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 10 Day Affordable China
- Flights LAX Shanghai, Xian LAX
Other departure cities available. Click on date of departure for selection and prices
- Airline fuel surcharges
- Intra flights
- 8 nights First Class accommodations
- 3 nights <, Shanghai
- 3 nights <, Beijing
- 2 nights
- All transfers
- 13 meals: 8 breakfasts, 4 lunches,1 dinner
- Sightseeing per itinerary in modern air conditioned motor coach
- Services of English speaking local guides
- Entrance fees per itinerary
Special Features
- Terracotta Army
- Forbidden City
- Great Wall of China
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| Details | | Gate 1 Travel | | | | Day | Destination | Description | | Day 1 | Depart the USA | Depart the USA to China. Your flight includes meals, drinks, and in flight entertainment for your journey | | Day 2 | Arrive in Shanghai | Arrive in Shanghai and transfer to your hotel. Balance of the day at leisure
Overnight: Shanghai | | Day 3 | Shanghai city tour | This morning, tour the major attractions of Shanghai. Wander the classical Yuyuan Garden, built during the Ming Dynasty by the high ranking government official Pan Yunduan. The Gardens' total area occupies approximately five acres, and features pavilions, ponds, rockeries, cloisters, and streams all within six scenic zones, including the Sansui Hall and Wanhua Chamber. In existence for 400 years, the Gardens were specifically constructed for Pan's aging parents as a sanctuary in which to live out their lives. Next, experience the old world charm of the Bund, the former "Wall Street" of the foreign powers. Walk along its park like waterfront promenade between the Wusong River and Old Town. Later today, enjoy a stop at a local Pearl Factory. Enjoy the remainder of the afternoon at leisure
Optional: Acrobatic Show with Dinner
Overnight: Shanghai
Meals: Breakfast | | Day 4 | Full Day in Shanghai | Enjoy a full day at leisure to explore Shanghai on your own
Optional: Full Day Suzhou with Lunch by bus with a cruise on the Grand Canal
Overnight: Shanghai
Meals: Breakfast | | Day 5 | Flight to Beijing | Transfer to the airport for your flight to Beijing. Upon arrival transfer to your hotel. This evening, enjoy dinner in a local restaurant
Overnight: Beijing
Meals:&Breakfast, Dinner | | Day 6 | Forbidden City, Summer Palace & Panda Visit | Enjoy a full day tour of the Forbidden City and the Summer Palace. Begin at Tiananmen Square, the largest public plaza in the world. Erected in 1417 at the height of the Ming Dynasty, the square was renovated and renamed two centuries later at the onset of the Great Qing Dynasty. View several impressive monuments outlining the Square's perimeter, including the Great Hall of the People, the Mausoleum of Mao Zedong and the Square's famed ceremonial gateway. From here, venture north for a visit to the Forbidden City (Imperial Palace), a construction comparable to the Pyramids in Egypt. Known today as the Palace Museum, the entire site is comprised of 800 buildings with more than 9,000 rooms. Enjoy lunch at an authentic Chinese Restaurant close to the Forbidden City. Later today, stop at a local silk carpet factory en route to visit the Summer Palace and the Beijing Zoo to visit with the Pandas
Optional: Peking Duck Dinner
Overnight: Beijing
Meals:&Breakfast, Lunch | | Day 7 | Great Wall of China & Ming Tombs | Enjoy a full day excursion to the Great Wall of China, the longest man made structure on Earth, spanning nearly 4,000 miles of China's northern frontier. Walk along the promenades and enjoy the unrivaled scenic views of beautiful mountain passes, plateaus and grasslands from this 7th century defensive fortification. Afterwards, depart for lunch at a local Chinese restaurant. Following lunch, continue for a tour of the Ming Tombs and a visit to a local jade factory before returning to Beijing
Overnight: Beijing
Meals:&Breakfast, Lunch | | Day 8 | Temple of Heaven Tour, Flight to Xian | This morning enjoy a tour to the 15th century Temple of Heaven, where the Emperor, once considered the "Son of Heaven," displayed his respect to the heavens through ceremonial prayer. The Temple is the grandest of the four great temples located in Beijing and is famous for its white marbled, circular altar. Later today, transfer to the airport for your flight to Xian. Upon arrival, enjoy lunch at a local restaurant before you trace the beginnings of Chinese civilization at the Shaanxi Provincial History Museum. Opened to the public in 1991, the museum is in southern Xian, and is home to a wealth of historical artifacts and treasures from the Han and Tang dynasties
Optional: Tang Dynasty Dinner with Entertainment
Overnight: Xian
Meals:&Breakfast, Lunch | | Day 9 | Xian Antiquities Tour with Terracotta Army | This morning enjoy a tour of Xian's antiquities. Your tour includes the archaeological site at the tomb of China's first emperor, Qin Shi Huang (259 210 B.C.), where more than 8,000 finely sculpted, life size terracotta soldiers and horses were discovered by local farmers in 1974. The archaeological excavation of the three pits where the Terracotta Army was found continues today, more than thirty years since the time of its unearthing. This afternoon, enjoy a visit to a local lacquer furniture factory before returning to your hotel
Optional: Dumpling Dinner
Overnight: Xian
Meals:&Breakfast, Lunch | | Day 10 | Depart for the USA | Transfer to the airport for your departure flight
Meals:&Breakfast |
| | | Tiantan Hotel | | Bund Riverside Hotel | | Grand New World Hotel Xian | |
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*Not Included:
Airport taxes & fees, optional tours, and gratuities.
Additional Information:
Land only price does not include arrival/departure transfers, but does include flights Shanghai Beijing Xian. |
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