13 Days Yangtze river splindour
CHR-004

Destinations

Beijing - Xi'an - Chongqing - Yantze River - Yichang - Shanghai

Duration

13 Days

Description

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Summary

Dates	Destinations	Activities	Meals
Day 1	Beijing	Beijing airport transfer	Nil
Day 2	Beijing	Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Acrobatic Show (bjs)	BLD
Day 3	Beijing	Great Wall (Juyongguan), Ming Tomb (Dingling)	BLD
Day 4	Beijing	Temple of Heaven, Summer Palace, Beijing Roast Duck (Quanjude Jinsong)	BLD
Day 5	Beijing to Xi'an	Beijing airport transfer, City Wall, Shaanxi History Museum	BLD
Day 6	Xi'an	Terracota Warriors & Horses, Big Wild Goose Pagoda	BLD
Day 7	Xi'an to Chongqing	Xi'an airport transfer, Embark cruise (ckg)	BL
Day 8	Yantze River	Yangtze River Cruise (downstream - day 1)	BLD
Day 9	Yantze River	Yangtze River Cruise (downstream - day 2)	BLD
Day 10	Yichang	Yangtze River Cruise (downstream - day 3)	BLD
Day 11	Shanghai	Shanghai excursion - Suzhou city tour	BLD
Day 12	Shanghai	Yuyuan Garden, The Bund, Nanjing Road	BL
Day 13	Shanghai	Shanghai airport transfer	B

Day 1

• Meals: Nil
• Place & Transport: Arrive Beijing
• Today's Activities: Meet our guide at the airport and transfer to hotel

Beijing:

• Beijing airport transfer: Airport - Hotel one way transfer

Day 2

• Meals: BLD
• Place & Transport: Beijing
• Today's Activities: City tour

Beijing:

• Tiananmen Square: Large enough to hold 1 million people, the 440,000-square-metre Tian’anmen Square in the centre or Beijing is the world’s largest city square, where sunrises and sunsets are observed solemnly with national flag hoisting and lowering ceremonies.
• Forbidden City: was the imperial palace for the Ming and Qing. Built during the 1406-1420 period, it is the largest royal palatial complex in existence in China
• Acrobatic Show (bjs): As early as in the Spring and Autumn Period, the art of acrobatics made its debut in China. The first type of acrobatics developed was strength acrobatics, with warriors whirling heavy wheels with their hands.

Day 3

• Meals: BLD
• Place & Transport: Beijing
• Today's Activities: Excursion tour

Beijing:

• Great Wall (Juyongguan): the 6350 km Great Wall was in China’s feudal years a mammoth defense bulwark that serpentines its way across mountains and valleys in the northern part of the country
• Ming Tomb (Dingling): The tomb of Emperor Wanli (reigned 1537-1619) and its underground place are located at the foot of Dayu Mountain southwest of the Changling tomb. A 40-meter-long tunnel leads to the first massive door, which is 7.3 meters below the ground.

Day 4

• Meals: BLD
• Place & Transport: Beijing
• Today's Activities: City tour

Beijing:

• Temple of Heaven: China’s largest temple and alter are found in Temple of Heaven, part of a 273 hectare park in Chongwen District today. Built in 1420, it was where Ming and Qing monarchs prayed for good harvests.
• Summer Palace: In the northwestern suburb of Beijing was built in 1750. By far the best-preserved imperial garden in China
• Beijing Roast Duck (Quanjude Jinsong): Beijing Roast Duck is representative of all exotic food Beijing has to offer. There are so many Peijing roast duck restaurants in the city nowadays, but the Quanjude Beijing Duck Restaurant, which has been around for the last 130 years.

Day 5

• Meals: BLD
• Place & Transport: Beijing - Xi'an by flight
• Today's Activities: Xi'an city tour

Beijing:

• Beijing airport transfer: Airport - Hotel one way transfer

Xi'an:

• City Wall: Xi'an boasts the only city wall to remain intact to this day in China. Built during the early Ming on the basis of the Tang imperial city of Chang'an, and laid out on a rectangular plan 13.7 km in circumference, this wall stands 12 meters high, 12-14 meters wide at the top and 15-18 metres wide at the base.
• Shaanxi History Museum: It is a comprehensive museum with more than 370,000 exhibits of different times and kinds.

Day 6

• Meals: BLD
• Place & Transport: Xi'an
• Today's Activities: Excursion tour

Xi'an:

• Terracota Warriors & Horses: This mighty army of terracotta warriors and horses, found in three vaults 39 km east of Xi'an and 1.5 km from the Qin emperor's mausoleum, is perhaps the most popular tourist attraction of Shaanxi. An in-site museum has been built over these pits, covering a floor space of 20,000 square metres and displaying 8,000 life-size terracotta warriors, 100 or so chariots, and 30,000 weapons - an assemblage billed as the Eighth World Wonder and a world cultural heritage site.
• Big Wild Goose Pagoda: Completed in 652, or the 3rd year of Yonghui reign of the Tang emperor Gaozong, the 64.1-metre-high Greater Wild-Goose Pagoda in Ci'en Temple is a pavilion-like brick structure whose serene and well-proportioned form has become the emblem of the city of Xi'an. A later comer during the Tang, the Lesser Wild-Goose Pagoda in Jianfu Temple is an exquisite and graceful 43.3-metre-high structure with 13 floors.

Day 7

• Meals: BL
• Place & Transport: Xi'an - Chongqing by flight
• Today's Activities: Embark on cruise

Xi'an:

• Xi'an airport transfer: Airport - Hotel one way transfer

Chongqing:

• Embark cruise (ckg): Embark and check in cruise at Chongqing.

Day 8

• Meals: BLD
• Place & Transport: On cruise

Yantze River:

• Yangtze River Cruise (downstream - day 1): Shore excursion to Fengdu Ghost City.

Day 9

• Meals: BLD
• Place & Transport: On cruise

Yantze River:

• Yangtze River Cruise (downstream - day 2): Passing Qutang Gorge. Passing Wu Gorge. Shore excursion to Shennong Stream. Passing Xiling Gorge - West Part. Passing Three Gorges Dam 5-stage Shiplocks.

Day 10

• Meals: BLD
• Place & Transport: Yichang - Shanghai by flight
• Today's Activities: Arrive Yichang, and transfer to the airport take flight to Shanghai

Yichang:

• Yangtze River Cruise (downstream - day 3): Shore excursion to Three Gorges Dam Project. Passing Xiling Gorge - East Part. Arrive Yichang, Disembarkation.

Day 11

• Meals: BLD
• Place & Transport: Shanghai - Suzhou - Shanghai by bus
• Today's Activities: Suzhou one day tour

Shanghai:

• Shanghai excursion - Suzhou city tour: Visit Linger Garden - Tiger Hill - Hanshan Temple

Day 12

• Meals: BL
• Place & Transport: Shanghai
• Today's Activities: City tour

Shanghai:

• Yuyuan Garden: Was built in 1559 by a high official of the Ming dynasty intending to entertain his parents. The exquisite layout, beautiful scenery, and the artistic style of the garden architecture are where the charm of Yu Yuan lies.
• The Bund: The Bund (an old Anglo-Indian word pronounced to rhyme with ‘fund’) refers to Shanghai's famous waterfront running along the west shore of the Huangpu River, forming the eastern boundary of old downtown Shanghai. Today it consists of a marvelous promenade, a perfect platform for strolling along the busy river.
• Nanjing Road: Nanjing Road, known at home and abroad as the number-one business thoroughfare in China, is a symbol of Shanghai's rapid business expansion. Because of the impact of commerce conducted here, this road's past and future will affect not just Shanghai, but one-fifth of the world's population.

Day 13

• Meals: B
• Place & Transport: Shanghai Departure
• Today's Activities: Transfer airport for departure

Shanghai:

• Shanghai airport transfer: One way private transfer between airport and hotel with guide assistant.