CLASSIC CHINA+ GUILIN- CODE JLCCG

Peking (3n)-Xi’an (2n)-Guilin (2n)-Shanghai (2n)

Monday 1^st day: Peking (D)

Upon arrival in Beijing transfer to the hotel. Free day. Dinner at the hotel.

Tuesday 2^nd day: Peking (B, L, D)

After breakfast meet with the local English speaking guide and visit Tian an men Square 天安门广场, “The Gate of Heavenly Peace”, where you can admire the Mausoleum of Mao Zedong, the People’s Palace, the National Museum Monument to the People’s Heroes. Then visit the Forbidden City 故宫, the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing dynasty. Lunch in Chinese restaurant. In the afternoon visit the Temple of Heaven 天坛, considered one of the most remarkable examples of the ancient Chinese architecture. After visit at a pearl shop. Dinner to taste the famous Beijing toasted duck.

Wensday 3^rd day : Peking (B, L,D)

After breakfast visit at the Ming Tomb 城陵 and the Sacred Way 神路. Lunch in local restaurant. Along the way visit to a Cloisonné factory. In the afternoon visit to the Great Wall长城, the symbol of China and all over the world the unique landmark that could be seen from the Moon with more than 6000 kilometres extension. Dinner at the hotel.

Thusday 4^th day: Peking / Xi’An (B, L,D) by plane

After breakfast, visit the Summer Palace 颐和园, the summer estate of the Emperor that covers 290 hectares and gives place to the magnificent Kunming Lake and the Long life Hill. Lunch in local restaurant and transfer to the airport to catch the flight to Xi’An. Upon arrival transfer to the hotel. Buffet dinner at the hotel.

Friday 5^th day : Xi’An (B, L, D)

After breakfast, meet and greet with the local English speaking guide and transfer for the visit of the Terracotta Warriors site兵马俑, made up of more than 8.000 stone warriors statues to guard the tomb of the First Emperor Shi Huang Di. After lunch at a local Chinese restaurant, visit the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda 大雁塔、Ming Wall 明城墙, and a jade factory . Special dinner to taste Jaozi and then back to the hotel.

Saturday 6^th day: Xi’An / Guilin (B,L,D) by plane

After breakfast, meet and greet with the local English speaking guide and transfer for the visit of the Great Mosque 大清真寺 and the Old City Walls 老城. Chinese lunch in local restaurant. Transfer to the airport to catch the flight to Guilin. Upon arrival transfer to the hotel. Dinner at the hotel.

Sunday 7^th day : Guilin (B, L, D)

After breakfast, meet and greet with the local English speaking guide and transfer for the visit of the Flute cane Cave, 芦笛岩 cave used as refuge from the residents of Guilin during the Japanese invasion in 1940 and then Li River Cruise 漓江游船从桂林到阳朔 . During the cruise you can admire the beautiful landscapes, represented by several generations of Chinese painters. Lunch on board. Visit to Yangshuo markets and to a chinese tea shop. Western dinner at the hotel.

Monday 8^thday: Guilin/ Shanghai (B, D) by plane

After breakfast transfer to the airport to catch the flight to Shanghai. Free lunch. In the afternoon feel the city lively atmosphere with a walk through the Nanjing Road 南京路 , commercial center full of shops and shopping malls, next to the Bund 外滩, the famous walk on the Huangpu river bank, where you can admire the amazing Shanghai skyline. After the visit transfer to the hotel. Buffet dinner at the hotel.

Tuesday 9^th : Shanghai (B, L, D)

After breakfast, meet and greet with the local English speaking guide and transfer for the visit of the Old City 老城, the Yu Garden文化花园 and People Square人民广场. Chinese lunch in local restaurant. In the afternoon transfer for the visit of the Jade Buddha Temple 寺玉佛寺. After that visit a silk factory. Dinner at the hotel.

Wensday 10^th day : Shanghai-Departure (B)

Check –out before 12.00am. Transfer to the airport to take the flight back to your country.

HOTELS :

BEIJING

TRADERS HOTEL 4* o similare

Web Site: http://www.shangri-la.com/en/beijing/traders

XIAN

TITAN TIMES HOTEL 4-5* o similare

Web Site: http://www.titantimeshotel.com/

GUILIN

BRAVO HOTEL 4* o similare

Web Site: http://www.glbravohotel.com