| City |
transfer by |
Accommodation |
|
Shanghai |
air |
3 nights |
| Xian |
air |
2 nights |
| Dunhuang |
train |
1 night |
| Turpan |
car |
1 night |
| Urumqi |
air |
2 nights |
|
Beijing |
air |
3 nights |
Day 1 
Arrival / Shanghai
Upon arrival at Shanghai airport, you will be met by our English speaking tour guide and transferred to hotel. Leisure on your own for the rest of the day.
Day 2 (B, L, D)
Shanghai
Visit the Bund, Yuyuan Garden, Oriental TV Tower and Shanghai History Museum, Acrobatic show in the evening.
 Visit the Bund. Have a stroll along the waterfront to experience the smells, sights and sounds of the old "Wall Street" in Shanghai. Banks, trading houses, residences, hotels and clubs all had a view of bustling Huangpu River traffic as they shared in the city's rising and falling fortunes. Then walking along the famous shopping street-Nanjing Road. It is said that shopping in Shanghai is the most varied and rewarding in China.
Following with the Shanghai Oriental Pearl TV Tower. With its 468 eters high (1,536 feet), the tower is the third tallest TV and radio tower in the world as well as the tallest structure in Asia. It is the best place to have a birds-eye-view of Shanghai City. With its unique and amazing design, it has become the new landmark of Shanghai and a big magnet for tourists. The viewing area is half-way up and offers a splendid unparalleled view of the Bund, the emerging new modern Shangha. The view of Shanghai from this height fills you with wonder at the beauty that surrounds you.
After having lunch at a nice local restaurant, visit Yu Garden. This delightfully restored labyrinth of tiny specialty shops, tea and snack houses centered around a Ming - dynasty mandarin Suzhou-style garden is a fascinating spot to people-watch over a pot of tea, to shop for unique souvenirs and to get a feel for Old Shanghai. It is well worth a meander through the Yu Garden, which has many scenic courtyards decorated with baroque rockery, pools and flora, all connected by corridors and passageways.
Enjoy a wonderful acrobatic show after in the evening.
Day 3 (B, L)
Shanghai
Visit Shanghai Museum, Caoyang local residential area visit (kindergarten, food & vegetable market, local family visit).
 Visit the Shanghai Museum.As a museum of ancient Chinese art, Shanghai Museum possesses a collection of 120,000 precious works of art. Its rich and high-quality collection of ancient Chinese bronze, ceramics, painting and calligraphy is specially celebrated in the world. The present Shanghai Museum has eleven galleries and three special temporary exhibition halls.
Day 4 (B, L )
Shanghai / Xian
Transfer to Xian by air. Visit Terracotta Warriors.
Today will be your highlights in Xian. The Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses are the most significant archeological excavations of the20th century. It has been regarded as THE 8TH WONDER OF THE WORLD! Over 2,200 years ago, the first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang in search of immortality, ordered the construction of a vast army of 8,000 life-sized Terra Cotta warriors and buried with him to protect his empire after his early death. They were discovered accidentally in 1974 by farmers digging a well. For history lovers, the sight is truly breathtaking.
Day 5 (B, L, )
Xian
Visit Bell Tower, History Museum and Big Wild Goose Pagoda.
 Visit the Bell Tower which is the most well-preserved and best-known one among many ancient cities of China. The Bell Tower was originally built in the Yingxiang Temple in 1384, at the intersection of West Street and Guangji Street. Then in 1582, it was moved to its present pivotal position, in the very heart of the city at the junction of four main streets extending to the east, south, west and north, for rebuilding and later restorations. With magnificent carved beams and painted rafters, this classical building is truly elegant.
Shaanxi Provincial Museum, which is the largest comprehensive museum in the province. It is also the fist national level grand museum equipped with modern facilities. It exhibits primarily historical relics of past dynasties and displays precious art treasures and stone carvings of the Han and Tang dynasties. Walking through the exhibits in the museum is like walking through the 3000 years of China history.
Big Wild Goose Pagoda. Situated at south of the Xian city,as one of the main constructions in the famous Buddhist temple-Da-Ci-En Temple, the pagoda is one of the most distinctive and outstanding landmarks for Xian City.
Day 6 (B, L )
Xian / Dunhuang
Fly to the oasis town of Dunhuang, set amidst rolling sand dunes where you have the chance to ride a camel or toboggan down the dunes. Visit the Echoing-sand Dune and the Crescent Lake.
Day 7 (B, L )
Dunhuang / Turpan
Visit the Mogao Grottoes and the Dunhuang Museum. Take an overnight soft sleeper train to Turpan.
 The real attraction of this region is the spectacular Mogao GrottoesC home to some of the most stunning ancient Buddhist cave art in existence and the birthplace of Chinese Buddhism. Created over a period of more than ten centuries and dating back to 366AD, the Mogao Caves have been largely preserved because of the low humidity in the region and because they were abandoned for centuries.
Day 8 (B, L, D)
Turpan / Urumqi
Arrive in Turpan in the morning and transfer to the hotel. Visit the Gaochang Ruins, the Karez Well, Bezeklik Thousand  Buddha Caves, Flaming Hill. Drive for two hours through the famous Gobi Desert to Urumqi.
Turpan, an oasis town set amidst a huge expanse of desert inhabited mainly by Uighur people. We visit the amazing Karez Well, the Emin Minaret and the ancient ruins of the town of Gaochang. We also travel beneath the Flaming Mountains and stop at Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves.
Day 9 (B, L)
Urumqi
A day trip to Nanshan to visit Kazak villages and farms, enjoy magnificent dinner show at Grand International Bazaar
 Urumqi, a name inherited from Magician language meaning beautiful pasture, now serves as the capital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region. Among China's 55 ethnic communities, there are 47 living in Xinjiang. This makes Xinjinag a best place to study rich folklore and customs.
Day 10 (B, L )
Urumqi / Beijing
Take morning flight to Beijing, visit Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square, Temple of Heaven.
TianAnMen Square, the symbolical heart of China and gathering place for the masses. It is the biggest public square in the world, which can hold one million people. Having a free walk there, imagining the great historic events of the 20th century took place there. You will also see legendary landmarks including the Great Hall of the People and the towering 125 foot granite obelisk, Monument to the Peoples Heroes, honoring those who died in revolution.
 Walking across the Golden River Bridge, enter the Forbidden City, the inner sanctum and palace where for centuries Chinese emperors ruled their world. It has 9000-room maze of courtyards, places, and ceremonial halls, where 24 emperors used to live. Forbidden City was indeed a forbidden place, where commoners were kept out for nearly 500 years in the past. Tour the palace and imagine the mystery, intrigue and incredible power that reigned here.
Temple of Heaven was built in the 15th century, a sacred site for ancient Beijing, where the emperor and his 1000 member entourage would retreat twice a year for religious ritual. Surrounded by enormous grounds designed in accordance with fengshshui, the Temple complex consists of the Celebrated Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests, a unique wooden and blue-tiled structure built without a nail. It is considered the supreme achievement of traditional Chinese architecture.
Day 11 (B, L, D)
Beijing
Great Wall Tour, Ming Tomb, watch Peking Opera in the evening.
 The Great Wall of China is the longest structure ever built. It is about 4,000 miles long, and it was built entirely by hand. About 1, 200 - 1, 500 miles of the Great Wall were built during the reign of Emperor Shi Huangdi (Qin Dynasty). The Great Wall crosses northern China from the east coast to the central part of China.
Visit the fabled Ming Tombs, the resting places of thirteen emperors and their splendid treasures, passing down the Spirit Way, a road 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. Visit one of the spectacular tombs- Dingling featuring an underground palace.
Peking Opera or Beijing Opera is a synthesis of stylized action, singing, dialogue and mime, acrobatic fighting and dancing to represent a story or depict different characters and their feelings of gladness, anger, sorrow, happiness, surprise, fear and sadness.
Day 12 (B, L )
Beijing
Summer Palace, Lhama Temple, enjoy Peking duck for dinner.
 The Summer Palace is the largest and best-preserved royal garden in China with a history of over 800 years. With its cool features - water, gardens and hills, it was the palace of choice for vacationing emperors and Dowager Empresses. It was badly damaged by Anglo-French troops during the Second Opium War (1860) and its restoration became a pet project of Empress Dowager Cixi, the last of the Qing dynasty rulers.
Lhama Temple (Yonghegong or also known as lama temple) is a renowned lama temple of the Yellow Hat Sect of Lamaism, is situated in the northeast part of Beijing city. Lama Temple, or Yanghegong, has a long and varied history. It was originally built in 1694 and originally used as official residence for court eunuchs of the Ming dynasty.
You will dine and be entertained in traditional fashion on this evening excursion. See the nightlife of Beijing and enjoy world famous Peking Roasted Duck. You'll discover the culinary secrets in carving the duck and eating it "Beijing style."
Day 13 (B )
Beijing / Depart
Transfer to airport for return flight to sweet home.
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Hotel accommodation inclusive in the above package:
Optional add-on activities:
Compare with airfares to get to China, the cost for the following local add-on programs is really worth to try. Highly recommend you to select one of the Optional Add-ons to supplement the itinerary.
 Add-on activities include studying fees/entrance fees, personal tour guide & driver, round trip transfers by public bus, lunch if tour lasts one day.
Add-on activities are based on a traveling group of 2-5 persons. A group of more than 5 people will get a larger discount, Please ask our travel advisor about prices for larger group.
Add-on activities are valid only when used in conjunction with a tour package. Please ask our travel advisor for a price under other circumstances. |
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