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Tour Code: L-609
- 19 Days Luxury of Beijing - Urumqi - Kashgar - Urumqi - Turpan - Dunhuang - Xian - Chongqing - Yangtze River Cruise - Wuhan - Shanghai
- Starting from $3209 per person
- Luxury | Standard| Budget
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Day by Day Itinerary
Departure: Based on the cruise sailing date, Please click.
Day 01: Arrival in Beijing

Famous Sunday Bazaar in Kashgar
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 - Kashgar
You will take a morning flight to Kashgar - "the pearl on the Ancient Silk Road". Upon arrival, you will be transferred to the local best hotel. Visit the famous Sunday Market. (B+L)
Accommodation: the local best hotel
Day 06: Kashgar - Urumqi - Turpan

Yangguan Pass, Dunhuang
Visit the Id Kah Mosque, the Old Street and the Abakh Khoja Tomb. Take a flight to Urumqi and be transferred to Turpan. Check in at the hotel. (B+L)
Accommodation: Oasis Hotel ![]()
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Day 07: Turpan
Visit the Jiaohe Ruins, the Karez Well and the Sugong Pagoda. (B+L)
Accommodation: Oasis Hotel ![]()
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Day 08: Turpan - Dunhuang
Visit the Gaochang Ruins, the Baizikeli Thousand Buddha Cave and the Flaming Hill. Take an overnight soft sleeper train to Dunhuang. (B+L+D)
Accommodation: an overnight soft sleeper train
Day 09: Dunhuang
Pick you up at the railway station and transfer to the hotel. Visit the Mogao Grottoes and the Dunhuang Museum. Breakfast is on your side. (L)
Accommodation: Building No. 8 of Dunhuang Hotel ![]()
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Day 10: Dunhuang - Xian

Golden bowl of the royal family from Tang Dynasty (618AD-907AD)
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 11: 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 ![]()
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- downtown
Day 12: 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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- downtown
Day 13: Xian - Chongqing
Visit the Hanyangling Museum, the Mausoleum of Western Han Emperor Liu Qi on the way to the airport. After lunch, take a flight to Chongqing. After having a rich buffet dinner at 4-star hotel, Holiday Inn Yangtze, check in at the deluxe German-made cruise ship to stay overnight. (B+L+D)
Accommodation: China Regal Cruises ![]()
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Day 14: Chongqing - Fengdu
At 08:00 am your memorable Yangtze River tour begins. In the afternoon visit the Ghost City of Fengdu. (B+L+D)
Day 15: Badong - Xiling Gorge - Sandouping
Visit Badong and take a small junk to enjoy the marvelous spectacles of the nature in the Shennong Stream. Continue sailing into the western section of Xiling Gorge. Pass the five-step ship lock. (B+L+D)
Day 16: Sandouping
Visit the site of Three Gorges Dam Project. (B+L+D)
Day 17: Wuhan - Shanghai

Yangtze Three Gorges cruise tour
At 12:00 arrive in Wuhan. Visit Hubei Provincial Museum. After having lunch at a local famous restaurant, take a flight to Shanghai and transfer to the hotel. (B+L)
Accommodation: Ramada Plaza Shanghai ![]()
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Day 18: 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 ![]()
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Day 19: 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 | $4249 | $3709 | $3389 | ||
| Sole Occupancy | $5469 | $4929 | $4559 | |||
| Low season | Double Occupancy | $4079 | $3529 | $3209 | ||
| Sole Occupancy | $5159 | $4609 | $4259 | |||
| 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 western breakfasts;
- Daily lunches and/or dinners at China's finest restaurants for the land tour;
- Standard cruise cabin with full board;
- Cruise shore excursions;
- Entrance fees to the tourist sites;
- Excellent individual guide & driver for the land tour;
- Private air-conditioned car or van for land transportation;
- 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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