TP 15V – Beijing/ Yangtze River/ Shanghai/ Suzhou/ Shanghai Duration of Stay : 10Days/9Nights |
D01 |
Date |
Beijing |
Day |
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Arrival Beijing transfer to hotel |
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Lunch at local restaurant |
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PM |
Visit Temple of Heaven, a praying and sacrificial place of the Ming and Qing Emperors |
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Visit Flea Market |
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Hotel accommodation |
Meal: L |
D02 |
Date |
Beijing |
Day |
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Breakfast at hotel |
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Full day visit Great Wall (Badaling),, that has been built from 770-475 B.C. – climbing on top on the 2484 miles long Great Wall is really an experience. Afterwards the Summer Palace, the summer-residence of the former emperors with one of the biggest and best preserved gardens in China and visit a pearl factory enroute and enjoy a 45 mins Foot Massage |
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Lunch at local restaurant |
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Hotel accommodation |
Meal: B/L |
D03 |
Date |
Beijing |
Day |
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Breakfast at hotel |
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AM |
Visit Tiananmen Square where the Mao’s Mausoleum and the Congress Hall are located, then the Forbidden City with the emperors palace in the heart of Beijing (So called because it was off limits for 500 years, covering an area of 250 acres, protected by an 10.7m high wall, marked off by towers at each corner) |
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Lunch at local restaurant |
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PM |
Visit the Hutongs, lanes or Alleys formed by lines of Siheyuan (a compound with houses around a courtyard) where old Beijing residents live, witness the vicissitude of the city by a trishaw |
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Peking Duck Dinner |
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Hotel accommodation |
Meal: B/L/D |
D04 |
Date |
Beijing/ Chongqing (Victoria Cruises) |
Day |
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Breakfast at hotel |
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AM |
Free till departure |
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Transfer to airport for flight to Chongqing |
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Arrival Chongqing and transfer for short city tour, and then transfer to board the Victoria Cruises |
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21h00 |
Cruises leave Chongqing |
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Overnight on boat |
Meal: B/L |
D05 |
Date |
Yangtze River (Victoria Cruises) |
Day |
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Sail on board (with breakfast, lunch, dinner) from Chongqing to Yichang |
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D05-D07 sailing through Qutang Gorge and Wu Gorge, then to Dadong and visit the Shennong River, Bamboo Gorge, enter Xiling Gorge and the three Gorges Shiplock in Sandouping (with breakfast, lunch, dinner) |
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Overnight on board |
Meal: B/L/D |
D06 |
Date |
Victoria Cruises |
Day |
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Sailing on board (with breakfast, lunch, dinner) |
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Overnight on board |
Meal: B/L/D |
D07 |
Date |
Yangtze River (Victoria Cruises)/ Yichang/ Shanghai |
Day |
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Am Sailing on board (with breakfast) |
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08h00 |
Arrive Yang Jia Wang, visit the Three Gorges Dam site, at about 12h00 the ship arrives Yichang. Lunch at local restaurant |
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Transfer to airport for flight to Shanghai |
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Arrival Shanghai and transfer to hotel |
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Hotel accommodation |
Meal: B/L |
D08 |
Date |
Shanghai |
Day |
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Breakfast at hotel |
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Full day visit Jada Buddha Temple with a 2M high sitting white Jade Buddha and the 400 years old Yu Garden, decorated with masterpieces of architecture and take a walk along the riverside at the famouse Bund, Nanjing Road with lunch enroute |
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Evening Acrobatic Show |
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Hotel accommodation |
Meal: B/L |
D09 |
Date |
Shanghai/ Suzhou/ Shanghai |
Day |
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Breakfast at hotel |
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AM |
From hotel to train station for train to Suzhou – a city more than 2500 years old and named the Garden Cities |
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Lunch at local restaurant |
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PM |
Visit Net Master, Lion Forest Garden, Silk Factory and 30 mins boat ride on Emperor canal |
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Back to Shanghai |
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Hotel accommodation |
Meal: B/L |
D10 |
Date |
Shanghai |
Day |
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Breakfast at hotel |
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Departure transfer from hotel to airport for flight |
Meal: B |
