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12-Day China Highlight
Tours
Destinations: Beijing,
Nanjing,
Wuxi,
Suzhou,
Hangzhou,
Shanghai
Tour Code: GA_10
Departure: Daily
Tour Itinerary
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| Day
01 |
Entry
Beijing
Upon your arrival in Beijing,
you will be met by our guide and escorted
to your hotel. |
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| Day
02 |
Beijing
(BLD)
Visit the Forbidden City (the Imperial
Palace), the Tiananmen Square and the
Temple of Heaven. Enjoy the Beijing
Duck Dinner and the Peking Opera in
the evening.
Forbidden
City: Used to
be the imperial palace of the Ming
(1368 - 1644) and Qing (1616-1911)
dynasties.
Tiananmen
Square: Tian'anmen
was the front gate of the Imperial
Palace during the Ming and Qing dynasties.
In front of the gate is the world's
largest open ground in the city -
the Tian'anmen Square.
Temple
of Heaven: An
outstanding representative of Chinese
traditional architecture for its clever
design and harmoneous colors. During
the Ming and Qing dynasties, the emperor
came to pray and thank gods for the
harvests every year.
Beijing
Duck Dinner: The most delicious
food Beijing has to offer.
Peking
Opera: The most influential and
representaive of all operas in China
and has a history of about 200 years.
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| Day
03 |
Beijing
(BL)
Take an excursion to the Badaling Great
Wall and the Ming Tombs.
Badaling
Great Wall: The
best preserved part of the Ming dynasty
(1368 - 1644) Great Wall.
Ming
Tombs: The mausoleums
of 13 emperors of the Ming Dynasty.
The mausoleums have been perfectly preserved.
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| Day
04 |
Beijing
- Nanjing (BL)
Visit the Summer
Palace. After lunch, transfer to airport
for flight to Nanjing.
Visit the Yangtze River Bridge.
Summer
Palace: A magnificent
imperial garden, the largest ancient
preserved garden in China and a former
summer resort for emperors.
Yangtze
River Bridge: An
important symbol of Chinese self-reliance
and until the late 1970s, the story
of its construction was often told in
primary school textbooks. |
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| Day
05 |
Nanjing
- Wuxi (BL)
Visit the Dr. Sun Yatsen's Mausoleum
and the Nanjing Museum. Transfer to
the railway station and take the soft
seat train to Wuxi.
Dr.
Sun Yatsen's Mausoleum:
Sun has been respected as Father of
Modern China since he fought unyieldingly
against the corrupt Qing government
(1616-1911) and led the 1911 revolution
to end feudal system and found Republic
of China (1912-1949), leading Chinese
people into a new era.
Nanjing
Museum: The museum
has a collection of more than 420 thousand
pieces, including about 2,000 rare and
valued ones. |
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| Day
06 |
Wuxi
- Suzhou (BL)
Visit the Taihu Lake, the Liyuan Gardenand
the Turtle Head Islet. Transfer to the
railway station and take the soft seat
train to Suzhou.
Taihu
Lake: With an area
of 2250 square kilometres and an average
depth of 2 metres, Taihu Lake (or Lake
Tai) is the third largest freshwater
lake in China. Some 90 islets, large
or small, plus the presence of many
fleets of fishing junk boats add to
its landscape, making it a remarkable
spectacle.
Liyuan
Garden: One of
the famous gardens for lake scenery
in South China since the 40% of the
garden is covered with water.
Turtle
Head Islet: Wuxi's
most attractive park and the best place
to admire the beauty of Taihu Lake. |
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| Day
07 |
Suzhou
(BL)
Visit the Humble Administrator's Garden,
the Tiger Hill, the Garden of the Master
of the Nets and the Lingering Garden.
Humble
Administrator's Garden:
It covers 4 hectares in northeast Suzhou.
It is the largest garden of the city
and a typical example of the art of
horticulture south of the Changjiang
river.
Tiger
Hill: The most
famous sight of Suzhou, with old trees
and cultural relics everywhere.
Garden of the Master of the Nets:
Built in 1174 A.D. during the Song Dynasty,
is characteristic of the most exquisite
garden-houses in Suzhou.
Lingering
Garden: With an
area of 23,310 sqm, Garden for Lingering
In is the best garden in Suzhou as well
as one of the four most famous gardens
in China. |
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| Day
08 |
Suzhou
- Hangzhou (BL)
Take
the soft seat train to Hangzhou.
Visit the Six Harmonies Pagoda.
Six
Harmonies Pagoda:
A perfect symbol of brick-and-wood structure
built in the ancient China. It is first
built in 970 AD in the Northern Song
dynasty (960-1127), in a way to press
down the evil of the river tidal bore
in Qiantang River. |
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| Day
09 |
Hangzhou
(BL)
Visit the Lingyin Temple, the West Lake,
the National Silk Museum of China and
the Red Carp Pond.
Lingyin Temple:
Founded in 326 A.D, and reputed as the
No. 1 Temple in Southeast China. The
24.8-meter tall Buddha statue in its
main hall is the second largest indoor
one in China.
West Lake: One
of the most famed tourist attractions
in China. For centuries, the West Lake
has been well known both for its picturesque
landscape and for cultural heritage
surviving yet illustrating the past
dynasties.
National
Silk Museum of China:
The first state-level museum dedicated
to silk culture and the biggest silk
museum in the world. |
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10 |
Hangzhou
- Shanghai (BL)
After breakfast, take the soft seat
train to Shanghai.
Visit the Shanghai Museum and the Bund.
Shanghai
Museum: The museum
boasts over 120,000 pieces of collection,
including bronze, ceramics, paintings,
calligraphy, sculpture, ancient Chinese
coins, jade furniture, and western art.
The
Bund: With a length
of 1 km, the bund is dotted with various
grandiose solid buildings of western
style dating back to the early this
century in its west. Due to these imposing
buildings, the bund is also reputed
as "an international exhibition
of architecture". |
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| Day
11 |
Shanghai
(BLD)
Visit the Oriental Pearl TV Tower, the
Yu Yuan Garden and the Jade Buddha Temple.
Enjoy the Portman Acrobatic Show this
evening.
Oriental
Pearl TV Tower:
With a height of 1,245 feet, it is one
of the tallest structures in Asia.
Yu
Yuan Garden: A
traditional Chinese park complete with
beautiful pavilions, miniature lakes,
bridges and rock formations.
Jade
Buddha Temple:
Built in 1881, one of the famous Buddhist
temples in East China. Here many ancient
statues, paintings, a complete set of
Buddhist scriptures (printed in the
Qing Dynasty), and over 7000 other rare
scriptures are kept. |
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| Day
12 |
Exit (B)
After breakfast, transfer to the airport
for your departure, end of service.
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Quotation and Hotel
Accommodation
Tour quotations are only applied for 2-5
peaple as a group, further discount
availible for group number more than 5 people.
The private guided tour is tailored for
you exclusively. No other participants will
be in your group and you will not take part
into any tours of others on land services.
| Hotel |
Luxury |
Standard |
| City |
Beijing |
Jing
Guang Hotel
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Jiangxi
Grand Hotel
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| Nanjing
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Hilton
Hotel
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Ramada
Plaza Yihua
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| Wuxi
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Sheraton
Hotel
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Pan
Pacific Hotel
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| Suzhou |
Dongshan
Hotel
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Suzhou
Hotel
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| Hangzhou
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Zhejiang
Intercontinental Hotel
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Hangzhou
Wan Hotel
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| Shanghai |
Galaxy Hotel
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Holiday Inn Express Zhabei
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| Quotation |
high
season |
US$
1766 p.p. |
US$
1473 p.p. |
| low
season |
US$
1691 p.p. |
US$
1442 p.p. |
| single
room suppl |
US$
722 |
US$
483 |
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High Seasons:
April, May, June, July,
August, September, October, November
Low Seasons:
December, January,
Febuary, March
Note:
The above price is
not valid during the public holidays:
1-7th May, 1-7th October and during
the first week of Chinese Lunar New
Year which takes place in late January
or early February. |
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 Quotation Inclusions:
1. Hotel accommodation
The hotel is based
on two persons sharing one twin
or double standard room with private
facilities.
2. Meals
Daily American
or Chinese breakfast at the hotel,
Chinese lunch and dinner in local
Chinese restaurant as specified
in the itinerary. B - Breakfast,
L - Lunch, D - Dinner.
3. Private Transport
Private transport
between airport or railway station
and hotel and all the sights by
air-conditioned vehicle.
4. Transportation
between Cities
The economic class
air tickets of the domestic flight
or soft berth/seat train tickets
between cities as specified in the
itinerary.
5. Entrance tickets
The main entrance
tickets for the sights mentioned.
6. Guiding service
Excellent tour
Guiding. All normal sightseeing
tours in each city with English-speaking
guide and admission fees where applicable.
Our guide will not fly with you
from one city to another. Upon your
arrival at each city, a new local
guide and driver will pick you up,
be with you for local tour and see
you off after you finish the itinerary
of each city. The cruise shore excursion
is in-group assigned by the cruise
company.
7. Insurance
China Life Tourist
Accident/Casualty Insurance. We
highly recommend that you purchase
full coverage travel insurance from
you country of origin.
8. Tibet Travel
Permit application fee
The Tibet Travel
Permit application fee if your tour
covers Tibet.
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Quotation Exclusions:
1. Visa Fees
Charge of obtaining
your visa to enter China.
2. Charge of
arrival and departure
The international
or domestic air / train charge of
arrival and departure.
3. Single Room
Supplement
Should a twin room
is needed by a single guest, supplement
of the twin room will be charged.
What
is single supplement? -
The hotel is based on double occupancy.
If the visitor travels alone or
the number of the travelers is odd
(such as 3, 5, 7...), who stays
in one single room has to pay the
single room supplement. As the hotel
is on double occupancy.
4. Personal Expenses
Expenses of a personal
nature such as laundry, drinks,
fax, telephone call, optional activities
or sightseeing, overweight baggage
charges or meals not indicated,
ect.
5. Optional Programs
Optional programs
which are not specified in the above
itinerary.
6. Tips to guides
and drivers
Suggested tips:
USD12-14 to tour guide per day,
USD 8-12 to driver per day, but
depending on their service, it's
up to you.
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How To Book The Above Tour?
Please email us and
let us know the information below:
1. Your names and nationality.
2. Your arrival and departure date
and flight number.
3. Would you like luxury or standard
or economic hotels for your tour.
4. The number of persons in your
party that take this tour.
5. If you want us to tailor made
a new tour for you that is different
from above tour, please let us know
your special requests.
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