|
Date |
Concrete
travelling schedule |
City |
|
D1 |
Arrive in Shanghai where
you will be met and transferred to your
hotel. Rest of the day is at leisure. |
Shanghai |
|
D2 |
Visit the Jade Buddha
Temple, the Bund and the Shanghai Museum. An
evening acrobatic show will be arranged. |
Shanghai |
|
D3 |
Transfer to the airport
for your flight to Xi'an where you will be
met and transferred to your hotel. Afternoon
visit to the Shaanxi History Museum ad the
city Wall and in the evening enjoy a Tang
Dynasty Cultural Show and Dinner.（BLD） |
Xi'an |
|
D4 |
A full day tour to the
amazing archeological wonder of the
Terracotta Army of Emperor Qin Shi Huang in
Vaults 1 & 3, the Chariot Exhibition and the
fascinating Neolithic relics housed in the
Banpo Museum.（BL） |
Xi'an |
|
D5 |
Depart by air for Lanzhou where you will be
met and transferred to your hotel. Afternoon
visits to the Provincial Museum, White
Pagoda Hill and Five Spring Park.（BL） |
Lanzhou |
|
D6 |
Transfer to the airport for your flight to
Jiayuguan, the western starting point of the
Great Wall. On arrival you will be
transferred to your hotel. Afternoon visit
to the Great Wall Museum and the Jiayu Fort
which is known as the ‘Impregnable Pass
Under Heaven’. （BL） |
Jiayuguan |
|
D7 |
Depart by coach for 6 hours 390 km journey
to Dunhuang, a great oasis in the west of
Gansu province, where you will be met and
transferred to your hotel |
Dunhuang |
|
D8 |
Once an important caravan stop on the Silk
Road, today the city is renowned as the site
so the greatest trove of Buddhist art the
world has known – the Mogao Grottoes which
dates back to 336 AD.（BL） |
Dunhuang |
|
D9 |
Depart by coach for a short journey to the
station of Liuyuan to board the overnight
train to Turpan.（BLD） |
Turpan |
|
D10 |
Arrive Turpan On arrival transfer to your
hotel. A full day visiting the ruins of the
ancient cities of Jiaohe and Gaochang, the
Thousand Buddha Caves and Flaming
Mountains.（BL） |
Turpan |
|
D11 |
During your coach journey to Urumqi you will
pass through spectacular desert where small
oasis towns are irrigated by a series of
underground viaducts carrying water from the
distant Tianshan Mountains. On arrival,
check into your hotel. Visit the Museum of
National Minorities and History. |
Urumqi |
|
D12 |
A full day is spent visiting the beautiful
‘Heaven Lake’ which is located about halfway
up the 5,000 metre high Bogda Mountain.
Evening transfer to the airport for your
flight to Kashgar where you will be met and
transferred to your hotel. |
Kashgar |
|
D13 |
Browse through the famous Kashgar bazaar.
Visit the Id Kah Mosque and the Abakh Hoja
Tome. Evening transfer to the airport for
your flight to Urumqi where you will be met
and transferred to your hotel.（BL） |
Urumqi |
|
D14 |
Transfer to the airport for your flight to
Beijing where you will be met and
transferred to your hotel. Rest of the day
at leisure. |
Beijing |
|
D15 |
The tour today will be within city limits.
After breakfast start with superb
symmetrical architecture of the Forbidden
City, also known as the Imperial Palace, the
former residence of the Ming and Qing
dynasty Emperors. The Forbidden City opens
out onto Tiananmen Square, the largest in
the world and capacity of holding over 1
million people, then to the Temple of
Heaven, a materpiece of Chinese architecture
from the 15th century with not a single nail
used in its construction.（BL） |
Beijing |
|
D16 |
Travel out to the Summer Palace where a
relaxing stroll along the beautiful verandas
surrounding Lake Kunming is a real treat.
This will be followed by a visit to the
Beijing Zoo where you can watch the pandas
and then tour through the Lama Temple.（BL） |
Beijing |
|
D17 |
Today for you will have a chance to climb
the Great Wall of China. After breakfast put
your good climbing shoes and board your
coach for the 90-kilometer trip to Badaling.
As you conquer your own short climb you may
marvel in awe at the sheer magnitude of the
scale of construction as the Wall snakes its
way over the mountains and valleys into the
distance. If you don’t feel quite up to the
climb there is a chairlift available at
extra cost. After another sumptuous Chinese
lunch you will continue to the legendary
Ming Tombs. Enjoy a Beijing Duck Banquet
this evening.（BLD） |
Beijing |
|
D18 |
Day at leisure – Beijing. Enjoy a free day
in Beijing to relax, shop or explore the
city on your own.（B） |
Beijing |
|
D19 |
Depart Beijing You are transferred to the
airport for your departure flight.（B） |
|
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