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Tour Itinerary
| Day 01: |
Arrival
Upon your arrival in Beijing, our professional tour
guide will pick you up at the airport and transfer to
your hotel. |
| Day 02: |
Beijing
Visit the Great Wall, the Sacred Way and the Ming Tombs.
(BL)
Great
Wall: One of the true architectural wonders of the
world. It was first built about 2500 years ago, during
the period of the Warring States, and was extended and
fortified by subsequent dynasties: Qin, Han and Ming,
the Great Wall extends to more than 5,000 kilometers.
Sacred
Way: A way lined with statues of dignitaries, as
well as huge elephants, lions, camels and horses, you
will encounter the marble tombs of the Ming Dynasty
emperors.
Ming
Tombs: 13 emperors of the Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
were buried here with their splendid treasures. |
| Day 03: |
Beijing
Visit the Forbidden City, the Tian'anmen Square and
the Temple of Heaven. Beijing
Duck dinner is served in the evening. (BLD)
Forbidden
City: Built between 1406 and 1420, the Forbidden
City was the palace of the emperors of the Ming and
Qing dynasties, a period extending over 500 years.
The atmosphere created by the many temples, halls
and courtyards - not to mention the colors of the
tiles, roofs and painted wood - is unique, leaving
you with a lasting impression of imperial China. The
palace has over 9000 rooms.
Tian'anmen
Square: The heart of urban Beijing and large enough
to accommodate an assembly of one million people.
It stands in front of the Forbidden City, at its north
the Tiananmen Rostrum, from which imperial decrees
were promulgated.
Temple
of Heaven: A masterpiece of architecture and landscape
design which simply and graphically illustrates a
cosmogony of great importance for the evolution of
one of the world's great civilizations, and had a
profound influence on architecture and planning in
the Far East over many centuries.
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| Day 04: |
Beijing - Xi'an
Visit the Summer Palace. Take flight to Xi'an. Visit
the Ancient City Wall. (BL)
Summer
Palace: The best preserved and the second largest
royal garden in China, with a history of over 800
years.
Ancient
City Wall of Xi'an: One of the most important
landmarks of the Xi'an city, the best preserved, oldest
and largest ancient city defence system in China.
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| Day 05: |
Xi'an
Visit the Terror-cotta Warriors, the Banpo Ruins and
the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. (BL)
Terra-cotta
Warriors: The greatest archaeological findings
of the 20th century, the army of terra-cotta warriors
and the bronze chariots entombed in vast underground
vaults at emperor Qin's tomb.
Banpo
Ruins: This excavated site of a village dates
back to 4500 BC and was discovered in 1953. The village
during this period was called Yangshao and 45 houses,
6 pottery kilns, 200 storage pits, 250 adult's tombs
and children's burial jars, 10,000 tools and utensils
were unearthed. The distinct culture of these villagers
was known as Yangshao culture.
Wild
Goose Pagoda: One of the most famous Buddhist
pagodas in China, first built in 652 in the Tang Dynasty,
the square, multistoreyed, brick structure is sixty-four
meters high. On a high mound, it seems to rise into
the sky.
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| Day 06: |
Xi'an
Visit the Shaanxi historical Museum and the Great Mosque.
Free in the afternoon. (BL)
Shaanxi
Historical Museum: The large-scale modern State-class
museum, it has a collection of 370,000 pieces of historical
relics, among which the most characteristic ones are
the bronze wares of the Shang (C. 17th-11th Century
B.C) and Zhou Dynasties (C.11th Century-256 B.C.), the
pottery figures of different dynasties, the tomb frescoes,
gold and silver utensils.
Great
Mosque: Covering an area of 12,000 square meters,
it is the best-known Islamic Mosque in Xi'an City. It
was built in 742 A.D. The distribution of pavilions,
halls, towers and platforms in the mosque is compact
and exquisite, blending the traditional architectural
styles of Islam and Han. |
| Day 07: |
Xi'an - Lhasa
Take flight to Lhasa. Visit the bazaar of the Barkhor
Street. (B)
Summer
Palace: The best preserved and the second largest
royal garden in China, with a history of over 800 years.
Barkhor
Street: Lhasa's most interesting pilgrimage
circuit. This area of the Old Town is both the spiritual
heart of Lhasa and the main commercial district for
Tibetans. |
| Day 08: |
Lhasa
Visit Potala Palace, the Sera Monastery, the Norbulingka
Park and a Tibetan family. (BL)
Potala
Palace: Lhasa's cardinal landmark, the palace
rises a further 170 meters and is the greatest monumental
structure in all of Tibet, it's a structure of massive
portions. Its towering image already appearing on
various occasions, but your first sight of the Potala
will still be an awe-inspiring moment.
Sera Monastery:
Known as the 3 great monasteries of Tibet. All belonging
to the lineage of Gelugpa started by Je Tsong Khapa
in early 15th century and all are within Lhasa.
Norbulingka
Park: It was built in the 1740s during the reign
of the seventh Dalai Lama. Later it was renovated
and enlarged and became the Dalai Lama's Summer Palace.
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| Day 09: |
Lhasa
Visit the Jokhang Temple, the Drepung Monastery, and
the Lhasa Carpet Factory. (BL)
Jokhang
Temple: The spiritual center of Tibet. Everyday
pilgrims from every corner of Tibet trek a long distance
to the temple. Some of them even progress prostrate
by body length to the threshold of the temple. Pilgrims
fuel myriad of flickering butter lamps with yak butter,
or honor their deities with white scarves (Kha-btags
or Hada) while murmuring sacred mantras to show their
pieties to the Buddha.
Drepung
Monastery: Once world's largest monastery with
about 10,000 monks. This day's sightseeing begins
with these white monastic buildings piled up on the
hillside. Walking up to the hill is a pleasant thing,
an easy break from the solemn ambience inside the
halls and chapels. At the plat roof of hillside, you
can have very good views of the whole Lhasa city and
the distant mountains.
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| Day 10: |
Lhasa - Shanghai
Take flight to Shanghai. Have city tours to the Bund
and Nanjing Road which is Shanghai's main shopping street.
(BL)
The
Bund: Which is regarded as a landmark as well
as the birthplace of Shanghai. With a length of 1
km, the bund is dotted with various grandiose, solid
buildings of western style dating back to the early
20th century.
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| Day 11: |
Shanghai
Visit the Shanghai Museum, the Yuyuan Garden, the Yuyuan
Market and the Oriental Pearl TV Tower. (BL)
Shanghai
Museum: A museum of ancient Chinese art museum,
was founded in 1952. With a collection of over 120,000
pieces of cultural relics in twelve categories, namely
bronze, ceramics, calligraphy, paintings, jades, numismatics,
furniture, seals, coins, sculptures, minority art
and foreign art, Shanghai Museum is especially famous
for its treasures of bronzes, ceramics and paintings
and calligraphy.
Yuyuan
Garden: Yuyuan Garden is characteristic of the
architectural style of the Ming dynasty. It is a private
garden in the southeast of Shanghai, with a history
of more than 400 years.
Oriental
Pearl TV Tower: Like the Statue of Liberty in
New York, Sydney Opera House and Eiffel Tower in Paris,
Oriental Pearl TV Tower is Shanghai's symbolic architecture
with a height of 468 meters.
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| Day 12: |
Departure
Transfer to the airport for the flight to your next
destination. Service Ends. (B) |
Tour Quotation
1. Luxury (price is in US dollars
and based on per person)
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Group size
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2-5 travelers |
6-9 travelers |
| Season |
| High season |
Double Occupancy |
USD 2578
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USD 2237
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| Sole Occupancy |
USD 3257
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USD 2916
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| Low season |
Double Occupancy |
USD 2368
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USD 2036
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| Sole Occupancy |
USD 2856
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USD 2517
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2. Standard (price is in US dollars
and based on per person)
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Group size
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2-5 travelers |
6-9 travelers |
| Season |
| High season |
Double Occupancy |
USD 2187
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USD 1846
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| Sole Occupancy |
USD 2558
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USD 2217
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| Low season |
Double Occupancy |
USD 2128
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USD 1785
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| Sole Occupancy |
USD 2447
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USD 2108
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3. Hotel Accomodation
| City |
Luxury
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Standard |
| Beijing |
Crown Plaza Hotel
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Jianguo Garden Hotel
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| Xi'an |
Sheraton Hotel
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Jianguo Hotel
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| Lhasa |
Lhasa Hotel
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Tibet Hotel
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| Shanghai |
Holiday Inn Downtown
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Pacific Luck Hotel
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High Seasons:
April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November.
Low Seasons: December, January, Febuary, March. |
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Quotation Includes
1. The economy-class air charges
of the domestic flight or soft sleeper/seat train charge
between cities as specified in the itinerary.
2. The hotel accommodation
is based on two persons sharing one standard twin room with
private facilities in all relevant locations. If a single
client requests a twin room alone, the single room supplement
will be charged.
3. For the land tour in each
city, daily American breakfast is served in the hotel, and
Chinese lunch and/or dinner will be served with two cups
of soft drink outside the hotel. All meal arrangements are
served as the itinerary specifies.
4. Private transfers for you
and your party as a group between airports, train stations,
hotels and all sightseeing spots. Separate arrivals and
departures will incur extra charges.
5. One private English-speaking
guide and driver will accompany you on all normal sightseeing
tours in each city.
6. Entrance fees to the tourist
sites.
7. Should your tour include
a cruise, then the shore excursion in groups and activities
will be subject to the arrangements made by the cruise company.
8. China Life Tourist Accident/Casualty
Insurance. We highly recommend that you purchase full coverage
travel insurance from you country of origin.
9. The Tibet Travel Permit
application fee applicable if your tours include Tibet.
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Quotation Excludes
1. The
international or domestic air/train charge of arrival
and departure.
2. Expenses of a personal nature
such as laundry, drink, telex, telephone calls or overweight
baggage charges.
3. Charge of obtaining your visa
to enter China.
4. Optional Programs.
5. Tips to Guide and driver.
Suggested tips: USD10-14 to guide per day, USD 8-10 to
driver per day, but depending on their service, it's up
to you.
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