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China Classic Tour

Beijing / Xi'an / Nanjing / Suzhou / Shanghai / Hangzhou
(16 days) Ref: CC16

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Your Holiday Price Includes
  • Return scheduled flights between London and Beijing (or Hong Kong)
  • All internal transportations in China
  • 13 nights accommodation in 4* Hotels with private facilities
  • All meals in mainland China
  • Comprehensive sightseeing with an English Speaking Guide and all entrance fees
  • Special arrangement for Peking Duck
    Dinner, Peking Opera, Dumpling Dinner and Acrobatic Show
  • Chinese Visa for group departure dates
  • All airport taxes

tiananmen
Tiananmen Gate

summer palace
Summer Palace

xian warriors
Xian, Warriors

humble administrator garden
Humble Administrator Garden, Suzhou

suzhou
Suzhou

zhoushang
Zhouzhang

Day 01 London/Beijing
Depart on the overnight flight with Air China to Beijing from London Heathrow.
Day 02 Beijing
On arrival in Beijing, you will be met and transferred to the hotel for three nights stay. Visit the Temple of Heaven in the afternoon.
Day 03 Beijing
A day tour to the magnificent Great Wall at Badaling and the Ming Tombs. Peking Duck Dinner has been arranged.
Day 04 Beijing
Tour to the Ti’anan men Square, Forbidden City and Summer Palace. Enjoy an evening of Traditional Chinese culture with the Beijing Opera.
Day 05 Beijing/Xi’an
Day tour to visit traditional Hutong and Lama Temple, shopping opportunity before we board on overnight air-conditioned soft sleeping train to Xi’an.
Day 06 Xi’an
Arrive in Xi’an in the morning, transferred to the hotel for breakfast, then take the tour to the most important archaeological discovery the life-size and lifelike Terracotta Warriors, the old imperial bathhouse of the Huaqing Hot Springs and the excavated Neolithic Banpo Village Museum. Dumpling Banquet Dinner has been arranged for tonight.
Day 07 Xi’an/Nanjing
Visit the Great Mosque and Muslim Quarter in the morning, transferred to the airport for the flight to Nanjing in the afternoon. Two nights stay in Nanjing.
Day 08 Nanjing
Morning tour to visit Dr. Sun Yatsen Mausoleum which was built in 1926–29 for the great Pioneer of Chinese revolution. Afternoon we will visit Confucius Temple and Xuanwu Lake.
Day 09 Nanjing/Wuxi/Suzhou
Take our air-conditioned bus to Wuxi, visit Li Garden and Taihu Lake, then we will be transferred to Suzhou, which is known as ‘Venice of the East’. Two nights stay in Suzhou.
Day 10 Suzhou
Full day tour to Humble Administrator Garden, Pan Gate, Art Garden and Silk Factory.
Day 11 Suzhou/Zhouzhang/Shanghai
Morning tour to the ancient town of Zhouzhuang, which is charming for its beautiful surroundings and simple, ancient buildings and criss-crossing rivers and lakes. Transferred by coach to Shanghai in the afternoon. Two nights stay in Shanghai.
Day 12 Shanghai
Morning tour to the Shanghai Museum, Jade Buddha Temple, Yu Garden and Old Town. Evening Acrobatic Show has been arranged.
Day 13 Shanghai/Hangzhou

Visit the Bund and Oriental Pear Tower in the morning, transferred to Hanghzou by bus in the afternoon. Two nights stay in Hongzhou.
Day 14 Hangzhou
Morning cruise tour on West Lake, then visit Linyin Temple and Six Harmony Pagoda in the afternoon. A special visit to a Tea Farm has also been arranged.
Day 15 Hangzhou/Beijing
Transfer to the airport for the flight back to Beijing, where you will spend one more night.
Day 16 Beijing/London
Transfer to the airport for your flight to Heathrow . Arrive on London in the same afternoon.

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Hong Kong Extension

Day 15 Hongzhou/Hong Kong
Transfer to the airport for the flight to Hong Kong, on arrival, transfer to your hotel for two nights stay. No meals and sightseeing included in Hong Kong.
Day 16 Hong Kong
Day at leisure.
Day 17 Hong Kong/London
Day at leisure. Transferred to the airport for the evening flight back to London.
Day 18 London
Arrive in London in the early morning.

China Classic Tour

Group departure dates

Ref
Departure Dates 2008
Price
Single
supplement
Hong Kong
Ext.
HK Single supplement
CC16
29 March,
£1,578
£279
£249
£175
03 May,
£1,609
£297
£169
£95
 
07 June, 05 July
£1,709
£297
£169
£95
 
20 Sept,
£1,709
£297
£249
£175
 
25 Oct
£1,699
£279
£249
£175

Tailor made departures

No. of Pax
Price
Single
Supplement
Hong Kong
Ext.
HK Single
Supplement
6 – 9 person
£1,829
£330
£299
£175
2 – 5 person
£2,215
£330
£299
£175
1 person
£2,999
N/A
£475
N/A

Upgrade International flight option (per person)

 
World Traveller Plus
Business Class
Air China
N/A
from £750 each way
British Airways
from £350 each way
from £950 each way

 

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