L-115 11 days from $1239

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Tour Code: L-115

11 Days Luxury of Beijing - Xian - Luoyang (Shaolin Temple) - Shanghai: Starting from $1239 per person; Luxury | Standard| Budget

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Day by Day Itinerary

Departure: Daily

Temple of Heaven, Beijing

Day 01: Arrival in Beijing
Our guide will meet you outside the baggage claim area at Beijing Airport and transfer you 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

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

Monks in the Shaolin Temple, Luoyang

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. 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 - Luoyang
Morning is free. Take an afternoon soft seat train to Luoyang and transfer to the hotel. (B)

Accommodation: Hua Yang Plaza Hotel

Day 08: Luoyang
Visit the Chariot and Horse Pits, the White Horse Temple and the Shaolin Temple. (B+L)

Accommodation: Hua Yang Plaza Hotel

Old Shanghai

Day 09: Luoyang - Shanghai
Visit the Longmen Caves. Take a flight to Shanghai and transfer to the hotel. (B+L)

Accommodation: Ramada Plaza Shanghai

Day 10: 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 11: Departure from Shanghai
See off. (B)

B-- 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

$1959

$1639

$1489

Sole Occupancy

$2589

$2269

$2099

Low season

Double Occupancy

$1809

$1489

$1239

Sole Occupancy

$2289

$1969

$1589

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; Apr 07 to May 08 and Oct 01 to Oct 07 staying Luoyang.

Inclusions

Internal flights & taxes and train tickets;
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.

We just came back from our fabulous china visit. We did have a good time, except the train travel from Xian to Luoyang. Absolutely the same feeling with Mr. Marcus Neuws. It is really a nightmare especially for us, one 70s old couple. As we came across the period when the guide were restricted to entre the train station to see off, we had to manage all of the things by ourselves. We took two tooo large luggages and there were crowded of people at the train station. What's worse, we had to climb lots of steps up and down. It was impossible for us to drag our luggages rolling along the slippery way, for it's too steep. We were totally exhausted when we boarded the train.

Take our suffering for experience, and consider carefully before take a train journey. We here also suggest the travel agent take your clients' age and health condition into consideration to decide which kind of travel they could accept.

Client's information:: Mr.Edward Everett , United Kingdom , 2007-12-4 15:32

Here we want to remind the senior visitors had better escape from the train travel in your itinerary. There are often many steps in the railway station in China. What's worse, there is no elevator. As a result, you have to carry your big luggages up and down stairs on your own. Generally, the travel agency will arrange the soft sleeper train for your long journey. There are generally 4 bunks in each compartment on the train. It is impossible for the elder people to manage staying at the upper berth. To keep the privacy, our couple paid the extra two berths in our compartment.

In our itinerary, it takes about 5-6 hours by train from Xian to Luoyang. Generally, the agency will arrange the soft seat train tickets. It means you will have to sit upstraight for 5-6 hours, which is apparently hard for the elders to put up with. Without any other proper transportation, the agency arranged the soft sleeper train for us. It comes out to be really a hard trip for us. So i am here suggest other potential elder visitors avoid the train travel in China possibly. Good luck!

Client's information:: Mr.Marcus Neuws , United States , 2007-11-7 14:44

Shaolin Temple - Can i have a day class in Shaolin Monastery Wushu Institute at Tagou (phone: 274 9627) and stay in this school

Client's information:: Mr.Martins Zutis , Latvia , 2007-10-9 14:47

Answer: Usually,if you want to take a Wushu class, there is a Kongfu school called Shaolin Temple Wushu Training Center is recommended. This is a normal school founded by National Tourism Bureau and the government of Henan Province. Also, it is a school for learning Wushu which is assigned by Henan Tourism Bureau and General Administration of Sports of China. The school is near to Shaolin Temple, just 5 to 10 minutes walk. Also, there is a newly-built hotel in the school called Henan Zen International Hotel (4 star).It is very convenient to stay at that hotel during the Wushu class.But if you only want to take one or two days for class, you can only learn some basic and simple moves.

TravelChinaGuide 2007-10-9 15:40

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