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Making a Difference

The choice is yours, but decisions are often hard to make. Our itinerary feature page entitled as Making a Difference will let you know the detailed arrangements of highlight attractions, accommodations, meals, special local flavors we arrange in the itinerary you choose. Only you truly know how you wish to spend your dollars. It is worth comparing the quality and value of a tour before you make your reservation.

The details below allow you to see what make our tours different from all the others on offer. Please click on the items below to find the details in each city. We thank you for considering Travel China Guide and invite you to join us for an unforgettable travel experience.

Highlight Attractions

Once you have compared us with other agencies, you may find that we arrange more attractions in the itinerary. Yes, each site costs money and there are additional transfer charges, but you can be assured of value for money. We carefully choose essential sites for their distinctive features as well as some often hidden treasure to make your tour the best.

To ensure you have a memorable visit to China - the tour of your lifetime, we have included most highlights of China. Unlike many other travel agencies, we do not offer our clients optional programs and so avoid hidden charges over and above our stated tour prices. After your tour we are certain that it is unlikely that you will find that you missed any of the important sites. Please click on each city to see detailed information about the attractions in the itinerary.

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• Holiday Inn Central Plaza

  Holiday Inn Central Plaza 
  Beijing, China
  Managed by Intercontinental Hotels Group, the hotel boasts the excellent accommodation and facilities, where you will no doubt enjoy a comfortable stay. It is close to tourist and shopping attractions such as Wangfujing, Oriental Plaza, Tian'anmen Square and the Forbidden City.
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• Hyatt Regency Hotel

  Hyatt Regency Hotel (downtown)
  Xian, China
  Located in downtown area in the walled city, it is the best five star hotel in Xian. The major entertainment, shopping, and nightlife venues are easily accessed on foot or by a short taxi ride.
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  China Regal
  Being the best and biggest cruise ship cruising from Chongqing to Wuhan along the Yangtze River, China Regal has three 5-star ships - Jeannie, Elaine and Sheena, all of which were made in Germany to meet the European standard with the finest navigational equipment. The ships have two separate and distinct double hulls, nestled together below deck to ensure safe passage through rocky shoals with the highest safety standard.
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• JC Mandarin Hotel
  Shanghai, China 
  
  An attractive combination of eastern and western culture, JC Mandarin Hotel could cater for the demands of different clients whatever for business or travel. It is right in the center of the business and shopping mall on the Nanjing Pedestrian Street, together with the elegant decoration, luxurious comfort, first-class service, all will assure  you a nice vacation.
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Meals

No doubt China has a rich heritage of fine food, the most famous varieties being Cantonese Cuisine, Sichuan Cuisine and Shanghai Cuisine, but from the analysis of National Tourist Administration, many travelers complained that they ate the mass-produced food every day and they had not even experienced the real Chinese food for the whole trip arranged by some tour operators. Travel China Guide assures you that what those travelers suffered is true. Travel China Guide will offer you a completely different experience. Action speaks louder than words. Now please check our following arrangements:

• Water and Soft Drink
  We offer two bottled water free of charge on tour every day including the cruise; for every lunch and dinner we offer two cups of soft drink or local beer free of charge.   
  
   
• A La Carte Meal and the Conduct
  We have a la carte meals included in the tour (as specified in the itinerary). Each person has his own tastes. Though hard as we try, we understand that set-menu dishes can not cater to all different tastes from different people from each corner of the world. But we are eager to show you the best Chinese food and we believe you will be happy to have what you choose by you yourselves but not to have what is chosen by others. This kind of arrangements will no doubt give you the best experiences in trying real Chinese food especially for the vegetarian.
  
  
  All a la carte meals will be assured to serve at good local restaurants. You will have lunches and/or dinners with local Chinese people sitting around. Learning how they use chopsticks and how they cook will be quite an experience during the tour. And we are sure that by the end of your tour, you will love those meals!
  
  
  You may find out that the dishes under same names are very different in China from the Chinatown in your own country! You may not familiar with the names of Chinese dishes and do not know what you should order and what you should not, please do not worry, our guide will help you to make decisions and may bring you very good suggestions. To make things easier to organize, we arrange minimum 4 people at a table when having a la carte meals so as to make sure there are enough varieties and enough dishes. And for each meal, there will be certain price limits and you may refer to the itinerary for all limits. Please be advised that if the actual cost is over our limits, you will need to pay for those extras, but if it is under our limits, the difference will not be refunded because we will have paid for your meals in advance  
  
   
• Beijing
  Beijing Duck Dinner
  The signature dish in Beijing is still Beijing Roast Duck and it is the thing you must do during your visit. There is simply quite nothing like a perfectly roasted duck with bronzed crispy skin and tender, succulent meal. Acting as the TCG Welcome Dinner, the Beijing Duck Dinner is arranged at famous restaurant we pick out for you especially.
  
   
• Xian
  In Xian none of the meals will be served at tourist restaurants and you will enjoy real Chinese food everyday.
   

  Chinese Dumpling

  Dumpling Banquet
  Chinese dumpling is one of the most important foods served as a part of the Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations. In Xian you will enjoy a special dumpling banquet at Tang Dynasty Palace prior to the famous Tang Dynasty Dance and Music Show. The dumplings are in shape of lovely animals, lively vegetables etc, and maybe you'd prefer to keep them rather than to eat them.  

  Fried Brocoli

   
   
  Sichuan Cuisine
  Sichuan Cuisine is the most popular cuisine in China because of its appetizing flavors. It has unique and various tastes, sour, spicy, sweet, bitter, salty, and the most famous one is its tongue-tingling. Some people might not like it when first trying because of its strong flavor, but most people will definitely like it if they give a second try.
  
  We will let you experience this unique Sichuan food on the day to the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum. As the museum is located in a small county, where travelers will have very few chances to find real good Chinese food, we would take you back by the expressway to downtown Xian to a highly reputable Sichuan cuisine restaurant to have lunch. Also on the other day, you will have Sichuan dishes at another reputable local restaurant.   
  
   
• Chongqing
  Sumptuous Buffet Dinner
  A sumptuous buffet dinner will be arranged at the 4-star hotel, Holiday Inn Yangtze preceding your boarding on the deluxe cruise ship, China Regal. In China, Chongqing is very famous for its abundant snacks, and you should not miss them there! All those various seafood, western food, and Chinese dishes will greatly impress you.   
  
   
• China Regal
  Food is always a major topic for those who have travelled by cruise! Buffet dinner and sometimes Chinese table style arrangements are available. China Regal offers American breakfast with free tea, coffee and soft drinks, and lunch and dinner with unlimited free tea, soft drinks and local beer. Gourmet chefs are employed on these ships and there is an abundance of food and many wonderful choices. The water sterilization and purification systems also make its water the safest among all cruise ships on the river.  
  
   
• Shanghai
  Farewell Dinner
  Farewell Dinner is an indispensable part of a memorable tour. To round off this wonderful China Tour with Travel China Guide, we will be much honored to arrange it at the famous Central Hotel, where US$13.00 net will be spent for each of you at its restaurant of over 260 years, Wang Bao He, which is the best place to serve Shanghai Cuisine. We feel sure that though you will have tried many good dishes in many good restaurants during your tour, this dinner will be one of the most unforgettable dinners of your China exploration and one of the highlights when you will recall this unique tour with us. 

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• Beijing
  Peking Opera
  Front Row table arrangement (different from those back theatre seats) with tea and cookies at Liyuan Theater enables you to appreciate the fascinating Chinese Peking Opera performance of "civil" pieces characterized by singing, and "martial" ones featuring acrobatics and stunts.  Photo Album 
   
• Xian
  Tang Dynasty Music and Dance Show
  In Xian you will enjoy a marvellous Tang Dynasty Music and Dance Show served at the Tang Dynasty Palace. This dazzling performance has been treasured as a national art that reflects the glory and richness of the Tang Dynasty era.  Photo Album

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You may also take notice of that we've left some free time for you in Beijing, Xian and Shanghai. Feel puzzled about these spare time and the meals? See our carefully designed suggestions hereunder:

• Beijing
  

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  Have a stroll in the traffic free street, Wangfujing Street after your tour on day 02. This street has long been considered to be the very central heart of the city. It takes you about 15 minutes from the street back to your hotel, Holiday Inn Central Plaza. 
• Shanghai
  

  Shanghai Subway

  Take subway to the stop of People's Square, you will reach the traffic free street, Nanjing Road. Walking eastwards, you will see the famous Bund.
  Shanghai subway sketch map