Summer Palace, Beijing

Day 01Arrive in Beijing

Your pleasant China tour starts once you arrive in Beijing. Our professional TCG guide will meet you at the airport with comfortable private transfer. The 3-star Golden Palace Silver Street Hotel with daily breakfast will be arranged for you for 4 nights (Address: No. 31 Ganyu Hutong, Wangfujing Avenue, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100006; Telephone: 86-10-8511 0388). The first balance day is left for you to recover from the jet lag or explore the city on your own.

Day 02Beijing

The whole day downtown sightseeing covers the solemn and respectful Tiananmen Square, the largest and the best-preserved Imperial Palace complex - Forbidden City and the Temple of Heaven, which is largest group of structures in the country dedicated to rituals that pay homage to the glory of heaven.(B+L)

Day 03Beijing

On the third day the guide will assist you to experience the culture and enjoy the beauty of the Great Wall. Badaling Great Wall is situated in Yanqing County, over 70 kilometers (43 miles) north of Beijing. It is the most well-preserved section of the Great Wall, built during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Continue to visit the great royal mausoleums the Ming Tomb via a holy Sacred Way. Definitely, you will not miss to see the appearance of Bird's Nest in the distance on the way back to the downtown.(B+L)

Chinese festival celebration

Day 04Beijing

We reserve the hotel accommodation with breakfast on the fourth day, please arrange all the activities on your own. If you are happen to take trip in autumn, a visit to the Fragrant Hill Park will round off your vacation. The famous scenery spot is located in the east part of western Hills, about 28 kilometers northwest away from Beijing city. It is a notable royal garden since Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, which 98% area is blanketed with forests. The most impressive scenery in the Fragrant Hill Park is the flaming red maple leaves scattering over the mountain during October and November. You can take bus No. 318, 331, 333, 360, 634 or No. 1 metro railway to Bajiao Amusement part to connect No. 60 bus to reach the site. Besides, you may also include a visit to the adjacent Beijing Botanical Garden for the rest of the day. Please click for more Beijing free day suggestions.(B)

Day 05Beijing - Xian

For your last day (the fifth day) in Beijing, the guide will lead you to explore the Summer Palace, Yonghe Lamasery andsee the lovely pandas in Beijing Zoo. Lunch and dinner are served. After dinner, bid farewell to the guide by boarding an overnight soft sleeper train to Xian.(B+L+D)

Figures of the terracotta horses, Xian

Day 06Xian

Arrival in Xian on the sixth day morning, be picked up by the local guide at the railway station and transfer you to the 3-star Union Hotel staying 2 nights (Address: No.51 Ximutou Shi, South Street, Xi'an 710002, China, Telephone: 86-29-87638888). After breakfast, escorted Xian tour is scheduled to visit Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum, the Big Wild Goose Pagoda and the City Wall.(B+L)

Day 07Xian

The seventh day is free to be arranged by yourself while the hotel with breakfast is reserved for you.   Please click for more Xian  free day suggestions.(B)

Day 08Xian - Lhasa

The Xian tour comes to an end on the eighth day, take a shuttle bus (CNY26, the bus stop is quite near to your hotel. ) or taxi (about CNY150) to the airport and board a flight to Lhasa by yourself. Our local guide will meet you outside the baggage claim area at Lhasa airport. Transfer to the ShangBaLa Hotel with daily breakfast for 3 nights (Address: No. 1 Danjielin Road, Lhasa, Tibet, 850001 China; Telephone: 86-891-6323888). You might acclimatize yourself to the high altitude in the afternoon.(B)

Potala Palace, Lhasa

Day 09Lhasa

Visit the Tibet Museum and the Carpet Factory. After having a western-style lunch, go head to visit the Sera Monastery and the Norbulingka Park.(B+L)

Day 10Lhasa

On the 10th day, continue to visit the magnificent Potala Palace. After a western-style lunch, visit the spiritual center of Tibet - Jokhang Temple. Everyday pilgrims from every corner of Tibet trek a long distance to this temple. Some of them even progress prostrate by body length to the threshold of the temple. Pilgrims fuel myriad of flickering butter lamps with yak butter, or honor their deities with white scarves (Kha-btags or Hada) while murmuring sacred mantras to show their pieties to the Buddha. After a devotional temple visit, you will be guided to the thriving bazaar of the Barkhor Street to search for some souvenirs. In the end, visit the Tibetan Traditional Medicine Hospital. The western-style lunch is arranged in a local hotel.(B+L)

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B-- Breakfast     L-- Lunch     D-- Dinner