HC01 The Discovery of China 8 Days
Beijing and Xi'an (Optional extension: Hong Kong and or Shanghai)
This itinerary is great for first time visitors. You can visit the Great Wall, Forbidden City, Summer Palace and the Temple of Heaven in Beijing. You will also enjoy watching people doing Taichi exercise in Beihai Park in the morning and visit a family living in a traditional courtyard style home. Of course, you will enjoy the great cuisines too, such as Peking Duck and Xi'an dumplings.
You won't realize how old China is until you visit the Terra Cotta Warriors, which is the tomb of the first emperor of China, dated back to 2000 years ago. That is Xi'an, the oldest capital of China. How about biking on the Ancient City Wall? That is once in a lifetime experience.
It is a relaxed, informative and luxurious tour. Seeing is believing! Call us now! 206-903-8272.
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Day By Day Itinerary
Day 1: USA / Beijing
Fly to Beijing, the capital of China.
[Meals: in-flight dinner, breakfast and lunch]
Day 2: Arrive Beijing
Our tour guide will greet you at the airport and escort you to the hotel.
[Hotel: Beijing Kuntai Royal Hotel - 4.5 star]
Day 3: Beijing
Visit Tiananmen Square. Stroll through the courtyards and palaces of the imposing Forbidden City, once the exclusive enclave of Ming and Qing Dynasty emperors. Then visit Jingshan park, enjoy a bird’s-eye view of the palace and the city. Then tour Beijing's old Hutong (”narrow lanes”) area by old fashioned pedicab. Visit a local family living in a court-yard-style home known as Siheyuan. Then enjoy a relax walking tour at Houhai and a Peking Duck Banquet at Quanjude Restaurant.
[Meals: American & Chinese Buffet Breakfast; Lunch; "Quanjude" Peking Duck Banquet Dinner]
[Hotel: Beijing Kuntai Royal Hotel - 4.5 star]
Day 4: Beijing
Experience the thrill of walking on the Great Wall at Mutianyu, the most beautiful and original part of the wall (Optional: You can take the cable car up and slide down on a summer toboggan). Then explore the landscaped grounds and pavilions of the Summer Palace.
[Meals: American & Chinese Buffet Breakfast; Lunch]
[Hotel: Beijing Kuntai Royal Hotel - 4.5 star]
Day 5: Beijing
Visit the Temple of Heaven, where the Emperors prayed for harvest in Ming and Qing Dynasties. Then visit Beihai Park, the largest royal garden next to the Forbidden City. Enjoy free walking and the night market at Wangfujing Pedestrian Street, downtown Beijing.
[Meals: American & Chinese Buffet Breakfast; Lunch]
[Hotel: Beijing Kuntai Royal Hotel - 4.5 star]
Day 6: Beijing / Xi'an
Take a morning flight to Xi’an, the ancient capital and the starting point of the Silk Road. Visit the Drum Tower and the Ancient City Wall. Then visit the Xi'an Muslim Quarter. An opportunity to mix and deal with one of the Muslim Chinese ethnicities the Huis. Very good shopping opportunities and the place where you have to be a master in haggling (more than anywhere else in China).
[Meals: Buffet Breakfast; Lunch]
[Hotel: Grand Noble Hotel - 4.5 star]
Day 7: Xi'an
Visit the Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses, buried 2000 years ago to guard the tomb of the first emperor. Then visit the 1350 year old Dacien Temple and the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. Enjoy an Imperial Dumpling Banquet and Tang Dynasty Stage Show tonight.
[Meals: Buffet Breakfast; Lunch; Tang Dynasty (Imperial Dumpling Banquet Dinner and Tang palace style performance)]
[Hotel: Grand Noble Hotel - 4.5 star]
Day 8: Xian / US
The tour guide will send you to the airport to fly home. Or extend your trip to Hong Kong.
[Meals: Buffet Breakfast]
Optional Extension A: Hong Kong + $549 (Including the flight from Xi'an to Hong Kong)
Day 8: Xi’an / Hong Kong
Morning flight to Hong Kong. You will be met at the airport and sent to the hotel. At leisure for the rest of the day.
[Meals: Buffet breakfast]
[Hotel: Novotel Hong Kong Nathan Road Kowloon or the same grade 4 star]
Day 9: Hong Kong
Deluxe Hong Kong Island Tour (6 hours)
Includes: One way Peak Tram ride to Victoria Peak and admission to Sky Terrace 428.
Whether you are visiting Hong Kong for the first time or returning after a long absence, this seat-incoach tour will provide you with a good orientation of Hong Kong Island. The tour circles the
beautiful island with a panoramic Peak Tram ride up to the Victoria Peak and Sky Terrace 428 viewing
platform, where the harbour and the city sprawl in front of you. Tour continues to Aberdeen Fishing
Village, home of “Boat People” whose lifestyle has not changed much since the early days of their
settlement in Hong Kong (optional sampan ride own expense). En
route, you will be able to view the most popular beach in town, the Repulse Bay Beach, and pay a
visit to an exquisite QTS award jewellery factory - TSL, the receiptian of the Outstanding QTS
Merchant Award for more than 10 years and counting, where the world’s famous jewellery-setting
art is made. You will finish your tour of Hong Kong Island by visiting Stanley Market, where you can
stroll through Stanley’s famous seaside village bazaar.
[Hotel: Novotel Hong Kong Nathan Road Kowloon or the same grade 4 star]
Day 10: Hong Kong / US
The tour guide will send you to the airport to fly home. Or extend your trip to Shanghai.
Optional Extension B: Shanghai + $439 (Including the flight from Hong Kong to Shanghai)
Day 10: Hong Kong / Shanghai
Fly to Shanghai. Visit Nanjing Road and take a walk along the Bund, Shanghai’s graceful and historic waterfront boulevard. Optional night tour: Cruise on Huangpu River.
[Meals: Dinner]
[Hotel: Grand Mercure Shanghai Century Park - 5 star]
Day 11: Shanghai
Visit the Old City Bazaar (Chenghuang Temple) and the tranquil Yu Yuan Garden. Enjoy a traditional Shanghai Dumpling lunch at "Nanxiang Steamed Bun Restaurant". Bus tour of Pudong District. Take a picture of the highest tower of Asia, the Oriental Pearl Tower. Then visit Binjiang Park.
[Meals: Breakfast; "Nanxiang Steamed Bun Restaurant" Lunch]
[Hotel: Grand Mercure Shanghai Century Park - 5 star]
Day 12: Shanghai / US
The tour guide will send you to the airport to fly home.
[Meals: Buffet Breakfast]
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