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CHINA HIGHLIGHTS TOUR
12-Day China Group Tours
Beijing - Xian - Guilin - Yangshuo - Guilin - Shanghai
| Tour Code | SG10-Standard03 |
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| Category | StandardLuxury |
| Price | Starting from $1200.00 per person Price Details |

Day by Day Itinerary
B - Breakfast L- Lunch D- Dinner
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Temple of Heaven, Beijing |
When your international flight land in the Beijing Capital airport, you will be met by our tour guide with warm greetings. The pick-up service will be private transfer for your family or group only. After you check in at the 3-star Forbidden Hotel, your tour guide will tell you the meeting time for the next day's tour. The rest of the day will be left on your own to have a good rest.
Please arrive at the appointed place punctually as you will meet the other members of your group and your tour guide will give you a brief pre-tour introduction. After that, your China tour begins with visiting the symbol of Beijing, the Tiananmen Square. With the Great Hall of the People in the west, and the Chairman Mao Memorial Hall in the south, the ceremony of raising and lowering the national flag are held here everyday. Then continue your visit to the Forbidden City, which is also called the Palace Museum. Visit the Temple of Heaven in the afternoon. The Qinian Hall was considered as the closest place to heaven in ancient times. To show our warmest welcome for your coming to China, a marvelous Acrobatic Show will be arranged after dinner. Hope you enjoy it. (B+L+D)
After breakfast at the hotel, take a Great Wall exploration tour. For those different sections of the Great Wall, we specially arrange the Badaling Section for you, which is the best preserved and the most representative part of Ming Great Wall with witnessing many historical events. So, this part is also the most popular among the visitors. You are suggested to wear walking shoes for this exciting journey. Lunch will be served at a Sichuan Cuisine Restaurant famous for its spicy food, enjoying very high reputation in local. In the afternoon, you will be transferred to visit the Sacred Way and Ming Tombs. En route back to downtown, take a glance of the Olympic Stadium Bird's Nest and you may take the opportunity to take a photo with it. To regain your energy, we will offer the famous Pecking Duck dinner valued at CNY122.00 net per person (inclusive) for you. (B+L+D)
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Terracotta soldiers, Xian |
Almost all of the famous and historical sites in Beijing have relation with emperor or royal family. The Summer Palace is not an exception, which was the royal garden in Qing Dynasty and till now. It is still the most outstanding garden among the national botanical garden art. After visiting that, you will be transferred to Beijing Zoo to visit the lovely Pandas and other rare and special animals from different part of the world. Your Beijing tour will come to an end here, and the guide will see you off to Xi'an by air, a city used to be the capital of 13 dynasties in ancient times. Your tour guide in Xi'an will pick you up punctually according to your flight schedule and transfer you to the 4-star Grand New World Hotel. An a la carte dinner valued at CNY60.00 (inclusive) will be offered for you today. (B+L+D)
Visit the Terra Cotta Army in the morning, which is the underground corps guards the mausoleum of the first unifier Qin Shihuang. You can see all the pottery figures are with different facial expressions and gestures, which was said that those figures were all the images of the real and lively soldiers at that time. From the sites, you may not only realize the powerful army of the Qin Dynasty, but also the lofty aspirations and high ambition of the emperor for dominating the world forever. Lunch is followed by visiting the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, which was first built in Tang Dynasty and was also used to store the sutra taking back from Indian by the master Xuan Zang. The Tang Dynasty Music and Dance Show (Address: No. 165, Wenyi Road, Xian, 710054) will be served for you followed by the Dumpling Banquet. From the show, you may know more about ancient and traditional instruments. (B+L+D)
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Li River cruise tour, Guilin |
The first stop will be the ancient City Wall, which surrounds Xi'an inner city as a circle, and which is the most complete city wall existent in China, as well as one of the largest ancient military defensive systems in the world. Then head to a local family to know more about local people's life style and living condition. You may talk with the host about your interested topic. In the afternoon, visit the national best-preserved Islam Great Mosque, and the tour guide will also leave some free time for you to explore the local market. (B+L+D)
On the way to the airport, visit the Hanyangling Museum, the tomb of the emperor Liu Qi of Western Han Dynasty. The pottery figures are smaller than those of Qin Terra Cotta Warriors but they are all more elegant and ingenious. This was a portrayal to frugal behavior of this emperor and the whole Han Dynasty. When you visit this mausoleum, you may also see the workers are digging and clearing up the new unearthed figures. Then take a flight to Guilin, a city famous for its picturesque scenery. Your tour guide will pick you up and transfer you to the 4-star Guilin Bravo Hotel, which is a former Holiday Inn hotel. After dinner, you will be transferred back to the hotel to have a good rest, or you can walk back to your hotel on your own and appreciate the night scenery of Guilin City on the way. (B+L+D)
Guilin is also famous for its Karst landform. The first scenic spot today is Reed Flute Cave , which is the classic representative of the Karst landform and which is also called the Art Palace of Nature. Walking through the serried stone pillars, tourists will feast their eyes with changing beauty, feeling walking in a paradise where the Gods live. The remainder of the day will be filled with the Seven Star Park and the Elephant Trunk Hill. After dinner served at a local famous restaurant, a colorful Ethnic Minority Songs and Dances show at Lijiang Theatre will certainly appeal to your eyes. (B+L+D)
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Yangshuo rural scenery |
In the morning, you are about to leave Guilin and take the highlight cruise trip along the Li River to the tranquil town Yangshuo. During the cruise, the gorgeous Karst peaks will surprise you at each bend of the limpid river under the blue sky. Water buffalo patrolling in the fields, peasants reaping in the rice paddies while school kids and fishermen floating by on bamboo rafts, all of which may make you feel that you are traveling in a picture. Lunch will be provided by the cruise ship, but the taste may not cater to your expectation, so we suggest you take some snacks with you or have a big breakfast at the hotel. The cruise trip will end at about 14:00 and you will check in at the 4-star New Century Hotel (Deluxe Room) for a short break. A bicycle tour will take you to savor the countryside scenery. If you are not good at bicycle riding, the electric car will be served for you instead. On the way, a local family visit will give you more information of the local peasants' life. We will leave the dinner on your own, since the famous West Street locates in front of your hotel, where many western-style coffee bars and restaurants could meet your every different taste. (B+L)
In the morning, you will be transferred to Guilin airport to take flight to Shanghai , the largest metropolis in mainland China . Your Shanghai local guide will meet you at the airport and transfer you to check in at the 4-star Yan Fan Long Men Hotel for a short break. Lunch is followed by a tour to Xin Tian Di area, which is a high-standard recreation area in Shanghai . Here you may visit some old buildings and also some newly built Chinese-Western-style architectures, and you can choose your preferred restaurant for dinner. (B+L)
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Bund area of Shanghai |
The first stop today is the Shanghai Museum, which is a veritable treasure house of ancient Chinese art and houses 120,000 precious relics. Bronzes, pottery, paintings and calligraphies are the distinctive features of the Museum's collection. Then continue your visit to the Yuyuan Garden, the largest of Shanghai's ancient gardens with architectural styles of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, which locates at Shanghai old city area. You can also visit the hustle and bustle market on the way to the garden. Then visit the Bund area along the Huangpu River. Dinner will be served at your hotel, and while you are back to the hotel, your tour guide will say good-bye to all of you. (B+L+D)
Your memorable China tour will come to an end today. The hotel-airport transfer will be arranged by yourself. For the transportation means, you may ask your tour guide the day before for details. Taxis, the subways, airport buses and the maglev trains are all available. If you would like us to arrange the see-off service for you, you can also feel free to let us know. If you want to extend your tour for a few days, please do contact us and we are pleased to offer the additional hotel accommodation or tour arrangements for you. (B)
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