Romantic Side of China: 7-Day Tour for Couples

My brother and I had a wonderful trip to China!   We wanted an authentic experience while also hitting the big highlights in Beijing, Chengdu, Hainain and Shanghai.  Our tour guides were all very knowledgable and friendly and transportation between cities was seamless.   Hotels were all 5-star and food was awesome :)

We were taken to wonderful sights; the value for money was good but not great (we had requested Deluxe everything - more on that later); local guides were unfailingly prompt, punctual and polite; English proficiency of guides was generally good although heavy accents made understanding a chore; private transportation was clean and efficient; the food was generally vile except for the breakfasts in the hotel which tended toward Westernized fare and sustained us for the day. The USA staff of this China tour company were pleasant and helpful.

This travel agent planned our 3 week trip to explore China for our party of four.  We started in Beijing and walked on the Great Wall, learned much about Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City, went to Xian for the Terracotta Warriors, to Chengdu for the Pandas, Hangzhou and Tunxi, then a hike up the Huangshan Mountain; Shanghai and the Shanghai Tower, Guilin for the amazing countryside and rice terraces, Shenzhen to visit our nephew and Hong Kong as the finale.  Transportation, guides, accommodations were wonderful and effortless for us.   In a land of millions of people and many tourists, the guides slid through the crowds and found places to explore that were not as crowded as others.

Our travel company helped us coordinate visas, travel insurance, and provided tipping and shopping guidance.  Any small concern (and they were minimal) were met with a smile and addressed.  They even sent a replacement van up Longji Mountain.

I would highly recommend the travel company for your China tour.

The trip to China my that husband and I took this year was amazing and memorable. We visited five cities in 12 days: Beijing, Xi’an, Chengdu, Guilin, and Shanghai.

All of the guides were great, professional, knowledgeable, open to answering our questions, and willing to accommodate us.

I’m a planner, so having most of the day mapped out with what we were doing was exactly as expected, with some free time in the evenings.

The transfers between cities, at the airport, or on the train were very smooth, with no issues.

The only thing I would recommend is for Zicasso’s tour company to work with us in obtaining the Chinese visa versus having to find a third party on our own. Overall, we would highly recommend their services.

Great company. They provided us with a comprehensive tour of Beijing and Chengdu tailored towards our children. Will certainly use them for our next Asia tour

Very well planned trip and we liked the guides in each city.  Our guide in Beijing was our favorite and we really enjoyed the guide in Xi'an too.   There was always someone waiting for us at each destination and the transportation/drivers also did a good job.  We got to see everything we had hoped to - the Great Wall, the Terra Cotta Warriors, the high speed train, rickshaw ride, Forbidden City, CIty Wall in Xi'an, the skyline in Shanghai, Peking duck meal in Beijing (we actually had 2), the floating restaurant in Hong Kong, the harbor in Hong Kong and more.  We also got to experience pandas in Hong Kong at the amusement park on our free day, the Chinese calligraphy class, dancing with people in the French Park in Shanghai, and the meeting with the Cricket Master in Beijing was an unexpected trip highlight.   

The head of the tour company also gave us a very nice personalized gift of a stamp in Chinese of each of our names - the same stamps artists and collectors put on the art in China.  We also had our guide help us buy a full sized Terra Cotta Warrior for our garden that is going to be shipped in September.   

The guides gave us great information on the life of Chinese citizens as well.  The hotels were great  in that they were very upscale and well located for our day to day adventures.   I loved having a free day in each city as well - made the pacing of the trip better than in the past where we never had a down day that allowed us to sleep in a little and experience the city on our own terms.   

I was very very happy with the service overall.