China Tours - Yangtze Essence 10 Days tour
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Day 1 BeijingMeet you at Beijing Capital Airport, and escort to hotel.
Hotel check-in & free time.
Day 2 Beijing
This morning visit the enormous Tiananmen Square. Then tour Beijing's Forbidden City. After lunch at a local restaurant, you visit The Summer Palace, a 700-acre complex of gardens and elegant buildings. This evening, enjoy a traditional Peking Duck Dinner.
Day 3 BeijingAfter breakfast travel to the Badaling Hills, to see one of the most impressive and best-preserved sections of the Great Wall of China. After lunch at a local restaurant, visit the Sacred Way, a tree-lined avenue guarded by massive sculptures of elephants, lions and camels. This evening you'll be treated to a performance of Peking Opera, an amazing cultural experience.
Day 4 Beijing & XianTake a tour of a silk carpet workshop. After lunch fly to Xian, China's key city of the Tang Dynasty. Check into your hotel. Tonight, you'll experience the grandeur of the era as you dine surrounded by the historic song and dance of this colorful period.
Day 5 XianAfter breakfast, tour the mausoleum where Emperor Qin Shi Huang was laid to rest over 2,000 years ago. See the more than 6,000 life-sized terra cotta warriors, archers and infantrymen that were buried with him from the walkways that provide a bird's-eye view. Each man and horse is molded with his own distinct features. After lunch fly to Chongqing and board your ship.
Day 6 FengduCruise through breakfast and enjoy the scenic landscape of the mighty Yangtze River. After lunch, you dock in Fengdu and join an excursion to Snow Jade Cave. Here, you'll visit an underground labyrinth of streams and caverns with brilliant stalagmites. Return to your ship for dinner aboard. (B,L,D)
Day 7 Three Gorges
Sail through Qutang Gorge. Board a smaller boat for an excursion through the Lesser Three Gorges. Enjoy lunch at a scenic stp overlooking the gorges. After, return to your ship and sail through Wu (Witches) Gorge, renowned for its magnificent scenery.
Day 8 Three Gorges Dam & ShanghaiDisembark. After breakfast, you tour the Three Gorges Dam where you learn about this immense engineering masterpiece and what it means for the Chinese people and the Yangtze. Fly Shanghai.
Day 9 Shanghai
This morning, you'll see the best of the city as you tour Old Shanghai and travel along the Bund, the city's elegant riverfront promenade. After lunch in a local restaurant, tour a silk carpet workshop for demonstrations of this ancient art form. Then visit the Children's Palace, housed in a grand, early 20th century building. Enjoy dinner in a local restaurant and a Chinese acrobatic show.
Day 10 Shanghai
Check out of your hotel. Your tour guide will escort you to the airport.
