YZDN China Best Tour: Beijing, Xian, Yangtze River Cruise & Shanghai
13 Days/12 Nights Land Package From $1,568 (Minimum 2 people, Single Supplement Charge from: $564 ) Please contact us for competitive airfares from your hometown cities.
Beijing Arrival on Saturdays Only.
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Departures: Please see below for departure dates and fare information.
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Eleven (12) nights hotel accommodations in
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Beijing:
4 nights at Chang An Grand Hotel Beijing or similar,
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Xian:
2 nights at Aurum International Hotel or similar,
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Cruise:
3 nights at MV. Paradise of CITS President Cruises No.6
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Shanghai:
3 nights at Shanghai Galaxy Hotel or similar.
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Twleve (12) breakfasts, eleven (11) lunches and seven (7) dinners.
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Sightseeing tours (seat-in-coach):
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Tours as listed in Beijing, Xian, Cruise & Shanghai, including Peking Duck Dinner & Peking Opera in Beijing and Dumpling Dinner & Tang Dynasty Show in Xian and Acrobatic Show in Shanghai.
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Meal Codes:
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Full Board Western Buffet Breakfast at hotel
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L =
Chinese Lunch en route in the selected restaurant with a glass of soft drink
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D =
Chinese Dinner en route in the selected restaurant with a glass of soft drink
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SD =
Chinese Special Cuisine arrangement for dinner with soft drinks & local wine
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Professional English-speaking tour guide service in each city.
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Domestic flights for Beijing/Xian/Chongqing/Shanghai.
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Domestic airport tax and fuel surcharges (subject to change).
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Round trip airport transfer in Beijing/Xian/Chongqing/Shanghai.
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See Remarks below for detailed fare information.
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Above price is per person based on double occupancy at a standard type room and is subject to change without notice depending on the exchange rate between US Dollar & Chinese Yuan.
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Prices/Quotations will not be guaranteed until all requested arrangements are confirmed and full payment has been received.
DAY
SCHEDULE
MEALS
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Arrive Beijing Meet and transfer to the hotels upon arrival Accommodations at the CHANG AN GRAND HOTEL BEIJING or similar
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Beijing / Tiananmen Square / Forbidden City / Summer Palace / Pandas Garden This morning we start tours to Tiananmen Square and the extravagant the largest Imperial Palace in the world - the Forbidden City of Supreme Harmony and Dignity (UNESCO), then we approach to the largest imperial garden in the world, the elegant Summer Palace (UNESCO) including cruise on the shimmering waters of Kunming Lake. After that we visit the Pandas Garden in Beijing Zoo. The garden has been breeding the largest numbers of pandas as an institution away from the original habitat areas and it constitutes with other Panda Sancuaries for being the UNESCO site. Tonight we enjoy Peking Opera Show. Accommodations at CHANG AN GRAND HOTEL BEIJING or similar
B,L,D
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Beijing / Beijing Olympic Center / Great Wall / Ming Imperial Tomb This morning we start tours first to iconic ”Beijing 2008 Olympic Center” -the Bird’s Nest & Water Cube – where hosts to many spectacular events. We stroll around the outside for photography, and then we continue to the Great Wall Badaling (UNESCO) and walking along its ramparts for breathtaking view of the largest man power project in ancient. After that we approach to the mountain valley of the best geomancy site -the Ming Dynasty’s Imperial Tomb (UNESCO) including visit the Sacred Stature Road If time available we visit a Jade Carving Factory and observe the skilled artisans at work as they create intricate designs. Accommodations at CHANG AN GRAND HOTEL BEIJING or similar
B,L
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Beijing / Temple of Heaven / Beijing City Planning Museum This morning we visit another renowned imperial site –the Temple of Heaven (UNESCO) including visit the Imperial Hall of Pray Harvest, the Imperial Vault and the Imperial Sacrificial Altar. We see the echo wall and stones in the vault and on the altar where the emperors whispered with Celestial Beings by the special features of the phenomenon utilize the theory of sound wave. We will see local people doing Taiji and morning exercises there. Then we visit Beijing City Planning Museum and watch a 3D film which tells the glory history and fast changes of Beijing, many visiting presidents paid a visit while they had a limited time in Beijing. Afternoon we take the old–fashioned Pedi cab to the historical sites behind main streets by Hutong Tours. If time available, we visit Pearl Workshop. Tonight we enjoy Peking Duck Dinner. Accommodations at CHANG AN GRAND HOTEL BEIJING or similar
B,L,SD
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Beijing/Xian We take morning flight from Beijing to Xian the ancient capital over 1100 years and check in hotels. Sightseeing in the afternoon: Big Wild Goose Pagoda & Provincial Museum. The Big Wide Goose Pagoda Temple was regarded the landmark of Xian. When the dynasties expanded its territories enormously to the west and with many Buddhism Scriptures, Monks and the envoys came to China, the temple was built and a larger team of scholars was organized here for translation of the Buddhism Scriptures into Chinese, then it became a holy place for pilgrimages. Behind the pagoda is the courtyard, which tells great Buddhism envoys story. The provincial Museum shows us Chinese archaeology’s excavation at Xian Areas from very beginning of Chinese primogenitors of Neolithic Age 20000-8000 years ago to the glorious dynasties 980AD. It has numerous collections and treasures on display. Accommodations at XIAN AURUM INTERNATIONAL HOTEL or similar
B,L,D
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Xian / Terra-cotta Warriors / Ceramics & Pottery Center Full day excursion tour to the femurs UNESCO site of Qin Terra-cotta Warriors & Bronze Chariots, We will see all excavated Exhibition 1, 2 ,3, 4 and watching the archaeologists are continuing on the fields for further excavation. Then we watch the Circle Vision Movie of the historical story. Afternoon on the route back the city we visit the Ceramics & Pottery Center. Tonight Dumpling Dinner & Tang Dynasty Show. Accommodations at XIAN AURUM INTERNATIONAL HOTEL or similar
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Xian/Chongqing by air, Yangtze River Cruise Fly to Chongqing. Afternoon sightseeing: Yangtze River Museum & the Second World War Memorials Embark MV. Paradise before 8 p.m. and set sailiing at mid-night. MV PARADISE - CITS PRESIDENT CRUISES NO. 6 (Superior) The UNESCO site of Yangtze River with Three Gorges is the third longest in the world and the largest in China with stirring, riffle water along with swirling bubbles. Many isolated small villages and numberless local temples and pagodas, historical sites along the river side bring us a geography, history and legends beyound our images. Relax with drinking and eating inclusive just as parting& appreciation extension that extremely brings us into a most beautiful vacation, not else. The President Cruises are superior & luxury boats specially designed for foreign visitors and it has porvided the excellent service for over 18 years with a good reputation. The staff are very talent and even organize us for join their talent show and entertainments on board. Accommodations at the CRUISE
B.L.D
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Cruise Start our sailing for a distance of 430 miles in all the great gorges and the deep mountain valleys. Afternoon we reach to the ghost city of Fengdu for a shore excursion, the temples here reveal ancient Chinese religion and legends with their imaged constructions and the ghost statures for people lucky praying. We could also have a glimpse of the new settlement town by the relocation of the new dam construction. Return back the boat and continue sailing. It is subject to visit Shibozai Pagoda on the cliff which has been always regarded a pearl along the river for people praying for good luck in the ancient. Accommodations at the CRUISE
B,L,D
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Cruise Sailing into the first Qutang Gorge and the second Wu Gorge and the river changes to wildly stirring, riffle water along with numerous swirling bubbles. The mossy cliffs are hemmed by the hanging pathways under the Twelve Peaks. After the boat reaches to famed Shennong Stream, we change to the small boat and sail deep into the fabled Three Lesser Gorges of 3 hours exploration. After we get to the upstream we change to small sampan pulling up by man tracker on bubbled water to the ethnic villages, they celebrate our visiting by singing local songs along the sampan trip while we enjoy the most scenic of all gorges for an excursion. After return back the boat, we continue sail into the third Xiling Gorge and pass through many historical sites. Finally sail through the huge Three Gorges Dam and the 5 ship locks with lowering the boat down 412 feet. Accommodations at the CRUISE
B,L,D
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Cruise and disembarkation at Yichang, then fly to Shanghai Continue Sailing in Xiling Gorge then take a shore excursion to the New Dam site in the morning. Afternoon disembarkation at Yichang and fly to Shanghai Accommodations at the CRUISE
B,L
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Shanghai / Old Downtown / Yu Garden / Shanghai Museum This morning we start visit Old Downtown and classical Yu Garden. Old Downton has many narrow zigzag lanes, small squares, fish pond and pavilions and it collects many favorite local bars, restaurants, tea houses and souvenir shops. The Yu Garden (UNESCO Site) built 400 years ago, is a famous ancient private garden with architectures of Ming and Qing dynasties. Owing to its ingenious design, zigzag layout by pavilions, chambers and towers, opera stage, elegant rocks and bridges on the mirroring lakes and moats. It became a real museum of Chinese ancient architecture. The vividly brick-carving figures of warlords & warriors, unique animals standing on the roofs of ancient buildings and the huge dragons decorated on the range of walls, feature the garden to a unique. Afternoon we visit Shanghai Museum. The attractions include enormous finest stone sculptures, bronze-ware, porcelain, calligraphic works, Chinese paintings and ancient furniture. After the Museum we stroll to the People Square. The surroundings are the best collection of modern architecture. If time available we visit the Carpet Factory. tonight we enjoy the famous Shanghai Acrobatic Show. Accommodations at GALAXY HOTEL SHANGHAI or similar
B,L,D
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Shanghai / Zhujiajiao / Jade Buddha Temple Today we take tour excursion to a well-preserved historical site, the ancient water-town of Zhujiajiao to see another unchanged face of Shanghai where APEC leaders visited while they were in Shanghai. Then we return back the city and visit Jade Buddha Temple. Accommodations at GALAXY HOTEL SHANGHAI or similar
B,L
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Depart Shanghai Transfer to Shanghai Pudong International Airport. Depart Shanghai.
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Great Wall
Ming Tombs
Terra-Cotta Warriors
Yangtze River
Shanghai Yu Garden
Remarks:
Arrival Beijing Saturday
Dept Shanghai Wednesday
Rate Per Person (USD)
Single Supplement (USD)
Extra Night Per Room in Beijing (USD)
Extra Night Per Room in Shanghai (USD)
04.02.11
04.14.11
1615
624
86
95
4. 09
4. 21
1615
624
86
95
4. 16
4. 28
1615
624
86
95
4. 23
5. 05
1615
624
86
95
4. 30
5. 12
1638
648
86
95
5. 07
5. 19
1638
648
86
95
5. 14
5. 26
1638
648
86
95
5. 21
6. 02
1638
648
86
95
5. 28
6. 09
1591
613
86
83
6. 04
6. 16
1579
601
86
83
6. 11
6. 23
1579
601
86
83
6. 18
6. 03
1579
601
86
83
6. 25
7. 07
1579
601
86
83
7. 02
7. 14
1579
601
86
83
7. 09
7. 21
1579
601
86
83
7. 16
7. 28
1579
601
86
83
7. 23
8. 04
1579
601
86
83
7. 30
8. 11
1579
601
86
83
8. 06
8. 18
1579
601
86
83
8. 13
8. 25
1579
601
86
83
8. 20
9. 01
1579
601
98
83
8. 27
9. 08
1651
660
98
95
9. 03
9. 15
1686
696
98
95
9. 10
9. 22
1686
696
98
95
9. 17
9. 29
1686
696
98
95
9. 24
10. 06
1686
696
98
95
10. 01
10. 13
1686
696
98
95
10. 08
10. 20
1686
696
98
95
10. 15
10. 27
1686
696
98
95
10. 22
11. 03
1686
696
98
95
10. 29
11. 10
1615
624
86
95
11. 05
11. 17
1568
564
86
83
Prices do not include:
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International flights & airport tax.
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Chinese Visa
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Travel Insurance
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Single Supplement Charge
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Personal expenses & gratuities to guide, driver and porters.
