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15-day Beijing, Xi'an, Xining, Lhasa, Chengdu, Shenzhen
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Day 01 Hometown / Hong Kong
Begin your “Tibet Experience” adventure by departing for Beijing via Cathay Pacific Airways.
Day 02 Hong Kong / Beijing
Arrive Hong Kong in the morning. Connect to a same day flight to Beijing. Upon arrival, meet your local guide and transfer to your hotel. Rest of the day at leisure.
Hotel: 4* Novotel Xinqiao Hotel or similar
Day 03 Beijing
Hotel breakfast. Visit the Imperial Palace - the “Forbidden City” - the sequestered world of China’s final emperors. After lunch, your tour takes you to the Temple of Heaven, established on the site that feng shui masters determined is where Heaven and Earth intersect. This is where emperors presided over prayers and rituals for good weather and bountiful harvests. Dinner at Hotel. (B/L/D)
Day 04 Beijing
Head to the outskirts of Beijing to check out the Great Wall, and - if you're feeling fit - take the opportunity to scale its heights. After lunch, visit one of the thirteen Ming Tombs laid out in a valley north of Beijing, also in strict accordance with the rules of feng shui. This evening, after feasting on Peking Duck, enjoy a Martial Arts Kung Fu Performance. (B/L/SD)
Day 05 Beijing
Hotel breakfast. Take a morning stroll around Tian’anmen Square - this vast square and its periphery are home to some of the grandest monuments and government edifices in China. Then enjoy a coach ride to the Summer Palace - which remains much as it was when the Empress Dowager Cixi retreated to this regal landscape of lake, pagodas, and pavilions to blindly oversee Imperial China's demise. Enjoy a boat ride on Kunming Lake before heading back to Beijing. Afternoon free at leisure - or optionally join a very enjoyable bicycle rickshaw tour of a “Hutong” – one of Beijing’s traditional old neighbourhoods. Lunch and dinner at own expense. (B)
Day 06 Beijing / Xi'an
Arrive Xi'an in the morning. Visit Shaanxi Provincial Museum and the Ancient City Wall. Dinner at hotel. (B/L/D)
Hotel: 4* Tianyi Hotel or similar
Day 07 Xi’an
Full day in Xi’an. Tour one of the most amazing archaeological finds of the 20th Century at the Terra Cotta Warriors Museum - the burial grounds of Emperor Qingshi Huangdi with its thousands of life-sized terra-cotta warriors and horses assembled to guard his afterlife. Then visit Banpo Neolithic Museum. Tonight, you will be treated to a traditional Xi’an special Dumpling Banquet and Tang Dynasty Show. (B/L/SD)
Day 08 Xi’an / Xining
This morning, free at leisure. Afternoon flight to Xining, capital of Qinghai province. (B/L/D)
Hotel: 5* Huitong Jianguo Hotel or similar
Day 09 Xining / Lhasa
Visit Kimblum Lamasery and the Ethnic Museum. Board the Tibet Express Train after dinner.
Overnight Qinzhong Rail (4 persons per compartment) (B/L/D)
Day 10 Lhasa
Relax on the train for the whole day and view the beautiful plateau scenery. Meals at own expense. Arrive Lhasa in the evening and transfer to hotel.
Hotel: 5* Jardin Secret Hotel or similar
Day 11 Lhasa
Today visit Potala Palace, Tibet's most monumental edifice perched 130 metres above the Lhasa Valley on Marpo Ri hill. Also visit Norbuglinkha, the summer resort for Dalai Lamas built in 1740s. Dinner at hotel.
(B/L/D)
Day 12 Lhasa
Today's sighteeing includes the renowned Jokhang Monastery on Lhasa's Barkhor Square. After a visit to the Tibet Museum, there'll be time for shopping on Barkhor Street. Tonight enjoy a special dinner and Tibet minority performance. (B/L/D)
Day 13 Lhasa / Chengdu
Fly to Chengdu, visit the Giant Panda Breeding Research Base. (B/L/D)
Hotel: 5* Wangjiang Hotel or similar
Day 14 Chengdu / Shenzhen
Fly to Shenzhen, the youngest Metropolis and garden city in China. After lunch there'll be a city orientation tour followed by free time to shop at Luohu Shopping Mall. Dinner at own expense. (B/L)
Hotel: 5* Shangri-la Hotel or similar
Day 15 Shenzhen / Hong Kong / Hometown Hotel breakfast. Departure. Transfer to Hong Kong International airport for your homebound flight. (B)
Bon Voyage!
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