China Tibet Discovery Tour
- DAY1. Pick you up from hotel at departure time, then drive about 1.5 hours to the famous Great Wall, Badaling or Mutianyu section(you can choose).Visit Scenic spots: Badaling fortress, beacon-towers, "looking-toward beijing stone", etc. 2.Drive (30 minutes) to Friendship restaurant nearby the Ming Tombs and having typical Chinese lunch (50 minutes).Driving (20minutes) to the Ming Tombs, the best preserved Chinese imperial tombs with 500 years history, and visiting Changling, the largest one, Emperor Yongle's Tomb (about 1 hours). Visit Scenic spots: Ling'en Gate, Ling'en Palace,Soul Tower, The great red gate, the stele pavilion, etc. After the tour, we will drive you back to your hotel.
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- DAY2. Drive (30 minutes) to Summer Palace, the largest and most beautiful Chinese imperial garden. Visit it for about 2 hours.Visit scenic spots: 1. East palace gate, 2. the hall of benevolence and longevity, 3. hall of jade billows, 4. the hall of joyful longevity, 5. the covered walkway, 6. the marble boat, etc. 6, At last, driving the travelers back to their hotels.
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- DAY3. Visit Beijing Zoo for pandas, Hutongs, Lama Temple, Olympic Stadiums (lunch) 1. 2. Then, you will take a Hutong tour in Shichahai Scenic Area, where you will visit the Beijing old lanes by rickshaws and explore the traditional Chinese quadrangles to get to know local life. 3. At noon, have a Chinese dumpling lunch in selected resturant, everyone loves it. 4. Then we will take you to the largest lama temple of Beijing -Yonghegong Lama Temple , 1 hour tour for the mysterious Tibet style Buddhism temple.After the tour, we will drive you back to your hotel. DAY4. we will drop you off at the Beijing airport.Arrive at Xi'an airport. Be met & transferred to your hotel.
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- DAY4 Arrive at Xi'an airport. Be met & transferred to your hotel. Have city tours to Shaanxi History Museum, One of the main museums in China which holds numerous unearthed cultural relics of China. The 370,000 pieces of collection housed in four Tang Dynasty style exhibition buildings tell the history of ancient China spanning over one million years. The museum is closed every Monday. If it happens to be Monday, the itinerary of Day 1 and Day 2 will be switched.
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- Note: During summer vacation (July and August), we will arrange Xian Museum instead of Shaanxi History Museum. Because it is so crowded and noisy in the History Museum at this time of the year that you cannot hear the guide clearly. If you insist to go to Shaanxi History Museum, please tell us.
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- Have lunch at noon. Please let us know your food preferences, such as a vegetarian diet, Muslim food, gluten-free food, and etc. We will prepare in advance.
- And then go to Ancient City Wall, an extension of the old Tang Dynasty structure boasting the most complete city wall that survives through Chinese long history. It is shaped like a rectangle with a total length of 13.74 kilometers. We will stroll along the massive city wall. Bicycles and eco-cars are also available with extra charge. You can enjoy the optional Tang Dynasty show in the evening. The show that presents the palace dances and sings in the Tang Dynasty when Xian was the capital.
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- Visit the Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses (40 miles away from downtown), the greatest archaeological findings of the century: the army of terra-cotta warriors and the bronze chariots entombed in vast underground vaults at emperor Qin's tomb. You will appreciate the marvelous Terracotta warriors in full battle array of Emperor Qin's tomb. Then, have a tour to the Bell Tower, the emblem of Xi'an city. Inside the Bell Tower houses a huge bell which was originally used to strike for time every morning in ancient times.
- Entering into the Wild Goose Pagoda,the pagoda where widely renowned Master Xuanzang (Monk Tripitaka) stored his classics brought from India. It is also the symbol of Xi'an city.
- In the evening transfer to airport.
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- Day5 Chengdu Emei (lunch) Picked up in the morning from Chengdu hotel or apartment, we will drive you to visit the Giant Panda Breeding Research Base to see closely how this lovely creature exercise.eat and play in the sunshine.After lunch, continue to drive to Leshan to visit the Grand Buddha at the Lingyun Temple which is the biggest of the world.In the late afternoon, we will drive to the foot of Emei Mountain to stay overnight in Emei Mountain.
- Emei Chengdu (lunch) After breakfast, we drive to touch the Mountain Emei scenic area. Take a cable car up to the Jin Ding (Golden Peak) and overview the fresh green slope and trees. In the mid-day, we will go down to the Wannian Temple to see this prayed architecture. Then we will continue to walk down to the Qingyinge where would usually jumped some active monkeys who wanna play with you. This is a really escape tour from crowds. Drive back to Chengdu in the evening.
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- We will take you to the airport at the end of your trip. Have a nice trip.