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11 Days
/ 10 Nights China Tour To Beijing,
Xi'an, Luoyang (Shaolin Temple) And
Shanghai
Destinations:
Beijing,
Xi'an,
Luoyang
(Shaolin Temple),
Shanghai
Tour Code: CNT_17
Departure: Daily
1. Tour Itinerary
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| Day
01 |
Arrival
in Beijing
Upon your arrival in Beijing,
our English-speaking tour guide
will meet you at the airport.
After claiming your luggage, you
will easily find our guide holding
a welcome sign with your name
on it. Transfer to your hotel.
Afternoon at leisure to overcome
jetlag. |
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| Day
02 |
Beijing
(Breakfast
+ Lunch + Dinner)
Visit Tiananmen
Square, the Forbidden City (the
Imperial Palace) and the Summer
Palace. Enjoy the Beijing Duck
Dinner and the Peking Opera in
the evening.
Tiananmen
Square: Tian'anmen
Square, the largest square in
the world, encompasses 440,000
square metres, about the size
of 60 soccer fields, 880 metres
from north to south and 500 metres
from east to west, big enough
to hold half a million people.
Forbidden
City: The
Forbidden City China is a symbol
of oriental culture, Established
on the basis of the Imperial PaLace
of the Ming and Qing dynasties.
One cannot be counted as having
visited China if he or she has
never visited the Forbidden City
of China.
Summer
Palace: The
Summer Palace is a monument to
classical Chinese architecture,
in terms of both garden design
and construction. Incorporating
scenes from surrounding landscapes,
it radiates not only the grandeur
of an imperial garden but also
the beauty of nature shown by
Chinese architectural style.
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
(Breakfast
+ Lunch)
Take an excursion
to the Great Wall and the Ming
Tombs. See the appearance of the
Bird's Nest (Olympic National
Stadium) at a distance.
Great
Wall Of China: 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: Some
50 kilometers northwest of the
downtown Beijing, the Ming Tombs
are generally combined with a
visit to the Great Wall. Otherwise
known as the "13 Tombs", this
is the burial site of 13 out of
17 emperors of the Ming Dynasty.
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| Day
04 |
Beijing
- Xi'an (Breakfast
+ Lunch)
Tour to the Temple
of Heaven. Transfer to the airport
for flight to Xi'an.
Visit Ancient City Wall.
Temple
of Heaven: Situadet
in the South-Eastern part of Beijing,
the Temple of Heaven is the largest
still existing sacrificial temple
in China. It was used as the site
for imperial sacrifices during
the Ming and Qing dynasties. It
was here that the emperor conducted
the elaborate and most exalted
sacrifices addressed to "the Supreme
Ruler of the Universe" to ask
for the heavens blessings and
good harvest.
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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| Day
05 |
Xi'an
(Breakfast
+ Lunch + Dinner)
Visit the Terra
Cotta Warriors Museum, the Forest
of Stone Steles Museum and the
Big Wild Goose Pagoda. Enjoy Tang
Dynasty Show this 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.
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.
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 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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| Day
06 |
Xi'an (Breakfast
+ Lunch)
Visit the Shaanxi
Provincial History Museum, the
Great Mosque and the Bazaar
near the Mosque.
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.
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.
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| Day
07 |
Xi'an
- Luoyang (Breakfast
+ Lunch)
Visit the Shaanxi
Provincial History Museum and
the Great Mosque. Take
soft seat train to Luoyang,
upon arrival transfer to the hotel.
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| Day
08 |
Luoyang
(Breakfast
+ Lunch)
Visit the White Horse Temple and
the Shaolin Temple.
White
Horse Temple: The first temple
built in 68 A. D. , the 11th year
during the reign of Emperor Yongping
of the Eastern Ran Dynasty (25-220)
after the introduction of Buddhism
to China.
Shaolin
Temple: In 527 AD, Bodhidharma,
an ancinent Indian monk, came
here and started the Zen sect,
which is regarded as the "ancestral
(first) court" of the Chinese
Buddhism. In the temple the Hall
of Thousand Buddhas is the most
magnificent inside which well
preserved are gigantic murals
of "500 Arhats Worshiping..."
that cover the east, west and
north wells. On the brick floor
of the hall two rows of depressions
can be seen; these are marks left
by Shaolin monks who over long
years practiced in it martial
arts, the well- known Shaolin
Gongfu, which originated right
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09 |
Luoyang
- Shanghai (Breakfast
+ Lunch + Dinner)
Visit the Longmen Grottos. Transfer
to the airport for flight to Shanghai.
Have an evening cruise over Huangpu
River.
Longmen
Grottos: The grottos were
hewed and carved during the Northern
Wei Dynasty (386-534), at that
time Buddhism was spreading east
into China. Altogether there are
1,352 caves, 785 niches, more
than 97,000 statues of the Buddha,
Bodhisativas, and Arhats, and
3,680 inscribed stone tablets
along the 1-km-long cliff of Mt.
Longmen on the west and Mt. Xiangshan
on the east of the Yihe River
south of Luoyang.
Huang
Pu River: A tributary of the
Yangtze and there is plenty of
traffic on it to prove its importance.
You'll see the magnificent building
skylines on both the historic
west side (the Bund), and the
modern east side (Pudong) as well
as the working area of coal boats
filling barges and sending them
downriver. It's fun to see such
lively river life as well as Shanghai's
amazing skyline. |
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10 |
Shanghai
(Breakfast
+ Lunch + Dinner)
Visit the Shanghai
Museum, the Yu Yuan Garden, Shanghai
Old Street and former French Concession.
Have a stroll over the Bund. Enjoy
the Portman Acrobatic Show in
the evening.
Shanghai
Museum: The
museum boasts over 120,000 pieces
of collection, including bronze,
ceramics, paintings, calligraphy,
sculpture, ancient Chinese coins,
jade furniture, and western art.
Yu
Yuan Garden: A
traditional Chinese park complete
with beautiful pavilions, miniature
lakes, bridges and rock formations.
Former
French Concession: The
French Concession is the area
of Shanghai once designated for
the French. Today, the area's
central Huaihai Rd is a busy shopping
street, but the tree-lined avenues
and their many Tudor mansions
still retain an air of the "Paris
of the East".
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 of architecture".
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Departure
(Breakfast)
Transfer to the
airport for your departure, end
of service. |
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2. Hotel Accommodation
| Destination |
Luxury |
Standard |
Comfort |
| Beijing |
Crowne
PLaza Hotel
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Sunworld
Hotel
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King
Parkview Hotel
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| Xi'an |
Sheraton Hotel
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Bell
Tower Hotel
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City
Hotel
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| Luoyang
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Peony
Hotel
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Peony
Hotel
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Peony
Hotel
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| Shanghai |
Renaissance
Yuyuan
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Galaxy
Hotel
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Holiday
Inn Express
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3. Tour Price
Please send us
an email and provide the information
below, we will quote LATEST
FAVORABLE PRICE
for the above tour.
1. Your name and nationality;
2. The number of persons in your
party, if there are childre, please
let us know their age;
3. Your travel date;
4. The code of the tour that you
are interested in (each tour has
a code like: CNT_18, you can find
the code of a tour at the top of
the page where the tour is);
5. Please let us know would you
like 5-star luxury hotels or standard
4-star hotels or comfortable 3-star
hotels for your tour;
6. If you would like us to tailor
make a new tour for you that is
different from above tour, please
let us know your requests.
4. Quotation Inclusions 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.
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.
5. Quotation Exclusions 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
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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