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China
Travel Service offers China tours, China tour
packages, Yangtze cruises, tours to Beijing, Shanghai,
Xi'an, Guilin, Tibet and Hongkong
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8 Days China Highlight Tour
Destinations: Beijing,
Datong,
Taiyuan,
Pingyao
Tour Code: GA_19
Departure: Daily
Tour Itinerary
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Entry
Beijing
Upon your arrival in Beijing,
our tour guide will pick you up at the
airport and transfer to your hotel.
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| Day
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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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Beijing
- Datong (BL)
Visit the Yonghegong Lama Temple. Have
a Hutong hour by rickshaw. Take the
afternoon train to Datong.
Yonghegong
Lama Temple:
A Yellow Hat Tibetan lamasary and
one of the city's finest and most
celebrated temples. Its 5 main halls
and many galleries are filled with
exquisitely detailed tanka paintings
and beautifully carved or cast Buddha
images.
Hutong:
The old narrow
lanes where common people lived. All
the Hutongs crisscross with each other,
dotted with the Kingdergarten, the
Bell Tower, Drum Tower, Tea House,
the lake, House of Gong Infante and
local people's houses among them.
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05 |
Datong
(BL)
Tour to the Yungang Grottoes, the Huayan
Monastery, the Nine Dragon Screen and
Shanhua Monastery.
Yungang Grottoes:
China's largest grottoes and world-famous
treasure-house of arts and culture with
53 caves, with 51,000 carved statues
and bas-reliefs.
Huayan Monastery:
These splendid ancient buildings were
constructed of wood during the Liao
Dynast more than nine hundred years
ago.
Nine
Dragon Screen:
This glazed-brick structure has nine
dragons sculptured in relief in five
colors, the screen is 45.5 meters long,
8 meters high, and 2 meters thick. It
was built more than six hundred years
ago.
Shanhua
Monastery: The
monastery was first built in A.D. 713-741
during the Tang Dynasty, the entire
monastery is a well-proportioned, well-preserved
complex. It contains more than thirty
Buddhist statues sculptured during the
Liao and Kin dynasties, the most noteworthy
being covered in gold leaf.
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06 |
Datong
- Taiyuan - Pingyao (BLD)
Take morning train with soft seats to
Taiyuan. Visit Qiao Family's compound,
the Shuanglin Temple and the Pingyao
Ancient City Wall.
Qiao
Family's compound:
Built in 1755, this well-preserved and
exquisite structure used to be the residence
of Qiao Zhiyong, who was a famous businessman
during the Qing Dynasty.
Shuanglin
Temple: A Buddhist
temple with a long history. Inside the
temple are more than two-thousand painted
sculptures which arts are of precious
value.
Pingyao
Ancient City Wall:
First built about 2,700 years ago, the
ancient city wall was expanded in the
Ming Dynasty. It was the most well-preserved
wall among the ancient historical and
cultural cities in China. |
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Pingyao
- Taiyuan - Beijing (BLD)
Visit the Ming - Qing Street, the Ri
Sheng Chang Financial House, the Chenghuang
Temple and the Tongxinggong ancient
bank bodyguard establishment. Drive
back to Taiyuan, visit the Jinci Temple
on the way. Take the overnight soft
berth train back to Beijing.
Ming
- Qing Street:
The street used to be the commercial
center of Pingyao ancient city. The
traditional and orderly-located shops
of the Ming and Qing Dynasties are still
well preserved.
Ri
Sheng Chang Financial House:
Ri Sheng Chang was established in the
early Qing Dynasty. It was China's forerunner
for organizing Chinese early finance
system, handling remittance, money exchange,
deposit, loan and other financial business.
Jinci
Temple: Jinci Temple
is the most famous of all the historical
relics in Taiyuan, with an artistic
combination of ancient garden and architecture.
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Beijing
- Exit (B)
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.
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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:
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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:
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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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