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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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11 Days China Highlight
Tours
Destinations: Beijing,
Xi'an,
Luoyang
(Shaolin Temple),
Shanghai
Tour Code: GA_20
Departure: Daily
Tour Itinerary
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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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04 |
Beijing
- Xi'an (BLD)
Tour to the Summer Palace this morning.
After lunch, transfer to airport for
flight to Xi'an.
Upon arrival transfer to hotel. visit
the Ancient City Wall. Enjoy
the Tang Dynasty Dinner Show
this evening.
Summer
Palace: A magnificent
imperial garden, the largest ancient
preserved garden in China and a former
summer resort for emperors.
Ancient
City Wall: The
wall is 15 meters wide and 11.9 kilometers
in perimeter, it is the best preserved,
oldest and largest ancient city defence
system in China.
Tang
Dynasty Dinner Show: A
performance of Chang'an music and dances
that was originated in the Tang dynasty
of Chinese history over a thousand years
ago. |
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05 |
Xi'an (BLD)
Visit the
Terracotta Warriors Museum, the Big
Wild Goose Pagoda and the Forest of
Stone Steles Museum. Enjoy
the local speciality Dumpling dinner
this evening.
Terracotta
Warriors Museum:
The most significant archeological
excavations of the 20th century. It
is a sight not to be missed by any
visitor to China.
Big
Wild Goose Pagoda:
The Pagoda was first built in 652
in the Tang Dynasty. Xuanzang, a prominent
Buddhist scholar of the time, planned
to have ahuge stone pagoda built to
house the Sanskrit Buddhist scriptures
he had brought back from India.
Forest
of Stone Steles Museum:
The Stele Forest stores voluminous
artworks which possess not only eximious
value of handwriting and art, but
also rich cultural connotation. The
Stele Forest began to be built in
1087.
Dumpling:
A traditional and
popular food with a long history in
China. There is a popular saying in
China: "There is nothing more
delicious than Jiaozi."
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06 |
Xi'an (BL)
Visit the Shaanxi
Provincial History Museum, the Great
Mosque and the Bazaar near the Mosque.
Shaanxi
Provincial History Museum:
Covers an area of 70,000 square meters,
the museum houses a large collection
of 113,000 historic and cultural artefacts
unearthed in Shaanxi, being an absolute
must for every visitor to the city.
Great
Mosque: Built
in 742 A.D., the mosque was restored
in each of the Yuan (1271 - 1368),
Ming and Qing Dynasties. The distribution
of pavilions, halls, towers and platforms
in the mosque is compact and exquisite,
blending the traditional architectural
styles of Islam and Han.
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Xi'an
- Luoyang (B)
Take a soft seat train to Luoyang,
upon arrival transfer to the hotel.
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08 |
Luoyang
(BL)
Visit the White Horse Temple and the
Shaolin Temple.
White
Horse Temple: The
first temple built in 68 A. D. , the
11th year during the reign of Emperor
Yongping of the Eastern Ran Dynasty
(25-220) after the introduction of Buddhism
to China.
Shaolin
Temple: In 527
AD, Bodhidharma, an ancinent Indian
monk, came here and started the Zen
sect, which is regarded as the "ancestral
(first) court" of the Chinese Buddhism.
In the temple the Hall of Thousand Buddhas
is the most magnificent inside which
well preserved are gigantic murals of
"500 Arhats Worshiping..."
that cover the east, west and north
wells. On the brick floor of the hall
two rows of depressions can be seen;
these are marks left by Shaolin monks
who over long years practiced in it
martial arts, the well- known Shaolin
Gongfu, which originated right here.
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Luoyang
- Shanghai (BL)
Visit the Longmen Grottos. Transfer
to the airport for flight to Shanghai.
Longmen
Grottos: The grottos
were hewed and carved during the Northern
Wei Dynasty (386-534), at that time
Buddhism was spreading east into China.
Altogether there are 1,352 caves, 785
niches, more than 97,000 statues of
the Buddha, Bodhisativas, and Arhats,
and 3,680 inscribed stone tablets along
the 1-km-long cliff of Mt. Longmen on
the west and Mt. Xiangshan on the east
of the Yihe River south of Luoyang.
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Shanghai
(BLD)
Visit the Shanghai Museum, the Oriental
Pearl TV Tower, the Yu Yuan Garden and
the Bund. Enjoy the Portman Acrobatic
Show in the evening.
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.
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.
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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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 |
| Destination |
Beijing |
Hongkun International Hotel
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Jianshe Hotel
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| Xi'an |
Sheraton
Hotel
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Bell
Tower Hotel
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| Luoyang
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Peony
Hotel
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Peony
Hotel
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| Shanghai |
Ramada
Plaza Pudong
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Hanbo
Hotel
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| Quotation |
high
season |
US$
1726 p.p. |
US$
1467 p.p. |
| low
season |
US$
1598 p.p. |
US$
1429 p.p. |
| single
room suppl |
US$
590 |
US$
360 |
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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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