Make a Difference    Terms and Conditions Classic China City & Shaoling Temple

Our guide will meet you at the airport and transfer you to the hotel. Stroll on the Bund and Nanjing Road to explore the city if time permits.

 

Today, tour the Synagogue, the Shanghai Museum, the Yuyuan Garden and the Bund. Later, you will visit a local family to experience the local people's life. Tonight's dinner will feature Shanghai cuisine at the renowned 260-year old Wang Bao He restaurant. After dinner, you'll go to the Shanghai Centre Theatre and see the fabulous Portman Acrobatic Show. (B+L+D)

 

Morning is free at leisure and lunch is on your own. Visit the Yuyuan Garden in the afternoon. Take an overnight soft sleeper train to Kaifeng. (B)

 

Your local guide will meet you at the railway station. After breakfast, visit the Kaifeng Museum to see its well-documented exhibit on Jewish history, the Qingming Riverside Scene Park to see the Kaifeng Judaic Exhibition, a local Jewish family and the former Jewish quarter, the cemetery of Jin (Gilbert), another Jewish family and the Iron Pagoda. Drive to Luoyang. (B+L)

 

Today you will view an astounding recent archaeological find, the Chariot and Horse Pits. Then you'll go to China's first officially sanctioned Buddhist Temple, the White Horse Temple. Later visit the Shaolin Monastery. (B+L)
 

Visit the Longmen Caves, one of China's great sculptural treasures. Board the soft sleeper train to Xian and transfer to the hotel. (B+L)

 

Tour the astounding Museum of Qin Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses. Then we'll return to the city for an a la carte lunch at a renowned Cantonese cuisine restaurant. In the afternoon, explore the Big Wild Goose Pagoda and and the ancient City Wall. Tonight you'll enjoy Xian's famous dining specialty, the Dumpling Banquet. After dinner you'll be entertained by the marvelous Tang Dynasty Music and Dance Show. (B+L+D) 

 

Visit the Shaanxi Provincial History Museum and the Great Mosque. A la carte lunch is served at a local well-known restaurant. Take a flight to Beijing and transfer to the hotel.(B+L)

 

Accommodation: Holiday Inn Central Plaza  - the best Holiday Inn Hotel in Beijing  

Today you will walk on the most visited segment of the Great Wall, Badaling. To avoid the tourist eateries at the Wall, you will be taken to a local popular Sichuan restaurant for lunch. After lunch, you will visit the Sacred Way and the Ming Tomb. (B+L)

 

You will walk through Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City and the Temple of Heaven. Tonight you will feast on Peking Duck Dinner at the original, century-old Quan Ju De restaurant. Following dinner you will witness a lively Peking Opera performance at the Liyuan Theatre. (B+L+D)

 

Visit the ornate Summer Palace on the shores of the immense Kunming Lake if time permits. Then you will be transferred to the airport to board your homeward bound flight filled with memories of your exciting journey to this most amazing land. (B)