Private Customized Chengdu City Highlights Tour with Hotpot Meal

Start your private tour of Chengdu with hotel pickup at your preferred time. Your knowledgeable guide transfers you by private vehicle and introduces you to several landmarks, shopping area and things to do in Chengdu City, discuss with your guide then decide the places you want to go. Typically you will start your tour with the visit to Wenshu Yuan Monastery. Wenshu yuan Monastery is the best-preserved Buddhist temple in the city with hundreds of bronze, wooden and stone statues, and Buddhist relics. Since the Tang (618-907) dynasties, over 500 pieces of painting and calligraphy by celebrities have been stored here. Stroll around the courtyard with your tour guide, get to know about the Buddhism in China, see how locals pray here with incense. Admire different culture relics and explore its exquisite garden and solemn halls.

Then, move on to the Wuhou Memorial Temple which was built in the 6th century in memory of the Emperor Liu Bei and the Prime Minister Zhuge Liang of the Shu Kingdom. Follow your tour guide to explore important buildings including: the Temple of Liu Bei, the Temple of Zhuge Liang and Sanyi Temple, and the Tomb of Liubei. Get to know the histories and stories behind.

Continue your visit to Kuanzhai Alley which is a popular entertainment and nightlife block, with traditional Chinese style buildings, Follow your tour guide, explore the area and get to know Chengdu's folk culture, local life. Then, check out the Well Allay which shows the new life of Chengdu people, as well as the most open, most diverse, and most dynamic zone in the area.

Enjoy a delicious Sichuan hotpot lunch or dinner (depending on your start time). It also can be changed to a regular Chinese meal. Then move on to Giant Panda Breeding Research Base. Upon arrival, spend some leisure time to see the Giant pandas including new born babies, teenagers and adult pandas. Learn about the different stages of panda’s life from infancy to adulthood. Visit the research laboratory, the museum, the panda playground, the animal hospital, and the facility's beautiful lake. You can take photos these enchanting and endangered creatures as they relax in their natural environment.

If you are museum person, you can choose to spend some time at Chengdu Museum, where you can learn the history of the city and the interesting Puppetry and Shadow Play.

Finally, explore Jinli Pedestrian Street, once was one of the busiest commercial streets during the Shu Kingdom (221-263). Today, you can find boutique shops, modern bards and restaurants, and all types of local snacks.

Here, we listed more sites if you want to go: People's Park is well-known for the Memorial to Railway Protection Movement, winding Gold Water Stream, Chrysanthemum Show, and time-honored teahouses. Qingyang Palace which is considered to be the oldest Taoist temple in the city.

Sichuan Museum, the largest comprehensive museum in southwestern China, features 260,000 items in its historical collections and more than 60,000 relics.

You also can choose to explore a local fresh market, Antique market, doing massage, check out the local's life in the park. Just feel free to discuss with your tour guide.