyline at night + walk the Bund at night
o 9/17
- Yu Garden
- City God Temple
- Tianzifang
- French Concession
- Jing'an Temple
- Jing'an Joy City
o 9/18: Anime Day
- Bailian ZX (百联ZX)
- Baimi Xiangxie Anime Street (百米香榭)
- Jing'an Joy City (大悦城)
- Meiluo City (美罗城)
o 9/19
- Paradise walk
- Global Harbor
- Meiluocheng (Xujiahui)
o 9/20
- Baishengyouke Square
Leave for overnight train
9/21-9/25 Guangzhou:
o 9/21
- Arrive in Guangzhou
- Mall of the World (Huachenghui)
- Explore Huacheng Square
- Grandview Mall
- Visit Canton Tower
o 9/22:
- private tour and cliff racing
- Return to Guangzhou
- Beijing Road Pedestrian Street
- TeeMall Beijing Road
9/23
- Xiaobei Road / Xiaobei Metro Station
- Baima Costume Market
- Shisanhang International Fashion Market
o 9/24
- Fashion Tianhe Commercial Plaza
- TeeMall (Tianhe)
- Comic City
o 9/25
- Shamian Island (4 hours)
- OneLink Plaza
- Leave
· 9/25-9/30à hong kong
o 9/26
- Lantau Island
- Ngong Ping 360 Cable Car
- Tian Tan (Big Buddha)
- Po Lin Monastery
- Return to Kowloon
- Temple Street Night Market
- visit Don Don Donki
o 9/27
- Hong Kong Island
- Peak Tram
- Victoria Peak
- Explore Central
- PMQ
- Star Ferry to Tsim Sha Tsui
- Avenue of Stars
- Symphony of Lights (8:00 PM)
- Harbourfront walk
o 9/28: macau day trip (Eat Macau Egg Tarts**)**
- Ferry to Macau
- Senado Square
- Ruins of St. Paul's
- Monte Fort
- The Venetian Macau
- The Londoner Macau
- Cotai Strip
- Return to Hong Kong
o 9/29 Shenzen Day Trip
- Ladies' Market
- Sneaker Street
- Fa Yuen Street Market
- Langham Place Mall
- Tai Yuen Street (Toy Street)
- Dinner
o 9/30: fly out
I know its a lot to go through and I appreciate anyone who gives their opinion
Posted Aug 13, 2026, 4:36 PM UTC