14 Days Impressive Tour to Beijing, Xi'an, Gulin, Shanghai and Hong Kong

Day 1  Sun 28-Mar-10    Beijing Arrival

Transfer via: by air Flight No. Continental Airlines CO0089 13:50 Arrival-own arrangement 
Program: Arrive in Beijing, be met and transferred to hotel, free at the rest of the day. Watch the Legend of Kung Fu Show in the evening and enjoy the Beijing roast duck dinner after the show.

Accommodations: Wangfujing Grand Hotel, Beijing*****(Deluxe Room)
Tel: 010-65221188, Fax: 010-65223749




Day 2  Mon 29-Mar-10   Meal(s) (B, L)   Beijing

Program: Full day tour for the Forbidden City, the Tian'anmen Square, Hutong tour with rickshaw, Lhama Monastery. Peking Opera at Liyuan Theater at night.

-Forbidden City: The largest imperial palace in China during the Ming and Qing dynasties with a history of around 600 years.
-Tian'anmen Square: The largest city square in the world.
-Hutongs: The old narrow paths where common people lived. All the Hutongs crisscross with each other, dotted withthe Kindergarten, the Bell Tower, the Drum Tower, the Tea House, and the lake, House of Gong Infante and local people's houses among them.
-Lhama Monastery: the largest 260-year-old monastery in Beijing of the Yellow sect of Lamaism.

Accommodations: Wangfujing Grand Hotel, Beijing*****(Deluxe Room)


Day 3  Tue 30-Mar-10   Meal(s) (B, L)   Beijing

Program: Full day tour for Mutianyu Great Wall with round-way cable car, The Temple of Heaven. Beijing Night Show at Dayabao Huntong.

-Mutianyu 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 Temple of Heaven: The place where the ancient emperors used to pray for the God's bless of the whole nation.

Accommodations: Wangfujing Grand Hotel, Beijing*****(Deluxe Room)


Day 4  Wed 31-Mar-10   Meal(s) (B, L)   Beijing to Xi'an

Transfer via: by air MU2120 (14:10-16:00) (arranged by us) 
Program: Visit The Summer Palace, on the way to the airport, you will take the exterior visit for both of Beijing National Stadium (Bird's Nest), National Swimming Center (The Water Cube), be transferred to airport, Arrive in Xi'an, be met and transferred to hotel, then visit the Ancient City Wall with bicycle. Tang Dynasty Show with dinner.

-The Summer Palace: The largest and best-preserved royal garden in China with a history of over 800 years.
-Beijing National Stadium (Bird's Nest): The Beijing National Stadium, also known as the bird's nest was the main track and field stadium for the 2008 Summer Olympics and host to the Opening and Closing ceremonies.
-National Swimming Center (The Water Cube): The National Swimming Center, known as 'The Water Cube', was one of the most dramatic and exciting venues to feature sporting events for the Beijing Olympics in 2008. 
 -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.

Accommodations: Hyatt Regency Hotel Xi'an*****(Twin-beds Room)
Tel: 029-87691234, Fax: 029-87696799


Day 5  Thu 1-Apr-10   Meal(s) (B, L)   Xi'an

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

-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.

Accommodations: Hyatt Regency Hotel Xi'an*****(Twin-beds Room)


Day 6  Fri 2-Apr-10     Meal(s) (B, L)   Xi'an to Guilin

Transfer via: by air CZ6376 (1215-1400) (arranged by us)  
Program: Visit History Museum in Xi'an, be transferred to airport (Xi'an), Arrive in Guilin, be met and transferred to hotel, then visit Elephant Trunk Hill, Reed Flute Cave.

-History Museum in Xi'an: It is a magnificent architectural complex in the Tang Dynasty style. The Museum possesses a treasure of 113,000 historic and cultural artifacts unearthed in Shaanxi, and it covers an area of 1,100 square meters for exhibition.
-Elephant Trunk Hill: Located at the conjunction of the Li River & the Peach Blossom River, the whole hill looks very much like a giant elephant with a long trunk, it is the symbol of Guilin city.
-Reed Flute Cave: Known as "the Palace of Natural Arts" where you can see beautiful stalactites & stalagmites, learn how they are formed.

Accommodations: Guilin Lijiang Waterfall Hotel*****(River-View Room)
Tel: 0773-2822881, Fax: 0773-2822891


Day 7 Sat 3-Apr-10   Meal(s) (B, L)   Guilin

Program: Full day tour for Dragon's Backbone Rice Terraces, Yao Ethnic Tribes, Acrobatic show Journey to the West.

-Dragon's Backbone Rice Terraces: Longji, as known as the Dragon's Backbone Rice Terraces, is located in Longsheng County, the mountainous region on the northeastern part of Guilin. They were first built in the Yuan dynasty (about 800 years ago) and completed in the Qin dynasty by Zhuang people.

Accommodations: Guilin Lijiang Waterfall Hotel*****(River-View Room)


Day 8 Sun 4-Apr-10   Meal(s) (B, L)   Guilin

Program: Full day tour for Li River Cruise, West Street

-Li River Cruise: Depart from your hotel in the morning. Be transferred to the Zhujiang Pier (about 1 hour drive) for a 4.5 hours wonderful cruise. You will enjoy the picturesque mountains, peaceful green fields, farms and villages with water buffalos, cows wondering around on both sides of the river bank. Disembark at the one-thousand-year-old town Yangshuo in the afternoon.
-West Street: West Street is the oldest street in Yangshuo with a history of more than 1,400 years. Situated at the center of Yangshuo County, West Street has become, since the 1980's, a window of eastern and western culture and the biggest 'foreign language center' in China.

Accommodations: Guilin Yangshuo Green Lotus Hotel*****(River-View Room)


Day 9  Mon 5-Apr-10   Meal(s) (B, L)   Guilin to Shanghai

Transfer via: by air MU5322 (1350-1550)(arranged by us) 
Program: Biking to Yangshuo countryside and visit local farmer's house. Be transferred to the airport in Guilin for the flight to Shanghai. Arrive in Shanghai, be met and transferred to hotel, visit The Bund (Waitan).

-The Bund (Waitan) : It is one of the most recognizable architectural symbols of Shanghai. It is here where the first British company opened an office in 1846.  

Accommodations: Jinjiang Hotel Shanghai*****(Deluxe Room)
Tel: 021-32189888, Fax: 021-64725588




Day 10  Tue 6-Apr-10   Meal(s) (B, L)   Shanghai

Program: Full day tour for Jade Buddha Temple, Shanghai World Financial Center 100F, Shanghai Museum.

-Jade Buddha Temple: The Jade Buddha Temple is one of the few temples in downtown Shanghai. If you're lucky, you can watch the monks serving a ceremony in a side room.
-Shanghai World Financial Center: Shanghai World Financial Center is a supertall skyscraper in Shanghai, China. It is a mixed use skyscraper which consists of offices, hotels, conference rooms, observation decks, and shopping malls on the ground floors.
-Shanghai Museum: The biggest museum in China, with a collection of over 120,000 pieces of Chinese art & cultural relics. It is especially famous for its treasures of bronzes, ceramics, paintings and calligraphy.  

Accommodations: Jinjiang Hotel Shanghai*****(Deluxe Room)


Day 11 Wed 7-Apr-10     Meal(s) (B, L)   Shanghai to Suzhou to Shanghai

Transfer via: by private vehicle
Program: Our guide and driver will escort you from Shanghai to Suzhou, Arrive in Suzhou, visit Humble Ministrator's Garden, Lion Grove, Tongli, Cruise in water town Tongli, then our guide and driver will escort you from Suzhou to Shanghai.

-Humble Ministrator's Garden: The garden is the best representative of Chinese classical gardens, constructed in the Ming dynasty. Focused on a central pond with pavilions, terraces, chambers, and towers located nearby, the garden is divided into three parts: the eastern, middle and western parts.
-Lion Grove: The Lion Grove is one of the four noted gardens in Suzhou. It was first built in 1342 in the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368).This small garden is truly exquisite in design, the rocking imaginative. Entering the garden the tourist will find stones in various interesting shapes.
-Tongli: Tongli town has a history of more than one thousand years. There are over hundreds of gardens established in Ming dynasty and Qing dynasty, temples, cartilages and former residence of eminent souls. Fifteen rivers divide the town into seven island and 49 sets of historic bridges connect the town as a whole.

Accommodations: Jinjiang Hotel Shanghai*****(Deluxe Room)


Day 12 Thu 8-Apr-10   Meal(s) (B)   Shanghai to Hong Kong

Transfer via: by air UO235 (0900-1140) (arranged by us) 
Program: Hotel to airport transfer (Shanghai), Arrive in Hong Kong, be met and transferred to hotel, Half Day Kowloon Sightseeing without meal (Wong Tai Sin Temple, Kowloon Walled City Park, Jade Market or Bird Garden or Avenue of Stars).

-Half Day Kowloon Sightseeing: Wong Tai Sin Temple, Kowloon Walled City Park, Jade Market or Bird Garden or Avenue of Stars (Wong Tai Sin Temple: The temple is combine three main religions of China - Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism are practiced. The temple may well house the largest concentrations of fortune-tellers in Asia). 

Accommodations: Harbour Plaza Hong Kong*****(Harbourview Room)


Day 13 Fri 9-Apr-10     Meal(s) (B)   Hong Kong

Program: Half Day Hong Kong Island Sightseeing (Victoria Peak, Repaulse Bay, Aberdeen), free at the rest of the day.

-Half Day Hong Kong Island Sightseeing (Victoria Peak, Repaulse Bay, Aberdeen):

Victoria Peak: The Peak is Hong Kong's number one tourist destination. It features the cities of oldest mode transport, the 112-year old Peak Tram and Hong Kong's most unusual building and icon, The Peak Tower.  It combines shoppings, restaurants, and entertainment.
Repulse Bay: Primarily an exclusive residential area, Repulse Bay has a relaxed, resort-like atmosphere. The wide beach is popular with residents and great for sandy strolls. It features statues of Kwun Yum and Tin Hau, both protectors of fishermen.
Aberdeen: Aberdeen Harbour is home of hundreds of people living on fishing junks. Take sampan ride to get a close-up look at this unusual way of life. 

Accommodations: Harbour Plaza Hong Kong*****(Harbourview Room)


Day14 Sat 10-Apr-10     Meal(s) (B)   Hong Kong

Program: Free on your own

Accommodations: Harbour Plaza Hong Kong*****(Harbourview Room)


Day 15 Sat 11-Apr-10     Meals(s) (B) Hong Kong to Departure City

Transfer via: by air Flight No. Continental Airlines CO0098 10:25 leave -on your own arrangement 
Program: Be transferred to airport (Hong Kong)

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