Mr. Steven & Mrs. Sandra
China Custom Tours October 2003
Private escorted deluxe tour
24 Days: Shanghai, Suzhou, Zhouzhuang, Zhujiajiao, Hangzhou, Yichang, Yangtze River Cruise, Chongqing, Dazu, Guilin, Xi'an & Beijing
Day-By-Day Itinerary:
Day 1 USA to Shanghai
Fly your hometown to Shanghai
Day 2 Arrive Shanghai
Arrive Beijing at 2:35pm via UA851, connect flight from Beijing to Shanghai via CA 1549 (5:45pm/7:45pm). Self transfer to Jingjiang Hotel (booked by own).
Day 3 Shanghai
Free at leisure to adjust the time difference.
Day 4 Suzhou & Zhouzhuang Day Tour L
8:00am: CITS Suzhou tour guide will come to hotel and pick up. Drive to Suzhou, famous for its imperial gardens, sightseeing includes the Gardens of Master of Fishing Net and Humble Administrator, Panmen City Gate, Silkworms & Silk Reeling factory, also visit Silk Embroidery Institute. Then continue drive to Zhouzhuang, a water town with crisscrossing rivers and canals. Visit traditional farmers’ houses dating from 400 years ago, bridges across the small streams, Paddy fields and feel their life style, lunch at a local restaurant. Transfer to Jingjiang Hotel.
Day 5 Shanghai L, D
Our tour guide in Shanghai will pick you up from your hotel, full day sightseeing in Shanghai including Shanghai Museum, Bund (Waterfront), Yu Gardens (or Yuyuan), Old Town, Jade Buddha Temple, Old French Concession Area. Enjoy Shanghai Acrobat Troupe in the evening.
Day 6 Shanghai L
Morning Jewish Tour and afternoon tour to Zhujiajiao ancient town with lunch.
Day 7 Shanghai to Hangzhou
Drive to Hangzhou in the evening (Please contact with Shanghai local guide for pick up time on Oct 14), known as “Paradise on Earth”. Check into Shangri-La Hotel Hangzhou.
Day 8 Hangzhou AB, L
Today
see the beautiful West Lake, Hua Gang Park, Bonsai Garden, Ling Yin Monastery,
and the Tea Production Brigade.
Day 9 Hangzhou to Yichang/Victoria Cruise AB, L, D
Visit the Six Harmonies Pagoda, Temple of Sacred Seclusion and Museum of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Then fly to Wuhan via CZ3542 (2:00pm/3:10pm), upon arrival, your tour guide will meet you and take you to the Hubei Provincial Museum and the East Lake. After dinner at a local restaurant, board the deluxe Victoria Cruise and start upstream sailing along the grand Yangtze River. (You book cruise on your own)
Day 10 Yangtze River Cruise AB, L, D
This morning you visit the Three Gorges Dam site, pass through the ship locks, then pass the magnificent Xiling Gorge and beautiful Wu Gorge.
Day 11 Yangtze River Cruise AB, L, D
Today you change a small sampan with the excursion along Daning River or Shennong Stream. Pass through Qutang Gorge.
Day 12 Yangtze River Cruise AB, L, D
Shore excursion to Fengdu or Wanxian.
Day 13 Arrive Chongqing AB, L
At 9:00am, arrive Chongqing, the hilly and fogy city in China, visit the Stillwell Museum to see World War II memorabilia and the Painters Village, then drive up to Eling Park where you can get the whole view of Chongqing. Check into Harbor Plaza Hotel
Day 14 Dazu Day Tour AB, L
Today drive through rolling green Sichuan countryside to Dazu, home of ancient grottoes and hills interspersed with over 5000 statues portraying Buddhists from 9th to 13th century, carved into the stone mountains, view this ancient Buddhists-so humanistic that they appear to relate to the modern city. Then leisurely return drive to Chongqing, check into your hotel.
Day 15 Chongqing to Guilin AB, L, D
Free to explore in the morning, fly to Guilin via CA1411 (6:40pm/7:40pm). Upon arrival, transfer to Guilin Waterfall Hotel (newly built 5 star).
Day 16 Guilin-Li River Cruise to Yangshuo AB, L
Embark on a gorgeous cruise on the Li River. Experience the magical beauty of limestone rock formations and farmland commonly seen in Chinese landscape paintings, lunch on board. At Yangshou, browse at Yangshuo Bazaar. Check into Paradise Hotel Yangshuo.
Day
17 Yangshuo to Guilin to Xi'an AB, L
Drive back to
Guilin through the picturesque countryside, visit the
Silver
Cave,
and take a cable car up Mount Yao. Also visit the Reed Flute Caves, Elephant
Trunk Hill & Fu Bo Hill. Fly to
Xi'an
via MU 2308 (7:40pm/9:20pm).
Check into Shangri-La Golden Flower Hotel.
Day 18 Xi'an AB, L
Visit Ming Dynasty City Walls, Wild Goose Pagoda and the Great Mosque, Sha’anxi Provincial History Museum and Special Handicrafts General Center.
Day 19 Xi'an AB, L, D
Sightseeing will include the Excavations of Terra-Cotta Warriors and Horses, one of the greatest archaeological finds of the century, then visit Huaqing Imperial Hot Spring and Banpo Neolithic Village. Enjoy Tang Dynasty Cultural Show in the evening.
Day 20 Xi'an to Beijing AB, L
Fly to Beijing via MU 2123 (8:40am/10:10am), your tour guide will meet you and transfer you to your hotel. Visit the beautiful Summer Palace and Beijing Zoo – Pandas in the afternoon. (Palace Hotel on your own arrangement in Beijing).
Day 21 Beijing L
Today you visit Tiananman Square, Mao's Mausoleum, the ancient Forbidden City, Imperial Palace, the Temple of Heaven and the Hutongs.
Day 22 Beijing L, D
Full day excursion to the Great Wall of China, Mutianyu section, cable car to the summit. Later, on the return, drive along the famed Sacred Way to visit the museum of Ming Tombs. Also visit Cloisonne Factory. Jewish service by appointment (Local guide will help to arrange).
Day 23 Beijing
Free for shopping on your own.
Day 24 Beijing to USA
Transfer to airport for your return flight to USA.
AB= American Breakfast L= Lunch D= Dinner SD=
Special Dinner
Tour features include:
. All intra-China air/land transportation
. 5 star deluxe hotel accommodations or best in town
. Deluxe Victoria Cruise ship including shore excursions
. Round-trip transfers between airport and hotel and baggage handling
. Private escorted sightseeing tours, bilingual tour guides, admissions
. Half Jewish tour in Shanghai
. Evening cultural entertainments and meals as specified
Not including:
. China airport taxes: $6 each domestic departure and $11 for int’l departure, you pay
local currency at the airports
. Chinese visa fee: $80 each
. Tips to tour guides and drivers:
. Some meals that are not listed in the itinerary
. Hotels in Shanghai and Beijing