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Day 01Arrive in Beijing

Welcome to China! Your professional TCG guide will meet you with private transfer at Beijing Airport. We have reserved you 4 nights at the 3-star Golden Palace Silver Street Hotel with daily breakfast (Address: No. 31 Gan Yu Hutong, Wangfujing Ave, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100006; Telephone: 86-10-8511 0388). If you arrive early, you're advised to stroll along the Wangfujing Avenue not far from your hotel and have some snacks there as your dinner by yourself.

Day 02Beijing

Beijing has many highlights to admire for travellers and we will start from the downtown visit today. After breakfast, your guide will lead you to the Tiananmen Square, the largest squre of this kind in the world, marvel at the Forbidden City, the imperial palace complex  in the Ming and Qing dynasties and the Temple of Heaven.(B+L)

Day 03Beijing

Beijing tour  will be not complete until you visit the winding Badaling Great Wall this morning. After having the lunch at a local famous restaurant, you will be taken to the Ming Tomb through the Sacred Way.  If you'd like to take other sections of the Great Wall, we're also glad to revise the itinerary accordingly. Evening is free for your individual activities.(B+L)

Day 04Beijing

The fourth day keeps free while hotel with breakfast is reserved for you. You're advised to take the following route. Start off at 08:30 am and head to Wanshou Temple (Beijing art museum) in the urban area of Beijing city. Take bus No. 4 on the west side of Dongdan Road and get off onthe east side of Gongzhufen (9 stops). Then bus No. 704 can take you to the Wanshou Temple direct (6 stops). Having undergone three reconstructions, Wanshou Temple forms a large scale ancient architectural complex composed by the temple, Xanadu and a garden. After 1.5 hours visit, take bus No. 8 to see the China Central Television Tower (CCTV address: 11 The Middle of West 3rd Ring Road, Haidian District, Beijing), not far from the temple (only 3 stops). You will have a bird's eye view of the city from this,the tallest building in Beijing.The Summer Palace is to your north. The tower is open from 08:30 am to 22:00pm and the entrance fee is RMB50 per person. In the afternoon, spend some happy hours at the Pacific Sea World at the foot of the Tower and then go to the famous Hongqiao market for some souvenirs, time permitting.Please click for more Beijing free day suggestions.(B)

Summer Palace, Beijing

Day 05Beijing - Xian

For your last day (the fifth day) in Beijing, the guide will lead you to explore the Summer Palace, Yonghe Lamasery and see the lovely pandas in Beijing Zoo.After dinner, bid farewell to the guide by boarding an overnight soft sleeper train to Xian.(B+L)

Day 06Xian

Arrival in Xian on the sixth day morning, our local guide will pick you up at the railway station and transfer you to  the 3-star Union Hotel (Address: No.51 Ximutou Shi, South Street, Xi'an 710002, China, Telephone: 86-29-87638888) After breakfast, you will be led to visit Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum, the Bid Wild Goose Pagoda and the City Wall to fulfil the day.(B+L)

Day 07Xian

The seventh day is a free day while the hotel with breakfast is reserved for you. Try taking tourist bus No. 2 at the south square of railway station to Qian County. The journey lasts about 2 hours (120 kilometers from Xian). Sites of particular interest here include the Qian Mausoleum (CNY45) and the Yongtai Princess Tomb (CNY26). A 2-hour visit is enough to take in the delicate murals, the emperor's tomb and all of the precious culture relics on display. Have a meal at the nearby restaurant if you like and then proceed to Famen Temple in the afternoon. We recommend about 3 hours to see the sights here. Then take tourist bus No. 2 (CNY25) back to Xian. The last bus departs from Qian County at 5:00 p.m. Please click for Xian  free day suggestions. for your reference.(B)

Tibetan people

Day 08Xian - Lhasa

Leave Xian on the eighth day, and take a shuttle bus or taxi to the airport and board a flight to Lhasa by yourself. Our local guide will pick you up at Lhasa airport and transfer you to the 3-star ShangBaLa Hotel staying 3 nights (Address: No. 1 Danjielin Road, Lhasa, Tibet, 850001 China; Telephone: 86-891-6323888). Take the rest of the day to adapt to the high altitude upon arrival and you could ask for the oxygen supply if you get headache. Take care that a free stroll by yourself without the guide escort is not permitted in this land. You may have dinner to recruit the energy at the hotel by yourself.(B)

Day 09Lhasa

On the ninth day, visit the the Tibet Museum, which is a house store exhibiting the tibet culture and history of this holy bethel. Then proceed to the Carpet Factory with distinguished characteristics. After a western-style lunch,  visit the Sera Monastery, the Norbulingka Park and experience the local folkway by a Tibetan family visit.(B+L)

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B-- Breakfast     L-- Lunch     D-- Dinner