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Tour Code: L-603
- 23 Days Luxury of Beijing - Urumqi - Korla - Kuqa - Aksu - Kashgar - Hetian - Minfeng - Korla - Turpan - Dunhuang - Xian - Shanghai
- Starting from $2909 per person
- Luxury | Standard| Budget
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Traveling on the route where it was flourishing once in history and you may wonder why the history chose them then and abandoned them later. Was there really something worked like Fengshui? The remains of the old cities somewhere were the only way they record their past.
Day by Day Itinerary
Departure: Friday
Day 01: Arrival in Beijing

Tiananmen Square, 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 ![]()
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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 ![]()
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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 ![]()
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Day 04: Beijing - Urumqi
Visit the Summer Palace. Take a flight to Urumqi and transfer to the hotel. (B+L)
Accommodation: Sheraton Urumqi Hotel ![]()
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Day 05: Urumqi - Korla

Southern Pasture, Urumqi
Drive to Korla. Visit the Tiemen Pass. (B+L)
Accommodation: Loulan Hotel ![]()
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Day 06: Korla - Kuqa
Drive to Kuqa and transfer to the hotel. Visit the Subashi Ruins. (B+L)
Accommodation: Kuqa Hotel ![]()
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Day 07: Kuqa - Aksu
Visit the Kizil Thousand-Buddha Caves. Drive to Aksu and transfer to the hotel. (B+L)
Accommodation: Hongfu Jinlan Hotel ![]()
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Day 08: Aksu - Kashgar
Drive to Kashgar and transfer to the local best hotel. (B+L)
Accommodation: the local best hotel
Day 09: Kashgar - Karakuri Lake - Kashgar
Drive to the Karakuri Lake and have a visit there. Drive back to Kashgar and transfer to the local best hotel. (B+L)
Accommodation: the local best hotel
Day 10: Kashgar

Karakuri Lake
Visit the famous Sunday Market, the Id Kah Mosque and the Abakh Khoja Tomb. (B+L)
Accommodation: the local best hotel
Day 11: Kashgar - Hetian
Drive to Hetian. Visit the Yarkant King Mausoleum and the Yingisar Uigur Knife Making. Stay overnight at the hotel. (B+L)
Accommodation: Hetian Hotel ![]()
Day 12: Hetian - Minfeng
Visit the Silk Village, hundred years' old walnut tree and Paper Making. On the way to Minfeng, you can visit a local bazaar and the unique minority people's costume in Yutian city. Stay at the hotel in Minfeng. (B+L)
Accommodation: Ni Ya Hotel ![]()
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Day 13: Minfeng - Korla
Drive to Korla through the Taklamakan Desert and enjoy the scenery of sand dune. Stay overnight at the hotel. (B+L)
Accommodation: Luolan Hotel ![]()
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Day 14: Korla - Turpan

Id Kah Mosque, Kashgar
Drive to Turpan and transfer to the hotel. (B+L)
Accommodation: Oasis Hotel ![]()
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Day 15: Turpan
Visit the Bizaklik Thousand Buddha Caves, the Gaochang Ruins and the Flaming Hill. (B+L)
Accommodation: Oasis Hotel ![]()
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Day 16: Turpan - Dunhuang
Visit the Jiaohe Ruins, the Karez Well and the Sugong Pagoda. Take an overnight soft sleeper train to Dunhuang. (B+L+D)
Accommodation: an overnight soft sleeper train
Day 17: Dunhuang
Pick you up at the railway station and transfer to the hotel. Breakfast is on your side. Visit the Mogao Grottoes and the Dunhuang Museum. (L)
Accommodation: Building No. 8 of Dunhuang Hotel ![]()
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Day 18: Dunhuang - Xian
You will experience a short camel-riding along the Echoing-Sand Dune to reach the Crescent Lake. 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 ![]()
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- downtown
Day 19: Xian

Sunday Bazaar, Kashgar
Visit the Terracotta Warriors 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 ![]()
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- downtown
Day 20: 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 ![]()
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Day 21: 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 be transferred to the hotel. (B+L)
Accommodation: Ramada Plaza Shanghai ![]()
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Day 22: 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 Wang Bao He Hotel (4 star), followed by the Portman Acrobatic Show at Shanghai Centre Theatre. (B+L+D)
Accommodation: Ramada Plaza Shanghai ![]()
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Day 23: Departure from Shanghai
See off. (B)
More Silk Road ToursB-- BreakfastL-- LunchD-- Dinner
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 | $4939 | $3829 | $3299 | ||
| Sole Occupancy | $6099 | $4979 | $4399 | |||
| Low season | Double Occupancy | $4609 | $3499 | $2909 | ||
| Sole Occupancy | $5439 | $4319 | $3609 | |||
| 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. | ||||||
- Internal flights & taxes and train tickets;
- Hotels with daily breakfasts;
- Daily lunches and/or dinners at China's finest restaurants or hotels;
- 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.





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At one of the souvenir shops I saw a hat, which I liked. I bought it for a good price. But I did not check the change. A few minutes later I discovered that I had got some Taiwanese papermoney as change. I returned to the shop. When I waved the money at the shopkeeper, she changed it to the correct money without any discussion. I think she was very afraid, that anybody would see, what she tried.
Be carefull at any tourist spot in China! Never trust a shopkeeper when it comes to money.