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13 Days Beijing, Shanxi Province and Xian Tour |
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- Trip highlights: Visit Yungang Grottoes, Hanging Temple, Wutai Mountain, Qiao Family Mansion, Pingyao ancient town...this area's biggest attractions are the numerous Buddhist temples, Grottoes.
- Tour price: From
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1,077.00
 Price including hotels, tours, meals...
- Destinations:
Beijing, Datong, Wutaishan, Taiyuan, Pingyao, Xian
- Tour code:
SWSX001
Private tour for a van with tour guide and driver, available every day
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| Day 1 Beijing |
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| Our English speaking tour guide will hold a welcome sign to meet you at the Beijing Capital Airport according to your international flight schedule. Transfer to the hotel and relax 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 ] Dashilan old street: Dashilan is the oldest and perhaps one of Beijing’s most fascinating streets to explore. This district is cluttered South of Tian'anmen Square, it is the civilian area, known as the grassroots culture under the Forbidden City. |
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| Day 2 Beijing (B,L) |
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| Sightseeing tour with a private car with driver and a English speaking tour guide. Visit all must-see attractions in Downtown Beijing. |
| 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…… | | 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. | | 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 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 Peking opera there are four main types of roles: sheng (male) dan (young female), jing( painted face,male), and chou (clown, male or female). |
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| Day 3 Beijing (B,L) |
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| The highlight is the Great Wall. The Mutianyu Great Wall is less crowded than Badaling, you might walk up and down the Wall on foot, or take cable car one way or round trips. The extra cost of cable car (RMB 50 one way) will be at your own cost. |
| 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) |
Today's Activities: |
| Continue our discovery in Beijing. |
| Beijing Zoo | The must-see area of Beijing Zoo is the famous Panda House, You can see lovely Giant Panda and lesser panda. Lakes and gardens abound in the zoo complex which is a weekend destination for families. | | Hutong Tour by Rickshaw | Rickshaws are actually three wheeled bicycles often driven by old, retired men. There are fleets of them circling around the TianAnMen square area, and they are always willing to take passengers. It is nice to take a ride around the square in the eve…… | | 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…… |
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| [ Today's Optional ] National Grand Theater: National Grand Theatre is colloquially described as The Egg, is an opera house in Beijing. Its location immediately to the west of Tiananmen Square, near the Forbidden City, combined with the theatre's futuristic design, created considerable controversy. |
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| Day 5 Beijing,Datong (B) |
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| Morning is at your leisure in Beijing till transferred to Beijing West Train station for the train (soft sleeper class, 4 berths in one compartment) to Datong City. Train No.: K615 (leave Beijing at 15h40, arrive Datong at 21h45). Upon arrival at Datong railway station, pickup by our English speaking tour guide and drive to hotel. |
| Train K615 Beijing to Datong | K615 train is running on routes Beijing West Train Station to Datong. Train No.: K615 (leave Beijing at 14h57, arrive Datong at 20h50). These trains have soft class with 4-berth ordinary soft class sleepers, 6-berth hard class sleepers and hard seats…… |
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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 6 Datong (B,L) |
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| The highlight today is the famous Yungang Grottes. |
| Huayan Temple | The Huayan Temple is the largest and best preserved temple of the Liao Dynasty in existence in China. The Huayan Temple complex is located on Daxi Street on the south western side of Datong City, Shanxi Province. | | The Datong Nine Dragon Screen | The Datong Nine Dragon Screen, built over 600 years ago, is presently the oldest and largest glazed screen in China today. The Nine-Dragon Screen is localted in the downtown of Datong. | | Yungang Grottoes | Yungang Grottoes, one of the three major cave clusters in China, punctuate the north cliff of Wuzhou Mountain, Datong. The area was excavated along the mountain, extending 1 km (0.62 miles) from east to west, revealing 53 caves and over 51,000 stone …… |
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| [ Today's Optional ] Datong: Datong is situated in northern Shanxi Province. It was the political, economic and military center of ancient North China. With a history of over 2400 years, Datong was the capital of Northern Wei (386~534) for 96 years, and the 'support capital' of Liao (916~1125) and Jin (1115~1234). |
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