Itinerary
Day 01 Depart LAX / SFO for China
Depart
LAX or SFO for Beijing on Air China's non-stop flight.
Cross the international dateline.
Day
02 Beijing
On arrival you will be met by your guide and transferred
to New World Courtyard Hotel or similar.
Day
03 Beijing / Baoding / Beijing
(B, L, D)
Depart today on a 2-hour drive to Mancheng to visit
the Han tombs. See the "jade grave clothes sewn
with gold thread" and visit the excavation site.
Return to Beijing later that day.
Day
04 Beijing
(B, L, D)
Full day excursion to the Great Wall. Visit Dingling
Underground Palace at Ming Tombs and see two exhibition
halls of unearthed relics, including Emperor Wanli's
gold filigree crown and the Empress' phoenix crown.
Day
05 Beijing / Xi'an
(B, D)
Depart Beijing for Xi'an by air. Upon arrival, meet
/ transfer to the Sheraton Xian. Visit the Yangling
Mausoleum including a lecture on archaeological discovery.
Day
06 Xi'an
(B, L, D)
Visit the terra-cotta warrior and horse museum of
Emperor Qin Shihuang and the Tang Dynasty mural paintings
in the Shaanxi Museum of History.
Day
07 Xi'an / Chengdu
(B, L, D)
Depart Xian for Chengdu by air. Upon arrival, meet
/ transfer to Holiday Inn. Visit Marquis Wu Shrine
and Du Fu's thatched cottage, home of a great poet
of theTang Dynasty.
Day
08 Chengdu
(B, L, D)
A full day excursion to the San Xing Dui Museum, a
state of the art museum featuring regional history
over the past 3,000 years. In the evening, sample
tea at a traditional teahouse while watching a local
opera performance.
Day
09 Chengdu / Shanghai (B,
D)
This morning depart Chengdu for Shanghai by air. Upon
arrival, visit the Old Town, Yu Garden, the lively
Bund and Jade Buddha Temple. Enjoy a performance of
the famous Shanghai acrobatics troupe in the evening.
Your hotel is the Huating Hotel.
Day
10 Shanghai (B,
L, D)
Visit the Shanghai Museum where rare treasures are
on display. Shopping along Nanjing Road.
Day
11 Shanghai / LAX / SFO
(B)
Transfer to the airport for your flight out of Shanghai
for LAX / SFO on China Air. Arrive in the United States
the same day.
Call 1-800-874-1996 for more information
about customizing your China and Tibet itineraries
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