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16 Days Great Wall Marathon with Tibet Tour |
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- Trip highlights: After the amazing challenge of Huangyaguan Great Wall Marathon, you will enjoy a splendid tour, plus Tibet, which is a mystical and mysterious city steeped in Tibetan and Buddest Culture. A good opportunity to view the natural scenery and plateau landscape on the train.
- Tour price: From
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2,016.00
 Price including hotels, tours, meals...
- Destinations:
Beijing, Xian, Chengdu, Lhasa, Beijing
- Tour code:
SWGWM04
Private tour for a van with tour guide and driver, available every day
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| Day 7 Xian (B,L) |
Today's Activities: |
| Visit the Terracotta Warriors, Bell Tower and Big Wild Goose Pagoda. Optional
activities at night: Tang Dynasty Dinner Show. The best show in Xian is the show
at the Tang Dynasty Theatre, it combines music and dance with exquisite traditional
costumes in ancient times. Ask your tour guide and driver to wait the show finishs
and take you back to your hotel. You need to pay for the ticket cost and extra
hours of your tour guide and driver. |
| Xian Bell Tower | Built in 1384 A.D, the Bell Tower boasts a history of over 600 years. It is the largest and best-preserved of its kind in China. Visiting the Bell Tower, you can still see the Big Iron Bell which was made in Ming Dynasty, 2,500 kilograms in weight. | | Big Wild Goose Pagoda | It was built in 652 during the Tang Dynasty and currently boasts height of seven stories. It’s said that Master Xuan Zang built this pagoda to house the Buddhist scriptures and relics he had brought back from India. | | Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses Museum | Terracotta Warriors is the underworld terracotta army of Emperor Qin Shihuang (the first unifier of China, 259BC-210BC). It’s reputed as the Eighth Miracle of the World. Now the Terracotta Museum consists of Pit 1, Pit 2, Pit 3 and Pit 4 as well as t…… |
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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 8 Xian,Chengdu (B,L) |
Today's Activities: |
| After breakfast, we'll transfer to Xian airport for your morning flight to Chengdu. Be met at Chengdu airport by our English-speaking tour guide & transferred to take your visiting. |
| JinLi Street | Jinli Street in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, was in ancient times one of the busiest of commercial boulevards of the Kingdom of Shu. | | Chengdu | The path of life is slower in Chengdu. Thousands of teahouses dotted about Chengdu are hugely popular with locals, and it reveals a particular attitude towards life: that of acquiring the best service at the least cost. Social demarcation within the…… | | Wenshu Monastery | Wenshu Monastery was originally built at this site in the north of the city during the Tang Dynasty. The building today however is a Qing Dynasty construction consisting of an impressive collection of buildings containing some intricate and beautiful…… | | Du Fu's Thatched Cottage | Du Fu's Thatched Cottage (Dufu caotang) is the quaint former residence of one of China's most famous poets. The exhibits here include a brief account of Dufu's life and some of his original calligraphy and poems. |
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Wide and Narrow Alleys: Wide and Narrow Alleys is a region of three major historical and cultural protected areas, it is known as a "Millennium small Old Chengdu". it is aslo a leisure center for people to relax having some quality time with friends in the mixed old and modern atmosphere. So inside those nicely restored old houses, there are restaurants, pubs, tea houses, coffee shops and stores etc. |
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| Day 9 Chengdu (B,L) |
Today's Activities: |
| In the moring, visit Panda Base in Chengdu. Drive 2 hours to Leshan,.we will transfer to have boat ride on MinJiang River to visit Giant Leshan Buddha. Enjoy the landscape of Chengdu Plain on the way. Afterwards we have the other half an hour drive to Mt. E'mei, visit the Nation Dedicating Temple (Baoguosi). Stay overnight in the hotel located at the foot of Mountain E'mei. |
| The Baoguo Temple | The Baoguo Temple (Nation-dedicating Temple) is the first temple one meets along the mountain way and stresses love and patriotism. The temple has the typical structure of Chinese ancient garden covers an area of more than 10 acres. Every yard of th…… | | Leshan Giant Buddha | Leshan Giant Buddha is one of the most magnificent tourist attractions in Sichuan Province . It's located on the Westside of Xiluan Peak ( Phoenix Perched Peak ) of Mount Lingyun , just east of Leshan City . | | Chengdu Panda Base | In 1987, the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding (Research Base) was established on Futou Shan, an almost barren hill, where the soil was poor and not suitable for farming. This first phase of the project only covered an area of 5.5 hectare…… |
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Sichuan Hotpot: Sichuan Hotpot has its history of at least 1700 years, first eaten by poor boatmen of the Yangtze River. People use some chicken to basic stock, then add many types of mushrooms, vegetables and hot peppers, with many flavorings and seasonings. |
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| Day 10 Chengdu (B,L) |
Today's Activities: |
| Take the cable car up to the Mountain E'mei to visit the Wannian Temple, which is a very well known ancient temple of Mt. Emei. After pay the visit to Wannian temple, you might either go down the mountain for 3 hours by foot, or take cable car. Later in the afternoon we will drive back to Chengdu. |
| Wannian Temple | The Wannian Temple of 10000 Years is the oldest surviving Emei Temple (reconstructed in the 9 th century). Its dedicated to the man on the white elephant, the Bodhisattva Puxian, who is the protector of the mountain. | | Mount E'mei | MT. Emei is about 160 kilometers southwest of Chengdu, Sichuan Province. It extends for over a hundred kilometers and resembles the fine eyebrow of an ancient Chinese beauty from afar. |
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Visit a teahouse at night: The life in tea house is one of the most important entertainment for locals. Shufengyayun once was a teahouse, where permance of Sichuan opera, acrobatic show can be seen there. In recent years, Shufengyayun gathers the distinguished actors in Sichuan Province once again and holds Sichuan Opera Unique Skills Performance at night. |
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| Day 11 Chengdu,Lhasa (B) |
Today's Activities: |
| After breakfast, transferred to Chengdu airport for the morning flight to Lhasa. Be met at Lhasa airport by our English-speaking tour guide & transferred to your hotel. Free at leisure to acclimatize yourself to the high latituder. |
| Lhasa | Lhasa has an elevation of 3650 meters and sits at the center of the Tibet Plateau. It has a history of more than 1300 years. It towers as a huge magnet attracting those who want to explore its culture. Entry into Lhasa allows each traveler the chanc…… |
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Ramoche Monastery: it is one of the key cultural relic protection sites in Lhasa, located on the north of Barkhor Street, in the area with a local market and many traditional style Tibetan style civilian houses. |
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| Day 12 Lhasa (B,L) |
Today's Activities: |
| The rush hour of Potala Palace is 10am, so we highly recommend to register and
visit it in the early morning, otherwise you might only see the crowd. Plenty time
to stay around the Jokhang Monastery and the Barkhor Street in the afternoon. In
fact, if you visit the Ramoche Monastery nearby, you will find more local tea
houses, market and civilan houses. This is the local portion of Lhasa. |
| The Barkhor Street | The Barkhor Street is Lhasa's inner pilgrim circuit shaped roughly like an octagon that runs around the Jokhang. The circuit is lined with markets, shops, stalls and street vendors providing every conceivable item a Tibetan could need. The best plac…… | | The Jokhang Temple | The Jokhang Temple is the spiritual centre of Tibet - a destination for millions of Tibetan pilgrims. The oldest part of the temple dates back to the 7th century AD - being one of the two temples built by King Songsten Gampo to house the statues of t…… | | The Potala Palace | The Potala Palace is a landmark of Lhasa and Lama Buddism. It is a 13 storey and 1000 rooms' palace and once winter residence of the Dalai Lama. The construction of the present structure began during the reign of the fifth Dalai Lama in 1645 and took…… |
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Tibetan Opera Performance: The Tibetan people are good at singing and dancing. Tibetan opera is called "Ajilamu" in Tibetan which means "sister fairy maiden". It is a kind of public square opera, which has play, vocal music, separate roles, accompanying band and special masks and clothes, and its main form is song and dance. |
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