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Departure: Daily
Day One: Entry Beijing
TCG guide will hold a welcome sign to meet you at the Beijing Capital Airport according to your international (internal) flight schedule. Transfer to the 4-star hotel for 4 nights stay and relax for the rest of the day.
Meals: None
Hotel: Holiday Inn Central Plaza (4 star) - the best Holiday Inn Hotel in Beijing
Day Two: Beijing
Stroll along the famous Tiananmen Square - the largest square in the world, and reach the Imperial Palace. This afternoon, transfer to visit the Temple of Heaven.
Specials: Peking Roast Duck Banquet & Peking Opera Performance
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day Three: Beijing
Morning excursion transfers you to climb the China Great Wall - Badaling section. A spicy Sichuan cuisine lunch is served at a notable restaurant to recruit your physical energy. This afternoon, stroll across the Sacred Path to reach the Ming Tomb.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Day Four: Beijing
Today's highlight sightseeing covers: the Summer Palace, the Lama Temple and the lovely pandas in Beijing Zoo.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Day Five: Beijing - Dunhuang
Fly to the 'pearl on the Silk Road' - Dunhuang. TCG guide will wait for you at the airport ahead of the flight schedule and transfer you to the 4-star hotel for 1 night stay. Experience a short unforgettable camel-riding along the Echoing-Sand Dune to the Crescent Lake, which is a nature wonder coexist with the desert for thousand of years.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Hotel: Building No. 8 of Dunhuang Hotel (4 star)
Day Six: Dunhuang Exit
Appreciate the shrine of Buddhist treasures Mogao Grottoes. After lunch, Private transfer takes you to the airport and your pleasant China tour ends here.
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Prices (based on per person and shown in US dollars)Prices (Valid from Mar. 1st, 2008 to Feb. 28th, 2009)
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2-5 travelers | 6-9 travelers | 10 travelers & above | |||
| High season | Double Occupancy | $1069 | $909 | $829 | ||
| Sole Occupancy | $1359 | $1199 | $1099 | |||
| Low season | Double Occupancy | $1039 | $869 | $739 | ||
| Sole Occupancy | $1289 | $1129 | $899 | |||
| Remark : Quotations listed are valid excluding the periods of Olympic Games staying in Beijing. | ||||||
Quotation Includes- Domestic airfares with taxes;
- Hotel accommodation with breakfasts;
- Lunches and dinners as itinerary specifies;
- Private guides and drivers;
- Air-conditioned vehicles;
- Tourist sites permission fees;
- 2 bottles of mineral water each day;
- Government taxes.
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Mogao Caves locate 25 km southeast of Dunhuang city, also named "Thousands Buddha Caves". It is the largest scaled and most abundant one among the present preserved caves. It has 492 caves, 45000 square meters mural paintings and 2415 colorful statues. However, only 10-15 caves and 2 exhibition halls can be visited, from 8:00-18:00 each day. It is closed in rainy days.
Visitors are not allowed to take photos in the caves. To protect the murals in the caves, the lighting condition is not very well in the caves and you'd better visit with an electronic torch. The best visit time is in the morning, when would be much lighter.
honestly, i can't tell you anything that's not in a guide book (other than to dress warmly... i doubt october is too much warmer than november), because i did the "tourist" thing for the 4 days i was there (packing all the "star" attractions from my guidebook into 4 days).
i did a tour from my hotel to get to the Great Wall. be in shape to hike! it's not a joke getting to the top (only 2 others from my hotel bus made it to the top with me).
oh, in the forbidden city/tianamen square area (which you should definitely see), you'll get approached by guys claiming to be english students who want to practice their english. they'll suggest a tea house. i assumed i was being scammed, but i went anyway, cuz i was freezing cold and wanted some warm tea. their real goal is to get you to buy overpriced tea... but frankly, i didn't care. i got warm, had some good conversation with a local (who was actually practicing his english... but only to scam more tourists like me into overpaying for tea), had some good tea and got to go through the tea ceremony. it was cheap by western standards, though later when i was in guangzhou i found out that i'd paid 2-3 times what i should have.
i stayed at the Great Wall Sheraton. there's a cool nightclub there, and nearby (on the other side of all the embassies) there's a street with lots of upscale bars and music clubs.... i don't remember the name, but i could look it up if you want (that i learned from an internet friend... i'd have to search my IM logs).
i was a total "tourist" in beijing (not my normal travel mode), but i still thought it was a great city.