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.
Transfer to train station for train K705 (23h24/06h30) to Datong.
Overnight on train.
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
Day 4 – Datong
Arrival Datong and transfer to hotel.
Breakfast at hotel.
Free for leisure.
Lunch at local restaurant.
Visit Hanging Temple, built 1400 years old, hosts worship for the Taoist, Confucians and Buddhists, the temple is hung on the middle of the cliff and is still in perfect conditions after so many years, visit Yongang-Grotte, with 252 caves and 51000 statues, the grottoes represent the outstanding achievement of Buddhist cave are in China in the 5th and 6th centuries. The Five Caves created by
Tan Yao, with their strict unity of layout and design, constitute a classical masterpiece of the first
peak of Chinese Buddhist art, and then visit Huayan Temple with the nine dragon wall.
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch.
Hotel（☆☆☆☆）: Yuangang International Hotel or similar
Day 5 – Datong / Wutai Shan
Breakfast at hotel.
Depart hotel and transfer to Wu Tai Shan (about 4 hours), coach up to 2200M to visit the only and eldest Yingxian Wooden-Pagoda, is situated in western Yingxian County, it is shaped in an octagon and is 67.13M high and 30M in diameter at the bottom. A Liao Dynasty structure, it was built in 1056. On each story of the tower is displayed calligraphy. The tower offers valuable information for the research of calligraphic arts and the construction of the wooden tower.
Lunch at local restaurant.
Arrival Wutai Shan and transfer to hotel.
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch.
Hotel（☆☆☆☆）: Jin Xiu Shan Zhuang Hotel or similar
Day 6 – Wutai Shan
Breakfast at hotel.
Full day visit Xiantong Temple, Tayuan Temple, Longquan Temple, Wuye Temple and the Pushading Peak.
Lunch at local restaurant.
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch.
Hotel（☆☆☆☆）: Jin Xiu Shan Zhuang Hotel or similar
Day 7 – Wutai Shan / Taiyuan
Breakfast at hotel.
Free for leisure.
Lunch at local restaurant.
Coach back down from Wutai Shan then to Shanxi to visit Taiyuan (about 3.5 hours).
Arrival Taiyuan transfer to hotel.
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch.
Hotel（☆☆☆☆）: Shanxi Hotel or similar
Day 8 – Taiyuan
Breakfast at hotel.
Visit Yingze Dajie, the market where all the wholesaler bargaing for the sales, and Museum of Shanxi Province (the old Confucius temple), then visit Jinci Temple, a combination of historical cultural relics and beautiful landscapes.
Lunch at local restaurant.
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch.
Hotel（☆☆☆☆）: Shanxi Hotel or similar
Day 9 – Taiyuan / Pingyao
Breakfast at hotel.
Coach to Pingyao (about 2 hours), on arrival visit the Qiao Family, with the area of 8724 square meter, the courtyard was the house of the richest family Qiao in Qing Dynasty in China, though 2 centuries has bee passed, it still keeps its original splendor in architectural style.
Lunch at local restaurant.
Visit City Wall.
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch.
Hotel（☆☆☆）: Yide Hotel or similar
Day 10 – Pingyao
Breakfast at hotel.
Visit Confucius temple and Tao’s Monastery.
Lunch at local restaurant.
Walking through the old street to find out the secret of “Antique” China.
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch.
Hotel（☆☆☆）: Yide Hotel or similar
Day 11 – Pingyao / Taiyuan / Xian
Breakfast at hotel.
Free for leisure.
Lunch at local restaurant.
Transfer back to Taiyuan, on the way stop over at the Shuanglin Temple, with its hanzeitilchen sculpture and visit Schnaps Brennerei.
Arrival Taiyuan.
Transfer to train station for overnight train 2535 (17h50/0656) to Xian.
Overnight on train.
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch.
Day 12 – Xian
Arrival Xian and transfer to hotel.
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. Visit Wild Goose Pagoda and Old City Wall.
Lunch at local restaurant.
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch.
Hotel（☆☆☆）: Bell Tower Hotel or similar
Day 13 – Xian / Luoyang
Breakfast at hotel.
2 hours ride to Huashan, and then take the cable car up to the northern mountain top with 3 hours visit Shengmu Temple and Laojun Temple with lunch.
Bus down through Huashan to Luoyang (about 4 hours).
Arrival Luoyang and transfer to hotel.
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch.
Hotel（☆☆☆）: Peony Hotel or similar
Day 14 – Luoyang
Breakfast at hotel.
Visit Longmen Grottes and White Horse Temple.
Lunch at local restaurant.
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch.
Hotel（☆☆☆）: Peony Hotel or similar
Day 15 – Luoyang / Shanghai
Breakfast at hotel.
Visit Song Shan - Shaolin Temple to see the KungFu Show, one of China’s most famous martial art tradition that was developed by Buddish monks, founded in the 5th century by an Indian monk with lunch.
Transfer to Zhengzhou (about 2 hours) for flight to Shanghai.
Arrival Shanghai and transfer to hotel.
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch.
Hotel（☆☆☆）: The Bund Hotel or similar
Day 16 – Shanghai
Breakfast at hotel.
Visit Jade Buddha Temple with a 2M high sitting white Jade Buddha and the 400 years old Yu Garden, decorated with masterpieces of architecture.
Lunch at local restaurant.
Visit the famous Bund and Nanjiang Road.
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch.
Hotel（☆☆☆）: The Bund Hotel or similar
Day 17 – Shanghai
Breakfast at hotel.
Departure transfer to Longyang Station for Maglev train 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 (except in Luoyang, Datong, Wutaishan, Ping yao, Taiyuan is English speaking guide).
03. Sightseeing entrance fee.
04. Domestic air ticket (economy class) with tax and fuel surcharge of Zhengzhou /SHA.
05. Train ticket PEK/Datong, Taiyuan/Xian of soft berth.
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 09.
02. If 8-30 Apr.2009 touched Luoyang, USD100/per room surcharge will be apply due to Peony Festival.
03. Pingyao hotel and Datong hotel are very simple hotels, provide very simple Chinese breakfast.
04. The best timing for visit is middle of March to early November.
