Dear Mark Adamson,
Greetings from Janet, Top China Travel. Many thanks for your message.
I am pleased to help you planning 15 days / 14 nights trip in China based on arriving Shanghai on Apr12 and depart from Beijing on Apr26. I made the simple itinerary as below for you:
Day01 Apr12 Upon your arrival, be met and transferred to your hotel. Day02 Apr13 Full day Shanghai City tour to visit JingAn Temple, Tianzifang, Shanghai Oriental TV Pearl Tower, The Bund, Nanjing Road (B,L)
Day03 Apr14 Full day Seat-in-Coach tour (join-in tour) to visit Suzhou City and Zhouzhuang Water Town (Lion Grove Forest, Grand Canal, Silk Factory and Zhouzhuang Water Town) (B,L)
Day04 Apr15 Take flight to Yichang, embark on Yangtze River Cruise. (B)
Day05 Apr16 Yangtze River Cruise (B,L,D)
Day06 Apr17 Yangtze River Cruise (B,L,D)
Day07 Apr18 Yangtze River Cruise (B,L,D)
Day08 Apr19 Disembark, transfer to the airport and take flight to Guilin. Upon your arrival, be met and transferred to visit Jiuwu Ancient Town and Elephant Trunk Hill (B,L)
Day09 Apr20 Transfer to Zhujiang Pier and take Li River Cruise. Stay overnight at Yangshuo Town. (B,L)
Day10 Apr21 Drive to Guilin airport and take flight to Xian. Upon your arrival, be met and transferred to visit Hanyang Tomb, Ancient City Wall. (B,L)
Day11 Apr22 Full day tour to visit Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses, Small Wild Goose Pagoda, Shanxi History Museum. (B,L)
Day12 Apr23 Take high-speed train to Beijing. Upon your arrival, be met and transferred to take rickshaw to visit Hutong Area and Summer Palace. (B,L)
Day13 Apr24 Full day tour to visit Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, The Temple of Heaven. (B,L)
Day14 Apr25 Full day tour to visit Jinshanling Great Wall (around 2 hours driving to get there) (B,L)
Day15 Apr26 Take flight to leave Beijing End of the tour For hotel,
I'd like to recommend you to stay 4* hotel like Holiday Inn, Ramada or other local managed good hotels. If you accept it?
There is no group tour to cover all the mentioned places. I only could put my proposal based on daily join-in tour in Shanghai, Suzhou and Beijing for you to decide.
Would send you detailed proposal soon.
Hope the above is clear and helpful.
Best regards
Janet