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Tour Code: COT-B-012-B
Start in: Beijing
End in: Guilin
Special Experience: Great Wall hiking at Simatai section, Peking Duck and Beijing Hutong tour by rickshaw, Xian Dumpling dinner and Tang Dynasty show, Shanghai Acrobatic Show
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China Golden Tour Route with Grand Canal Cruise

          

Trip Highlights

Visit the Forbidden City in Beijing, which was off limits for 500 years. It is the largest and best preserved culster of ancient buildings in China.

Visit the Summer Palace, which was used by emperor for 800 years.

Visit Tian'anmen. On holidays and special occasions the Square is filled with flower arrangements and fountains.

Visit the Simatai Great Wall,which is 5 km long with all together 35 watchtowers.To the west there 20 watchtowers snaking on the sloping hills.

Explore Hutong in Beijing, which still be the stamping ground of a quarter of Beijing's residents.

Visit the Terra-cotta warriors and Hoses,

Visit Bell Tower, which is situated in the center of Xi'an City. It gains tis name as "the Bell Tower" because there is a big old bell hanging on the tower and reporting time every morning.

Visit Ancient City Wall, which has taken a new look afrer the repairs on a large scale. It is an extension on the old Sui and Tang Dynasty structure.

Visit Shaanxi Provincial History Museum, one of the best museum in China.There you will find China's prehistory and the early dynastic period. They are particularly impressive.

Visit Shaanxi Provincial History Museum, which is regarded as the "Bright pearl of Ancient Xi'an " and " Treasure House of China", for its imposing and elegant building, its 370,000 pieces of stored relics.

Shanghai is an ideal "paradise for shoppers". There are commercial streets and shoping areas like the famous Nanjing Road, Huaihai Road, Yuyuan Commercial and Tourist Area, ect...

Visit Yu Garden in Shanghai, which offers you a different scene of every step.

Visit the Yuyuan Market,you may find the food is a great temptation with local delicacies such as xiao long bao, pigeon egg dumplings and spicy cold noodles from the street stalls or numerous restaurants.

A number of modern buildings have been added to the city, such as the Oriental Pearl TV Tower, Shanghai Museum, ect.. They have become new scenic sights in Shanghai.

Shanghai Oriental Pearl Tower, the world's third largest TV tower allows panoramic view over Shanghai to Yangtze River Delta.

A beautiful saying is very popular among the folks in China: " The Heavens have their Paradise while the earth is proud of having Suzhou and Hangzhou". Zhouzhuang is just like Water lily in-between.

Visit Zhouzhuang and walk futher in, then you will come to a archway, the Ancient Memorial Archway.You can see The Quanfu Pagoda on your right side when walking towards the archway.

Visit the Twin Bridge,you can see a pagodas stand in the centre of a lovely garden filled with stone sculptures and a teahouse at the far end.

Visit the Hall of Shen's residence.It is made up of more than 100 rooms and courtyards and was built to be the private residence of a wealthy merchant family.

Visit the Quanfu Temple,which is a typical Buddhist temple and scenic garden. The temple has an imposing atmosphere with grand halls and serene atmosphere.

Together wirh the Great Wall, the 2000-year-old and 2000km-long Grand Canal is considered as one of the two wonders of ancient China.

Enter the central part of the garden,which is divided into two parts:the western part and the eastern part. The former features in pools and hills while classical buildings dominate the latter.

"Splashing, sounds the rain over lotus in the water of the West Lady, a beautiful girl of the Spring and Autumn Period". And the West lake in Hangzhou was named after her. It is the very lake.

Many grotesque stones in the shapes of a charming dragon, a prostrate tiger, a walking elephant, and a scared ape are scattered about the mountainside. Their unusual colors make this mountain distinctive among the nearby hills and mountains.

Visit Lingyin Temple, the most ancient Buddhist temple of the West Lake.

Viewed from outside, the pagoda appears to be layered-bright on the upper surface and dark underneath. That is a harmonious alternation of light and shade.

The Lijiang River, like a green silk belt, threads through the grotesque peaks, everywhere is permeated with local feeling.

Wander in West Street of Yangshuo, a main street leading to the river, which is lined with restaurants, guesthouses, hotels and handicrafts stalls.

Some of the most extraodinary scenery Guilin has to offer is underground at Reed Flute Cave. Despite the high entrance price, the cave is worth visiting.

Climb Fubo Hill, which owes its exquisite beauty to geological disruptions over 200 million years ago.

Climb Elephant Trunk Hill, one of Guilin's best known sights. It's actually resemble an elephant dipping its snout into Li River.

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