Day 1 – Beijing
Arrival Beijing transfer to hotel.
Lunch at local restaurant.
Visit Temple of Heaven, a praying and sacrificial place of the Ming and Qing Emperors.
Visit Flea Market.
Meal: Lunch.
Hotel（☆☆☆☆）: New World Courtyard Hotel or similar
Day 2 – Beijing
Breakfast at hotel.
Full day visit Great Wall (Badaling), that has been built from 770-475 B.C. – climbing on top on the 2484 miles long Great Wall is really an experience. Afterwards visit the Summer Palace, the summer-residence of the former emperors with one of the biggest and best preserved gardens in China and visit a peal factory and enjoy a 45 minutes Foot Message.
Lunch at local restaurant.
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch.
Hotel（☆☆☆☆）: New World Courtyard Hotel or similar
Day 3 – Beijing
Breakfast at hotel.
Visit Tiananmen Square where the Mao’s Mausoleum and the Congress Hall are located, then the Forbidden City with the emperor’s palace in the heart of Beijing (So called because it was off limits for 500 years, covering an area of 250 acres, protected by a 10.7m high wall, marked off by towers at each corner).
Lunch at local restaurant.
Visit the Hutongs, lanes or Alleys formed by lines of Siheyuan (a compound with houses around a courtyard) where old Beijing residents live, witness the vicissitude of the city by a trishaw.
Peking Duck Dinner.
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
Hotel（☆☆☆☆）: New World Courtyard Hotel or similar
Day 4 – Beijing / Xian
Breakfast at hotel.
Free for leisure.
Lunch at local restaurant.
Transfer from hotel to airport for flight to Xian.
Arrival Xian transfer to hotel.
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch.
Hotel（☆☆☆☆）: Bell Tower Hotel or similar
Day 5 – Xian
Breakfast at hotel.
Visit Terracotta Warriors with more than 6,000 life-sized terracotta figures of soldiers and horses in perfect battle array are showing the superb sculptural art of that time. Lunch at local restaurant. One the way back to the city and visit Wild Goose Pagoda.
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch.
Hotel（☆☆☆☆）: Bell Tower Hotel or similar
Day 6 – Xian / Guilin
Breakfast at hotel.
Transfer from hotel to airport for flight to Guilin.
Arrival Guilin.
Visit one of the most extraordinary sceneries, which is underground – the Reed Flute Cave with it’s multicoloured lighting and fantastic stalactites and stalagmites, and then to see the Fubo Hill and the Elephant Trunk Hill with their strange rock-formations with lunch at local restaurant.
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch.
Hotel（☆☆☆☆）: Park Hotel or similar
Day 7 – Guilin / Yangshuo
Breakfast at hotel.
4 hours boat trip to Yangshuo on the Li River, we pass some extraordinary peaks, sprays of bamboo lining, the riverbanks, fishers in small boats and picturesque villages.
Lunch at local restaurant.
If you are interested in large-scale performance, you can ask the guide about the performance expresses the beautiful scenery of the Li River –named Impression – Liu Sanjie. Creatively combines the classical Sanjie Liu's Songs, ethnic groups’ Culture and the fishing lights together, to reflect the harmonious atmosphere between human beings and the nature. The performance lasts
for 70 minutes and 600 plus actors and actress are involved. The show is optional – please see
remark 02.
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch.
Hotel（☆☆☆☆）: Regency Holiday Hotel or similar
Day 8 – Yangshuo / Guilin / Hong Kong
Breakfast at hotel.
Coach back to Guilin and transfer to airport for flight to Hong Kong.
Meal: Breakfast.
Above Quotation included:
01. Accommodation, breakfast and meals as mentioned above.
02. All private transfer and tours as mentioned above with English/German/French speaking guide.
03. Sightseeing entrance fee.
04. Air ticket (economy class) with tax and fuel surcharge of PEK/XIA, XIA/KWL, KWL/HKG.
Above Quotation not included:
01. Other than the above itinerary.
02. China visa fee.
03. Personal expenses.
04. Service during free time.
05. Tips for tour guide, driver and luggage boy.
Remarks:
01. Blackout dates:
Golden week: 01-03 May and 01-07 Oct 2009 and Chinese New year: 26 Jan-01 Feb 2009.
02. Lau Shen Jie Show in Yanghsou: Creatively combines the classical Sanjie Liu’s Songs, ethnic groups’ Culture and the fishing lights together, to reflect the harmonious atmosphere between human beings and the nature. The performance lasts for 70 minutes and 600 plus actors and actress are involved. Please note that the show will be cancelled if it rains.
03. D07 lunch served on Li River cruise is not suitable for European tourist (taste, hygiene), so lunch will be provided in Yangshuo, after the Li river cruise.
