7 Days China Essence Tour to Beijing, Xi'an and Shanghai

Day 1  Mon 12-Oct-09     Meal(s) ()     TBA / Beijing

Transfer via: by air-own arrangement  Turkish-Airlines flight 20 at 14:00  Arrive in Beijing
Program: Arrive in Beijing, you will be met and transferred to hotel, free at the rest of the day

Accommodations: Sunworld Hotel Beijing****
Tel:010-58168999, Fax:010-65139095
 

Day 2  Tue 13-Oct-09     Meal(s) (B)   Beijing

Program: Free on your own

Accommodations: Sunworld Hotel Beijing**** 

 

Day 3  Wed 14-Oct-09     Meal(s) (B)   Beijing

Program: Full day visit the Badaling Great Wall, The Ding Tomb, The Sacred Road, On the way back to hotel, you will be driven to visit the main 2008 Beijing Olympic venues, take an exterior visit of both the Beijing National Stadium (Bird's Nest/Olympic Stadium), National Swimming Centre('The Water Cube'), Beijing, feel free to take some photos of the stadiums

-Badaling Great Wall: This less-crowded section of the Great Wall is a pleasant drive 90km NE of Beijing. A cable car takes you to a good section (avoiding a very steep climb), where you can walk along the wall, through the watch towers and enjoy superb views as it snakes across the hills and mountains.
-The Ding Tomb: The only underground tomb of the thirteen tombs of the emperors in the Ming Dynasty.
-The Sacred Road: The way guarded on both sides with stone statues by which the ancient emperors went to hold a memorial ceremony for the ancestors.

Accommodations: Sunworld Hotel Beijing****

Day 4  Thu 15-Oct-09     Meal(s) (B)   Beijing / Xian

Transfer via: by air(arranged by us)   MU2104  1455-1650
Program: Visit the Summer Palace, Hutongs by rickshaw, then be transferred to airport for Xian. Arrive in Xian, be met and transferred to hotel

-The Summer Palace: The largest and best-preserved royal garden in China with a history of over 800 years.
-Hutongs: The old narrow paths where common people lived. All the Hutongs crisscross with each other, dotted with the Kindergarten, the Bell Tower, the Drum Tower, the Tea House, and the lake, House of Gong Infante and local people's houses among them 

Accommodations: Melody Hotel Xian***
Tel:029-87288888, Fax:029-87273601

Day 5  Fri 16-Oct-09     Meal(s) (B)   Xian

Program: Full day tour for the Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses, Big Wild Goose Pagoda, The Bell Tower

-The Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses: The greatest archaeological findings of the century: the army of terra-cotta warriors and the bronze chariots entombed in vast underground vaults at emperor Qin's tomb.
-Big Wild Goose Pagoda: It is a well-preserved ancient building and a holy place for Buddhists.
-The Bell Tower: The wooden tower, which is the largest and best-preserved of its kind in China, is 36 meters (118 feet) high.

Accommodations: Melody Hotel Xian***

Day 6  Sat 17-Oct-09     Meal(s) (B)   Xian / Shanghai

Transfer via: by air(arranged by us)    HU7845   1445-1650
Program: Visit the Ancient City Wall, The Great Mosque of Xian, then be transferred to airport for Shanghai. Arrive in Shanghai, visit Nanjing Road, The Bund (Waitan), then be transferred to hotel

-The Ancient City Wall: It is the largest and best preserved  present city wall in ancient China and is probably the best military battlement in the world.
-The Great Mosque of Xian: It is the largest and best preserved of the early mosques of China. Built primarily in the Ming Dynasty when Chinese architectural elements were synthesized into mosque architecture --Nanjing Road: It is one of the most important commercial and tourist streets in Shanghai, which streches from Waitan to Yanan Xilu.
-The Bund (Waitan): It is one of the most recognizable architectural symbols of Shanghai. It is here where the first British company opened a office in 1846

Accommodations: Shanghai Charms Hotel***
Tel:021-53594900, Fax:021-63526060

Day 7  Sun 18-Oct-09     Meal(s) (B)   Shanghai / TBA

Transfer via: by air-own arrangement  SQ825  at Monday morning 00:10  Depart Shanghai
Program: Free on your own. Then you will be transferred to airport to catch your flight for next destination


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