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14 days Best of China (YZDN) 2019



Our Best of China tour gives you a comprehensive taste of Chinese culture and history with visits to some of China’s most beautiful cities, best-loved cultural spots and most jaw-dropping natural and man-made wonders. With tours in seven vibrant Chinese cities, including a visit to the Terra Cotta Warriors, a cruise on the Grand Canal, and an adventure in the Reed Flute Cave, you’ll see why this truly is the best way to spend your China holiday.

Whatever your reason for travel to China, the 14 Day Best of China tour package has an experience for you. From the crowded streets and labyrinthine hutongs of Beijing to the scenic beauty of “Heaven on Earth,” this is your best chance to enjoy the sights, sounds and tastes of China while enjoying comfortable accommodations and the care of professional, English-speaking guides.

This tour leaves every 7 days starting April 4, 2018 through Oct. 31, 2018.  Rates starting at $2240.00 per person.  Call your travel planner.

Day Location Description
1 Arrive Beijing (No meals) Meet and transfer to the Presidential Hotel Beijing.
2 Beijing (B/L/-) Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City and Summer Palace. Optional Kung Fu Show with Peking Duck dinner, additonal charge
3 Beijing (B/L/-) Badaling Great Wall (2 hours visit at least), Jade stone workshop visit en route. Photo -stop at the Bird Nest & Water Cube. Optional Kung Fu show with Peking Dinner, $70 US pp.
4 Beijing (B/L/-) Temple of Heaven (watch local people doing all kinds of morning exercise, including Chinese Tai Chi ), & Pearl factory visit. Hutong tour by rickshaw with a home visit.
5 Beijing/Xian (B/L/-) Fly to Xi’an. Visit to the Provincial Museum & Big Wild Goose Pagoda. Stay at the Jian Guo Hotel Xian.
6 Xian (B/L/SD) Full day excursion to the Terracotta Warriors Museum, and visit to the ceramics & pottery workshop en route. Enjoy the Dumpling Dinner and Tang Dynasty Show tonight.
7 Xian/Chongqing (B/L/D) Fly to Chongqing. Visit the Panda Zoo, and enjoy local flavored hot pot dinner before embarkation of the MV President No. 6 Cruise (Deluxe 5-star Cruise, standard cabin with private balcony).
8 Three Gorges (B/L/D) Start our sail for a distance of 430 miles in all the great gorges and deep mountain valleys. Optional shore excursion in the morning to the ghost city of Fengdu, and visit Shibaozhai in the afternoon (included tour)
9 Three Gorges (B/L/D) Sailing into the Qutang Gorge and Wu Gorge, and the river changes to wildly stirring, riffle water along with swirling bubbles. The mossy cliffs are hemmed by the banging pathways under the Twelve Peaks. When the boat gets to the famed Shennong Stream, we change to small boat and sail deep into the Shennong Stream (included tour). Then we return to our boat and continue sailing into the Xiling Gorge.
10 Yichang/Shanghai (B/L/-) Excursion to the Three Gorges Dam site (included tour) and pass through the 5 ship locks with lowering our boat down 412 feet, before we end our cruise at Yichang. Transfer to airport and fly to Shanghai. Stay at the Ocean Hotel Shanghai.
11 Shanghai (B/L/D) Full day visit to the Yu Garden, Shanghai Museum, the Bund, Xintiandi and Pudong New Development Zone. ( Optional - Famous Shanghai Acrobatic Show tonight - Not Inclulded Extra charge. $70 US pp.
12 Shanghai/Suzhou/Shanghai (B/L/-) Excursion to the water town Suzhou, including the Garden of Master of Nets, Silk Spinning Factory, cruise on the Grand Canal and Pingjiang Road Old Town Area.
13 Shanghai (B/-/-) Free day in Shanghai.
14 Exit Shanghai (B/-/-) Departure transfer to airport.