Code:TCE-SR04

Shanghai - Guiyang - Anshun - Kaili - Shidong - Leshan - Xi'an - Beijing  13 Days

Time: 08. April - 20. April 2009

Day 01 Shanghai (D)

Arrive in Shanghai, the largest and most cosmopolitan city, as modern any in the world. You are greeted on arrival and escorted to your 4-star world-class hotel. Round out your tour with stops at Nanjing Road, the most famous shopping street in Shanghai and the riverfront Bund where foreign traders left a legacy of European-style buildings Stay in hotel 2 nights.

Day 02 Shanghai (BLD)

You have a full-day visit of Yuyuan Garden with its quintessential Chinese zigzag bridges, rockeries, Old Town and pavilions and Jade Buddha Temple complete the day at a thrilling show by the Shanghai acrobats.

Day 03 Shanghai - Guiyang (BLD)

Fly to Guiyang, the capital of Guizhou Province. Round out your tour with stops at Hongfu Temple. Stay in hotel 1 night.

Day 04 Guiyang - Anshun (BLD)

Embark on a coach to Anshun, visit Huangguoshu Waterfalls (Yellow Fruit Trees Falls); Tianxing Bridge, Dragon Palace Caves and Buyi Minority village. Stay in 4-star hotel 1 night.

Day 05 Anshun - Guiyang - Kaili (BLD)

Drive back to Guiyang. You will visit Tianlong Tun Town, Sichuan Opera, Jiaxiu Tower. Take bus to Kaili, the gateway to the captivating minority areas of south-eastern Guizhou. You can appreciate rice field, Miao villages. Stay in hotel 3 nights.

Day 06 Kaili - Shidong - Kaili (BLD)

Embark on a coach to Shidong, join in Jiemeifan Festival. Embark on a coach to Kaili, you will taste Miao style food in your dinner.

Day 07 Kaili - Leshan - Kaili (BLD)

Drive back to Guiyang, on the way you will visit Datang County, Miao family and Temple.

Day 08 Guiyang - Xi'an (BLD)

Fly to Xi'an, a vital center of history, culture and archaeology. It is impossible to overstate Xi'an's importance in China's history. Here began the fabled Silk Road, here a string of dynasties made their capital, here a Neolithic culture built a village 6000 years ago, and here lies a highlight of your trip: the excavation site of 8000terra-cotta soldiers and horses, buried around the tomb of emperor Qinshihuangdi, builder of the Great Wall and other massive endeavors. Round out your tour with stops at Big Wild Goose Pagoda, built by pilgrim monk Xuanzang in the Tang Dynasty 1400 years ago. Stay in 4-star hotel 2 nights.

Day 09 Xi'an (BLD)

Round out your tour with stops at the Museum of Terra-Cotta Warriors and Horses of Qinshihuangdi and City Wall in Ming Dynasty.

Day 10 Xi'an - Beijing (BLD)

This morning you have tour to the Great Mosque in the downtown, one of the most famous mosques in the country. You can

appreciate combination of the Chinese and Islamic temple and Chinese traditional furniture of Qing Dynasty. Take overnight train to Beijing, the capital and cultural center of China, where virtually every boulevard and building exudes an air of importance.

Day 11 Beijing (BLD)

Arrive in Beijing in the morning, Guide will pick you up at platform of railway station and transfer to your 4-star hotel for breakfast. Today you will enjoy the sprawling Forbidden City, home to 24 Ming and Qing emperors and now a repository of precious art and antiques; Tiananmen Square, the largest

Day 12 Beijing (BLD)

Enjoy a full-day tour of the sights that make Beijing a spectacular destination: The Summer Palace, an oasis of tea gardens, pavilions, painted corridors, and shimmering Kunming Lake with Empress Dowager's eccentric marble boat. Badaling Great Wall, one of the world's most awe-inspiring sights, the great Wall snakes along nearly 4000 miles of impossibly steep hills and harsh, rugged plains. Today you will climb Badaling Great Wall in your leisure and marvel at the manpower that went into building the world's longest structure entirely by hand. Taste your imperial-style Peking Duck dinner before returning to hotel.

Day 13 Beijing - Hometown (B)

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

The trip price does not include:
1. 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).
2. 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.
3. Excess Baggage Charges.
4. 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.
5. Insurance coverage of personal loss, illness or damages incurred during your trip.
6. Gratuities, Tips to Guides and Drivers.
7. Visa fees