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city grows countless types of flowers. Our tour will
start at the Chen’s Family Temple. Then we will visit
Memorial Hall of Sun Yat-Sen, the founding father of
modern China. After that, we will take a visit to the
Temple of the Six Banyan Trees. It was named by one
of the most famous ancient poets in the history, Su
Dongpo.
3. Guangzhou - Guilin (B,L,D)
Take the morning flight to Guilin.
Check into your river-facing hotel before setting out
on a memorable tour of the city and Reed Flute Cave.
The cave’s unusual lantern-lit formations will, with
prompting from your guide, conjure up images of the
old trees, beasts, and human forms.
4. Guilin (B,L,D)
We will spend the whole morning to have a pleasant and
romantic cruise on the Li Rive, passing through the
unique scenery around which many folktales and legends
have been woven. Floating past cormorant fishermen,
valleys and bamboo groves, misty limestone pinnacles,
and rock formations resembling horses and elephants,
one has the sensation of being carried back in time
through a traditional Chinese scroll painting. Stop
at Yangshuo and start a wonderful tour to the towns.
Then take the coach back to Guilin and have a rest.
5. Guilin - Chongqing (B,L,D)
Take the morning flight to Chongqing, the “Mountain
City”. We will have a unique city tour that will show
you the traditional area of Ciqikou with its old houses,
the People’s Hall and the Eling Hill, from where you
can have a great view of the city.
6. Chongqing – Dazu - Chongqing(B,L,D)
Excursion to Dazu, which is a small county located in
the southeast of Sichuan Province. There you can enjoy
the Grotto Art, which is the largest and best preserved
one and is a key cultural relic site under state protection.
After dinner, we will board our cruise ship and get
ready for the fantastic Yangtze River Cruise.
7. Yangtze River Cruise (B,L,D)
Our first shore excursion is at the mysterious town
of Fengdu, which is also known as “the Ghost City”.
You will arrive here in the afternoon, after receiving
interesting information about the Yangtze River and
the cruise in the morning. Enjoy your free entertainment
such as films, live performances as well as demonstrations
of traditional Chinese arts on board.
8. Yangtze River Cruise (B,L,D)
In the morning your ship will pass the mighty Qutang
Gorge, sailing through its towering cliffs. Later on
you pass through the mystic Wu Gorge with its famous
peaks. In Badong you have the chance to experience an
excursion to the clear waters and unchanged environment
of the Shennong Stream, one of the tributaries of the
Yangtze River. Reboard your cruise vessel in the evening.
9. Yangtze River Cruise–Yichang
/ Shanghai (B,L,D)
Continue our wonderful cruise on the Yangtze River with
the passage of the Xiling Gorge and the Three Gorges
Dam. You will also disembark to visit this mammoth project.
By noon we will reach Yichang, which has already experienced
a history of 4000 years. Now because of the building
of the Gezhou Dam as well as the famous Three-Gorges
Project, this small ancient city has become a highly
developed tourist city. We will have a city tour there
depending on the arrival time. Then take a flight to
Shanghai.
10. Shanghai (B,L,D)
Shanghai is the most important commercial center in
China, and the largest city in Asia. It is nestled in
the fertile Yangtze River Valley, a home to 14 million
people. We will visit the Jade Buddha Temple, which
is famous for its huge Jade Buddha, each of them was
carved out of a single piece of Jade. Thousands of young
Chinese lovers come here ever year to pray for their
long lasting love. After lunch we will visit Yuyuan
Garden, a finely designed maze of elegant pavilions
and ponds in the old part of the city. We will also
see the famous Bund, the most loved waterfront stretching
in China, about one mile along the Huangpu River.
11. Shanghai / Beijing (B,L,D)
We will spend the whole morning to visit the hustle
and bustle downtown street, Nanjing Road, where you
will be able to browse in a bunch of elegant bridal
stores. You will certainly get some special merchandise
as the newly-wed couple in those stores. After a specially
prepared lunch, we will fly to the Chinese ancient and
present Capital city, Beijing.
12. Beijing (B,L,D)
No tour in Beijing could be completed without a visit
to the Tiananmen Square, which is the largest square
in the world, and also the Palace Museum, which known
as the Forbidden City. The City was built between 1406
and 1420 and served as the Imperial Palace for 24 Emperors
of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. This complex, being
the world largest Imperial Palace, features more than
800 buildings with resplendent golden-glazed roofs,
red lacquered pillars and vermilion walls. There are
over 9000 rooms in the Forbidden City, therefore if
you choose to spend one day in each of the rooms, it
will take you 27 years ! In the afternoon we will tour
the Temple of Heaven where the Ming and Qing Emperors
worshipped the God of Heaven and preyed for a good harvest.
You can visit the most brilliant buildings there, the
Circular Mound Altar (Yuanqiutan), Imperial Vault of
Heaven (Huangqiongyu) and Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest
(Qiniandian) from south to north. What’s more, you can
have a chance to experience the magnificent atmosphere
of the Echo Wall around the Imperial Vault of Heaven.
13. Beijing (B,L,D)
After breakfast in the hotel, we will take our coach
to the Great Wall, one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
The Wall is about six thousand kilometers in length
from east to west across the country, and the only manmade
structure visible from the Moon.
In the afternoon we will marvel at the incredible Ming
Tombs, where 13 of the 16 Emperors of the Ming Dynasty
were buried. What’s more, a stroll along the Sacred
Road with its stone statues is especially interesting.
We will enjoy the famous Beijing Duck banquet for dinner,
with Chinese traditional folk dancing entertainment.
14. Beijing - USA (B)
After breakfast you will be transferred to the airport
and take your flight back home with the ever lasting
memories of this romantic tour together with your life
partner.
Land Only Cost: $1120
Single Room Supplement: $338 |
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