EN201 Beijing-Xi'an-Yangtze River-Shanghai 12 Days
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Tour Code: EN201
Tour Itinerary:
Day 1 USA- Beijing
Depart from the USA for Beijing.
Day 2 Beijing
Upon arrival in Beijing, you are met by your local guide and transferred to the Hotel.
Day 3 Beijing (B,L,D)
After breakfast, visit Tiananmen Square, then enter the Forbidden City, home of Chinese Emperors for more than 500 years. After lunch, visit the Temple of Heaven, one of the best examples of Ming Dynasty architecture in Beijing. Attend a welcome banquet featuring Beijing Roast Duck in the evening.
Day 4 Beijing (B,L)
The highlight today is an excursion to the Great Wall at Badaling. Enjoy the dramatic vistas and marvel at the Wall as it climbs and descends steep ridges and narrow valleys. After lunch, visit the Summer Palace, where the Empress Dowager Ci Xi would go to escape the heat of the city.
Day 5 Beijing- Xi'an (B,L)
After breakfast, enjoy a pedicab tour of the Hutongs, the "old city" neighborhood of narrow lanes and courtyard gardens hidden behind Beijing's modern facade. Visit Prince Gong's Palace, the Drum Tower, and old-style courtyard houses still inhabited by Beijing residents. Transfer to the airport for your midday flight to Xi'an, and transfer to the Hotel. Enjoy a brief city tour including the Big Wild Goose Pagoda and the Bell Tower.
Day 6 Xi'an (B,L,D)
Today's highlight is a visit to the Archaeological Museum, home to more than 6,000 life-size terra-cotta warriors and horses excavated from the tomb of the first emperor of the Qin Dynasty. After lunch, visit the Forest of Stelae Museum(Beilin). In the evening, attend a special dinner and cultural show recreating the costumes, music and dance of the Tang Dynasty.
Day 7 Xi'an- Chongqing- Yangtze River (B,L,D)
Transfer to the airport for your flight to Chongqing. Enjoy a city tour, including Erling Park, then board after dinner.
Day 8 Yangtze River Cruise (B,L,D)
Start your spectacular cruise down the mighty Yangtze River. Relax on deck or in the lounge, enjoying the beautiful scenery of the magnificent Three Gorges. Today you'll enjoy a shore excursion to Shibaozhai, a 12-story wooden pavilion built against a sheer cliff on the river bank.
Day 9 Yangtze River Cruise (B,L,D)
This morning you'll cruise through the first two of the famous Three Gorges: Qutang and Wu Gorges. Midday excursion at Shennong Stream, where you'll board smaller boats to explore this tranquil tributary. This afternoon you'll enter Xiling Gorge, then navigate the 5 stages of the new Three Gorges Dam Shiplock.
Day 10 Yangtze River Cruise- Yichang- Shanghai (B,L)
This morning enjoy a shore excursion to the Three Gorges Dam site, where you'll have a birds-eye view of this awe-inspiring engineering feat. Disembark midday in Yichang, where you will transfer to the airport and board your flight to Shanghai. Upon arrival transfer to the Hotel.
Day 11 Shanghai (B,L)
Morning sightseeing starts with the Shanghai Museum, one of the best in China. Proceed to the Jade Buddha Temple, famous for its huge statue of Buddha carved from a single piece of white jade. In the afternoon, visit Yuyuan Garden and the neighboring Old Shanghai Bazaar, with many fascinating shops filled with a variety of curios, traditional medicines, teas and teapots, etc. This evening attend a farewell banquet of the finest local specialties.
Day 12 Shanghai- USA (AB)
At Leisure until you transfer to the airport for your flight back to the USA.
Departure Date: January-December
Price: Special Offers on request.
Service Included:
* Entrance fees.
* Meals as listed in the itinerary, B=breakfast; L=lunch; D=Dinner.
* Private Car/Van for transfers & sightseeing and English-speaking Local Guide.
* Hotels deluxe/comfort class (Land category 4-star or 5 star by any possibility, twin share bases with breakfast).
* Trains and Flights as listed in the itinerary and Airport Taxes.
Service not Included:
* Visa Fees and International flight.
* Gratuities, Tips to guides and drivers.
* Personal Expenses.
* Single Room Supplement.
Note:
Prices are not valid by High Season and Chinese holiday periods, for e.g.: April 30th - May 3th, Sep 30th to Oct 7th, and Chinese New Year period which usually falls in End of January. With high season and main holidays the Price will increase. Price for Superior class hotels will be some higher and for middle class hotels will be some lower.
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