Day 1 Arrival/Beijing
Flight on your own arrangement
Upon your arrival at the Beijing Capital International Airport, our local guide will meet you and pick you up to the hotel. In the hotel, s/he will confirm your itinerary and recommend you some famous and faire restaurants. The remainder of the day is your free time.
Day 2 Beijing (B, L, D)
After breakfast, you will explore the Forbidden City (the Imperial Palace), the Tiananmen Square and the Temple of Heaven. After sightseeing, you will enjoy the Beijing Roast Duck Dinner in the Quanjude Restaurant.
Day 3 (B, L)
After breakfast, take your special bus (about 40 minutes drive) to visit Bdaling Great Wall. Then lunch at a local popular restaurant, and proceed to visit the Sacred Way and the Ming Tombs. After dinner, watch the Kungfu Show in the Red Theater.
Day 4 Beijing /on the Train (B, L)
In the morning, be driven around the old alleyways (hutongs) in a cycle rickshaw. You stop at a traditional courtyard home for a cup of tea and get a historic view of hutong life. On school day mornings you may visit a Chinese kindergarten. You then go up in the Drum Tower and hear the drums play, the ancient way of keeping time. After that, you will take a night train to Lhasa.
Day5 on the Train
Day6 on the Train/Lhasa
Upon you reach Lhasa (about 8:00 pm Beijing time), you will be escorted to your hotel. Have a good rest to acclimatize to the altitude reaction.
Day 7 Lhasa (B, L)
Today your exciting Tibet tour will start from the Tibetan historical buildings--Potala Palace and the Jokhang Temple. Then you will visit the very traditional Tibetan street--Barkhor Street.
Day 8 Lhasa (B, L)
After breakfast, visit the great Sera Monastery, Drepung Monastery, Norbulingka and the Carpet Factory
Day 9 Lhasa (B, L)
Today, you will discover something about the Tibetan history by visiting the Tibet Museum. Visiting a Tibetan Family, you will have a glance at the local Tibetan people’s life and you may be welcomed by the Tibetan Tea, snacks.
Day 10 Lhasa/Xian (B, D)
This morning is your free time to explore Lhasa city. In the afternoon, you will be transferred to Xian by flight. In this great city, you will enjoy a delicious dumpling dinner with the wonderful Tang Dynasty Music and Dance Show at the Shaanxi Grand Opera House.
Day 11 Xian (B, L)
This morning, you will be picked up to visit the Big Wild Goose Pagoda and the Shaanxi Provincial History Museum. After lunch, proceed to visit the Small Wild Goose Pagoda, the Southern City Gate, the Stele Forest and the Great Mosque. After dinner, the time is on your own arrangement to have a rest in the hotel, or enjoy the beautiful night of Xian freely, or find some local Islamic flavor snacks at the night market (nearby the Drum Tower and the Great Mosque).
Day12 Xian/Hangzhou(B, L)
Today, we will drive to see the Eighth World Wonder—the Terracotta Warriors and Horses and the romantic Huaqing Pool. In the afternoon, proceed to visit the Neolithic Village—Banpo Museum. Take the plane to Hangzhou.
Day13 Hangzhou(B, L)
Today your Hangzhou city sightseeing includes the West Lake (by boat), Lingyin Temple and Feilai Peak, Dragon Well Tea Plantation and the Museum of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Day 14 Hangzhou/Shanghai (B, L)
After breakfast, be picked up to visit the Six Harmonies Pagoda and the China National Silk Museum. After that, take a train to Shanghai.
Day 15 Shanghai (B, L)
After breakfast, your full-day tour of Shanghai will begin from the Jade Buddha Temple, then the Fresh Water Pearl Gallery, and then the People’s Square and Shanghai Museum. After lunch, you will visit the Yu Garden, Yuyuan Bazaar and the Bund. After dinner, you will enjoy a wonderful Chinese acrobatic show at the Shanghai Centre Theatre.
Day16 Departure (B)
Be escorted to the airport for your homebound flights.
Services End
·Hotel Accomodation-the hotel accommodation is based on two persons sharing one twin room with private facilities.
·All transportation, transfers and tours with private guide and car or van in each destination.
·All the admission tickets, English speaking guide service.
·Daily breakfast at the hotel, Chinese lunch and dinner with one cup of soft drink are offered outside the hotel or as specified in the itinerary.
·The government tax.
·Travel Agencies' Liability Insurance with the tour inside China. (Include China Life Tourist Accident Insurance/Casualty Insurance. We highly recommend that you purchase full coverage travel insurance from you country of origin.)
·Charge of obtaining your visa to enter China.
·In/out flight, domestic airport fee and departure tax is not included. (We can help you book the cheap tickets!)
·Gratitude to guide and driver is not included.
·Expenses of a personal nature such as laundry, drinks, telex, optional activities or sightseeing, telephone calls or overweight baggage charges or meals not indicated etc.
·The airport construction tax.
The tour doesn't need to pay deposit. You can pay by credit card, bank transfer or Paypal (5% service fee) before you start your tour (advance 7 days). Both RMB and USD are acceptable.