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 the Summer Palace, the summer-residence of the former emperors with one of the biggest and best preserved gardens in China and visit a pearl factory and enjoy a 45 minutes Foot Massage.
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 at local Restaurant.
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 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.
Full day visit Terracotta Warriors with more than 6000 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. On the way back to the city and visit Wild Goose Pagoda and Old City Wall.
Evening Tang Dynasty Show with artists that are dressed in traditional Tang Costumes and perform dances of Tang Dynasty.
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch.
Hotel(☆☆☆☆): Bell Tower Hotel or similar
Day 6 – Xian / Shanghai
Breakfast at hotel.
Visit Shaanxi Provincial Museum and Grand Mosque.
Lunch at local restaurant.
Transfer to airport for flight to Shanghai.
Arrival Shanghai transfer to hotel.
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch.
Hotel(☆☆☆☆): The Bund Hotel or similar
Day 7 – Shanghai
Breakfast at hotel.
Full day visit Jade Buddha Temple with a 2M high sitting white Jade Buddha and the 400 years old Yu Garden, decorated with masterpieces of architecture, then visit the famous Bund and Nanjing Road. Lunch at local restaurant.
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch.
Hotel(☆☆☆☆): The Bund Hotel or similar
Day 8 – Shanghai
Breakfast at hotel.
Departure transfer to airport for flight.
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/SHA.
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.