Day 1
City: Arrive Beijing Transportation: Air Meal: No Meals
Sights: Hotel-airport pick up and transfer service
Beijing is the cultural heart of China and the nation's top travel destination.Upon arrival in Beijing,our guide will meet you at the exit of the luggage claim area,and transfer you to the hotel.On the way to the hotel,the guide will give you some information of the city,and recommendation of restaurants and shops near your hotel.The rest of the day is at your leisure.
Day 2
City: Beijing Transportation: Car Meal: B+L
Sights: Tiananmen Square,Forbidden City,Temple of Heaven,Hutong Tour
Culture: Hutong Tour with Rickshaw Ride
After breakfast in the hotel,you will start the tour to walk on the world's largest public square-
Tiananmen Square,visit the
Forbidden City-home to 24 Chinese emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties.Lunch will be at local's house.After lunch,be a local Beijinger,ride on the rickshaw to have the Hutong Tour-old Beijing's alleys formed by lines of Siheyuan.Learn the process of making the Pearl.Then,you will visit the Temple of Heaven- Beijing's emblem,a place for ancient Chinese emperor pray for a good harvest.Transfer you back to the hotel after the tour.Dinner is on your own arrangement.
Day 3
City: Beijing Transportation: Car Meal: B+L+SD
Sights: Great Wall,Ming Tombs
Culture: Cloisonne Making Process
After breakfast in the hotel,you will take one hour drive to one of the 13 Ming Tombs-Changling Mausoleum. Stop at Beijing Cloisonne Factory en route,you will learn how this unique articraft is made.Lunch will be at a local restaurant.Afternoon you can explore the
Great Wall on your own-the only construction seen from universe.Transfer you back to the hotel after the tour.Special Peking Duck dinner awaits for you tonight.
Day 4
City: Beijing/Xi'an Transportation: Air Meal: B+SD
Sights: Lama Temple,Ancient City Wall of Xian
Culture: Bike Ride on Xi'an City Wall
After breakfast in the hotel,you will take the morning tour to the
Lama Temple-the only Tibetan Buddhist temple in Beijing.Then,you will be transferred to the airport for your flight to Xi'an.
Xi'an served as the ancient Chinese capital for 13 dynasties,and is home to the world famous
Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum.Upon arrival in Xi'an,our guide will meet you at the airport,and transfer you back to the hotel.After check-in at the hotel,refresh up and climb the Ancient City Wall of Xian as well as ride the bicycles on the wall.You will have dinner at the Tang Dynasty-a theater restaurant with the cultural performance included.Then transfer you back to the hotel after the show.
Day 5
City: Xi'an Transportation: Car Meal: B+L
Sights: Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum,Shaanxi Provincial History Museum,Big Wild Goose Pagoda
Culture: Jade Carving Process
After breakfast in the hotel,depart for the full day excursion to visit the
Big Wild Goose Pagoda-a Buddhist Temple where the famous Monk Xuanzang translated his famous scriptures from India.And visit the
Shaanxi Provincial History Museum-one of the best museums and the only museum in China with exhibits arranged in a chronological order.Then visit the Jade Carving factory to learn why jade is so important to the China and its people.You will have lunch at a local restaurant to try the local noodles.Then visit the
Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum-the pottery figurines that guard the Emperor's after life of the Qin Dynasty. After the tour,our guide will transfer you back to the hotel.
Day 6
City: Xi'an/Kunming Transportation: Air Meal: B+D
Sights: Great Mosque,Western Hills
Culture: Xi'an Morning Walking Tour
After an early breakfast in the hotel,our guide will take you to one of the parks near your hotel in Xi'an,you will have the chance to join local people's morning exercise.Then our guide will transfer you to the airport for your onward flight to Kunming.
Kunming is one of China's most pleasant cities,a product of its year round mild climate,the Chinese have nicknamed it the "City of Spring".Upon arrival in Kunming,our guide will meet you at the exit of the luggage claim area,and transfer you to the hotel.On the way to the hotel,the guide will give you some information of the city,and recommendation of restaurants and shops near your hotel.Then,you will visit the Western Hills and the surrounding areas by bike.
Day 7
City: Kunming Transportation: Car Meal: B+L+D
Sights: Stone Forest,Jiuxiang Scenic Area
Culture: Visit Local Sani Minority Family
After breakfast in the hotel,we will drive you to the
Stone Forest-a geological phenomenon known as Shilin in Chinese.This cluster of dark gray-lime-stone karst formations has been twisted into unusual shapes millions of years ago.Then visit Sani Village and Yi Village-Yi people are the descendants of the Qiang People of northwestern China,Sani is the branch of Yi People.They are scattered across southwestern China in Yunnan
Day 8
City: Kunming/Dali Transportation: Air Meal: B+L+D
Sights: Er Hai Lake,Butterfly Spring,Three Pagodas
Culture: Visit Bai People's Tie-dye
After breakfast in the hotel,you will be transferred to the airport for your early flight to Dali.Dali is one of those rare places that feels completely cut off from the rest of the world.The rustic town is perched at the foot of the towering Cangshan Mountains and overlooks lovely
Er Hai Lake.Upon arrival at Dali,our guide will meet you at the airport,and transfer you to the
Er Hai Lake-Yunan's second largest and romantic lake,you will have a boat ride on the lake.Then you will visit the Butterfly Springs-the beautiful lake by the Cangshan Mountain,and lover's destination for Bai Minority to choose the company by singing and dancing.Visit
Three Pagodas-the best preserved Nanzhao monuments.The towering structures are all in the close-eaves style,setting the pattern for later pagodas in Yunnan.
Day 9
City: Dali/Lijiang Transportation: Car Meal: B+L+D
Sights: Old Town of Shuhe,Baisha Village,Old Town of Lijiang,Mu's Mansion
Culture: Enjoy Naxi Ancient Music
After breakfast in the hotel,we will put you on a journey to Lijiang.Lijiang was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site,and is home to the Naxi people,who are related to Tibetans but have their own language and culture.Upon arrival at Lijiang,you will get on the bike to paddle and visit the Old Town of Shuhe-the second largest Ancient Town in Lijiang area,
Baisha Village-Baisha is also one of the first settlements of Naxi ancestors.With the world famous Lijiang fresco,the Baisha murals mix the stories in Buddhism,Taoism and Lamaism into one picture.Visit Old Town of Lijiang-a labyrinth of winding alleys,fish-filled streams,and old Naxi houses with tile rooftops,and Mu's Mansion-residence and working site for Naxi ruler.
Day 10
City: Lijiang Transportation: Car Meal: B+L+D
Sights: Jade Dragon Snow Mountain
Culture: Ancient Dongba Script Class
After breakfast in the hotel,drive to the sacred mountain-
Jade Dragon Snow Mountain-one of non-Tibetan China's most spectacular peaks. The mountain's jagged,snow-covered face is one of the defining sights of a trip to Lijiang.The well-maintained road to the scenic area is a nice drive,passing numerous villages and offering fine valley and mountain views.
Day 11
City: Lijiang/Shanghai Transportation: Air Meal: B
Sights: Shanghai World Financial Center
After breakfast in the hotel,our guide will transfer you to the airport for your flight to Shanghai.Shanghai is China's future.Located at the mouth of Asia's longest and most important river,Shanghai has its magnificent past and promising future.Upon arrival at Shanghai,our guide will meet you at the airport for sightseeing to the top of China-Shanghai World Financial Center for a bird's eye view of the city and its surroundings.Then our guide will later transfer you to the hotel.
Day 12
City: Shanghai Transportation: Car Meal: B+L
Sights: Shanghai Museum,Yuyuan Garden,Shanghai Bund,Nanjing Road
Culture: Knowing Chinese Silk
After breakfast in the hotel,you will start the tour of this modern city by visiting the
Yuyuan Garden-a former private residence with the atmosphere of peace and beauty amid the clamor of the city,
Shanghai Bund-China's famous waterfront boulevard flanked with art-deco buildings of the 30s.Free walk along Chin's first pedestrian shopping street-Nanjing Road.You will have the chance to know China's silk worms with their growing process,and the silk producing procedure.After breakfast at a local restaurant,you will visit
Shanghai Museum-China's best museum with the country's premier collection of relics and artifacts arranged by catergory.After the tour,our guide will transfer you back to the hotel.
Day 13
City: Depart Shanghai Transportation: Air Meal: B
Sights: Shanghai Maglev Train
Culture: Shanghai Maglev Train Ride
After breakfast in the hotel,our guide will transfer you to the airport for your international flight.Our guide will meet you in the hotel and help you to load the luggage on your car.Then the guide will take to experience the world's first commercial "Maglev" train to transfer you to the airport.It only take 7 minutes from Longyang Subway station to Pudong International airport.
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