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Tour Introduction

Tour Name :12 Days of Best Selected Tour for Historical Cities and Hong Kong

Tour Code : CHCT07

Day 1 ( )Transfer via: TBA, on your own arrangement. Arrive at Beijing. Be met & transferred to your hotel. Free at leisure for the rest of the day.

Day 2 (B, L, )Beijing Full day trip to the Tian'anmen Square, the Forbidden City, the Temple of Heaven and the Summer Palace. Enjoy the Peking Opera Show in the evening.
- The Tian'anmen Square: The largest city square in the world.
- The Forbidden City: The largest imperial palace in China during the Ming and Qing dynasties with a history of around 600 years.
- The Temple of Heaven: The place where the ancient emperors used to pray for the God's bless of the whole nation.
- The Summer Palace: The largest and best-preserved royal garden in China with a history of over 800 years.

Day 3 (B, L, D )Beijing Full day trip to the Great Wall, Ming Tomb and Sacred road. Enjoy a famous Peking Duck Banquet for dinner.
- The Great Wall: One of the seven wonders in the world and the symbol of China.
- The Ding Tomb: The only underground tomb of the thirteen tombs of the emperors in the Ming Dynasty.
- The Sacred Road: The way guarded on both sides with stone statues by which the ancient emperors went to hold a memorial ceremony for the ancestors.

Day 4 (B, L, )beijing/ Xian/Transfer via: PM flight to Xian
Visit Hutongs by rickshaw. Take afternoon flight to Xian. Arrive at Xian. Be met & transferred to your hotel. Free at leisure for the rest of the day.
- Hutongs: The old narrow paths where common people lived. All the Hutongs crisscross with each other, dotted with the Kindergarten, the Bell Tower, the Drum Tower, the Tea House, and the lake, House of Gong Infant and local people's houses among them.

Day 5 (B, L, )Xian Full day tour to visit the Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses, the Bell Tower and the Wild Goose Pagoda. Enjoy the Tang Dynasty show in the evening.
- The Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses: The greatest archaeological findings of the century: the army of terra-cotta warriors and the bronze chariots entombed in vast underground vaults at emperor Qin's tomb.
- The Bell Tower: The emblem of Xian city.
- The Wild Goose Pagoda: The pagoda where widely renowned Master Xuanzang (Monk Tripitaka) stored his classics brought from India.
- The Tang Dynasty show: The show that presents the palace dances and sings in the Tang Dynasty when Xian was the capital.

Day 6 (B, L, )Xian / Shanghai
Visit the Provincial Museum, the Ancient City Wall and the Hanyang Tomb. Take afternoon flight to Shanghai. Arrive at Shanghai. Be met & transferred to the hotel with your private guide & vehicle. Free at leisure for the rest of the day.
- The Provincial Museum: One of the main museums in China which holds numerous unearthed cultural relics of China.
- The Ancient City Wall: An extension of the old Tang Dynasty structure boasting the most complete city wall that survives through Chinese long history.
- The Hanyang Tomb: The Jing Emperor's tomb in Han Dynasty which was opened in 2001 and is famous for its rich collections of different kinds of tombs.

Day 7 (B, L, )Shanghai Tour to the Bund, Nanjing Road, Yu Garden,Yu Market,Jade Buddha Temple & the Shanghai Museum. Enjoy the acrobatic show in the evening.
- The Bund: the former foreign settlement, ranged along with imposing buildings of the colonial period.
- Nanjing Road: the busiest shopping street in Shanghai.
- Yu Garden: It is characteristic of the architectural style of the Ming Dynasty and it used to be a private garden with 400 years' history. In front of the garden, there is a market called Yu Market.
- Jade Buddha Temple: It is one of the main tourist highlights of Shanghai and it's also the most famous active temples in China. if you're lucky, you can watch the monks serving a ceremony in a side room.
- Shanghai Museum: The biggest museum in China, with a collection of over 120,000 pieces of Chinese art & cultural relics. The museum is especially famous for its treasures of bronzes, ceramics, paintings, and calligraphy.
- Jade carving factory: Where tourists can see the whole process of jade carving.

Day 8 (B, L, )Shanghai / Guilin Transfer via: Morning flight In the morning, be transferred to the airport for the flight to Guilin. Upon Arriving at Guilin, be met & transferred to your hotel with private vehicle & tour guide. Then have private city tours to the Reed Flute Cave & the Elephant Trunk Hill.
- Elephant Trunk Hill: Located at the conjunction of the Li River & the Peach Blossom River, the whole hill looks very much like a giant elephant with a long trunk, it is the symbol of Guilin city.
- Reed Flute Cave: Known as "the Palace of Natural Arts" where you can see beautiful stalactites & stalagmites,learn how they are formed.

Day 9 (B, L, )Guilin Full day Li River Cruise to Yangshuo with lunch aboard and return to Guilin late in the afternoon.
- Li River Cruise: Depart from your hotel in the morning. Be transferred to the Zhujiang Pier(about 1 hour drive)for a 4.5 hours wonderful cruise.You will enjoy the picturesque mountains, peaceful green fields ,farms and villages with water buffalos,cows wondering around on both sides of the river bank. Disembark at the one-thousand-year-old town Yangshuo in the afternoon. Have a short exploration to the old town before to be transferred back to Guilin city.

Day 10 (B, L, )guilin/Guangzhou / Hong Kong Transfer via: Morning flight to Canton, afternoon boat to Hong Kong.
Take morning flight to Canton. Have half a day city tours to visit Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Chen Family Temple.Take afternoon jet boat to Hong Kong.
- Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall:A Chinese style building which was sponsored by Chinese to commemorate Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the great forerunner of Chinese revolution.
- The Chen Family Temple:It is also known as Guangdong Folk Art Museum, was used to be the study house of Chen family in 1890s, also the best decorated ancient architecture in Guangdong province.

Day 11 (B, )Hong Kong OCEAN PARK HALF DAY TOUR.Free at leisure for the afternoon.
One of southeast Asia¡¯s largest , Ocean aria and theme park, Ocean Park never fails to impress. Ocean Park features aquariums, dolphin shows. thrilling rides, Asia¡¯s largest film simulator ride and giant pandas An An and Jia Jia.

Day 12 (B, )Hong Kong / Home Transfer via: TBA, on your own arrangement.
Free at leisure until to be transferred to the airport for your flight home.
Service Ends.

Type	1 person ($)	2-5 persons($)	6-9 persons($)	10 up($)	Single room Supplement($)
Tourist Class	2722	2110	1868	0	322
Deluxe Class	2848	2252	1875	0	470
Superior Class	3141	2490	2239	0	708
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