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By admin, 10/10/2013 3:37 AM

Luoyang Longmen Grottoes

Tour Code: BTG-SX-025
Departure Date: Daily
Day 1 Arrive in Shanghai
Our private English-speaking guide and driver will pick you up in time at Shanghai airport and transfer you safely to the hotel. A paper board with the sign of your name will be held high at the airport exit.

Day 2 Shanghai (B/L)
Begin our journey in this international metropolis. First, visit Oriental Pearl TV Tower, the third tallest TV and radio tower in the world. It is the best place to have a birds-eye-view of Shanghai City. Move on to the Yu Garden, which is a private Ming Dynasty garden with beautiful sceney and delicate layout. Then go to the waterfront to visit the Bund, where you could see the old past of Shanghai by the impressive foreign buildings of the city’s colonial period. Stoll to the nearby famous shopping street-Nanjing Road.

Day 3 Shanghai (B/L)
Continue our sightseeing in Shanghai. We will visit Shanghai Museum, a first-rate national museum which is a quick way to learn about Chinese civilization. The Jade Buddha Temple is a peaceful refuge from the modern bustle of Shanghai. It is famous for the two jade Buddha statues imported from Burma. The Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center displays the urban planning and development with a stunning large-scale model of Shanghai. Finally, we go to Xintiandi. As an affluent car-free sopping, eating and entertainment district of Shanghai, Xintiandi is composed of an area of reconstituted traditional stone houses on narrow alleys.

Day 4 Shanghai-Xian (B/L)
Hotel to airport transfer; fly to Xian. Airport pickup by our local Xian guide and drive to the most famous Terracotta Warriors and Horses. It is so impressive to see the life-size ‘underground army’. Then head for the Forest of Stone Steles Museum. With over 900 years of history, the site holds a large collection of the earliest stone steles and sculptures of different dynasties.

Day 5 Xian (B/L)
Let’s explore this ancient capital city. First, come to the Shaanxi History Museum, another famed national museum in China. Then stand on the top of the City Wall to have a panorama of the city. You could also choose to cycle on the wall (self pay). Head for the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, a elegant Buddhist architecture, symbol of Xian. Our last stop is Great Mosque, the oldest in China with traditional Chinese building style.

Day 6 Xian-Luoyang (B/L)
After breakfast, be transferred to railway to catch the high-speed train to Luoyang to visit the two world famous sights-Longmen Grottoes and Shaolin Temple. The Longmen Grottoes is one of the three largest grottoes and regarded as the most famous treasure houses of stone inscriptions in China. The scenery measures 1,000 metres from north to south where there are over 2,300 holes and niches, 2,800 steles, 40 dagobas, 1,300 caves and 100,000 statues.The Shaolin Temple is the birthplace of Chinese Shaolin Kungfu. You will enjoy the real Kung fu performance by the monks, and visit the Fabulous Hall of Heavenly Kings, Pagoda Forest and other sites in this old massive temple.

Day 7 Depart Luoyang (B)
Free time before being transferred to airport for departure. Thanks for using our service.

Below are suggested hotels for your reference. You could also reserve hotel by yourself.

Tour Inclusions
*Admission fees for all of the sightseeing spots listed in the itinerary.
*Meals as listed in the itinerary.
*Hotel charegs.
*China internal flight: Shanghai-Xian.
*High-speed train: Xian-Luoyang.
*Private English-speaking tour guide and private vehicle for transfers & sightseeing.
*Free visits to handicraft factories.
*Service charge & government taxes.
*Luggage transfers between airports and hotels.
*Free-bottled mineral water.
*China life tourist accident/casualty insurance.

Tour Exclusions
*Entry Shanghai and exit Luoyang flights.
*Personal expenses.
*Gratuities, tips to guides or drivers.

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By admin, 17/09/2013 6:32 AM

Terracotta Warriors

Tour Code: BTG-SX-024

Departure Date: Daily
Day 1 Arrive in Shanghai
Shanghai airport pickup by our private guide and driver and transfer to hotel. Our guide will hold your name sign for you to recognize at the arrival hall of the airport.

Day 2 Shanghai (B/L)
First, visit the Shanghai Museum, a first rate museum in China. It stores 120,000 precious culture artifacts, which narrate a story of China’s 5,000- year civilization. Then come to the Shanghai World Financial Center. At 1,555 ft high, the top observation deck gives an amzing panorama of the city and many of its main attractions. Move on to the Bund area to visit the Nanjing Road and the Bund. The Bund is a famous waterfront and regarded as the symbol of Shanghai for hundreds of years. It is the starting point where Shanghai walked into the modern times and a good place to know about the old Shanghai. The Nanjing Road, 3.4 miles long, a must-see destination attracting thousands of fashion-seeking shoppers from all over the world.

Day 3 Shanghai (B/L)
Today we will trace by Shanghai’s old past. Yuyuan Garden is a famous classical garden in Shanghai, built in 1577 of the Ming Dynasty. The pavilions, halls, rockeries, ponds and cloisters all have unique characteristics. In the modern city, there is a venerable and famous old Buddhist temple-Jade Buddha Temple, famous for the two jade Buddha statues brought from Burma. Xintiandi a car-free shopping, dining and entertainment area of Shanghai. It is typical for the houses transformed from traditional Shanghai Shikumen buildings.

Day 4 Shanghai-Suzhou-Shanghai
Hotel pickup and drive to Suzhou, a famous city for its beauty. We will first take a rickshaw ride through the old streets & Hutongs of the city to see local people’s life. Then visit one of the city’s representative Chinese gardens – Humble Administrator’s Garden. In the afternoon, visit the ancient Zhouzhuang Water Town, which enjoys the reputation of the ‘oriental venice’. Transfer back to Shanghai after the tour.

Day 5 Shanghai-Xian (B/L)
Hotel to airport transfer; fly to Xian.
Upon arrival, be met by our local Xian guide at the airport. Visit Xian City Wall, It is one of the largest ancient military defensive systems in the world. Then head for the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, a symbol of the old-line Xian, a well-preserved Buddhist architecture. Be sent to hotel after the tour.

Day 6 Xian (B/L)
Today we will witness the great Terra cotta Warriors and Horses. These 6000 life-size painted terracotta warrior and horses were sculptured 2,200 years ago to protect the tomb of China’s first emperor-Qinshihuang. After lunch, transfer back downtown for sightseeing. Come to the Shaanxi Historical Museum. The museum houses the best cultural heritage of Shaanxi Province and shows the systematic development process of Chinese civilization. Then visit the Great Mosque, one of the oldest, largest and best-preserved Islamic mosques in China, built in 742 during the Tang Dynasty.

Day 7 Depart Xian (B)
Free time before being transferred to airport for departure. Thanks for using our service.

Below are suggested hotels for your reference. You could also reserve hotel by yourself.

Tour Inclusions
*Admission fees for all of the sightseeing spots listed in the itinerary.
*Meals as listed in the itinerary.
*Hotel charegs.
*China internal flight: Shanghai-Xian.
*Private English-speaking tour guide and private vehicle for transfers & sightseeing.
*Free visits to handicraft factories.
*Service charge & government taxes.
*Luggage transfers between airports and hotels.
*Free-bottled mineral water.
*China life tourist accident/casualty insurance.

Tour Exclusions
*Entry Shanghai and exit Xian flights.
*Personal expenses.
*Gratuities, tips to guides or drivers.