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8 day China's Golden Triangle by Train

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Day 1

Place & Transport: Arrive in Beijing, Flight No. TBA
Today's Activities: Airport to Hotel Transfer (Beijing)

Day 2

Place & Transport: Beijing
Today's Activities: One Day Group tour to Forbidden City,the Temple of Heaven Tian'anmen Square and Summer Palace
Meals: Breakfast, Chinese Lunch

- - The Tian'anmen Square:The largest city square in the world.
- The Forbidden City:The largest imperial palace in China during the Ming and Qing dynasties with a history of around 600 years.
- The Temple of Heaven:The place where the ancient emperors used to pray for the God's bless of the whole nation.
- The Summer Palace:The largest and best-preserved royal garden in China with a history of over 800 years.

Day 3

Place & Transport: Beijing to Overnight train, Train No. Z19 Dep 9:24PM - Arr 8:25AM
Today's Activities: Hotel to Train station Transfer (Beijing), One Day Group tour to Badaling Great Wall Tour and Ming Tomb
Meals: Breakfast, Chinese Lunch

 - Great Wall:One of the seven wonders in the world and the symbol of China.
- The Ming Tomb:They are the best preserved ancient imperial tombs largest in scale, and with most numerous emperors buried there in China.

Day 4

Place & Transport: Overnight train to Xian
Today's Activities: Train station to Hotel Transfer (Xian), Half Day Group Tour to History Museum, Ancient City Wall and the Grand Mosque
Meals: Chinese Lunch

 - the History Museum: which houses an impressive collection of artifacts from the Silk Road as well as other relics from the Song, Ming and Qing dynasties.
- The City Wall: an extension of the old Tang Dynasty structure, boasting the most complete city wall that survives through Chinese history.
- With more than 1200 years' history, the mosque is one of the four grand Islamic mosques in China.It is really well worth a trip to see the Great Mosque, not only for its history but also for its particular design of mixed architecture – combining traditional Muslim and Chinese styles.It is among the four most important mosques in China.

Day 5

Place & Transport: Xian to Overnight train, Train No. T137/T140 Dep 7:53PM - Arr 11:34AM
Today's Activities: Hotel to Train station Transfer (Xian), One Day Group tour to The Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses, The Wild Goose Pagoda and Banpo Museum.
Meals: Breakfast, Chinese Lunch

- The Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses:This incredible 2000 year-old army of life-sized warriors, each one unique,is part of the underground tomb of the Emperor Qin. Well over 7000 figures were drawn up in full battle array in several large pits. Many of the figures, including soldiers, archers, horses and chariots, have been restored, and the repairs and excavations continue at the site where you can see both repaired and broken warriors in a truly impressive display. There is also an excellent museum, including bronze chariots unearthed nearby, and a film about the history and discovery of the tomb. It is about 35 km from Xian.
- The Wild Goose Pagoda:The pagoda where widely renowned Master Xuanzang (Monk Tripitaka) stored his classics brought from India.
- Banpo is a village that existed some 6,000 years ago near Xi'an in the Shaanxi Province of China. Artifacts that have been unearthed from the Banpo site are all that remains of this prehistoric clan-based community. The village grounds occupied a physical area of 50,000 square meters, and consisted primarily of a residential section, a pottery area, and burial grounds.

Day 6

Place & Transport: Overnight train to Shanghai
Today's Activities: Train station to Hotel Transfer (Shanghai)

Day 7

Place & Transport: Shanghai
Today's Activities: One Day Group Tour to Jade Buddha Temple,The Bund,Yuyuan Garden
Meals: Breakfast, Chinese Lunch

- One Day Group Tour to Jade Buddha Temple,The Bund,Yuyuan Garden (Departure time and place: 08:20 Renaissance Yangtze Hotel; 08:40 New Jinjiang Hotel; 09:00 Portman Ritz-Carlton Shanghai).
-Jade Buddha Temple:It is one of the main tourist highlights in Shanghai and it's also the most active temple in China. If you're lucky, you can watch the monks serving cermony in a side room
-The Bund:This spot in the city is home to a myriad of European-styled buildings that face the Huangpu River. Home to chic restaurants and shopping opportunities, the Bund is a must-see site when visiting Shanghai. Architectural styles include gothic, baroque, Romanesque, and renaissance.Being the most imposing spectacle in Shanghai, the Bund has been seen as the embodiment of Shanghai for a long time.
-Yuyuan Garden:A traditional Chinese park decorated by beautiful pavilions, miniature lakes, bridges and rock formations.Yuyuan Garden is not only a famous classical garden in South China, but also a major historic and cultural site under state protection.

Day 8

Place & Transport: Depart Shanghai , Flight not included
Today's Activities: Hotel to airport Transfer (Shanghai)
Meals: Breakfast

 

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Price of this tour

Tour ClassYour Group Size 1 person 2-5 persons 6-9 persons Single room supplement
Tourist Class 996 724 671 191

* Price are in US dollars, for one person. Price are for references only, may vary according to your travel time. Click here to change prices to your Currency

* Better discount are valible when travel in low season from Nov to March.

 

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