TP 23 – Beijing/ Xian/ Guilin/ Yangshuo/ Longshen/ Hangzhou/ Shanghai
Duration of Stay : 15Days/14Nights |
D01 |
Date |
Beijing |
Day |
AM |
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/ Xian |
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 at local Restaurant |
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Overnight on train |
Meal: B/L/D |
D04 |
Date |
Arrival Xian |
Day |
AM |
Arrival Xian transfer to hotel |
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Breakfast at hotel |
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Visit Terracotta Warriors with more than 6000 life-sized terracotta figures of soldiers and horses in perfect battle array are showing the superb sculptural art of that time with lunch local restaurant |
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PM |
Visit City Wall, Muslim Quarter and Wild Goose Pagoda |
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Hotel accommodation |
Meal: B/L |
D05 |
Date |
Xian (Hushan) |
Day |
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Breakfast at hotel |
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Day visit to Huashan with cable car up and visit Shengmu temple and Laojun temple with lunch enroute |
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Return back to Xian |
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Hotel accommodation |
Meal: B/L |
D06 |
Date |
Xian/ Guilin |
Day |
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Breakfast at hotel |
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AM |
Transfer to airport for flight to Guilin |
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Arrival Guilin |
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Lunch at local restaurant |
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PM |
Visit one of the most extraordinary sceneries, which is underground – the Reed Flute Cave with it’s multicoloured lighting and fantastic stalacitites and stalagmites and then Elephant Trunk Hill |
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Hotel accommodation |
Meal: B/L |
D07 |
Date |
Guilin / Yangshuo |
Day |
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Breakfast at hotel |
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AM |
Boat trip to Yangshuo on the Li River, we pass some extraordinary peaks, sprays of bamboo lining, the riverbanks, fishers in small boats and picturesque villages |
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Arrival Yangshuo |
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Lunch on West Street |
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PM |
Cooking class with dinner |
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Hotel accommodation |
Meal: B/L/D |
D08 |
Date |
Yangshuo |
Day |
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Breakfast at hotel |
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AM |
Bamboo Floating in Yulong and drink OR bicycle ride around the Moon Mountain with lunch enroute |
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PM |
Free for leisure |
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If you are interested in large-scale performance, you can ask the guide about the performance expresses the beautiful scenery of the Li River –named Impression – Liu Sanjie. (please see the 02 remarks below) |
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Hotel accommodation |
Meal: B/L |
D09 |
Date |
Yangshuo/ Guilin/ Longsheng |
Day |
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Breakfast at hotel |
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AM |
Coach from Yangshuo via Guilin to Longsheng with lunch enroute |
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PM |
Visit Zhuang Minority |
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Dinner at hotel |
Simple dinner |
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Hotel accommodation |
Meal: B/L/D |
D10 |
Date |
Longsheng |
Day |
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Breakfast at hotel |
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AM |
Short walking up to the Zhonglu Old Yao Village |
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PM |
Free for leisure |
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Hotel accommodation |
Meal: B/L |
D11 |
Date |
Longsheng/ Guilin/ Hangzhou |
Day |
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Breakfast at hotel |
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AM |
Visit Shelter bridge and Huang Luo Yao Village to see the traditional long hair minority |
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Lunch enroute |
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PM |
Transfer to Guilin airport for fligh to Hangzhou |
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Arrival Hangzhou and transfer to hotel |
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Hotel accommodation |
Meal: B/L |
D12 |
Date |
Hangzhou |
Day |
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Breakfast at hotel |
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AM |
Boat trip on the West Lake, to enjoy the placid lake, beautiful gardens, reflecting pools, lavish temples and friendly lakeside teahouse then Ling Yin Temple, built in 326. It ranks among China’s most celebrated Buddhist temples and is worth visiting, due to war and calamity it has been destroyed and restored no fewer than 16 times |
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PM |
Visit Six Harmonies Pagoda that has not been destroyed during the cultural revolution as it is located dangerously close to an enormous rail-and road-bridge |
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Hotel accommodation |
Meal: B/L |
D13 |
Date |
Hangzhou/ Shanghai |
Day |
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Breakfast at hotel |
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AM |
Coach or train to Shanghai |
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Arrival Shanghai |
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Lunch at local restaurant |
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PM |
Visit the famous Bund |
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Evening |
Hangpu river harbour Cruise |
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Hotel accommodation |
Meal: B/L |
D14 |
Date |
Shanghai |
Day |
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Breakfast at hotel |
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AM |
Visit 400 years old Yu Garden, decorated with masterpieces of architecture and visit the famous Jade Buddha Temple with a 2M high sitting white Jade Buddha with lunch enroute |
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Evening |
Acrobatic Show |
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Hotel accommodation |
Meal: B/L |
D15 |
Date |
Shanghai |
Day |
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Breakfast at hotel |
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Free till departure |
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Transfer to Longyang Station for Meglav train to airport |
Meal: B |
