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Start your tour in Shanghai the new business centre for China. Shanghai has taken on major cultural changes and has evolved into a fast moving cosmopolitan city. Following Shanghai step back in time as you enter Xi''an and the time of China''s first emperor 221-210 BC as you visit the world famous Terracotta Army, in itself a wonderous piece of art.
Beijing has been the home of three major Chinese dynasties in the past 1000 years and therefore has a rich tradition of art. This runs from the exhibitions at Beijing Art Museum, the contemporary art at Artscenebeijing, to the plentiful Embroidery, Ceramics, Fans, New Year Pictures, Silk Painting, Brush Writing and Calligraphy through to the more esoteric interior painting of Snuff Bottles and ‘Potted Landscapes’. This is a trip that will leave lasting memories.
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13 Days/11 Nights
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Includes:
- Return flights inclusive of tax
- Destination airport transfer
- FREE staff place ration 1:10
- 10 Breakfasts – 9 lunches – 7 dinners
- Visits and entrances as shown in the sample itinerary
- English speaking guide
- Train Shanghai to Xian
- Internal flight from Xian to Beijing
- comprehensive medical and travel insurance
- Itinerary planning service
- Detailed info pack
Suggested Activities
Sample Itinerary
Example AccommodationTiananmen Square
The Tiananmen Square is in the centre of Beijing, is said to be the biggest square in the world. It is 880 metres from north to south, and 500 metres from east to west, with total area of 440,000 square metres and can hold one million people. The Tiananmen Gate Tower sites at the north, the Monument to the People's Heroes dominates the centre, the Great Hall of the People and the Museum of the Chi...
Forbidden City
Lying at the centre of Beijing is the Forbidden City - the imperial palace during the Ming and Qing dynasties it is now known as the Palace Museum. Rectangular in shape, it is the world's largest palace complex and covers 74 hectares. Surrounded by a six metre deep moat and a ten metre high wall are 9,999 buildings. The Forbidden City is divided into two parts. The southern section or the Outer Co...
Summer Palace
Situated in the western outskirts of Haidian District. Having the largest royal park and being well preserved. Containing examples of the ancient arts, it also has graceful landscapes and magnificent constructions. The Summer Palace is the archetypal Chinese garden, and is ranked amongst the most noted and classical gardens of the world.
Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses
The Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses are one of the most significant archaeological excavations of the 20th century. Work is ongoing at this site, which is around 1.5 kms east of Emperor Qin Shi Huang's Mausoleum, Lintong County, Shaanxi Province. It is a sight not to be missed by any visitor to China.Upon ascending the throne at the age of 13 (in 246 BC), Qin Shi Huang, later the first Emperor of ...
Yuyuan Garden
Yuyuan Garden, a place of peace and comfort in the heart of bustling Shanghai, dates back to the fabled Ming Dynasty. Yuyuan began as a private garden created by Pan Yunduan, who spent almost 20 years - and all of his savings - to build a garden in order to please his parents in their old age. The present-day Yuyuan occupies an area of two hectares and is built in a style associated with the renow...
City Wall
When Zhu Yuanzhang, the first Emperor of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), captured Huizhou, a hermit named Zhu Sheng admonished him that he should 'built high walls, store abundant food supplies and take time to be an Emperor,' so that he could fortify the city and unify the other states. After the establishment of the Ming dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang followed his advice and began to enlarge the wall buil...
Pudong District
Pudong, officially known as Pudong New Area is a district of Shanghai that enjoys sub-provincial administrative status. It is named "Pudong" because of its location on the east side of the Huangpu river, on the opposite of Puxi, the west side.Since the beginning of its development in 1990 when plans were first announced, Pudong has become a New Open Economic Development Zone, and has emerged as Ch...
Oriental Pearl TV Tower
Towering high up in the Pudong New Area, the Oriental Pearl T V Tower has been the landmark of Shanghai. The tower is 468 m high, the highest in Asia and the third highest in the world, next to the 553,33 –meter-high Toronto Tower Canada and the 533 meters high TV Tower in Moscow, Russia. The tower consists of 15 spheres of different sizes at different levels creating an artistic conception of "la...
Beijing Opera
Beijing opera or Peking opera is a form of traditional Chinese theatre which combines music, vocal performance, mime, dance and acrobatics. It arose in the late 18th century and became fully developed and recognized by the mid-19th century. The form was extremely popular in the Qing Dynasty court and has come to be regarded as one of the cultural treasures of China.
Beijing Art Museum
Beijing Art Museum is located in Wanshou Temple (the Temple of Longevity). Wanshou Temple was built in 1577 under the reign of Wanli, Emperor of the Ming dynasty to store Buddhist scriptures in Chinese. It gradually became a temporary imperial dwelling and a place of birthday celebration for the imperial family during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.Founded in April 1985, Beijing Art Museum is a compr...
Artscenebeijing
Art Scene Beijing is one of the premier contemporary Chinese art galleries in China. The Gallery specializes in contemporary Chinese art by both emerging and well-established Chinese contemporary artists. Art Scene Beijing holds regular exhibitions, showcasing contemporary Chinese artwork in its 635 square metre (6500 square ft) space. With extensive knowledge of China’s art scene and a strong bac...
| Morning | Afternoon | Evening | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Day 1 | Depart Uk for Shanghai | ||
| Day 2 | Arrive Shanghai. Met on arrival | Day at leisure | |
| Day 3 | Breakfast. Meet your gide and visit the Oriental Pearl TV Tower | Visit the Huangpu River for lunch and crise | Evening at leisure |
| Day 4 | Breakfast. Meet your guide and visit the Yuyuan Garden followed by lunch | Afternoon at leisure | Overnight train ti Xian |
| Day 5 | Arrive Xi''an and transfer to your hotel to check-in. After a rest meet your guide and visit the Big Goose Pagoda | Take lunch and visit the Shanxi Museum | Dinner in the evening |
| Day 6 | Breakfast. Meet your guide for your visit to the Terracotta Army followed by lunch | This afternoon visit the Huaqing hot spring | Dinner this evening is a speciality Dumpling Dinner |
| Day 7 | Breakfast. Meet your guide for a tour of the old city wall | Take lunch before visiting the Banpo Museum | Dinner in the evening |
| Day 8 | Breakfast. Check out and transfer to the airport for flight to Beijing | Arrive Beijing. Transfer to hotel, rest of the day at leisure | |
| Day 9 | Breakfast. Meet your guide and visit Tiananmen Square before going on to the Forbidden City | After lunch continue your tour at the Summer Palace | Dinner this evening along with a visit to the Chinese Opera |
| Day 10 | Breakfast. Meet your guide for a very special day as you visit the Great Wall of China and the Ming Tombs, lunch will be taken en-route | Dinner this evening will be a famous Peking Duck Banquet | |
| Day 11 | Breakfast. Meet your guide and visit an art gallery before taking lunch and moving on to Liuli cultural Street | Dinner in the evening | |
| Day 12 | Breakfast. Meeet your guide to the Temple of Heaven followed by lunch | Rest of the day at leisure | |
| Day 13 | Breakfast. Check out and transfer to airport | Fly back to UK | |
Xian City Hotel
City hotel, a modern joint venture 3-star hotel is located in the center of the ancient city-Xi'an, and is in the busiest section of the commercial center. The hotel also provide Rooms,Restaurant,Conference,Ma-jiang room,Internet checking room,Business Center,Shop,Bar and Beauty Salon.
All the staff of the hotel are professional trained to provide whole-hearted first-rate quality.
All the staff of the hotel are professional trained to provide whole-hearted first-rate quality.
Hademen Hotel
Beijing Hademen Hotel is a three-star hotel. The hotel has 215 guest rooms of various types, 21 office rooms and meeting rooms and multifunctional halls of various sizes.
The hotel is constructed with centralized air conditioner, fire control, communication system, business center, shopping center, beauty salon, massage, hairdressing, laundry, foreign exchange, taxi, train and plane ticket booking, parking places, singing and dancing hall ect.
The hotel is constructed with centralized air conditioner, fire control, communication system, business center, shopping center, beauty salon, massage, hairdressing, laundry, foreign exchange, taxi, train and plane ticket booking, parking places, singing and dancing hall ect.
Holiday Inn Putuo Shanghai
The Holiday Inn Putuo offers comfortable guestrooms and suites. The rooms are reasonably spacious and guests can find they have a wonderful view of the city skyline from this hotel. The various room facilities available include colour television with cable connection, International Direct Dialing telephone, work desk with lamp, mini bars and coffee making facilities amongst others.
