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8 Days Ancient China Dream Travel |
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- Trip highlights: This circle takes you to the most beautiful Guilin, the oldest Xian and the newest Beijing that China has to offer. Follow Emperor Qin, the First Chinese Emperor's trail from the North to South.
- Tour price: From
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1,086.00
 Price including hotels, tours, meals...
- Destinations:
Beijing, Xian, Guilin
- Tour code:
SWCM002
Private tour for a van with tour guide and driver, available every day
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| Day 1 Beijing |
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| Pick up from the Beijing airport by our English speaking tour guide and transfer to the hotel. Free time for the rest of the day. |
| Beijing | As the center of politics, cultural and international exchange, Beijing is a modern metropolis full of vitality.
For the history buffs, Beijing is a living museum, but it has something to offer everyone. It is also the starting point for most of our…… |
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| [ Today's Optional ] Wangfujing Streeet: Wangfujing is a 700-year-old commercial street. It has maintained its position as the number one choice for shoppers since the mid-1980s. The Wangfujing Department Store has long been acknowledged as the largest, most fashionable, and best known shopping center in Beijing. |
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| Day 2 Beijing (B,L,D) |
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| Full day sightseeing in Beijing, enjoy the famous Peking Opera at night. |
| Tian An Men Square | TianAnMen Square, the symbolical heart of China and gathering place for the masses. Walk around there, imagining the great historic events of the 20th century took place there. | | Peking Opera | Peking opera is a synthesis of stylized action, singing, dialogue and mime, acrobatic fighting and dancing to represent a story or depict different characters and their feelings of gladness, anger, sorrow, happiness, surprise, fear and sadness. In Pe…… | | Summer Palace | This is the largest and most complete imperial garden existing in China. It was first built in the 12th century as an imperial palace. Renovations and extensions in the following several hundred years till the end of the 19th century transformed it i…… | | Forbidden City | The Forbidden City (Imperial Palace) in the heart of Beijing is the largest and most complete imperial palace and ancient building complex in China. Its construction began in 1406. Twenty four emperors from the Ming and Qing dynasties (1644-1911) liv…… |
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| [ Today's Optional ] Peking Roast Duck: With its long history, Peking roast duck is well known among both domestic and overseas customers. The duck is hung in the oven and roasted by flame burning from fruit-wood. It takes about 45 minutes for the duck to be done. The finished duck is characteristic with crispy skin, tender meat and the fragrance from the fruit-wood. |
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| Day 3 Beijing (B,L) |
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| The hightlight today is the Mutianyu Great Wall. You might climb up the Wall by foot, or take cable car(the optional cost is RMB 50 one way). |
| Sacred Way | This road was known as “shendao”, meaning "the way of the spirit". The body of the dead was carried across this route at funeral ceremonies. It is 7 kilometers long, starting at the Memorial Arch to the gate of the main tomb. | | Ming Tombs (Changling) | Between 1368 and 1644 the Ming Dynasty had 16 emperors, and thirteen of them were buried in Beijing. This is where the tombs got their names from. The Ming tombs are located about 50 kilometers to the north of Beijing. | | Mutianyu Great Wall | The Mutianyu Great Wall is 73 km from Beijing and has 22 watchtowers, about one every kilometer. A 4,000 meter long pathway has been constructed from the road to the summit. It can also be reached by cable car. |
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| [ Today's Optional ] Lao She Tea House: Lao She Tea House is one of Beijing's most famous tea house, and has been visited by a number of well-known politicians. It is a wonderful entertainment house with short shows by comedians, singers, musicians, acrobats and opera performers. |
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| Day 4 Beijing (B,L,D) |
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| Continue your city tour in Beijing. Later transferred to Beijin railway station to catch the overnight train (soft sleeper class, 4 berths in one compartment) to Xian. Stay overnight on the train. Train No.: Z19 (leave Beijing at 21h24, arrive Xian at 08h25 next day)
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| Train Z19 Beijing to Xian | Z19 train is the fastest and most modern long distance trains in China, running on routes Beijing to Xian. Leave Beijing at 21h18, arrive Xian at 08h19 next day. These trains are soft class only (no hard class) with 4-berth ordinary soft class sleepe…… | | Temple of Heaven | The Temple of Heaven was built in the 15th century, a sacred site for ancient Beijing. This was where the emperor and his 1000 member entourage would retreat to for religious rituals twice a year. It is considered as the most supreme achievement of t…… | | Hutong Tour | The Hutongs is the old narrow paths where common people used to live. You will be taken by rickshaws to visit ordinary Beijing families living in these compound houses. Rickshaws are actually three wheeled bicycles. There are fleets of them circling …… |
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| [ Today's Optional ] Xiushui Street: Xiushui Strees is a shopping center in Beijing that accommodates over 1,700 retail vendors, notorious among international tourists for their wide selection of counterfeit designer brand apparels. |
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| Day 5 Xian (B,L) |
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| Arrives at Xian railway station at 08h25 in the morning. Pickup from train station, transfer to hotel to freshup and have breakfast. Then start your tour in Xian. The highlight is our visit to the ancient Terra-Cotta Armies. |
| Xian Bell Tower | Bell Tower in Xian is the most well-preserved and best-known one among many ancient cities of China. The Bell Tower was originally built in the Yingxiang Temple in 1384, at the intersection of West Street and Guangji Street. | | Big Wild Goose Pagoda | The Big Wild Goose Pagoda is one of the most distinctive and outstanding landmarks in the south of Xi’an city. It is one of the main constructions in the famous Da-Ci-En Buddhist temple. | | Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses Museum | This site was listed by UNESCO in 1987 as one of the world’s cultural heritages. Work is ongoing at this site, and so far more than 7,000 pottery soldiers, horses, chariots, and weapons have been unearthed from these pits. |
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| [ Today's Optional ] Tang Dynasty Dinner Show: The Tang Dynasty show has absorbed all the best music from the past dynasties and that of western regions and other countries. It vividly reflects their thriving economy, the friendly relationship between Tang and its neighboring countries, and the daily life of the Tang people. |
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| Day 6 Xian,Guilin (B,L) |
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| Morning tour in Xian, fly to Guilin in late afternoon. Be met and transfer to the hotel. Free time for your first evening in Guilin.
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| Muslim quarter | The Muslim quarter is an interesting place to visit in Xian. It features a mix of Chinese and Islamic cultures where small alleyways have been turned into marketplaces. This place is a myriad of interesting handicraft shops, muslim restaurants and ve…… | | Great Mosque | The Great Mosque which is located at Huajue Lane is the major spot for the religious activities of over 60,000 Moslems in Xi'an. It is also an important historic monument in Shaanxi Province.
| | Ancient City Wall | It is the most complete city wall survived in China as well as one of the largest ancient military defensive systems in the world. The wall was built in the Tang dynasty (618 -907) and enlarged in the Ming dynasty (1368-1644). | | Shaanxi Provincial History Museum | It is the largest comprehensive museum in the province. It is also the fist national level grand museum equipped with modern facilities. It exhibits primarily historical relics of past dynasties and displays precious art treasures and stone carvings …… |
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| [ Today's Optional ] Evening cruise on Li River and surrounding lakes: You will enjoy the evening cruise through Li River, Fir lake, Banyan Lake and Peach River, which was part of the ancient moat surrounding Guilin. |
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