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Tour Introduction
Tour Name :15 Days of Ancient China & Tibet Adventure Tour
Tour Code : TI02
Day 1 ( ) Arrive / Beijing
Transfer via: International flight 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, and the Temple of Heaven. 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.

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
Visit the Summer Palace, the Hutongs by rickshaw and Xiushui Street.
- The Summer Palace: The largest and best-preserved royal garden in China with a history of over 800 years.
- 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,the lake, House of Gong Infant and local people's houses among them.
- Xiushui Street: A market near the embassy area where you can find a number of duplicates of clothing in traditional Chinese style such as clothes, caps, gloves. Enjoy bargains with sellers and pleasant surprise of finding a real treasure if you are lucky enough.

Day 5 (B, L,)beijing/ Xi'an Transfer via: AM flight
Be transferred to the airport for the flight to Xi'an. Arrive at Xian. Be met & transferred to your hotel. Have city tours to the Provincial Museum and the Ancient City Wall.
- 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.

Day 6 ( B, L,)Xi'an
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 7 ( B, L,)Xi'an / Chengdu Transfer via: PM flight
Visit the Hanyang Tomb. Take flight to the Chengdu in the afternoon.
- 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 8 ( B, L,)Chengdu
Full day tour to Panda breed Reserve and Sanxingdui ruins. In the morning,be transferred to Panda Base and take a visit. Afterwards,visit Sanxingdui.
Sanxingdui ruins: A ruined city with a history of over 3000 years. The relics at Sanxingdui are precious cultural heritage of mankind, which contain rich historical, cultural and scientific value Then be transferred back to Chengdu.

Day 9 (B, )Chengdu / Lhasa Transfer via: AM flight
Arrive at Lhasa. Be met & transferred to your hotel. Free at leisure to acclimatize yourself to the high latitude.

Day 10 (B, L, )Lhasa
Full day trip to Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple and Barkhor Street.
- The Potala Palace: Perched upon Marpo Ri Hill, 130 meters above the Lhasa Valley. It is the greatest monumental structure in Tibet.
- The Jokhang Temple: It is the spiritual center of Tibet.
- The Barkhor Street: The Barkhor is the oldest street in Lhasa as well as the center of old Lhasa and remains very traditional. It is a place where Tibetan culture, economy, religion and arts are assembled.

Day 11 (B, L, )Lhasa
Full day trip to Tsepung Monastery, Sera Monastery, Norbulingka and the Carpet Factory.
- The Tsepung Monastery: It is one of the biggest monasteries in Tibet.
- The Sera Monastery: It is known as one of the 3 great monasteries of Tibet.
- The Norbulingka Park: Norbulingka means "Jeweled Garden". It was constructed as a summer palace for the Dalai Lama at the beginning then served the whole governmental administration.
- The Carpet Factory: The highland of Tibet is the actual home of the oriental carpets. By visiting Carpet Factory you will have a general idea how carpets are produced.

Day 12 (B, L, )Lhasa / Shigatse
Drive from Lhasa to Shigatse (about 347km). On the way visit Yamdrok Lake, Karola Glacier and Baiju Monastery. Stay overnight in Shigatse.
- Yamdrok Lake: It is within Langkamu county, with an area of 638 square km and a coastal line of 250 km.Langkamu.
- Baiju Monastery: It is with 9 stories, 108 doors and 77 rooms. Each room contains a different statue of Buddha and the wall frescoes telling the story about it.

Day 13 (B, L, )Shigatse / Lhasa
Visit Tashilumpo Monastery, free market. Drive along the Yaluzangbu River back to Lhasa.
- Tashilumpo Monastery: Painted in red and white, the buildings in the monastery stand closely together in terraced rows, offering a grand and majestic view.

Day 14 (B, )Lhasa / Chengdu Transfer via: AM flight
Free at leisure until to be transferred to the airport for flight to Chengdu.

Day 15 (B, )Chengdu / Exit
Be met in the hotel lobby and be transferred to the airport for your flight to the next city. Service Ends.
Type 1 person ($) 2-5 persons($) 6-9 persons($) 10 up($) Single room Supplement($)
Tourist Class 3532 2193 1850 0 370
Deluxe Class 3916 2379 2036 0 559
Superior Class 4640 2788 2444 0 902
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Starting City : Beijing
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Length of Trip : 15
Destinations :Beijing, Xi'an, Chengdu, Tibet

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