China Journey
Cultural China Tour Beijing & Xi´an & Shanghai (12 days)
The Itinerary is:
Day 1
Depart for your flight to Beijing
DAY 2 Beijing
Arrive Beijing. A guide will be awaiting you in the arrivals area with a sign.Individual transfer to you’re The Friendship 4* Hotel where you will checked into your deluxe room. Check in with guide assistance. A welcome pack with local information will be given to you. Please note that due to the early arrival time of your flight, it may not be possible to check into your rooms immediately. The remainder of the day is at leisure. D
DAY 3 Beijing - Tiananmen Square - the Palace Museum - Temple of Heaven -
After a leisurely breakfast depart for a full day excursion. You will visit the sights of Beijing,Tiananmen Square, the Palace Museum known as the Forbidden City, which after recent restoration work is once more splendid as it as was during the time when it was the Imperal Residence. Further you will visit the Temple of Heaven, built in 142. During the Ming- and Qin-time the emperors prayed for a good reaps and the silk center. Lunch in a local restaurant. B, L, D
DAY 4 Beijing - Great Wall - Cloisonné Factory - The Ming Tombs -
After breakfast we drive to the Great Wall of China. The Great Wall as we see today was mostly built during the Ming Dynasty. One of greatest wonders of the world, was enlisted in the World Heritage by UNESCO in 1987. With a history of more than 2000 years, some of the sections of them now are ruins. Further you will visit a Cloisonné Factory, where you can see the making of chines porcelain. Cloisonné is a unique combination of copper and porcelain working skills, traditonal painting, sculpting and etching skills. Later you will see The Ming Tombs. The Ming Tombs lies 50 Kilometers far away from Beijing City, the general name given to the mausuleums of 13 emperors of the Ming Dynasty. Lunch in a local restaurant. B, L, D
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DAY 5 Beijing - Lama Temple - Hu Tong Tour - The Bell and Drum Tower -
Today a full day excursion. You will visit the Lama Temple.The Lama Temple belongs to the most beautiful of Beijing. Translated means the name “ Palace of the harmony”. After that you will have a rickshaw tour through local narrow lanes (Hu Tong Tour) and The Bell and Drum Tower. The bell and drum were originally used as musical instruments in China. Afterwards, however, they were used for telling time. As early as in the Han Dynasty , there was a morning bell and a dusk drum. Lunch in a local restaurant B, L, D
DAY 6 Beijing - Summer Palace -
Today you will take a full day excursion to the Summer Palace. The Summer Palace is a fairyland of ornate palaces and pagodas set in the hill alongside Kunming Lake in the hills west of Beijing. Lunch in a local restaurant.
After that visit the Pandas in Beijing Zoo. B, L, D
Day 7 Beijing/Xi´an - The Old City Wall -
This morning you leave Beijing to fly to Xi´an. After arrive in Xi´an you meet our guide and transfer to The Tianyu Gloria Plaza Hotel 4*. After check in half day excursion to The Old City Wall of the Ming Dynasty. B, D
DAY 8 Xi´an- The Terra Cotta Museum - Wild Goose Pagoda -
After your breakfast starts the full day excursion to the 40 km far away from Xi´an City The Terra Cotta Warriors & Horses and the Wild Goose Pagoda. The Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses are 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.
The Wild Goose Pagoda where widely renowned Master Xuanzang (Monk Tripitaka) stored his classics brought from India. Lunch in a local restaurant.B, L, D
Day 9 Xi´an/Shanghai - Transrapid -
This morning transfer to the airport to fly to Shanghai, China´s largest city with a population of 17 million people. After arrival in Shanghai we will be met by a local guide who will take us to the bus to deposit our lugguage so that we can take the world´s fastest train (the TRANSRAPID up to 430 km an hour) to its Shanghai city terminus. You stay in The Bund Riverside Hotel 4*. The afternoon is on your own. B, D
Day 10 Shanghai - Pudong - Oriental Pearl Tower -
After your breakfast you leave the hotel for a half day excursion to the Pudong Development Zone and take a lift to the top of Oriental Pearl Tower to have a bird´s eye view of Shanghai. The remainder of the day is at leisure to pursue your own. B, D
Day 11 Shanghai - The Yu Garden - Old town of Shanghai -
Today you will visit The old Yu Garden and the old town of Shanghai.
Located to the south of the Bund, the old Chinese city was a walled fishing town when the British arrived in 1843. Modern Shanghai grew up around it. It used to be a maze of tiny alleys, but the streets have been widened in recent years and are crowded with tourists. At the center of the Old City are the Chenghuang Temple and the Yu Garde with the Huxining Teahouse. The Yu Garden is a classical Chinese garden with over 30 pavilions linked by a maze of corridors and bridges over ponds. B, L, D
Day 12 Shanghai Depart
Today it is time to say farewell or “ Dzeitje” to shanghai. Transfer to the airport for your return flight.
Tour Cost based on 10 persons and when you stay in 4* Hotels
on request
For 2 persons price on request
Included: 10 nights deluxe hotel accommodations, daily breakfast, 10 x dinners and 6 x lunches as per itinery,private transportations in air conditioned deluxe cars, buses, private airport transfers, all entrance fees for included sightseeing and english speaking guide, 2 domestic flights, the services of City Guide Berlin and Joe Zhou, our host in Beijing.
Not included: International fares, visa processing fees, trip cancellation insurance, additonal drinks and foods, alcoholic drinks with meals and any item not specifically mentioned in this itinerary.
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