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Tour Code: L-801
- 14 Days Luxury of Beijing - Xian - Kunming - Dali - Lijiang - Shanghai
- Starting from $1959 per person
- Luxury | Standard| Budget
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Tour FeaturesA 14-Day private tour, which covers the Great Wall and the Terra Cotta Army Wonders in Beijing and Xian separately, the commercial center - Shanghai, the minority wonder Kunming, Dali and Lijiang, you will experience the luring itinerary to seek folkways of Lijiang residents and spiritual mood in the Old Naxi City, and to explore the ethnic folk customs.
Day by Day Itinerary
Departure: Daily
 Minority children, Yunnan |
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
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
 Three Pagodas, Dali, Yunnan |
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 awell-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 - Kunming
Visit the Hanyangling Museum, the Mausoleum of Western Han Emperor Liu Qi on the way to the airport. After lunch, take a flight to Kunming and transfer to the hotel. (B+L)
Accommodation: Grand Park Hotel
Day 08: Kunming
Visit the Stone Forest and the Golden Palace. (B+L)
Accommodation: Grand Park Hotel
 Street of Lijiang Old Town |
Take a flight to Dali and transfer to the hotel. Visit the Erhai Lake Park, the Three Pagoda, the South Gate of the Dali ancient town and transfer to Foreigner Street. You can let your guide/driver go home and have the dinner by yourselves. (B+L)
Accommodation: Asia Star Hotel
Day 10: Dali - Lijiang
Drive to Lijiang, visit a local market, the tie-dying in Zhoucheng and the Yan's Compound of Bai Minority in Xizhou. Transfer to the hotel. (B+L)
Accommodation: Jian Nan Chun Hotel
Day 11: Lijiang
Visit the Baisha Village and a local Naxi family, the Baisha Murals, the Rock Joseph's Former Residence in Yuhu Village. The afternoon is free for you to explore the Old Town by yourselves. Enjoy the Naxi Ancient Music and Dance Performance at Dongba Palace in the evening after dinner. (B+L+D)
Accommodation: Jian Nan Chun Hotel
 Lijiang Old Town |
Day 12: Lijiang - Shanghai
The morning is free. Take a flight to Shanghai and transfer you to the hotel. (B)
Accommodation: Ramada Plaza Shanghai
Day 13: 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 14: Departure from Shanghai
See off. (B)
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Prices (based on per person and shown in US dollars)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 | $3009 | $2549 | $2219 | ||
| Sole Occupancy | $3829 | $3369 | $2949 | |||
| Low season | Double Occupancy | $2809 | $2349 | $1959 | ||
| Sole Occupancy | $3429 | $2969 | $2419 | |||
| 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; Jan 26 to Feb 01 in 2009 staying in Dali; Oct 01 to Oct 07 and Jan 25 to Feb 01, 2009 staying in Lijiang. | ||||||
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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Tea, Tobacco, Flowers, Yunnannese ham are the 4 great things to shop (and bring home) in Kunming. But what about other things in life, so listed below are the prices of "normal" stuff:
1) Tea mug with filter - RMB 15 in a teashop near Cui Hu
2) Ning Xia hawthorn seeds (for chicken soup) - RMB 7 per 250g at a tea shop. RMB 5.50 per 200g at a local supermarket.
3) Can of coke (375ml) - RMB 1.50 at hypermarket, RMB 2 at a tuckshop.
4) Bottle of coke - RMB 1. This is standard. You have to drink it on the spot and return the bottle.
5) Bananas - RMB 3 per KG at the wet market
6) Redbull drink - RMB 4.90 at Walmart; RMB 5.40 at a tuckshop
7) Pamelo (big ones) - RMB 3 each at wet market
8) Quei Ling Gao - RMB 2.50 each at hypermarket
9) Carton of milk (1 L) - RMB 4 - 5 at hypermarket
10) Oranges - RMB 3.50 per KG in winter time.
11) Pine nuts (this is a must in Yunnan, stir fry the nuts with vege, or eat as a snack, you should use a nutcracker or very strong teeth) - RMB 20 per KG at wet market; RMB 13 per KG at hypermarket.
12) A slice of cake - RMB 3.00 - RMB 8 at a bakery in Kundu.
13) To rent a badminton court - RMB 5 per hour at Yunnan Normal University.
14) Longan fruit - RMB 12 per KG.
15) Wooden doll - RMB 8
16) Minorities figurines - RMB 38
17) Bowl of noodles (mi xian or er si) - from RMB 2 18) Kunming cherries - RMB 1 per 100g. They are the size of fresh sultanas, reddish orange in colour. Very attractive. Sourish. Available in March - April.
19) soya bean milk - fresh (unsweetened) from supermarket soyabean section, about 60c for a big bag of probably 500ml.
20) paracetamol - about RM 3 for a whole bottle of generic brand.
21) peanut butter - 500g for RMB 14.
22) yogurt - the local ones are usually sweetened at RMB 1 - 1.50 each. Danone at RMB 2.50 to RMB 4 (depending on whether there are fruit pieces of just fruit flavour).
The ropeway to Spruce Plateau of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain have been renovating from Nov 10, 2007. It will stop operating until the project finished. Now it is still not certain when it will finish. So, if you want to visit the snow mountain during this period, you can choose take the cable car to the Yak Plateau instead.