L-102 9 days from $1169

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Tour Code: L-102

9 Days Luxury of Beijing - Xian - Shanghai: Starting from $1189 per person; Luxury | Standard| Super Deluxe| Budget

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Tour Features
The cities reward explorers! Yin and Yang, Stone Lions, Feng Shui, Chi'pau and Jade cultures and so on are not only the keywords of the past! The three highlight cities build up a golden angle of China!

Day by Day Itinerary

Departure: Daily

Great Wall, Beijing

Day 01: Arrival in Beijing
Our guide will pick you up at Beijing airport and transfer to the hotel. The rest of the day is on your own to explore the city.

Accommodation: Crowne Plaza

Day 02: Beijing
Visit the Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City and the Temple of Heaven. The Beijing Duck Dinner is served at a famous restaurant followed by a lively Peking Opera performance at the Liyuan Theatre. (B+L+D)

Accommodation: Crowne Plaza

Day 03: Beijing
Visit the Badaling Great Wall. To avoid having lunch at shopping site restaurants, you will be driven to have Sichuan food at a local popular restaurant. Visit the Sacred Way and the Ming Tomb in the afternoon. The a la carte dinner is served at a famous Cantonese cuisine restaurant in the Wangfujing area. (B+L+D)

Accommodation: Crowne Plaza

Local residents dancing near the City Wall, Xian

Day 04: Beijing - Xian
Visit the Summer Palace and the Lama Temple. Take a flight to Xian and transfer to the hotel. A sumptuous buffet dinner will be served for you at the hotel this evening. (B+L+D)

Accommodation: Hyatt Regency Hotel - downtown

Day 05: Xian
Visit the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum. To avoid having the poor food at the site, you will take highway back to downtown to have lunch at a well-known Cantonese cuisine restaurant. In the afternoon, visit the Big Wild Goose Pagoda and the City Wall. This evening you will be entertained with the marvelous Tang Dynasty Dinner Show in Tang Dynasty Palace. (Add: No.75, Chang'an Road, Xian) (B+L+D)

Accommodation: Hyatt Regency Hotel - downtown

Day 06: Xian
Visit the Provincial History Museum. After enjoying the a la carte lunch at a local famous restaurant, visit the Great Mosque and a local family. (B+L)

Accommodation: Hyatt Regency Hotel - downtown

Day 07: Xian - Shanghai
Visit the Hanyangling Museum, the Mausoleum of Western Han Emperor Liu Qi on the way to the airport. After lunch, take a flight to Shanghai and transfer to the hotel. (B+L)

Accommodation: Ramada Plaza Shanghai

Yuyuan Garden, Shanghai

Day 08: Shanghai
Visit the Shanghai Museum and the Yuyuan Garden. After lunch, take a cruise tour on the Huangpu River. The Farewell Dinner is served at Central Hotel, whose restaurant Wang Bao He has a history of around 260 years and is the best place to serve Shanghai Cuisine. The memorable dinner will be followed by the Portman Acrobatic Show at the Shanghai Centre Theatre. (B+L+D)

Accommodation: Ramada Plaza Shanghai

Day 09: Departure from Shanghai
See off. (B)

More Memorable HighlightsB-- BreakfastL-- LunchD-- Dinner

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Prices (based on per person and shown in US dollars)

Prices (Valid from Mar. 1st, 2008 to Feb. 28th, 2009)

Group size

Season

2-5 travelers

6-9 travelers

10 travelers & above

High season

Double Occupancy

$1899

$1619

$1459

Sole Occupancy

$2529

$2249

$2039

Low season

Double Occupancy

$1699

$1419

$1189

Sole Occupancy

$2129

$1849

$1509

Remark : Quotations listed are valid excluding the periods of Olympic Games staying in Beijing; F1 Grand Prix and Dec 01 to Dec 15 staying in Shanghai.

Inclusions

Internal flights & taxes;
Hotels with daily western breakfasts;
Daily lunches or dinners at China's finest restaurants;
Excellent individual guide & driver;

Private air-conditioned car or van;
Entrance fees to all tourist sites;
Two bottles of mineral water per day;
Government taxes.

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The above private guided tour is tailored for you, your family or your friends exclusively. No other participants will be in your group. In other words, others will not join in your tour and you will not take part into any tours of others on our land services.

Although there is generally no tipping in Shanghai, it is wise to be careful of the tipping scam that happens in many bars. When you go to a bar, girls in many will sit with you. They will ask you to buy them drinks. Of course, they are attractive, and you may be inclined for them to join you for a few drinks. However, they will dance with you, rub up with you, and do their best to make sure you have a good time. When you are finished, they will demand a tip. Sometimes two or three hundred yuan. Girls can make a pretty decent living from the tips of foreigners. Although these bars are technically breaking the law, they cover it up by not having a staff list and posting a sign that tips are not allowed. These are both just bogus ways to confuse the police into not shutting them down. Be aware, if a girl sits with you at a bar, you could be in for an expensive evening. Bars (not the clubs, but the small bars) on Maoming Road, like Diablo and even more notoriously Nelly's are the highest risks. Best advice is to go there accompanied by someone and say you don't want company, or avoid these places altogether. Maybe this not only happen in Shanghai, but also Beijing, Xian...other big cities. Watch out and restrict yourself.

Client's information:: Mr.Joe in shanghai 2008-2-29 17:47

On the way to the Great Mosque (just beside the Great Mosque), there is a narrow street called Hua Jue Xiang full of various of interesting handicrafts and chinese style stuffs. If you are not good at bargainning, I am afraid that's not a good place to buy anything. The vendors will always tell you "no buy, no touch". If you offer a price and the vendor accept it, you will have to buy it. The vendors are all very troublesome. You could wander the street for looking over the innumerable curiosities on the market. If you want to buy something as souvenirs or gifts, the Muslim street before the Great Mosque is an ideal place, better quality and lower price. You could ask your guide for some advice and help.

Client's information:: Ms.Shirley Meullenberg 2008-2-28 16:21

i think anywhere you travel you have to beware of pick pockets in tourist traps. during my past travels to china i have not had much of a problem. i actually feel much more safe in china than i do in most places in the states..haha. when i would do the tourist things like the great wall, forbidden city, etc. i would use a money belt that i hid under my clothes. and i also kept really important things such as my passport, travel documents, and extra money locked up (inside my luggage) at the hotel. also make sure that you leave copies of your passport and visa at home. In case you lose your passport someone can fax you a copy so that it makes it easier to get into the US embassy to replace it.

Client's information:: Ms.Shaun Iding , United States , 2007-11-15 16:05