Day 1 Arriving at Beijing airport , meet the local guide and transfer to the hotel. | Overnight in Beijing MMMwww.Chinakindnesstour.com
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Day 2 Today we will visit some of the contrasting sights of Beijing, our capital city. Our first stop will be at Tiananmen Square, the largest public square in the world. Dominating the north side of the square is the massive red Tiananmen Gate through which we will pass into the fabled Forbidden City and another age, where we will see the home of the members of the royal family and their court during China in Ming and Qing Dynasties. | ( B/L/D ) Overnight in Beijing MMMwww.Chinakindnesstour.com
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Day 3 Today we will visit the Great Wall where you will have the opportunity to not only see one of the most impressive sections of the Great Wall of China but also take a walk along it. After lunch you will travel some 50 km northwest of Beijing to the Sacred Way with its fabulous stone animals. | (B/L/D) Overnight in Beijing MMMwww.Chinakindnesstour.com
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Day 4 This day you will visit Summer Palace. Walking in this veritable museum of classical Chinese garden architecture that the royal family could relax away from the formal ceremony of the court is quite a pleasant experience. There are a number of pavilions as well as the Long Corridor that is now a popular place for people to spend the day on. | (B/L/D) Overnight in Beijing MMMwww.Chinakindnesstour.com
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Day 5 After breakfast in the hotel, take a flight to the ancient former capital city of Xi’an, and visit the ancient Xi’an City Wall (14th century) one of the most important city walls in China. Afterwards, we will transfer to your hotel. | (B/L/D) Overnight in Xi’an MMMwww.Chinakindnesstour.com
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Day 6 Following breakfast in the hotel, we will set out for another highlight of your tour, the Terracotta Warriors Museum. The thousands of life size soldiers and horses were created to guard the tomb of Qin Shi Huangdi, the first Emperor to unite China under his firm rule. The royal tomb itself has yet to be opened but the rank upon rank of Warriors is a sight that is unrivalled anywhere in the world. In the afternoon we will go to the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. The square, seven-storey pagoda was built in 652 AD and is a fine example of Tang Dynasty Buddhist architecture. | (B/L/D) Overnight in Xi’an MMMwww.Chinakindnesstour.com
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Day 7 To start your day before breakfast, you will have a unique chance to experience the mysterious and ancient art of Tai Chi Chuan, a 300-year old traditional Chinese martial art, also known as shadow boxing. After breakfast, we will visit the Forest of Stone Steles Museum. The museum, which is housed in the Temple of Confucius, has the largest collection of its kind in China with over 3,000 inscribed stones steles. | (B/L/D) Overnight in Xi’an |
Day 8 After breakfast take flight from Xi’an to Shanghai, you are free at leisure. | (B) Overnight in Shanghai |
Day 9 After breakfast visit Yuyuan Garden, laid out in the 16th century by a Ming official, this small (2 hectares) garden is a delight of pools, pavilions and rock gardens. Strolling through the bazaar surrounding the garden, you will find lines of stores that sell traditional Chinese arts and crafts. Shanghai Museum has the research departments of Chinese bronze, ceramics, paintings and calligraphy, and artifacts, and a scientific laboratory for preservation of cultural relics, with researchers and associate researchers over fifty in number, visit Chenghuangmiao (Old City of Shanghai). Visit the Bund, one of the most famous thoroughfares in China and here you will see a collection of buildings dating from the 1930’s displaying their western influence and fulfilling the role of the commercial heart of Shanghai. | (B/L/D) Overnight in Shanghai |
Day 10 Have breakfast in the hotel, you are free at leisure. | (B) Overnight in Shanghai |
Day 11 After breakfast, you will take a flight for leaving. (B) | |
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