From the Ancient capital Xian to the modern capital Beijing, from the Great Wall to the Grand Yangtze, from the most developed city Shanghai to the least developed country side Yangshuo, this tour offers you a great chance to read our country from the past to today, from the north and to the south, to explore the culture and the senery. Click to see itinerary of this tour. You may also want to know why travel in our small groups?
Your Itinerary
Day 1:
Day 1 Mon 23-Sep-02 ( )
Arrive To Beijing
Transfer via: Flight-on your arrangement
Upon Arriving Beijing, be met and transferred to your hotel with your private car and English speaking tour guide.
Stay tonight: Yuyang Hotel ****
Address: Xinyuan Xili Middle Street, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China 100027
Phone: 64669988 Fax: 64666638 Zip Code: 86-10
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Day 2:
Day 2 Tue 24-Sep-02 (B, L, D)
Beijing
City tour to Tian'anmen Square, Forbidden City,Temple of Heaven,Summer Palace. Everning Peking Opera Performance.
Stay tonight: Yuyang Hotel ****
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Day 3:
Day 3 Wed 25-Sep-02 (B, L, D)
Beijing
Full day trip to the Great Wall and Ming Tomb and Sacred road.Have a famous Peking Duck Banquet for dinner.
Stay tonight: Yuyang Hotel ****
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Day 4:
Day 4 Thu 26-Sep-02 (B, L, D)
Beijing
Half Day RickShaw tour to experience the different aspects of the past and the present of Beijing city, the society and the daily life of Beijing residents, tour route, Drum Tower, Ying Ding Breidge, Quadranle and the resident homes, tea, primary school or Kindergarten; Afternoon visit to Xiushui Market for silk, vase all other kinds of local arts and crafts.
Stay tonight: Yuyang Hotel ****
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Day 5:
Day 5 Fri 27-Sep-02 (B, L, D)
Beijing To Xi'an
Transfer via: CA1209 (1000-1145)
Be transferred to Beijing airport and fly to Xi'an, ancient capital for 11 centuries,and the ancient gateway to the Silk Road full of Chinese legendary. Once arrived in Xi'an, be met and be transferred to your hotel.In the afternoon, you are arranged to visit the Provincial Museum and the City Wall. In the evening, go to visit the Tang Dynasty Show.
Stay tonight: Le Garden Hotel ****
Address: South Laodong Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China 710068
Phone: 4263388 Fax: 4263288 Zip Code: 86-29
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Day 6:
Day 6 Sat 28-Sep-02 (B, L, D)
Xi'an
Xi'an's rich history comes alive on a visit to the greatest archaeological finding of the century: the army of terra cotta warriors and the bronze chariots entombed in vast underground vaults at emperor Qin's tomb. Other monuments on your tour include Banpo Neolithic Village Muxeum, Big Wild Goose Pagoda and Bell Tower.
Stay tonight: Le Garden ****
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Day 7:
Day 7 Sun 29-Sep-02 (B, L, D)
Xi'an To Chongqing
Transfer via: WH2521 (0945-1100)
Be transferred to the airport for your flight to Chongqing. Arrive Chongqing, be met and be transferred to your ship, Board the deluxe MS East Queen ship and begin your downstream cruise. The sihp leaves Chongqing at 22:00 pm. Half day tour of Erling Park,museum ,Panda Zoo and Ciqikou old street.
Half Day city tour to Erling Park to see the full view or Chongqing and visit a small museum (with a 100 meter long wall painting of the Three Gorges, from which you can get an overall idea of the Yangtze River cruie, the dam project, and how that area will be flooded), Panda Zoo (to see the lovely panda bears); take a walk to Ciqikou old street where you can see local shops, old wooden houses, old pier, tea house, local Sichuan street performance and so on.
Stay tonight: East Queen
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Day 8:
Day 8 Mon 30-Sep-02 (B, L, D)
Yangtse River
SHIBAOZHAI (or WANXIAN) AB,L,D Visit Shibaozhai's 11-story red pavilion, set into the side of a cliff, or Wanxian's Silk Factory and local market (depending on water level).
Stay tonight: East Queen
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Day 9:
Day 9 Tue 01-Oct-02 (B, L, D)
Yangtse River
BADONG (Shennong Stream) to SAN DOU PING (Three Gorges Dam Project) Cruise through the first of the fabled Three Gorges: Qutang Gorge. Then pass through spectacular Wu Gorge, celebrated for its towering peaks. At Badong, board a sampan for an exciting excursion on the Shennong Stream, through its scenic Parrot Gorge and Dragon Boat Gorge. Next, cruise through the last of the Three Gorges, majestic Xiling Gorge. Rejoin your ship and sail on downstream. Arrive at the village of San Dou Ping to see the construction site of the Three Gorges Dam. Reboard the ship and pass through the lock of Gezhou Dam.
Stay tonight: East Queen
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Day 10:
Day 10 Wed 02-Oct-02 (B, L, D)
Yangtse River To Yichang-Shanghai
Transfer via: FlightCZ3545(1350-1520)-on our arrangement
The ship will arrive Yichang at about 8:30am. Your cruise comes to an end as you disembark; be met and be transferred to the airport for flight to Shanghai.Be pick up from airport to hotel, tour to the Bund, Nanjing Road. Evening Shangcheng Acrobatic Show.
AM flight to Shanghai, it is an important trading city and has China's majior stock market. Think of it as China's New York. Arrive Shanghai, be met & transferred from airport with private car by our English speaking guide. Then visit the Bund, stretching for approximately 1.5 kilometres along the Huangpu River, is the emblem of Shanghai, Nanjing Road.the walking shopping road, Shanghai is the best place in China for selection and qulity, and time should be set aside here to shop if interested. In the evening, go to visit the Shangcheng Acrobatic Show.
Stay tonight:
Down Town Holiday Inn****
www.china.holiday-inn.com
Add: 285 Tianmuxi Road, Shanghai. China;
Tel: 63538008; Fax: 63533501; Zip Code: 86-21
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Day 11:
Day 11 Thu 03-Oct-02 (B, L, D)
Shanghai
Tour to Museum Shanghai Museum, Yuyuan Garden, Yuyuan Market, Children's Palace and Oriental Pear TV Tower.
A full day tour visit one of the best world's museum-Shanghai Museum, which unfolds before us the finest art collection. The other unforgettable are the Yuyuan Garden, covered 20,000 square meters, It was originally laid out between 1559 and 1577. And you may shop around in the Yuyuan Market, once the busiest in the city and still bustling. Children's Palace, These are after-school programs for 7-16 years-olds, much like community centers. Then the TV Tower, at 468 meters, located near the Huangpu river, at 468 meters, it has been the tallest such stucture in Asia and the third highest in the world.
Stay tonight: Down Town Holiday Inn****
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Day 12:
Day 12 Fri 04-Oct-02 (B, L, D)
Shanghai To Guilin
Transfer via: MU5345 (0930-1115)
Flight to Guilin, a romantic scenic beauty that inspired poets and artists for centuries. In the afternoon tour the Elephant Trunk Hill, which is the landmarks of the area, and a visit to Fubo Hill, where it gives you a bird's eye view over the beautiful landscape. Visit one of the beautiful illuminated Caven, Reed Flute Cave, where you will learn how the karst formations (Stalactises and stalacmises) were formed.
Stay tonight: Hotel Universal ***
location: downtown of the city, bank of the Li-river, very good location
Address: #1 JiefangDong Road, Guilin, Guangxi, China 541001
Phone: 2828228 Fax: 2823868 Zip Code: 86-773
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Day 13:
Day 13 Sat 05-Oct-02 (B, L, D)
Guilin
Li River Cruise
Morning drive to Zhujiang Dock (varies in low water season) from hotel for about 1 hour before embarking your ship, cruise down stream to Yangshuo for about 4 to 5 hours (time varies in different season). Enjoy the cruise on the mirrored waters of the Li River striking you with its poetic scenery of misty pinnacles, gentle green riverbanks and quiet river activities, Lunch will be onboard. Disembark the ship upon arrival at Yangshuo. Walk through the local ¡°hello¡± market.
Stay tonight: WEST STREET HOTEL**
Add: 108, West street, Road Yangshuo Guilin 541900, China
Tel: 0773-8828659 /8828609/8828626/8828224 Fax: 0773-8828658
a 2 star standard small fancy hotel, very friendly service, best location, just on the famous western street.
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Day 14:
Day 14 Sun 06-Oct-02 (B, L)
Guilin To Departure
Transfer via: Flight-can be arranged by us, however is not included in this quotation. You can fly from Guilin to Hong Kong, ShanghaI, Beijing,etc.
Visit farms, rice paddies by driving to the Ancient Banyan tree Park and Moon Hill, you may also client 890 steps up to the moon hill to see the beautiful country side scenery. Be transferred to Guilin or Airport in the afternoon.
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Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
Not include transfers to China, Beijing and exit from China.
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