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	Tour Name: China and Yangtze Cruise Tour Code: M12D194 Duration: 12 Days & 11 Nights Destination: Beijing, Xian, Chongqing, Yangtze River, Suzhou, Shanghai Features: Explore the Golden triangle cities of Beijing, Xian and Shanghai, then relax while enjoying the awesome scenery on the Yangtze River and immerse in the classic Chinese Gardens in the tranquil city Suzhou. Truly a Classic China Tour that brings you once-in-a-lifetime memories! Departure Date: You Choose! Tour Price: From $ P.P

Trip Summary

Detailed Itinerary

Dates & Prices

Tour Dates	Destinations	Tours & Services	Meals	Accommodation
Day01	Beijing	Arrive in Beijing, be met and transferred to hotel.	N/A	Jianguo Hotel Beijing
Day02	Beijing	Visit Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square, The Temple of Heaven, enjoy Peking Roast Duck Dinner.	B, L, SD	Jianguo Hotel Beijing
Day03	Beijing	Morning Mutianyu Great Wall Hiking including cable cars. Take a Rickshaw Ride to visit the Hutongs, visit a local family and have lunch in their home. At night enjoy Kung Fu Show at the Red Theatre.	B, L, D	Jianguo Hotel Beijing
Day04	Beijing	A leisure day to visit Summer Palace, giant panda in Beijing Zoo, and Beijing Aquarium.	B, L, D	Jianguo Hotel Beijing
Day05	Beijing / Xian	Transfer to airport and fly to Xian. Visit Xian Ancient City Wall with Bicycle ride, learn how to make dumplings at local's home. Enjoy splendid Tang Dynasty Show.	B, L, D	Grand New World Hotel
Day06	Xian	Visit The Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses, Drum Tower, walking on the Muslin Food Market and local bazaar in the old city area.	B, L, D	Grand New World Hotel
Day07	Xian / Chongqing	Morning visit Big Wild Goose Pagoda and a family visit, fly to Chongqing. Arrive in Chongqing, transfer to the city for dinner, drive to pier and board the Yangtze Cruise ship.	B, L, D	Guilin Bravo Hotel
Day08	Yangtze River	Shore excursion to Fengdu Ghost City.	B, L, D	Yangtze Cruise Ship
Day09	Yangtze River	Shore excursion to Shennong Stream or Lesser Three Gorges.	B, L, D	Yangtze Cruise Ship
Day10	Yichang / Shanghai	Shore excursion to the Three Gorges Dam. Arrive in Yichang at noon, be met at the dock and transferred to airport and fly to Shanghai. Arrive in Shanghai, be met and transferred to hotel.	B, L	The Bund Hotel
Day11	Shanghai	Full day visit Shanghai Museum, Jade Buddha Temple, Oriental Pearl TV Tower and Yuyuan Garden. Enjoy splendid Chinese acrobatic Show at night.	B, L, D	The Bund Hotel
Day12	Shanghai	Transferred to airport for your departure flight. Trip ends.	B	N/A

Day01 Arrival Beijing
Today you arrive in Beijing, the capital of China. Greeted and received by your local guide and escorted to your hotel in downtown Beijing. The rest of day is at your own disposal.


	Day02 Beijing (B, L, SD) Enjoy your buffet breakfast at your hotel. Today you will have a day guided tour to explore Beijing. This morning the tour begins with a visit of the Temple of Heaven, located in the southern part of Beijing, and has been one of the most holy places for the whole country for more than five centuries. It used as a complex of sacrificial buildings for the Ming and Qing emperors, and is the largest one in Beijing among several royal altars to Heaven, Earth, the Sun, the Moon and other deities or symbolic forces of Nature. Then you will take a walking in the iconic Tiananmen Square, which is probably the biggest one of its kind in the world. From here you will go on to the Forbidden City (also known officially as the Imperial Palace Museum ) was commissioned by the third Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Yong Le. The palace was built between 1406 and 1420, but was burnt down, rebuilt, sacked and renovated countless times, so most of the architecture you can see today dates from the 1700's and on wards. The Forbidden City was the seat of Imperial power for 500 years, and is now a major tourist attraction in China. The total area of the complex is 183 acres, so it takes quite a while to walk through, especially if you want to have a close look at everything. All together there are 9,999 1/2 rooms in the Museum, not all of which can be visited. At night you will enjoy delicious Peking Roast Duck Dinner at a fine local restaurant.

Day03 Beijing (B, L, D)
This morning you will head to the Great Wall of China at Mutianyu. The Great Wall, like the Pyramids of Egypt, the Taj Mahal in India and the Hanging Garden of Babylon, is one of the great wonders of the world. Starting out in the east on the banks of the Yalu Rivers in Liaoning Province, the Great Wall stretches westwards for 12,700km to Jiayuguan in the Bobi Desert, thus known as the Ten Thousand Li Wall in China. In the afternoon you will return back the town and take a unique Hutong tour by a rickshaw to discover the old residential area of Beijing. Hutongs are closely associated with individual four-sided courtyard in which people live. Most Hutongs are running east west for the local dwellers to procure the sunlight. You will visit a local family and have lunch in their home. At night you will enjoy a splendid Chinese Kung Fu Show at the Red Theatre.

Day04 Beijing (B, L, D)
You start today's activity at the Summer Palace. Located at the northwest suburb of Beijing, the Summer Palace was originally a royal garden and a temporary dwelling palace for emperors of Qing Dynasty, Its predecessor was the Garden of Clear Ripples (Qingyiyuan) started in 1750 and burned down by the British and French allied troops in 1860. In 1886, Empress Dowager Cixi used navy outlays and other funds in the reconstruction and renamed the park as Summer Palace in 1888.The Summer Palace in northwest suburban Beijing is the largest and most complete imperial garden existing in China. This afternoon is for children-friendly activities. You will visit lovely and cute giant panda in Beijing Zoo, and after that you will enjoy some quality time at Beijing Aquarium.


	Day05 Beijing / Xian (B, L, D) Take a morning flight to Xian. Arrival in Xian, your guide and driver will meet you and transfer you to the town for a trip to the Ancient City Wall of Xian. Built 600 years ago (1374 - 1378) in the Ming Dynasty, the Wall was added on the Tang Dynasty walls. Being the most prominent walls built after medieval time, it is also the best-kept and biggest city walls in Xian. You will ride a bicycle on the Ancient City Wall. After that you will make Chinese dumplings at a local's home. At night you will enjoy the amazing Tang Dynasty Show.


	Day06 Xian (B, L, D) Your Xian tour begins with the mighty Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses. Discovered in 1974, Xian Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses Site is one of the most important archaeological finds in the 20th century. In a vault of approximately 12,000m2 and 5m underground lay some 8,000 terracotta infantry soldiers, archers, cavalrymen and chariots arranged in battle formation, ready to defend their emperor's immortal soul. After the visit you will have a very good local lunch at a graceful restaurant. Then you will head back town to visit the Drum Tower and have a walking on the Muslim food market and its nearby bazaar in the old city area.


	Day07 Xian / Chongqing (B, L, D) In the morning you will visit the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. Situated at south of the Xian city, as one of the main constructions in the famous Buddhist temple-Da-Ci-En Temple, where Famous Buddhist Master Xuanzang (Monk Tripitaka) stored his well-preserved collection of classic Buddhist artifacts brought from India in Tang Dynasty. Now it is the Landmark of the Xian. After this you will visit a local family in Xian who will invite you for a lunch at their home (served with real home cooked food). After that you will be transferred to airport and take a flight to Chongqing. Upon arrival Chongqing, be received and escorted to take a city sightseeing including the People's Assembly Hall, Jie Fang Bei Pedestrian Street, and Three Gorges Museum. After dinner you will be transferred to pier and board your Yangtze Cruise Ship. Then your guide will leave the boat and your cruise will start at about 10:00 pm.


	Day08 Yangtze River Cruise (B, L, D) Your memorable Yangtze Cruise begins today. Various activities onboard will expand your preparation for Yangtze exploration. Your ship will stop for a shore excursion at the famous Fengdu Ghost City where you can learn about China's afterlife culture. Afterwards, you'll re-board the ship and continue your cruise. Usually there will be a welcome party hosted by the captain in the evening, this is the best chance to make new friends and be immersed in the staff's hospitality. So dress up and be ready to enjoy.


	Day09 Yangtze River Cruise (B, L, D) Besides the enchanting landscape along the Yangtze River, today's sightseeing will be highlighted by the shore excursion to Lesser Three Gorges. You will take a local sampan to enter the fabulous green gorges. Deep gorges, lush mountains, crystal waters, appalling cliffs, thriving groves and perhaps native wildlife make this excursion worthwhile. Get back to your ship after the stop, the ballroom maybe an ideal place to entertain at night.


	Day10 Yangtze Cruise - Yichang / Shanghai(B, L, D) Disembark early in the morning for an excursion to the Three Gorges Dam. There is a bus driving you to the peak where you could overlook the huge Three Gorges Dam composed of the dam, the hydropower stations and the navigation facility. After returning to the ship, please follow the check-out procedure. You will meet your local Yichang guide at the pier who you transfer you to Yichang Airport where you will take a flight to Shanghai. On arrival Shanghai, you will meet your guide who will transfer you to your hotel.


	Day11 Shanghai (B, L, D) You have a day guided trip to explore the city of Shanghai. You will visit the Jade Buddha Temple. As Shanghai's most popular temple with visitors, the Jade Buddha complex has an exceedingly short history, having been completed in 1918, but it exudes a powerful potion of thick incense, flashy decorations, and a dark, seedy atmosphere that makes it seem centuries older. After that you will proceed to the Shanghai Museum. The Shanghai Museum contains more than 112,000 Chinese cultural relics from the Old Stone Age to modern times, including bronze ware, calligraphy, paintings etc. Then you will continue to visit Yuyuan Garden. Yuyuan garden is the most famous garden in south China and decorated with beautiful pavilions, miniature lakes, bridges and rock formations. Later in the afternoon your guide will take you to the Oriental Pearl Tower where you may have a stunning skyline of the townscape Shanghai. At night you will enjoy a splendid Chinese acrobatic Show.

Day12 Depart Shanghai (B)
Your guide and driver will transfer you to airport according to your flight schedule. End of your China Family Tour.

Tour costing varies upon group size, travel season and hotel accommodation levels etc. For price details please email us at info@splendidchinatours.com.

Price inclusions:
01). All accommodations based on two persons sharing one room (single occupancy is subject to supplement);
02). China internal flights with airport tax or train as stated in the program;
03). Round-trip transfers between airports or railway stations, hotels, and scenic spots in each city by private air-conditioned vehicles with experienced licensed drivers;
04). All admission fees and activity expenses as listed in the itinerary;
05). Daily meals as specified in the itinerary: B denotes breakfast, L denotes lunch, and D denotes dinner (SD signifies special dinner);
06). Services of a local English speaking guide in each city (other languages can be arranged upon request, supplement may apply);
07). Travel Agency Liability Insurance during the tour;
08). Governmental taxes and fees.

Price excluded:
01). International airfare to/from China;
02). Chinese Visa fees;
03). Expenses of personal natural such as laundry, telephone, drinks, mini bar etc;
04). Personal shopping, optional activities and excess baggage charges;
05). Gratuities for local tour guides, drivers and hotel bellboy etc;
06). International travel insurance;
07). Services and activities that are not mentioned in the itinerary.