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Total Solar Eclipse & Best of China
Shanghai | Hangzhou | Xi'an | Beijing
 
Daily Itinerary | Price | Hotels | Terms & Conditions
Tour Description:
This is a private tour, We will assign private guide and van in each city and no other participants will be allowed to join in your group. Also the tour is totally flexible. You can start your own tours at anytime as you like. Moreover, if you would like to do some adjustment in this itinerary, please Email(ebiz@dditours.com) in what area you are not satisfied, we can adjust the itinerary according to your every request.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Daily Itinerary

Day 1  Jul 19
Arrive Shanghai ()

Arrival at Shanghai, you will be met & transferred by our professional English speaking guide to your hotel. Enjoy the rest of the day at your leisure.



Day 2  Jul 20
Shanghai (B/L)

Buffet breakfast at hotel followed by full day trip to Yu Garden, Jade Buddha Temple, the Bund and Nanjing Road. You can also choose the Acrobatic Show as optional in the evening.

The Bund: known as a miniature museum of international architecture with dozens of high buildings standing along the shore.
Nanjing Road: the longest commercial street in China, lined with big department and specialty stores, upscale boutiques, and a variety of fine restaurants, enjoying the reputation of "China's No.1 Street"
The Jade Buddha Temple: The most famous Buddhist temple in Shanghai.
Yu Garden
: a place of peace and comfort in the heart of bustling Shanghai, dates back to the fabled Ming Dynasty.


Solar Eclipse

Day 3  Jul 21
Shanghai/Hangzhou (B/L)
Buffet breakfast at hotel. Transfer to the train station for your train to Hangzhou. Upon arrival, meet and transfer to the hotel. Lunch at good local restaurants. In the afternoon, cruise on the beautiful West Lake whose splendid landscapes most impressed Marco polo in 1280.

West Lake:
West Lake is the symbol of Hangzhou as well as one of the most beautiful sights in China.


Day 4  Jul 22
Hangzhou (B/L)
- Eclipse Day
Buffet breakfast at hotel. Watch the eclipse with our guide’s escort. In the afternoon, visit the centuries old Lingyin (Soul Retreat) Temple.

Lingyin Temple: one of the best known Buddhist temples in China which houses an 82 feet Buddha carved from camphor wood.


Day 5  Jul 23
Hangzhou/Xian (B/L/D)
Buffet breakfast at hotel, then transfer to the airport for flight to Xian-the ancient capital of China. Upon arrival meet and transfer the hotel. Lunch at local restaurant followed by visit to Shaanxi Historical Museum, ancient city wall. Dumpling Dinner at a good dumpling restaurant.

The Provincial Museum: which is one of the best Museum in China and where you can learn a lot about the 5,000 year brilliant history of China.
The Ancient City Wall
: Xian City Wall was constructed in the early Ming Dynasty on the basis of the Imperial City of Chang An (Everlasting Peace) of the Tang Dynasty.

Terracotta Warriors and Horses


Day 6  Jul 24
Xian (B/L)
Buffet breakfast at hotel. Full day excursion to world famous Terracotta Warriors and Horses with circle movie showed before visiting the big wild Goose Pagoda and the Grand Mosque. Lunch at good local restaurant. You can choose the Tang Dynasty dinner Show as optional in the evening (highly recommended, as it is the best show in China).

The Terracotta Warriors and Horses: The most significant archeological excavations of the 20th century, the army of terra-cotta warriors and the bronze chariots entombed in vast underground vaults at emperor Qin's tomb.
The Tang Dynasty Dinner & Show: The show that presents the palace dances and sings in the Tang Dynasty.
The Big wild Goose Pagoda: It is one of the city's most distinctive and outstanding landmarks, possibly the most beautiful building left in Xi'an today. In AD 652, the Big Goose Pagoda was built to store the sutras and the figurines of Buddha, which were brought from India by a famous Buddhist translator and traveler Tang Sanzang, also known by his Buddhist name as Xuanzang.
The Great Mosque: It is one of the oldest, largest and best-preserved Islamic mosques in China


Hutong

Day 7  Jul 25
Xian/Beijing (B/L)
Buffet breakfast at hotel, then transfer to the airport for flight to Beijing. Upon arrival meet and transfer the hotel. Lunch at good local restaurant followed by explore old town of Beijing(visit Hutong by rickshaw).

Hutong: A hutong is a unique form of community that exists only in China. If you are fed up with high buildings and wide streets, enter Beijing's hutongs then. Here, you will find "Hutong Culture".

 

Day 8  Jul 26
Beijing (B/L)
Buffet breakfast at hotel. Full day city excursion to Tiananmen Square-the largest square in the world, Forbidden City-imperial palace of Ming and Qing Dynasty, and Temple of Heaven-here ancient emperors prayed for good harvest. Lunch at good local restaurants. You can choose the Peking Opera Show or Chinese Kungfu show as optional in the evening.

The Tian'anmen Square: The largest city square in the world.
The Forbidden City: the imperial palace for the Ming and Qing with a history of around 600 years.
The Temple of Heaven: The Temple of Heaven is a masterpiece of architecture and landscape design which simply and graphically illustrates a cosmogony of great importance for the evolution of one of the world’s great civilizations.


Day 9   Jul 27
Beijing (B/L/D)

Buffet breakfast at hotel followed by full day trip to the Great Wall at Badaling, the Ming Tombs and the Sacred Way with lunch at local Chinese restaurant. Peking Roasted Duck Dinner.

The Great Wall: the symbol of China and Climbing the Great Wall you can pass visitors from all over the world, and hear conversations in almost every language
The Ming Tombs: Consisting of mausoleums of 13 Ming emperors, is one of the largest imperial necropolises in China.
The Sacred Way: The way stood on both sides with marvelous stone sculptures by which means the road leading to heaven.

stone statues in the Sacred Way



Day 10  Jul 28
Beijing (B)

Buffet breakfast at hotel. Free until transfer to the airport for flight to the next destination.
End of service

Price Details (per person in US$)
Standard Class
(Tour Code: PS101)
Travel in party of
2-5 persons
6-9 persons
in twin
extra single
in twin
extra single
Price
$1510
$297
$1190
$260
 
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Service included
Service not included
A.
Hotels (twin share basis) as listed in the itinerary
B.
Entrance fees
C.
Personal Guide & Driver + Private car / van for Private Transfers & sightseeing.
 
D.
Meals as listed in the itinerary, B=breakfast; L=lunch; D=Dinner.
 
E.
Domestic flights or trains as listed in the itinerary.
F.
Service Charge & Government Taxes.
G.
Luggage Transfers between airports and hotels
A.
Entry or Exit China International Airfare or train tickets.
 
B.
Visa Fees.
C.
Gratuities, Tips to guides or drivers.
D.
Single Room Supplement.
E.
Personal Expenses.
F.
Meals: Any meals which are not specified with "B", "L", or "D".
 
   
 
Note:
1)
Prices quoted are subject to rooms availability at the time of booking is made.
2)

Our Price are subject to change of the exchange rate between US$ and RMB changes by 2% or more(Now: US$ : RMB=1 : 6.9).
3)
 
The prices listed include a discount for cash payment either by wire transfer, for any other type of payment, the discount price may not apply and subject to certain amount surcharge.

Featured Hotels for this tour
Standard Class
City
Hotel
Rate
Beijing
Four Star
( ★ ★ ★
)
Xi'an
Hangzhou
Best Western Meiyuan Hotel or similar
Shanghai
Beijing Xi'an Shanghai Kunming Guilin Guangzhou Xiamen Fuzhou


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