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CC-16 Beijing-Xi’an-Luoyang-Suzhou-Shanghai-Hongkong (12D11N) |
| Day 1 Arrive in Beijing. Meet the local guide and transfer to the hotel. Visit Summer Palace. Walking in this veritable museum of classical Chinese garden architecture that the royal family could relax away from the formal ceremony of the court is quite a pleasant experience. There are a number of pavilions as well as the Long Corridor that is now a popular place for people to spend the day on. Then free time at the silk market. |
( D ) Overnight in Beijing
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| Day 2 After breakfast visit Tian’anmen Square, the largest public square in the world. Dominating the north side of the square is the massive red Tian’anmen Gate through which you will pass into the fabled Forbidden City and another age, where you will be shown the home to the members of the royal family and their court in China’s Ming and Qing Dynasties. Visit Forbidden City, lying at the center of Beijing, the Forbidden City, called Gu Gong, in Chinese, was the imperial palace during the Ming and Qing dynasties. Now known as the Palace Museum, it is to the north of Tiananmen Square. Rectangular in shape, it is the world’s largest palace complex and covers 74 hectares. Surrounded by a six meter deep moat and a ten meter high wall are 9,999 buildings. |
( B/L/D ) Overnight in Beijing
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| Day 3 After breakfast visit the Great Wall where you will have the opportunity to not only see one of the most impressive sections of the Great Wall of China but also take a walk along it. After lunch you will travel some 30 miles (50 kilometers) northwest of Beijing to the Sacred Way with its fabulous stone animals. It leads you to the Ming Tombs in the shadow of Longevity Mountain. A visit to the Underground Palace of Dingling, will allow you to see imperial coffins, burial artifacts and treasures. In the evening take the soft sleeper train to Xi’an. |
(B/L/D) Overnight on the train
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| Day 4 In the morning arrive in Xi’an, meet the local guide and transfer to visit the Terracotta Warriors Museum. The thousands of life size soldiers and horses were created to guard the tomb of Qin Shi Huangdi, the first Emperor to unite China under his firm rule. The royal tomb itself has yet to be opened but the rank upon rank of Warriors is a sight that is unrivalled anywhere in the world. In the afternoon go to the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. The square, seven-storey pagoda was built in 652 AD and is a fine example of Tang Dynasty Buddhist architecture. |
(B/L/D) Overnight in Xi’an
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| Day 5 In the morning take soft seat train from Xi’an to Luoyang. Meet the local guide and transfer to the hotel. |
(B/L/D) Overnight in Luoyang
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| Day 6 After breakfast visit Longmen Grottoes, a short 8 miles from the ancient capital of Louyang in China’s Henan Province, the Longmen Grottoes are a series of manmade caves and alcoves. The Grottoes are listed by UNESCO as a World Cultural Heritage Site. Along with Mogao Caves in Dunhuang, in Gansu Province, and the Yungang Grottoes in Shanxi Province, the Longmen Grottoes represent an era of Buddhist art and culture in China that ran from the North Wei Dynasty (386-535AD) through the Tang Dynasty (618-907AD) and into the early Northern Song Dynasty (960-1125AD). Then drive to Dengfeng, visit Shaolin Temple, is probably the most famous temple in China, not only because of its long history and its role in Chinese Buddhism, but also because of its martial arts or Wushu Chan. Shaolin Temple is situated in the beautiful Songshan Mountains, which is only eight miles of Dengfeng and about 50 miles southwest of Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan Province. Shaolin Temple was established in 495 during the Northern Wei Dynasty (386-534). Batuo, an Indian monk, came to Luoyang, the ancient capital, for spreading Buddhism at that period. Emperor Xiaowen was a believer of Buddhism so he decided to build the temple in the Songshan Mountains to house Batuo, who translated many Buddhist works and had a few hundred followers there. The Pogoda Forest in Shaolin Temple was a concentration of tomb pagodas for eminent monks, abbots and ranking monks at the temple. A rough count shows more than two hundred fifty tomb pagodas of various sizes, making it the biggest pagoda forest in China. The forest stands at the foot of Shaoshi Mountain about half a kilometer west of Shaolin Temple and is composed of pagodas dating from 791 to 1803. Most are stone and brick structures of one to seven storeys, under fifteen meters high--much smaller than pagodas for Buddhist relics--but they all carry the exact year of their construction and many carvings and inscriptions. They are in a variety of styles, but are mainly multi-eaved and pavilion-style. Their shapes are varied, including polygonal, cylindrical, vase, conical and monolithic, making the pagoda forest an exhibition of ancient pagodas, carvings and calligraphy of various dynasties. In the evening take soft sleeper train from Zhengzhou to Suzhou. |
(B/L/D) Overnight on the train
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| Day 7 Arrive in Suzhou, meet the local guide and transfer to visit the Humble Administrator’s Garden, the Garden of the Master of the Net, cruise on the ancient canal and visit the famous Suzhou silk factory. |
| (B/L/D) Overnight in Suzhou |
| Day 8 After breakfast drive to Shanghai. Meet the local guide and transfer to the hotel. |
| (B/L/D) Overnight in Shanghai |
| Day 9 Shanghai is a city that must be seen to be appreciated. You will see something of its history at the Shanghai Museum on People’s Square with its fine collection of cultural relics. Visit the Yuyuan Garden. Laid out in the 16th century by a Ming official, this small (2 hectares) garden is a delight of pools, pavilions and rock gardens. Strolling through the bazaar surrounding the garden, you will find lines of stores that sell traditional Chinese arts and crafts. The Bund, one of the most famous thoroughfares in China and here you will see a collection of buildings dating from the 1930’s displaying their western influence and fulfilling the role of the commercial heart of Shanghai. Leaving the ancient for the modern you visit the TV Tower of the Oriental Pearl situated in the thriving Pudong area of the city dominated by the 88-storey Jin Mao building. |
| (B/L/D) Overnight in Shanghai |
| Day 10 After breakfast take flight from Shanghai to Hongkong. Meet the local guide and transfer to the hotel. In the afternoon visit Victoria Peak, Aberdeen, Stanley Market. |
| (B/L/D) Overnight in Hongkong |
| Day 11 After breakfast half day city tour to Wong Tai Sin Temple, Kowloon Walled City Park and Jade Market. |
| (B/L/D) Overnight in Hongkong |
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| Quotation ( China mainland tour fee ) |
Peak Season ( Apr. – Nov. ) |
Slack Season ( Dec. – Mar. ) |
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| ( USD p/p ) |
Budget |
Standard |
Luxury |
Budget |
Standard |
Luxury |
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| 2 – 5 pax |
1861 |
1944 |
2129 |
1768 |
1849 |
2034 |
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| 6 – 9 pax |
1388 |
1471 |
1656 |
1298 |
1381 |
1565 |
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| Single Room Supplement |
385 |
456 |
622 |
336 |
398 |
566 |
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| 10 pax up |
1216 |
1277 |
1462 |
1125 |
1187 |
1372 |
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| Single Room Supplement |
319 |
375 |
552 |
268 |
326 |
497 |
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| INCLUDED IN THE TOUR PRICE |
* 2 soft sleeper train ( Beijing/Xi'an, Luoyang/Suzhou ) ( four pax in one carriage )
* 1 soft seat train ( Xi'an/Luoyang )
* 3* hotel ( budget ), 4* hotel ( standard ) or 5* hotel ( luxury ), twin-bed room with private shower and WC
* English speaking local guide
* Daily meals ( exclude the special flavor food )
* Admission charges where applicable as shown in the tour description
* Transportation in the program
* Service charges for baggage handling between hotel and airport
* Domestic travel insurance | |
| NOT INCLUDED IN THE TOUR PRICE |
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* Tour fee in Hongkong ( Only the exact travel dates are fixed we can get the price from hotels in HKG )
* International flights and tax
* Personal consumption
* Visa fee
* Tips for guide, driver and porter | |
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