8 Days China Discovery
Tour: Shanghai, Xi'an, Beijing
Tour Code: CNT_02
Availability: Year Round
1. Tour Itinerary
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Day
01 |
Arrival
in Shanghai
On arrival in Shanghai airport, you will be
met by our tour guide and transferred to your
hotel with a private car and driver. Free
for the remaining of the day. You could have
a rest or take a walk near the hotel. |
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Day
02 |
Shanghai
(Breakfast
+ Lunch)
Tour to Jade Buddha
Temple, Yuyuan Garden and the nearby Yuyuan
Market which is known locally as the City
God Temple. Have lunch, then visit Former
French Concession, Shikumen area, Xintiandi,
and have a stroll over the Bund.
Jade
Buddha Temple: Founded in 1882, the Jade
Buddha Temple is a popular tourist destination
for its two magnificent 1.9-meter-high white
jade Buddhas brought from Burma. It is now
an active monastery of Zen Buddhism, with
70 resident monks living and working there.
Yu
Yuan Garden: The
most famous garden in Shanghai, located not
far from the Bund. The garden was finished
in 1577; construction of the garden took 20
years. Yuyuan Garden is built in traditional
Chinese style with many beautiful rock formations,
trees, ponds, and pavilions. Doorways and
zigzagging bridges separating the garden into
various areas.
Former
French Concession: As
a foreign concession in Shanghai, the Former
French Concession neighborhood is very beautiful
- the buildings, the trees. The French Concession
was established on 6 April 1849, when the
French Consul to Shanghai, and it ends in
1943 when the Vichy French government signed
it over to the pro-Japanese puppet government
in Nanjing.
The
Bund: With a length
of 1 km, the bund is dotted with various grandiose
solid buildings of western style dating back
to the early this century in its west. Due
to these imposing buildings, the bund is also
reputed as "an international exhibition
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Day
03 |
Shanghai - Xi'an (Breakfast
+ Lunch)
Transfer to the airport
for flight to Xi'an. Visit the Shaanxi Provincial
History Museum and the Great Mosque.
Shaanxi
Provincial History Museum:
A large-scale modern State-class museum. It
covers an area of about 70,000 square meters,
the architectural area of which is 55,000
odd square meters. It has a collection of
113,000 historic and cultural relics. There
are over 3000 pieces of cultural relics on
display; they are the cream of cultural relics
selected from among the hundreds of thousands
of cultural relics, the majority of which
are worldly treasures.
Great
Mosque:
Built during the reign of Emperor Xuan Zong,
(685-762) in the Tang Dynasty, it is one of
the oldest and most renowned mosques in China.
The mosque has much Chinese tradition in both
design and artistic outlook, without domes,
minarets and dazzling patterns like Arabian
mosques. It is still used by local Muslims
for worship.
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Day
04 |
Xi'an
(Breakfast
+ Lunch)
Visit the Terra Cotta
Warriors Museum, the Forest of Stone Steles
Museum, the Big Wild Goose Pagoda and the
Xi'an Ancient City Wall. Optional program
in the evening: Tang Dynasty Dinner Show.
Terra
Cotta Warriors:
Buried underground for more than 2,200 years,
the 8000 life-size soldiers, chariots and
horses represent the army of the Emperor Qin
Shi Huang who unified China between 230BC-221BC.
In 1987, the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang and
Terracotta Warriors were approved by UNESCO
to list in the World Cultural Heritage Site.
Big
Wild Goose Pagoda:
Built in 652 during the Tang Dynasty, it is
a well-preserved holy place for Buddhist with
a history of over 1300 years. The pagoda was
constructed to store the Buddhist scriptures
that were brought by Xuanzang, an eminent
monk who used to study in India from 629 to
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Day
05 |
Xi'an
- Beijing (Breakfast
+ Lunch)
Transfer to the airport
for flight to Beijing. Tour to the Temple
of Heaven. Optional
program in the evening: Peking Opera, Kungfu
Show or Chinese Acrobatics.
Temple
of Heaven:
The site where the emperors of Ming (1368-1644)
and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties used for worshiping
the God of Heaven. Construction of the Temple
of Heaven began in 1406 and it took 14 years
to complete. The main building - the Circular
Altar, which has three layered terraces with
white marble, is the place where the emperors
offer sacrifice.
Peking
Opera:
China's national opera and it is also China's
traditional art. It combines music, vocal
performance, mime, dance, and acrobatics.
It arose in the late 18th century and became
fully developed and recognized by the mid-19th
century. Traditional opera is very popular
among Chinese people, especially seniors.
Nowadays, appreciting an authentic Beijing
Opera Show in famous Liyuan Theater is a must-do
when you are traveling in Beijing.
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Day
06 |
Beijing
(Breakfast
+ Lunch + Dinner)
Visit Tiananmen Square,
the Forbidden City (the Imperial Palace) and
the Summer Palace. Enjoy the Beijing Roasted
Duck Dinner.
Tian'anmen
Square:
Lying in the center of Beijing, the square
is rectangular in shape and measuring 40 hectares.
Tian'anmen Square is 500 meters wide from
east to west and 880 meter long from north
to south. It can accommodate up to one million
people. At the southern end of Tian'anmen
Square just behind the Monument to the Heroes
of the People, visitors will find The Chairman
Mao's Mausoleum. The historical sites and
the political importance of the area make
it a must-see for travelers to Beijing.
Forbidden
City:
The imperial palace and the home of 24 Emperors
during the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911)
dynasties. Enclosed behind its moat and 9.9m-high
walls are 980 buildings, vast courtyards and
long corridors that occupy a total area of
720,000 square meters. The construction of
the Forbidden City took 14 years and was finished
in 1420. It was listed by UNESCO as a World
Cultural Heritage Site in 1987.
Summer
Palace:
Occupying an area of 290 hectares, it is the
best-preserved and biggest imperial garden
in China. Three quarters of the garden is
made up of shallow lakes. The Summer Palace
was originally constructed as an imperial
garden in 1750, the 100-odd exquisite traditional
architecture in the garden include pavilions,
pagodas, temples, stone bridges, waterside
gazebos, covered corridors and the famous
marble boat.
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Day
07 |
Beijing
(Breakfast
+ Lunch)
Take an excursion to
the Mutianyu Great Wall and the Ming Tombs.
See the appearance of the Bird's Nest (Olympic
National Stadium) at a distance.
Mutianyu
Great Wall:
Located approximately 45 miles from Beijing,
Mutianyu is the most well-preserved part of
the Great Wall with comparatively less tourist.
It connects Juyongguan Pass in the west to
Gubeikou Great Wall in the east. Mutianyu
Great Wall historically has served as the
northern border of Beijing. The Great Wall
was listed as a World Heritage by UNESCO in
1987.
Ming
Tombs:
The imperial cemetery of 13 Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)
emperors, they are located in a canyon at
the southern foot of Tianshou Mountain. Ming
Tombs form the most extensive burial complex
of any Chinese dynasty and are one of the
finest preserved pieces of 15th century Chinese
art and architecture. Among them, only the
DingLing Tomb and ChangLing Tomb are opened
to visitors. The Ming Tombs were listed as
a UNESCO World Heritage Site in August 2003.
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Day
08 |
Departure
(Breakfast)
Transfer to the airport
for your departure, end of service.
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2. Hotel Accommodation
For This Tour
Destination |
Luxury |
Standard |
Comfort |
Shanghai |
Renaissance Yuyuan
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Galaxy
Hotel
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Holiday
Inn Express
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Xi'an |
Sheraton Hotel
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Tangcheng
Hotel
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City
Hotel
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Beijing |
Crowne
PLaza Hotel
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Sunworld
Hotel
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King
Parkview Hotel
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3. Tour Price
Please send us an email and
provide the information below so that we can
quote precisely for
the above tour.
1. The number of adults and the number of children
in your party. If there are children under 12
years, they can enjoy the preferential price.
2. Your approximate travel date.
3. The code of the tour that you are interested
in. Each tour has a code, you can find it above
- at the top of the page where the tour is.
4. Hotel choice for your tour (luxury or standard
or comfortable hotels).
5. If you would like us to tailor make a new
tour for you that is different from the above
tour, please let us know your requests.
4. Service Inclusion For The Above Tour:
1. Hotel accommodation
The hotel is based on two persons sharing one
twin or double standard room with private facilities.
2. Meals
Daily American or Chinese breakfast at the hotel,
Chinese lunch and dinner in local Chinese restaurant
as specified in the itinerary above.
3. Private Transport
Private transport between airport or railway
station and hotel and all the sights by air-conditioned
vehicle.
4. Transportation
between Cities
The economic class air tickets of the domestic
flight or soft berth/seat train tickets between
cities as specified in the itinerary.
5. Entrance tickets
The main entrance tickets for the sights mentioned.
6. Guiding service
All normal sightseeing tours in each city with
English-speaking guide and admission fees where
applicable. Our guide will not fly with you
from one city to another. Upon your arrival
at each city, a new local guide and driver will
pick you up, be with you for local tour and
see you off after you finish the itinerary of
each city. The cruise shore excursion is in-group
assigned by the cruise company if your tour
include Yangtze River cruise.
7. Insurance
China Life Tourist Accident/Casualty Insurance.
We highly recommend that you purchase full coverage
travel insurance from you country of origin.
8. Tibet Travel Permit
application fee
The Tibet Travel Permit application fee if your
tour covers Tibet.
5. Service Exclusion For The Above Tour:
1. Visa Fees
Charge of obtaining your visa to enter China.
2. Charge of arrival
and departure
The international or domestic air / train charge
of arrival and departure.
3. Single Room Supplement
Should a twin room is needed by a single guest,
supplement of the twin room will be charged.
What
is single supplement?
The hotel is based on double
occupancy. If the visitor travels alone or the
number of the travelers is odd (such as 3, 5,
7...), who stays in one single room has to pay
the single room supplement. As the hotel is
on double occupancy.
4. Personal Expenses
Expenses of a personal nature such as laundry,
drinks, fax, telephone call, optional activities
or sightseeing, overweight baggage charges or
meals not indicated, ect.
5. Optional Programs
Optional programs which are not specified in
the above itinerary.
6. Tips to guides
and drivers
Tips depending on the service of your guide
and driver, entirely voluntary.
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China Tours:
CNT_02
Yuyuan Garden, Shanghai
The Bund
The Bund, Shanghai
Terra cotta Warriors, Xi'an
Big Wild Goose Pagoda
Shaanxi history Museum
Tiananmen Square
Mutianyu Great Wall
Forbidden City, Beijing
Peking Opera
Temple of Heaven
Hutong tour
Summer Palace
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