Tour Package No. 3: 12-Day China Hightlights (from US$1755 per person)
Beijing/Xi’an/Guilin/Shanghai 12 days / 11 nights
Tour Code: BXGS

All inclusive;
5-star hotel in Beijing and 4-star hotels in Xi’an, Guilin and Shanghai;
Complimentary Accidental Travel Insurance in China;

Great Wall		Terra-Cotta Army		Li River		The BUND

Package Features:

You will not have a better understanding about China until you visit Beijing, Xi’an, Guilin and Shanghai. This tour will take you to the imperial cities of Beijing and Xi’an where you will visit the world renowned Great Wall, Forbidden City and Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses Museum etc. and see how the emperors were living, working, worshiping and entertaining in the ancient time, the beautiful city of Guilin where you will be shocked by the picturesque hills and clear rivers, the modern city of Shanghai where you will see the fast development of the city and the uniquely beautiful water town near Shanghai. Besides, you will have the chance to taste the famous Peking Roast Duck and Dumplings and watch the fantastic Acrobatic or Kungfu Show and Tang Dynasty Singing and Dancing Show.

Hotels:

Beijing (4 nights): 5-star hotel
Oriental Bay International Hotel or similar

Xi’an (2 nights): 4-star hotel
King Dynasty Hotel or similar

Guilin (2 nights): 4-star hotel
Park Hotel or similar

Shanghai (3 nights): 4-star hotel
Galaxy Hotel or similar

Guaranteed Departures and Pricing (all inclusive):

Land service includes:

-- 11 nights of hotel accommodation with buffet breakfast in hotel;
-- all transfers and transportation within the tour by luxury A/C coach;
-- all meals as listed in the itinerary (9 lunches and 9 dinners in local restaurant);
-- all entrance fee to the scenic spots indicated in the itinerary;
-- quality English speaking tour guide service
-- domestic airfare Beijing / Xian / Guilin / Shanghai with tax and the fuel surcharges

Land service does NOT include:

-- roundtrip International airfare with tax;
-- extra personal expenses;
-- tips to tour guide, driver & porters

Remarks:
--Date for F-1 Race in Shanghai is unknown yet, one or two departures would be cancelled when
the date for F-1 Race is confirmed. .
-- Please indicate Tour CODE “BXGS” or “Tour Package No.3” at time of booking
--There is no FOC and further discount for children under 12.
-- Please provide passport names and passport numbers at time of booking.
-- The above prices are based on the exchange rate of 1:7 between Chinese Yuan and US Dollar. If any further devaluation of US Dollar at time of booking, we have to charge the balance.

Detailed Itinerary:

Day 1 (Sat). To Beijing (No meals)
Arrive in Beijing Capital International Airport. You will be met by the local tour guide and transferred to your excellent 5-star hotel.
Rest of the day at leisure.
Overnight in Beijing

Day 2 (Sun) Beijing（B.L.D）
Breakfast in hotel.
Morning tour to Tian’anmen Square, the biggest square in the world, and Forbidden City, the complex of Imperial Palaces which were home to the Emperors for over 500 years.
Lunch in local restaurant.
Afternoon tour to Summer Palace, where the Emperors went to escape the heat of the city in summer.
Dinner in local restaurant.
Overnight in Beijing

Day 3 (Mon) Beijing（B.L.D）
Breakfast in hotel.
Morning tour to Great Wall at Badaling, the best preserved part of the Great Wall which is a magnificent construction project in ancient china and one of the great wonders in the history of human civilization (around 65km away from the city centre and about 1.5 hours’ drive). Usually people climb up to the top of the Great Wall. Cable car fee is on your own if you need it.
Lunch in local restaurant.
Afternoon tour to Sacred Way, part of the Ming Tombs complex and guarded on both sides with stone statues by which the ancient emperors went to hold a memorial ceremony for the ancestors and Changling of Ming Tombs, the biggest wood-made and best preserved palace of the 13 Ming Tombs
Dinner in local restaurant.
Overnight in Beijing.

Day 4 (Tue) Beijing（B.L.D）
Breakfast in hotel.
Morning tour to Temple of Heaven, an exquisite example of Ming architecture served as an exclusive altar for Chinese emperors during the Ming and Qing dynasties. You will also see the local people doing Taiji and morning exercises in the Temple of Heaven.
Lunch in local restaurant.
Afternoon tour to Hutong, a labyrinth of old narrow streets lined with ancient courtyard houses giving us a glimpse into the traditional and colorful life of Beijing residents.
Farewell dinner --- Peking Roast Duck in local restaurant.
Kungfu Show in the evening.
Overnight in Beijing.

Day 5 (Wed) Beijing/Xi’an (B.L.D)
Breakfast in hotel.
Morning airport transfer for your flight for Xi’an. About 2 hours’ flight.
Arriver in Xi’an met by local tour guide and transferred to your hotel.
Lunch.
Afternoon tour to Big Goose Pagoda, which was built to store sutras and statues brought from India by Xuan Zang in Tang Dynasty, and Shaanxi Provincial History Museum which houses a large collection of 113,000 historic and cultural artifacts unearthed in Shaanxi.
Dinner.
Overnight in Xi’an.

Day 6 (Thu) Xi’an (B.L.D)
Breakfast in hotel.
Morning tour to Terracotta Army Museum, a vast Terracotta Army - 7000 life sized figures individually crafted and complete with chariots and horses (around 38km away from the city)rLunch in local restaurant.
Do a little shopping before dinner.
Dumpling Dinner & Tang Dynasty Singing and Dancing Show.

Day 7 (Fri) Xi’an/Guilin (B.L.D)
Breakfast in hotel.
Morning airport transfer for your flight for Guilin. About 2 hours’ flight.
Arrive in Guilin, met and transferred to your hotel.
Lunch in local restaurant.
Afternoon tour to Elephant Truck Hill, whose shape is just like a huge elephant drinking water from the river with its trunk, and Folded Brocade Hill, whose rocks are piled up layer upon layer on each other to folded brocade.
Dinner in local restaurant.
Overnight in Guilin.

Day 8 (Sat) Guilin (B.L.D)
Breakfast in hotel.
Day Cruise on the Li River from Guilin to Yangshuo (around 80 km long). Gorgeous Karst peaks give you surprises at each bend of the limpid river under the blue sky.
Buffet lunch on board.
Arrive in Yangshuo in the afternoon around 14:30. We will spend the afternoon at West Street lined with small craft stalls and shops.
Dinner in local restaurant.
After dinner, transfer back to your hotel in Guilin (about 1.5 hours’ driving).
Overnight in Guilin.

Day 9 (Sun) Guilin/Shanghai (B)
Breakfast in hotel.
Airport transfer for your flight for Shanghai. About 2 hours’ flight.
Arrive in Shanghai, met and transferred to your hotel.
Rest of the day at leisure.
Lunch and dinner on own.
Overnight in Shanghai.

Day10 (Mon) Shanghai (B.L.D)
Breakfast in hotel.
Morning tour to the Bund, which is a famous waterfront and regarded as the symbol of Shanghai for hundreds of years and Yu Garden, a representative of the classical architectural style acknowledged as an architectural miracle in the region southeast of the Yangtze River.
Lunch.
Afternoon tour to Jade Buddha Temple, a venerable and famous Buddhist temple and shopping at Carpet Factory.
Dinner.
Acrobatic Show in the evening.
Overnight in Shanghai.

Day11 (Tue) Shanghai (B.L.D)
Breakfast in hotel.
Morning transfer to Zhujiajiao Water Town, a typical ancient water town in the south of the Yangtze River (one hour of driving from Shanghai downtown).
Lunch.
Afternoon visit the Shanghai Museum, a large museum of ancient Chinese art.
Dinner.
Overnight in Shanghai.

Day12 (Wed) Shanghai/departure (B)
Breakfast in hotel.
Airport transfer for your flight home or extending your stay.