Day 1
City: Arrive Beijing Transportation: Air Meal: No meals
Sights: Airport-hotel 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,Summer Palace,Hutong Tour
Shopping: Rickshaw ride in Beijing's back lane-Hutong with family visit
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
Summer Palace-Royal summer resort for Chinese Empress Dowager CiXi and her family.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
Shopping: 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/Urumqi Transportation: Air Meal: B+L
Sights: Regional Museum, Red Hill Park
Shopping: Local's Daily Morning Exercise in Beijing
After breakfast in the hotel,our guide will meet your very early in the morning to take you to one of the city parks,where local people do the morning exercise.You are more than welcome to join them for a cultural experience.Then our guide will transfer you to the airport for your onward flight to Urumqi.
Urumqi,capital of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region,is an important transportation hub for modern travelers.Upon arrival at Urumqi,our guide will meet you at the airport,and transfer you back to the hotel.
Day 5
City: Urumqi/Turpan Transportation: Car Meal: B+L+D
Sights: Lake of Heaven,Local Bazaar,Karez wells,Emin Minaret,Grape Valley
Shopping: Visit Grape Valley at Turpan
After breakfast in the hotel,our guide will start the tour to take you to the International Grand Bazaar- where people all come together to trade or shop or have fun in the big market.it is the best place to go for Uyghur items.Then we will drive you about three hours to visit the Lake of Heaven-a not-to-be-missed sight near Urumqi,and possibly the prettiest lake in China.Then you will arrive Tupan.The oasis town of Turpan is an extraordinary contrast to the barren gravel desert on all sides.Visit
Emin Minaret-This circular minaret was founded in the late 18th century and built in the Afghan style of unglazed mudbricks arranged in bold geometric patterns.And visit
Karez wells-the remarkable 2,000-year-old Karez irrigation system allowed the desert cities of the Silk Road to flourish despite an unrelentingly arid environment.
Day 6
City: Turpan/Hami Transportation: Car Meal: B+L
Sights: Ancient City of Gaochang,Ancient City of Jiaohe,Flaming Mountain,Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves
Shopping: Donkey Ride at Ancient City of Gaochang
After breakfast in the hotel,our guide will take you to the ruins of two ancient cities.Ancient City of Gaochang was a first-century walled city of which very little now remains save for massive crumbling walls and foundation.Ancient City of Jiaohe-the smaller abandoned city of Jiaohe has an incredible setting on the top of a cliff,and island at the confluence of two rivers.Visit Flaming Mountian and
Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves-it is located in a breathtaking valley nestled inside the
Flaming Mountains,is an ancient temple complex built between the 5th and 9th century.
Day 7
City: Hami/Dunhuang Transportation: Car Meal: B+L+D
Sights: Mogao Caves,Singing Sand Mountain Crescent Moon Lake
Shopping: Camel ride on the desert in Dunhuang
After breakfast in the hotel,we will drive you to Dunhuang.Dunhuang was once the important transportation hub along the Silk Road.The Buddhist caves of Dunhuang are one of the Silk Road's most impressive landmarks.We will serve you lunch at a local restaurant.Afternoon visit the Mogao Caves-the caves were first worked in the fourth century,monks and craftsmen lived and worked in Dunhuang for over four centuries.Besides carvings,the caves also contain numerous murals.And visit the Singing Sand Mountain Crescent Moon Lake-named for the light rattling sound that the sand makes when wind blows across the surface.You will also have dinner at a local restaurant.
Day 8
City: Dunhuang/Jiayuguan Transportation: Car Meal: B+D
Sights: Jiayuguan Fort,Great Wall Museum
After breakfast in the hotel,our guide will drive you to Jiayuguan-since 1372 a part of the western end of the Great Wall.Visit Jiayuguan Fort-the fortification was completed four years after the rise of the Ming dynasty.And visit the Great Wall Museum.Then keep driving west,you will reach Jiuquan-a thriving industrial town,was founded in 111 B.C as a garrison outpost.
Day 9
City: Jiuquan/Zhangye Transportation: Car Meal: B+L
Sights: Jiuquan Park,Big Buddha Temple
After breakfast in the hotel,the tour will start from visiting the Jiuquan Park,then drive to the Big Buddha Temple-Zhangye's most notable sight is China's longest reclining Buddha housed in the Big Buddha Temple.
Day 10
City: Zhangye/Xining Transportation: Car Meal: B+L
Sights: Ta'er Temple, Qinghai Lake
After breakfast in the hotel,we will drive you to Xining.Its name means "Peace in the West", so it's no surprise that Xining started out as a military garrison in the 16th century,guarding the empire's western borders.Visit Ta'er Temple-one of the six great monasteries of the Tibetan Buddhist sect known as Yellow Hat-and reputedly the birthplace of the sect's founder,Tsong Khapa-construction began here in 1560. Then visit the Qinghai Lake-China's largest inland saltwater lake.
Day 11
City: Xining/Lanzhou Transportation: Train Meal: B+D
Sights: Waterwheel Garden,White Pagoda Park,Yellow River Mother Sculpture
After breakfast in the hotel,our guide will transfer you to the railway station for your morning train to Lanzhou-Built on the banks of the Yellow River,the capital of Gansu province extends along the base of a narrow gorge whose walls rise to 5,000 feet.Visit Waterwheel Garden,White Pagoda Park-it's a great place for people-watching,and Yellow River Mother Sculpture.
Day 12
City: Lanzhou/Xi'an Transportation: Train Meal: B
Sights: Train ride from Lanzhou to Xi'an
After breakfast in the hotel,our guide will transfer you to the railway station for train from Lanzhou 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.Upon arrival in Xi'an,our guide will meet you at the airport,and transfer you back to the hotel.
Day 13
City: Xi'an Transportation: Car Meal: B+L+D
Sights: Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum,Banpo Museum,Big Wild Goose Pagoda
Shopping: 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.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 14
City: Xi'an/Shanghai Transportation: Air Meal: B+D
Sights: Ancient City Wall of Xian,Xintiandi,Shanghai World Financial Center
Shopping: Explore Shanghai Xintiandi
After breakfast in the hotel,our guide will take you to downtown Xi'an,you will have the chance to see the old Bell Tower and Drum Tower of the Ming Dynasty located in the city center.Then you will climb the Ancient City Wall of Xian.After lunch at local restaurant,our guide will transfer you to the airport for your onward 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 in Shanghai our guide will meet you and help you to load the luggage on your car.Before the guide take you to the hotel,the orientation city tour will get you familiar with the bustling environment.Then you will head to the top of China-Shanghai International Financial Center for a bird's eye view of the city and its surroundings.And free walk around Xintiandi. The rest of the day is at your leisure.
Day 15
City: Shanghai Transportation: Car Meal: B+L
Sights: Shanghai Museum,Yuyuan Garden,Shanghai Bund,Nanjing Road,Shanghai World Financial Center
Shopping: 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,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 category.After lunch at a local restaurant,you will take your time back in time at 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.
Day 16
City: Depart Shanghai Transportation: Air Meal: B
Sights: Shanghai Maglev Train
Shopping: Shanghai Maglev Train Ride
After breakfast in the hotel,our guide will take you to Shanghai Longyang subway station to let you experience theMaglev train-the first commercial "Maglev" train will take to Shanghai Pudong international airport in just 7 minutes!After lunch at a local restaurant,you will be transferred to the airport for your international flight home!
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