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9 Days China
Travel Of Beijing, Xi'an
Destinations: Beijing,
Xi'an
Tour Code: BJT_09
Departure: Daily
Tour Itinerary
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01 |
Arrival
in Beijing
Upon your arrival in
Beijing,
our tour guide will pick you up at the
airport and transfer to your hotel.
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| Day
02 |
Beijing
(BLD)
Visit the Forbidden City (the Imperial
Palace), the Tiananmen Square and the
Temple of Heaven. Enjoy the Beijing
Duck Dinner and the Peking Opera in
the evening.
Forbidden
City: Also called Palace Museum
and is located at the center of Beijing.
It was the imperial palace during
the Ming (1368 - 1644) and Qing (1616-1911)
dynasties.
Tiananmen
Square: The biggest downtown Square
of the world, it is located in the
heart of urban Beijing and large enough
to accommodate an assembly of one
million people.
Temple
of Heaven: The place where the
ancient emperors used to pray for
the God's bless of the whole nation.
Beijing
Duck Dinner: Beijing Roasted
duck is renowned as the most delicious
food of Beijing.
Peking
Opera: Beijing Opera is deemed
the national opera of China. The accompanying
music, singing and costumes are full
of Chinese cultural facts.
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| Day
03 |
Beijing
(BL)
Take an excursion to
the Badaling Great Wall and the Ming
Tombs.
Badaling
Great Wall: One of the seven wonders
in the world and the symble of China.
The Great Wall extends to more than
5,000 kilometers.
Ming
Tombs: Located 60 Kilometers north
of Beijing, Ming Tombs consist of mausoleums
of 13 Ming emperors. |
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| Day
04 |
Beijing
(BL)
Tour to the Summer
Palace, the Yonghegong Lama Temple and
the Beihai Park.
Summer
Palace: The largest imperial garden
of Ming and Qing dynasty. The whole
Summer Palace covers an area of over
290 hectares including more than 3,000
buildings, such as halls, pavilions,
towers, etc.
Yonghegong
Lama Temple: A renowned temple of
the Yellow Hat Sect of Lamaism and the
only downtown Buddhism temple in Beijing.
Its 5 main halls and many galleries
are filled with exquisitely detailed
tanka paintings and beautifully carved
or cast Buddha images.
Beihai
Park: A famous beautiful Park which
used to be the former palace of the
emperors in successive dynasties, called
the Winter Palace by Westerners. |
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| Day
05 |
Beijing
- Xi'an (BL)
Visit the Summer Palace
and then have a Hutong hour by rickshaw.
Transfer to the airport for flight to
Xi'an.
Summer
Palace: The largest imperial garden
of Ming and Qing dynasty. The whole
Summer Palace covers an area of over
290 hectares including more than 3,000
buildings, such as halls, pavilions,
towers, etc.
Hutong:
The old narrow lanes where common
people lived. All the Hutongs crisscross
with each other, dotted with the Kingdergarten,
the Bell Tower, Drum Tower, Tea House,
the lake, House of Gong Infante and
local people's houses among them. |
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06 |
Xi'an
(BLD)
Visit the Terra cotta
Warriors Museum, the Banpo Neolithic
Village Remains and the Big Wild Goose
Pagoda. Enjoy the Tang Dynasty Dinner
Show in the evening.
Terra
cotta Warriors Museum: The most
significant archeological excavations
of the 20th century. It is a sight not
to be missed by any visitor to China.
Banpo
Neolithic Village Remains: Dating
from about 5,000BC, the remains are
the most complete example of an agricultural
Neolithic settlement in the world.
Big
Wild Goose Pagoda: The Pagoda was
first built in 652 in the Tang Dynasty.
Xuanzang, a prominent Buddhist scholar
of the time, planned to have ahuge stone
pagoda built to house the Sanskrit Buddhist
scriptures he had brought back from
India.
Tang
Dynasty Dinner Show: A performance
of Chang'an music and dances that was
originated in the Tang dynasty of Chinese
history over a thousand years ago. |
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07 |
Xi'an
(BLD)
Visit the joint mausoleum
of emperor Gaozong and Wu Zetian. Enjoy
the local speciality Dumpling Dinner
this evening.
Empress Wu Zetian (624 - 705) was the
only female monarch of China, and remains
the most remarkable, influential and
mysterious woman in Chinesehistory.
Also visit Qianling Museum, the Tomb
of princess of Yongtai, and the Xianyang
Terracotta Museum.
Dumpling:
A traditional and popular food with
a long history in China. There is a
popular saying in China: "There
is nothing more delicious than Jiaozi."
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08 |
Xi'an
(BL)
Visit the Shaanxi Provincial
History Museum, the Forest of Stone
Steles Museum, the Great Mosque and
the Ancient City Wall.
Shaanxi
Provincial History Museum: Covers
an area of 70,000 square meters, the
museum houses a large collection of
113,000 historic and cultural artefacts
unearthed in Shaanxi, being an absolute
must for every visitor to the city.
Forest
of Stone Steles Museum: The Stele
Forest stores voluminous artworks which
possess not only eximious value of handwriting
and art, but also rich cultural connotation.
The Stele Forest began to be built in
1087.
Great
Mosque: Built in 742 A.D., the mosque
was restored in each of the Yuan (1271
- 1368), Ming and Qing Dynasties. The
distribution of pavilions, halls, towers
and platforms in the mosque is compact
and exquisite, blending the traditional
architectural styles of Islam and Han.
Ancient
City Wall: The wall is 15 meters
wide and 11.9 kilometers in perimeter,
it is the best preserved, oldest and
largest ancient city defence system
in China. |
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09 |
Departure
(B)
After breakfast, transfer
to the airport for your departure, end
of service. |
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Quotation And Hotel Accommodation
The private guided tour is
tailored for you exclusively. No other participants
will be in your group and you will not take
part into any tours of others on land services.
Please
email us if you are interested in this tour
package.
| Hotel |
Luxury |
Standard |
| Destination |
Beijing |
Jiangxi Grand
Hotel
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Jianshe Hotel
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| Xi'an |
Sheraton
Hotel
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Bell
Tower Hotel
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| Quotation |
high
season |
US$
per person |
US$
per person |
| low
season |
US$
per person |
US$
per person |
| single
room suppl. |
US$
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US$
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High Seasons: April,
May, June, July, August, September,
October, November
Low Seasons:
December, January, Febuary, March
Note:
The above price is not valid during
the public holidays: 1-7th May, 1-7th
October and during the first week of
Chinese Lunar New Year which takes place
in late January or early February. |
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 Quotation Inclusions:
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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. B - Breakfast, L -
Lunch, D - Dinner.
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.
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.
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Quotation Exclusions:
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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
Suggested tips: USD10-14 to tour guide
per day, USD 8-10 to driver per day,
but depending on their service, it's
up to you, entirely voluntary.
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