China Journey
Culturale Tour of China
Beijing – Zhengzhou - Xi´an – Guillin – Shanghai (12 day)
The Itinerary is:
DAY 1 Beijing
Arrive Beijing. A guide will be awaiting you in the arrivals area with a sign.Individual transfer to you’re the Presidential Hotel 5* 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. In the evening your guide will pick up and you have dinner in a local hotel. D
DAY 2 Beijing
With a glorious history and rich sightseeing resources, Beijing has a great number of tourist attractions such as palaces, museums and parks. Today we will be exploring the heart of Beijing. The routine starts with Tiananmen Square, The Temple of Heaven, built 142 built in 142. during the Ming- and Qin-time the emperors prayed for a good reaps. Further The Forbidden City, which after recent restoration work is once more splendid as it as was during the time when it was the Imperial Residence. Lunch in a local restaurant and buffet dinner in the hotel. B, L, D
DAY 3 Beijing
Begin the day with the visit 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 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. After returning to there is time for a rest before sinner in the city´s oldest and most famous Peking Duck Restaurant. B, L, D
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DAY 4 Beijing
This morning you will visit the Summer Palace. The Summer Palce is a fairyland of ornate palaces and pagodas set in the hill alongside Kunming Lake in the hills west of Beijing. After that you will have a rickshaw tour through local narrow lanes, the old Beijing (Hu Tong Tour). A hutong is an ancient city alley or lane typical in Beijing, where huntongs run into the several thousand. Surrounding the Forbidden City, many were built during the Yuan (1206-1341) Ming (1368-1628) and Qing (1644-1908) dynasties. B, L, D
DAY 5 Beijing/ Zhengzhou
This morning you leave Beijing and fly to Zhengzhou. Zhengzhou is the capitol town of the Province Henan. Our guide will meet you at the airport.
Many of you don't know that there is a large number of small and large Kung Fu schools in Zhengzhou too. Due to this large city many schools settled down at the outskirts of Zhengzhou. Nevertheless Zhengzhou represents an interesting alternative to Dengfeng or Shaolin. After lunch you visit the Shaolin Temple and watch the Chinese Martiel Kungfu performance by Shaolin Monks. In the evening you drive to Luoyang and stay in Hotel, located in the west of Henan Province in Central China. Luoyang is an famous old town of culture. B, L, D
DAY 6 Zhengzhou/ Xi´an
After your breakfast you visit the Longmen Grottoes.The grottoes and niches of Longmen contain the largest and most impressive collection of Chinese art of the late Northern Wei and Tang Dynasties (316-907). These works, entirely devoted to the Buddhist religion, represent the high point of Chinese stone carving. In the afternoon you take a train to Xi´an. After arrival in Xi´an your guide will transfere you to the The Tianyu Gloria Plaza Hotel 4* The evening is on your own. B, L, D
DAY 7 Xi´an
After the breakfast starts a full day excursion to the 40 km far away Xi´an City The Terra Cotta Museum. The Terrar Cotta Warriors and Horses are the gratest archaeological findings of the century. Enjoy your lunch in a local restaurant. After lunch you visit the Old City Wall of Xi´an. The construction of the City Wall of Xi'an was initiated by Zhu Yuanzhang, the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty, who was in regime between 1370-1378 drawbridge tower, which look huge and magnificent. In the evening Buffet dinner in your hotel. B, L, D
Day 8 Xi´an/Guillin
This morning you leave Xián and fly to Guilin. Your guide met you at the airport and transferred you to The Lijiang Waterfall Hotel 5*. Today you visit the Elephant Trunk Hill. Elephant Trunk Hill can be found in the southern part of Guilin, on the western bank of the Lijiang River. Its shape is reminiscent of an elephant dipping its trunk in the river. Legend says that an elephant which belonged to the Emperor of Heaven came down to earth to help the people in their work. The Reed Flute Cave is situated in a completely concealed spot on Guangming Hill, 3.2 miles northwest of the town, Reed Flute Cave is Guilin's largest and most impressive cave. Its name is explained by the fact that reeds for making flutes and pipes have been grown in this region since ancient times. This dripstone cave is 790 feet deep, and a visitor will walk for some 550 yards through a zigzagging sea of stalactites and stalagmites in dazzling colors. Although the cave is also known as a Palace of Natural Art, manmade strategies use artificial lighting to emphasize the coincidental similarity of the rock formations to birds, plants, and animals. One grotto is called The Crystal Palace of the Dragon King--an area that resembles a miniature Guilin. Over 70 wall inscriptions from the Tang Period (618-907) bear eloquent witness to the cave's long history. Lunch in a local restaurant. B, L, D
Day 9 Guillin
After your breakfast starts your cruise on Li River, the highlight of your Guilin tour, as is one of the highlight in China. The 54-kilometer waterway on the twisty Li River from Zhujiang to Yangshuo covers hundreds and thousands of grotesque peaks. Wonderful appreciation of a stirring "Movement of Mother Nature". Enjoy your lunch in board. The tour ends in Yangshou, an ancient town with a history of over 2000 years, is the most beautiful town on the Li River. You have one hour time for a sightseeing tour of the old town of Yangshou. By dinnertime you drive back to Guilin. After arrival enjoy your dinner in the hotel. B, L, D
Day 10 Guillin/Shanghai
This morning you leave Guilin and fly to Shangai. 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 Radisson Pudong Century Park 4*. After check you drive 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. Lunch in a local restaurant and Buffet dinner in the hotel. B, L, D
Day 11Shanghai
Today you visit the Yu Garden in old Shanghai and the Jade Budda Temple, further the Bund.The Yu Yuan Garden is a Mandarin construction emphasizing balance and harmony. It dates to some 400 years ago. Nowadays, it is a peaceful enclave in an otherwise very busy setting of small shops that even the Shanghai locals refer to as "Chinatown"--because the surrounding area is such a caricature of all that is Chinese in sales and merchandising.
Shanghai´s waterfront is known as The Bund.It is an elevated, landscaped, grand promenade. The busy waterways of Shanghai harbor are on the seaward side. Well, actually the water is a river that empties into the sea (and across the river is a space-age television tower and many large buildings). On the landward side, the street is lined with elegant commercial buildings, foreign consulates, banks, and other magnificent structures.
In the western part of Shanghai, a very modern and flourishing city, there is a venerable and famous Buddhist temple, Jade Buddha Temple. In 1882, an old temple was built to keep two Jade Buddha statues which had been brought from Burma by a monk named Huigen. The temple was destroyed during the revolution that overthrew the Qing Dynasty. Fortunately the jade Buddha statues were saved and a new temple was built on the present site in 1928. It was named the Jade Buddha Temple. Lunch in a local restaurant. B, L, D.
Day 12 Shanghai
After check out transfer to the airport Shanghai for your return flight.
Tour Cost for 10 persons
2007 Dec 1st— 2008 Feb 28th : € 1298,00 per person, single supp: € 352,00 per person
Mar 1st— Aug 31th: € 1342,00 per person, single supp: € 391,00 per person
Sep 1st— Nov 30th : € 1392,00 per person, single supp: € 415,00 per person
Tour cost for two persons on request
Included: 10 nights deluxe hotel accommodations in 4* and 5* hotels, daily breakfast, dinners and lunches as per itinery,private transportation in air conditioned deluxe cars, buses, 3 domestic flights, 1 trip by train, private airport transfers, all entrance fees for included sightseeing, 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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