Our Private Collection offers Outstanding Value, Special Savings and are escorted by Experienced Hosts. Enjoy exclusive value-added amenities, VIP services and special rates.
Click here to get started!
Our new Food and Wine sailings are designed to excite and surprise you. Enjoy unique experiences and amenities not available to other cruise passengers.
Click Here to view current offers.
Whatever your interest - music, photography, art, fitness or food and wine, we have just the Personal Enrichment Vacation for you! Click Here
Ancient Capital Culture 13 Days Tour
Visit: The main Olympic Staduim, Forbidden City, Tian'An Men Square, Summer Palace, Great Wall, Ming Tombs, Bell Tower, Museum of the Terra Cotta Warriors, Huaqing Hot Spring, Shaolin Temple,and more...
| Ancient Capital Culture 13 Days Tour |
|
Detailed
Itinerary
Day 1-2: U.S.A. - BEIJING
| Depart West Coast today aboard a spacious jet for your transpacific journey and cross the International Dateline. |
Day 3: U.S.A. - BEIJING
When
arriving in Beijing, you will be greeted by
our professional tour guide at the Beijing
Capital Airport and then transferred to the
hotel. The rest of the day will be free for
your own leisure, and you can choose other
scenic spots to visit at your own expense.
|
Day 4: BEIJING (B/L/D)
After
breakfast, visit the Forbidden City, where
is the palace for 24 Ming and Qing Dynasty
emperors. And proceed to the Tian'An Men
Square. Then visit out said of the beautiful
National Center of Performing Arts, people
like to call it the Pearl in the Lake.
During the tour,visit the pearl center.
Afterwards, visit the Summer Palace, the
famous resort of Empress Dowager Ci Xi.
Tonight enjoy the delicious Peking Duck
dinner.
|
Day 5: BEIJING (B/L/D)
After
breakfast, visit the Temple of Heaven,where
emperors of Ming and Qing dynasties
worshiped heaven and prayed for an abundant
harvest. Then visit the Great Wall,the only
man-made structure on the earth that can be
observed by the naked eyes from the outer
space.On the way, visit out side view of the
main Olympic Staduim-known as the Bird Nest
and the Water Cube.Visit the Jade Factory.
|
Day 6: BEIJING - XI'AN (B/L/D)
Fly to
Xi'an, the ancient capital city for Han Tang
and other 11 dynasties in the history.
Ascend the Ming-Dynasty Bell Tower located
at the very center of Xi'an city. Standing
on the top of it, the south gate of ancient
city wall of the Ming can be seen in
distance and meanwhile the busy traffic is
going around you. After lunch, you will
visit the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. A Dumplings
Feast will be served for your dinner.
Tonight you will enjoy the spectacular Tang
Dynasty Dance Show.
|
Day 7: XI'AN (B/L/D)
Today,
we shall visit the Museum of the Terra Cotta
Warriors of the first emperor Qing Shi
Huang, who unified China and ordered the
Great Wall built also. And, after the visit,
you can buy the imitative clay terra-cotta
warriors in the factory. After lunch, we
shall visit the Huaqing Hot Spring, where
the Tang emperors and their concubines
joyfully had hot spring baths.
|
Day 8: XI'AN - LUOYANG (B/L/D)
Today,
we shall take a train to Luoyang, located in
the west of Henan Province and to the
southern bank of the middle reaches of
Yellow River, a national historical and
cultural famous city well-known globally,
known as the ancient capital of nine
dynasties. After the visit, we shall go to
appreciate the special china products.
|
Day 9: LUOYANG - DENGFENG (B/L/D)
Today,
we shall visit Longmen Grottoes, the
grottoes and niches of Longmen contain the
largest and most impressive collection of
Chinese art of the late Northern Wei and
Tang Dynasties (316-907). These works,
entirely devoted to the Buddhist religion,
represent the high point of Chinese stone
carving. Then, we shall visit Guanlin
Temple, which was built in 1596, during the
reign of Emperor Wanli in the Ming Dynasty
(1368-1644) and was expanded in the Qing
Dynasty (1644-1911). Then take a bus to
Dengfeng to visit Shaolin Temple. which many
legends and mysteries. The origin of martial
arts, the origin of kung fu surround the
vague mysteries of the Shaolin Temple and
the shaolin monks.After supper, you could
enjoy "Zen Music Shaolin Grand Ceremony" at
your own expense.
|
Day 10: DENGFENG - KAIFENG (B/L/D)
This
morning, we shall head for Kaifeng, located
on the alluvial plains in the middle and
lower reaches of the Yellow River, a key
tourism city of Henan Province. In the
morning you will visit The Memorial Temple
to Lord Bao, who was a famous up righted
officer in ancient China. Afterward you will
go to the 13-story Iron Tower - erected in
1049 during the Northern Song Dynasty, it
has been renowned for its excellent-
designed wooden structure. Then, we shall
pay a visit to Shanxi-Shaaxi-Gansu Guidhall
and the Riverside scene Park.
|
Day 11: KAIFENG - ZHENGZHOU (B/L/D)
After
breakfast you will visit the scenic spot of
Yellow River, Erqi Square and Henan Museum,
which is one of China's oldest and one of
the three largest museums in China It is a
'key' museum of modern displays and
exhibitions, modernized equipment, and
unique architecture. Then, we shall visit
the relics of the City in Shang Dynasty.
Afterwards, we proceed to Zhengzhou. During
the tour, we shall visit the crystal
products store.
|
Day 12: ZHENGZHOU - SHANGHAI (B/L/D)
Fly to
Shanghai, one of the largest commercial
cities in China. Spend the day visiting
beautiful traditional garden- Yu Garden,
Cheng Huang Temple, the Bund and shopping
along Nanjing Road. You can also view the
Oriental Pearl TV Tower (No Ascending).
|
Day 13: SHANGHAI - U.S.A. (B)
| After breakfast, we could visit the hand-made craftwork center. Then, we shall transfer to the airport, ending the wonderful 13 days China tour. |
Dear value customer, all
prices are being updated. Final Prices need to be
confirmed by phone or email.
Thank you for choosing Travel Design USA, Inc.
