Rail Tours in China

Ride the bullet train from Beijing to Tianjin on this privately guided full-day tour. You'll see several highlights in China's fourth largest city, including the Porcelain House, colonial buildings of the Five Great Avenues (Wudadao), the Tianjin Eye, and Ancient Culture Street (Gu Wenhua Jie). Hotel transport, lunch, and train fare are included.

Travel from Shanghai to Nanjing round-trip by train for a full-day tour of the formal capital city. Your experienced guide meets you at the train station in Nanjing and takes you to Chaotian Gong (Heaven Palace), which contains an excellent museum. Then visit the Zhonghua Gate, a defensive and hulking architectural wonder. After lunch, stop into Nanjing's Confucius Temple, then take a sightseeing cruise on the Qinhuai River, followed by a walk around the impressive Sun Yatsen Mausoleum before returning to Nanjing.

See giant pandas and the Giant Buddha of Leshan, and ride a bullet train on this private 12-hour trip from Chengdu. Visit the Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Research Base to view these rare animals, and learn about the center's conservation work. Plus, take a high-speed train to Leshan to see its immense 8th-century Buddha statue carved into a riverside cliff. Train tickets, entrance fees, private Chengdu round-trip transfers, and hotel pickup and drop-off included.