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Day 1 – To Beijing:
Overnight flight from
London to Beijing with British Airways. (N)
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Day 2 – Beijing:
Arrive and transfer to the
Novotel Peace for
3 nights. Afternoon visit to the Temple of
Heaven. (N)
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Day 3 – Old Beijing:
Full-day visit to Tiananmen
Square and the Forbidden City and take a
rickshaw tour of the hutong (backstreets). End
the day with a visit to Jing Shan Park for a bird’s
eye view of the Forbidden City. (B, L)
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Day 4 – Great Wall:
Take a full-day tour of the
Great Wall at Jinshanling Pass, a relatively quiet and dramatic section of the wall. (B, L)
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Day 5 – To Xian:
Morning visit to the Imperial
Summer Palace and the Olympic Green
(optional entry into the stadium, payable
locally). Fly to Xian and stay at the Grand
New World Hotel for 2 nights. (B)
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Day 6 – Terracotta Warriors:
In the morning,
visit the Terracotta Warriors. Afternoon visit to
the Muslim quarter and Grand Mosque. Optional
evening performance of Tang dynasty music and
dance with dinner (payable locally). (B, L)
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Day 7 – To Guilin:
Morning tour of the city
wall, Wild Goose Pagoda and the Shaanxi
History Museum. Afternoon visit to Hanyang
Ling and fly to Guilin. Stay at the Sheraton for 2 nights. (B, L)
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Day 8 – Longsheng:
Full-day excursion to the
rice terraces of Longsheng. Optional evening
cormorant fishing show and boat tour (payable
locally). (B, L)
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Day 9 – Li river & Chengdu:
Take a cruise
down the Li river, past Guilin’s landscape of
green limestone hills, fishing villages and rice
fields. Late evening flight to Chengdu and
transfer to the Sheraton Lido for 2 nights. (B, L)
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Day 10 – Leshan:
Take a full-day trip to Leshan
and see one of China’s most amazing sights, the world’s largest Buddha statue. In the afternoon,
return to the city and visit the ancient Jinli
Street. Optional evening performance of
Sichuan opera (payable locally). (B, L)
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Day 11 – To Chongqing:
Morning visit to the
Chengdu Panda Base. This afternoon, transfer by
train to Chongqing on the Yangtze river. Board
the Victoria Selina for a 3-night cruise to Yichang. (B, L, D)
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Day 12 – Yangtze:
Full-day cruising the
upper reaches of the Yangtze with a morning
excursion to Fengdu. (B, L, D)
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Day 13 – Yangtze:
Full-day cruise passing
through the Three Gorges, with an excursion
up the Daning river tributary. The cliffs here
stretch up to 1,200 metres high and are hugely
impressive. This evening, pass through the ship
locks. (B, L, D)
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Day 14 – To Shanghai:
Morning visit to the
vast Three Gorges dam. Disembark and fly
to Shanghai for a 2-night stay at the Howard
Johnson Plaza. (B, L)
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Day 15 – Shanghai:
Morning tour of Shanghai,
including the Jade Buddha Temple, Yu Yuan
Garden and the Bund. Optional evening visit
to the State Acrobatics show (payable locally).
(B, L)
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Day 16 – To London:
Morning transfer to the
airport and fly back to London with British
Airways. (B)
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Accessibility:
The tour involves some long
walks and climbing steps, and therefore
requires a good level of fitness.
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Meal Basis:
(B) = Breakfast, (L) = Lunch, (D) = Dinner, (N) = No Meals
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