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Tour Code:	S006
Destinations:	Beijing,Xi'an,Shanghai,Suzhou,Hangzhou
Trip Overview:	This two weeks tour will take you to the most important historical and modern cities in China. You will visit the major tour sites, such as the Great Wall, the Forbidden City in Beijing, Terra-cotta Warriors in Xian, the Oriental TV Tower in Shanghai and many beautiful classical gardens in Suzhou & Hangzhou which enjoy the name of "Paradise on earth".

Itinerary:

Day 1 Arrival in Beijing
Upon your arrival, be met & transferred to your hotel. Free at leisure for the rest of the day.

Day 2 (B, L, )
Beijing
Full day trip to the Tian'anmen Square, the Forbidden City, the Temple of Heaven. Enjoy the Peking Opera Show in the evening.

- The Tian'anmen Square: The largest city square in the world.
- The Forbidden City: The largest imperial palace in China during the Ming and Qing dynasties with a history of around 600 years.
- The Temple of Heaven: The place where the ancient emperors used to pray for the God's bless of the whole nation.

Day 3 (B, L, D )
Beijing
Full day trip to the Great Wall, Ming Tomb and Sacred road. Enjoy a famous Peking Duck Banquet for dinner.

- The Great Wall: One of the seven wonders in the world and the symbol of China.
- The Ding Tomb: The only underground tomb of the thirteen tombs of the emperors in the Ming Dynasty.
- The Sacred Road: The way guarded on both sides with stone statues by which the ancient emperors went to hold a memorial ceremony for the ancestors.

Day 4 (B, L, )
beijing/ Xi'an
Transfer via: PM flight
Visit Hutongs by rickshaw. Take afternoon flight to Xi'an.Once upon you get to Xi'an, be met & transferred to your hotel in Xi'an.

- Hutongs: The old narrow paths where common people lived. All the Hutongs crisscross with each other, dotted with the Kindergarten, the Bell Tower, the Drum Tower, the Tea House, and the lake, House of Gong Infant and local people's houses among them.

Day 5 (B, L, )
Xi'an
Visit the Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses, the Bell Tower and the Wild Goose Pagoda. Enjoy the Tang Dynasty show in the evening.

- The Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses: The greatest archaeological findings of the century: the army of terra-cotta warriors and the bronze chariots entombed in vast underground vaults at emperor Qin's tomb.
- The Bell Tower: The emblem of Xian city.
- The Ancient City Wall: An extension of the old Tang Dynasty structure boasting the most complete city wall that survives through Chinese long history.
- The Wild Goose Pagoda: The pagoda where widely renowned Master Xuanzang (Monk Tripitaka) stored his classics brought from India.
- The Tang Dynasty show: The show that presents the palace dances and sings in the Tang Dynasty when Xian was the capital.

Day 6 (B, L, )
Xi'an / Shanghai
Transfer via: PM flight
Visit the Provincial Museum, the Ancient City Wall and the Hanyang Tomb. Take afternoon flight to Shanghai Hongqiao airport. Arrive at Shanghai. Be met & transferred to the hotel with your private guide & vehicle. Free at leisure for the rest of the day.

- The Provincial Museum: One of the main museums in China which holds numerous unearthed cultural relics of China.
- The Hanyang Tomb: The Jing Emperor's tomb in Han Dynasty which was opened in 2001 and is famous for its rich collections of different kinds of tombs.

Day 7 (B, L, )
Shanghai
Tour to the Bund, Nanjing Road, Yu Garden,Yu Market & Jade Buddha Temple.

-The Bund: the former foreign settlement, ranged along with imposing buildings of the colonial period.
-Nanjing Road: the busiest shopping street in Shanghai.
-Yu Garden: It is characteristic of the architectural style of the Ming Dynasty and it used to be a private garden with 400 years' history. In front of the garden, there is a market called Yu Market.
-Jade Buddha Temple: It is one of the main tourist highlights of Shanghai and it's also the most famous active temples in China. if you're lucky, you can watch the monks serving a ceremony in a side room.

Day 8 (B, L, )
Shanghai
Tour to Shanghai Museum, Jade carving factory, Oriental Pearl TV Tower. Lunch will be Tiemuzhen Mongolian BBQ, Oriental Pearl TV Tower.

-Shanghai Museum: The biggest museum in China, with a collection of over 120,000 pieces of Chinese art & cultural relics. The museum is especially famous for its treasures of bronzes, ceramics, paintings, and calligraphy.
-Jade carving factory: Where tourists can see the whole process of jade carving.
-Oriental Pearl TV Tower: Standing by the Huangpu River with 468 meters high, Oriental Pearl TV Tower is the highest TV Tower in Asia.

Day 9 (B, L, )
Shanghai / Suzhou
Transfer via: AM Train(shanghai/Suzhou) (about 1hour)
PM train (suzhou/Shanghai)(about 1hour)
Take am train with soft seats to Suzhou from Shanghai. Cruise on the Grand Canal. In the afternoon, visit the Humble Administrator's Garden & Lingering Garden. In the evening, take pm train with soft seats back to Shanghai.

-Grand Canal:The Grand Canal ranks alongside the Great Wall of China as the country's greatest engineering achievement and it is the longest man-made waterway in world. Cruising on the Canal,you can see the local people' life.
-Humble Ministrator's Garden: The garden is the best representative of Chinese classical gardens,constructed in the Ming dynasty. Focused on a central pond with pavilions, terraces, chambers, and towers located nearby, the garden is divided into three parts: the eastern, middle and western parts.-
-Lingering Garden: Suzhou is famous for its the Gardens. Lingering Garden is an elaborate succession of small gardens. Lingering in the garden you would marvel at this unique architecture art.

Day 10 (B, L, )
Shanghai / Hangzhou
Transfer via: AM Train (shanghai/Hangzhou)(about 2.5hrs)
Take morning train with soft seats to Hangzhou. Be met & have city tours to West Lake, Lingyin Temple, Feilai Peak, Six Harmonies Pagoda & Tea Plantation Farm.

-West Lake:Lying on the west edge of Hangzhou city, West Lake is the symbol of Hangzhou as well as one of the most beautiful sights in China.
-Feilai Peak: situated in front of Lingyin Temple, is famous for its more than 470 stone carvings of Buddhist figures, which dated back from the 10th to 14th centuries.
-Lingyin Temple: Lingyin Temple is one of the ten most famous ancient Buddhist temples in China. It also houses various Buddhist literature and treasures.
-Six Harmony Pagoda:Highly erected by the Qiantang River and to the south of the West Lake, it is a perfect symbol of brick-and-wood structure built in the ancient China. It was first built in 970 AD in the Northern Song dynasty (960-1127). The name "six harmonies" comes from the six Buddhist ordinances, meaning "harmonies of the heaven, earth, east, west, south and north".

Day 11 (B, L, )
Hangzhou / Shanghai
On day visit to the Wuzhen(about 50 minutes driving).Drive to Shanghai in the afternoon.

--Wuzhen: A small town with the history of 1200 years, with its black tiled, tung oil painted timber framework houses, that contrast sharply with its white walls and gray flagging, brings to mind a Chinese ink and wash painting.

Day 12 (B, )
Shanghai
Transfer via: International flight depart Shanghai-On your own arrangement.
Be met & transferred to Shanghai Pudong airport for your flight to your next destination.
Service Ends.

Note: seasonal price difference upon request 

This trip price includes:

• Hotel accommodations with breakfast as specified (but hotels are subject to change to the same category before finally confirmed).
• All meals as specified in the itinerary.
• Transfers among airports & hotels as specified in the itinerary by private car or coach with driver & English-speaking guide.
• Entrance fees for sightseeing as outlined in the itinerary with English speaking guide.
• Domestic flights, trains or buses as specified in the itinerary.
• Domestic airports departure taxes have been charged with the flight tickets.
• Travel insurance in mainland China during the above travel period.
• Arrangements for the planning, handling, operational and communication charges.

The trip price does not include:

• Any meals which are not included in the "The trip price includes."
• Single Room Supplements (as the above quotation for accommodation is based on twin sharing room).
• International air and train tickets for coming to & leaving mainland China. Air tickets or train tickets not specified in the itinerary on the first arrival day and last departure day.
• Excess Baggage Charges.
• Personal expenses: Items of a purely personal nature such as drinks, laundry, tips to guides or drivers, FAX, telephone, excess baggage charges, or sightseeing or meals which are not included in the day-to-day itinerary.
• Insurance coverage of personal loss, illness or damages incurred during your trip.
• Gratuities, Tips to Guides and Drivers.
• Visa fees