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For questions regarding this
China Tour, please call Bill Suen at 510-676-4295
Email
info@caasc.net
or w.suen@yahoo.com
Day 1. San Francisco - Shanghai
Board your transpacific flight to Shanghai.
Day 2. Shanghai (D)
Upon arrival in Shanghai, the “Paris of the Orient.”. You will be
greeted and escorted to the hotel.
Day 3. Shanghai (AB, L, D)
After breakfast, pay a visit to the Jade Buddha Temple,
renowned for its huge statue of the Buddha carved from a single
piece of white jade; and the Yu Garden, famous for its rock
gardens, pavilions, halls and ponds, and Old Shanghai Bazaar, with
shops filled with all manner of interesting curios. This afternoon,
you will visit the Shanghai Museum, China's most up-to-date
museum showcasing the country's ancient glory.
Day 4. Shanghai (AB, D)
Visit Shanghai Expo exhibition Halls for the whole day. The
lunch will be on your own arrangement.
Day 5. Shanghai to Beijing (AB, SD)
Free at leisure in the morning. Transfer to airport to take
afternoon flight to Beijing, Capital of China. Meet your guide and
transfer to your hotel. Enjoy a fabulous banquet featuring the
famous Beijing Duck in the evening.
Day 6. Beijing (AB, L, D)
After breakfast, visit Tiananmen Square and the Imperial Palace in
the Forbidden City, home of Chinese emperors for more than
500 years. After lunch, visit the Summer Palace, taking a
leisure stroll while admiring the thousands of ancient murals along
the Long Corridor and a boat ride on Kunming Lake (weather
permitting).
Day
7. Beijing (AB, L, D)
The highlight
today is an excursion to the Great Wall. Enjoy the dramatic
vistas and marvel at the Wall as it climbs and descends steep ridges
and narrow valleys. After lunch, visit the Ming Tombs starting with
a stroll along the Sacred Way, which is guarded by stone
statues. Then tour the Chang Ling Exhibition Museum. En
route back to the city, drive around the intriguing architecture of
the main Olympic venues: the National Stadium, nicknamed the “Bird’s
Nest”, because of its unique design and the National Aquatics
Center, known as the “Water Cube”.
Day
8 Beijing. to Xi’an (AB, L, D)
After
breakfast, fly to the ancient capital city of Xi’an. This afternoon,
you’ll enjoy a tour of the ancient City Wall, built during
1374-1378 A.D., one of China’s most historical and the best
preserved city wall remains from the later stage of the Middle Ages.
Continue to visit the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, the symbol of
Xi’an, it was once used for the safekeeping of scriptures and
Buddha’s statues that were brought back from India by Monk Xuanzang
of the Tang Dynasty. Then visit to the Bell Tower which
stands in the city center, engulfed in Xi’an’s most congested
traffic center.
Day 9. Xi'an (AB, L, SD)
Today's highlight is a visit to the Terra-Cotta Warriors and
Horses Museum, home to an army of more than 6,000 life-size
statues excavated from the tomb of the first emperor of the Qin
Dynasty. After lunch, visit the Shaanxi Provincial Museum,
renowned for its collection of Han and Tang dynasty antiquities. In
the evening, enjoy a special dumpling dinner and cultural show
at the Tang Dynasty Theatre recreating the music, costumes and
dances of that era.
Day 10. Xi’an to Guilin (AB, L, D)
.After breakfast, transfer to the airport and board your flight to
tranquil Guilin. Upon arrival, enjoy a city tour to the Elephant
Trunk Hill and Reed Flute Cave with stalactites and
stalagmites illuminated by the different color lightings, and it’s
also famed as “The Art Palace of the Nature”, then check in to the
hotel.
Day 11.
Guilin
to Yangshuo (AB, L)
Today's excursion is a cruise along the beautiful Li River.
Experience the magical beauty of limestone rock formations and
farmland commonly seen in Chinese landscape paintings. Disembark at
the charming village of Yangshuo, which has one of the best antique
and craft markets in China. Browse at the market, or relax at one of
the local cafes. Stay overnight in Yangshuo.
Day
12 Yangshuo -Guilin –Guangzhou-Zhongshan. (AB, L)
This
morning,transfer to the airport for your flight to Guangzhou. Upon
arrival, you will be met and transferred to the Hotel in Zhongshan.
Day 13. Zhongshan
To be arranged.
Day 14. Zhongshan
To be arranged.
Day 15.
Zhongshan-Hongkong (AB, L)Transfer
to Hongkong by ferry. Today's half-day sightseeing tour gives an
introduction to Hong Kong Island. Your tour will take you through
Repulse Bay, Stanley Market and Aberdeen's floating community. Then
ascend Victoria Peak to take in the breathtaking, panoramic views of
the city.
Day 16. Hong Kong (AB)
You have the whole day at leisure discover why Hong Kong is known as
“The Shopping Capital of Asia.” You may also consider taking one of
the optional tours.
Day 17 Hong Kong to San Francisco (AB)
Farewell to Hong Kong. Transfer to the airport for your flight back
to the USA.
AB – American Breakfast, L – Lunch, D – Dinner, SD – Special Dinner.
Package Price: US$2649.00 per person + TAX. Single supplement:
US$850.00(5 star).
(U. S. Air Tax and Airport Security plus Fuel Surcharge Estimated
US$245.00).
Including:
1.
All the international + domestic flights and ferry;
2. Hotel accommodations as per itinerary with breakfast daily.
3. Transfers and sightseeing tours as per itinerary.
4. English speaking local guide service with air-conditioning coach
with driver.
5. National Guide Escorting within China Except Hong Kong.
6. Baggage handling for one suitcase (44 pounds max. weight).
7. One bottle of complimentary mineral water each day. |
