China Experience
A highly rewarding 11 nights, 12 days tour to Beijing, Xi’an, Hangzhou, Wuzhen and Shanghai, from $2,900 (Tour Code: ED)
Guaranteed departure with minimum two passengers!
Day 01 Australia
Fly from Australia to Beijing, the dynamic capital of the People’s Republic of China. Once the imperial city of Mongol, Ming and Manchu emperors, Beijing today is still extraordinarily rich in historical sites and cultural relics. After clearing airport formalities, meet your CTS guide and transfer to your hotel.
Day 02 Beijing (B/L/D)
Tour the Tian’anmen Square, the biggest public square in the world. You will also be able to have a photo stop at The National Centre for the Performing Arts, formerly known as the National Grand Theatre, and colloquially described as The Egg. The Centre, an ellipsoid dome of titanium and glass surrounded by an artificial lake, seats 6,500 people in the three halls and is 200,000 m2 in size. Afterwards, visit Forbidden City, the vast complex of palaces, which was home to successive Emperors for more than 500 years. Included is admission to the living quarters, museum and jewelry sections. Tonight you will experience the famous Beijing Duck banquet for your welcome dinner.
Day 03 Beijing (B/L/D)
Morning tour to the Great Wall at Juyongguan section, stretching almost 4,000 miles from the Pacific Ocean to the sands of Central Asia and befittingly crowned one of the ten wonders of the world. Along the way, you will stopover at China National Stadium (Bird’s Nest) and China National Aquatics Centre (Water Cube) for taking photos, then stop at a jade carving factory where you can watch artisans at work. Continue to the Summer Palace, the largest and the best preserved of all imperial palace gardens, which boasts such delights as the famous Marble Boat and the ornately painted ‘Long Corridor’, and take a boat ride on its Lake Kunming if the weather permits. After dinner, you will witness the amazing Beijing Acrobatic Show.
Day 04 Beijing (B)
A free day at leisure for your to further explore this historical city on your own path or visit a local market.
Day 05 Beijing/Xi’an (B/D)
Morning, transfer to the airport for a flight to Xi’an. Upon arrival, visit the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. Today you will sample the Xi’an dumpling dinner.Afterwards, you will see the Tang Dynasty Show.
Day 06 Xi’an (B/L/D)
Morning tour to the greatest archaeological discovery of the century, more than 2,000 year-old Terracotta Warriors interred with the Emperor Qin Shi Huang. Included are the Circle Vision Movie and Bronze Chariot. On the way to the Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses Museum, we visit Xi’an Art Ceramic and Lacquer Ware Factory, which focus on the reproductions of terra-cotta warriors and horses and lacquer ware products. The craftsman in the factory, with professional knowledge, have made the replica of terra-cotta warriors and horses that popularly accepted as souvenirs and gifts by both Chinese and foreign visitors. In the afternoon, we walk through the lively Muslim Quarter and market, visit to the Great Mosque, a best-preserved Islamic mosque in China and focus for the 30,000 Chinese Muslims of Xi’an.
Day 07 Xi’an/Hangzhou (B)
After breakfast, free at leisure to explore this historical city. Take evening flight to Hangzhou. Upon arrival, transfer to your hotel.
Day 08 Hangzhou (B/L)
Visit the Hua Gang Park and West Lake. You will surely appreciate the fabled scenery such as ‘Broken Bridge’, ‘Autumn Moon over the Calm Lake’ and ‘ Three Pools mirroring the Moon’. You will take a short cruise tour on the West Lake, then visit Lingyin Temple, which is among the ten most famous Buddhist temples in China and has a history of over 1000 years. Hangzhou is famous for Longjing Green Tea; you will visit a tea plantation to taste its famous tea as well as learning about the ancient tea making process.
Day 09 Hangzhou-Wuzhen (B/L/D)
In the morning, take a side trip to Wezhen, a famous water-town famous in the south of China. On both sides of slabstone-paved street stand pubs, restaurants, pawnshops, weaving and dyeing establishments, and other businesses, all housed in wooden structures of brown. Rivers and creeks spanned with stone bridges in various designs flow through the town, and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal passes by. Old waterside houses and outside corridors can be found here and there. This is the ancient town of Wuzhen.
Day 10 Wuzhen-Shanghai (B/L)
In the morning, we will travel by coach to metropolitan Shanghai. We will visit the Bund, a popular promenade along the Huangpu River, where the old meets the modern in Shanghai. You may see the local people performing Tai Chi during your stroll along the Bund. Afterwards, we will visit the Old Town with its winding alleyways, lined with shops, teahouses and restaurants, and then to the elegant and tranquil Yu Garden. Then, visit Silk Spinning Mill. In the late afternoon we will visit Shanghai Xintiandi, which is a new tourist attraction in downtown Shanghai, featuring the city’s unique “Shikumen” houses and a maze of narrow alleys, which have been converted into cafes, restaurants, bars, art retail shops. Dinner will be on your own arrangement.
Day 11 Shanghai (B)
Free at leisure for shopping till you dropping or to explore this booming city on your own path.
Day 12 Shanghai/Australia (B)
Today you are free for some last minute shopping before being transferred to the airport for your flight back home.
Day 13 Australia
Arrival in Australia
| 3-Jul | 17-Jul | 7-Aug | 21-Aug | 4-Sep | 11-Sep | 25-Sep | 9-Oct | 23-Oct | 13-Nov |
| 11-Dec* | 25-Dec* | 12-Feb | 11-Mar | 25-Mar | 8-Apr | 15-Apr | 6-May | 20-May | 10-Jun |
| 24-Jun |
| Optional International Carrier | Departure | Adult | Child |
| Air China | SYD | $2,900 | $2,470 |
| Air China | MEL (Melbourne comes back a day later) | $3,050 | $2,590 |
| Air China | BNE/ADL/CBR/HBA | $3,200 | $2,700 |
| Qantas Airways(transit in Shanghai and fly to Beijing with China Eastern Airlines) | SYD/MEL/BNE/ADL | $3,500 | $2,980 |
| Qantas Airways via Hong Kong (one way) | SYD/MEL/BNE/ADL | $3,650 | $3,100 |
| Cathay Pacific via Hong Kong | SYD/MEL/BNE/ADL/CNS/PER | $3,500 | $2,980 |
| Singapore Airlines via Singapore | SYD/MEL/BNE/ADL(Departs one day earlier) | $3,500 | $2,980 |
| Land Only: $1,900 | |||
| Single Room Supplement: $550 | |||
| * High Season Surcharge: $650 |
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