Your local friendly guide and the driver will meet you at your Nanjing hotel or Nanjing Railway or Nanjing South Railway station (If you travel by train). As exclusive private tour, your itinerary is flexible and can be 100% customized around you. Following is the suggested itinerary and you are welcome to discuss with your guide if you want to make adjustment during the tour. First travel to Purple Mountain area, here choose to visit the city’s top attractions such as Dr. Sunyat Sen Mausoleum or Xiaoling Tomb of Ming Dynasty.

The Mausoleum is the holy attraction is with magnificent architecture and historic impact, surrounded by lush green mountains. Take time to appreciate the elegant design and historic relics of the mausoleum, learn the fascinating history of 20 century China under the leadership of Dr. SunYat-sen, known as the “Great Father of Republic of China”, take in the beautiful panoramic view of the area while at the top.

Make a stop at Xiaoling Tomb of Ming Dynasty, the largest imperial tomb made for the first emperor Zhu Yuan Zhang of Ming Dynasty and Queen Ma. Enjoy a leisure walk in the sacred path way lined up with different mythical “animals” as guards, immerse yourself in the beautiful garden sceneries from cherry blossom, lush greens to foliage in season, admire the impressive Ming Dynasty architecture while learn listening the interesting history commentary from your guide.

When the night falls, enjoy the nice visit to Qinhuai river bank and take fun explore around Confucius temple market. In addition, enjoy about 1-hour relaxing and romantic boat cruise along Qinhuai River, enjoy beautiful scenery along the way while listening to the historical stories and anecdotes told by your guides. During the cruise, you will see many antique buildings with white walls and black tiles. Lights from the buildings as well as the strings of red lanterns under the eaves with the reflection in the River, as though you were traveling like in the scenery described in the ancient famous poems. As mentioned, the tour is fully customizable, you could substitute the suggested sites to other attractions such as Ming city wall/ Zhanghua Gate, The Memorial of Nanjing Massacre, Nanjing Museum etc. before you take the night cruise. Your tour will be concluded with the convenient drop off at your hotel in Nanjing or other downtown area as per your request.