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China Heritage 8 Days / 6 Nights
Tour Code: ACH
Beijing ~ Xi'an ~ Shanghai
from $1,530
 
Itinerary:
Highlights:
 
Day 1 - West Coast - Beijing
Beijing: Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, Great Wall, Summer Palace, Bird's Nest, Water Cube, Wang Fu Jing
Day 2 - Beijing
Day 3 - Beijing
Day 4 - Beijing
 
Day 5 - Beijing - Xi'an
Xi'an: Shaanxi Provincial Museum, Big Wild Goose Pagoda, Archaeological Museum
 
Day 6 - Xi'an - Shanghai
Day 7 - Shanghai
Shanghai: Yu Garden, Old Shanghai Bazaar, Jade Buddha Temple, the Bund, Nanjing Street, Jian'an Temple, Yan'an West Road
 
Day 8 - Shanghai - West Coast
   
2010
Departure Thursday
Tour Price

Single Supplement

 
10 pax & up
6-9 pax
2-5 pax
10 pax & up
2-9 pax
 

Mar 4, 11, 18, 25

$1,530 $1,740 $1,890 $310 $430  
Apr 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 $1,680 $1,870 $2,040 $400 $500  
May 6, 13, 20, 27 $1,680 $1,870 $2,040 $400 $500  
Jun 3, 10, 17, 24 $2,060 $2,260 $2,430 $400 $500  
Jul 1, 8, 5, 22, 29 $2,030 $2,230 $2,390 $370 $470  
Aug 5, 12 $2,030 $2,230 $2,390 $370 $470  
Aug 19, 26 $1,640 $1,840 $2,030 $370 $470  
Sep 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 $1,690 $1,930 $2,090 $430 $550  
Oct 7, 14, 21, 28 $1,690 $1,930 $2,090 $430 $550  
Nov 4, 11, 18, 25 $1,690 $1,930 $2,090 $420 $550  
Dec 2, 9 $1,580 $1,780 $1,960 $320

$420

 
Dec 16, 23, 30 $1,970 $2,170 $2,350 $320 $420  

• Prices do not include fuel surcharge & taxes $170 (subject to change at any time)
• Prices are based on the current pricing of Cathay Pacific. Other major carriers, i.e. United, Asiana, Hainan, etc would be featured as well.

Day 1 West Coast - Beijing
Depart from the West Coast "San Francisco" for Beijing.

The Great Wall, Beijing

The Forbidden City, Beijing

The Yu Garden, Shanghai

Day 2 Beijing (D)
Arrive in Beijing, capital city of China. You will be met by our Asia Journeys' local representative and escorted to your hotel. Accommodations at Four Points by Sheraton (5*) or similar.
Day 3 Beijing (AB, L, SD)
After breakfast, we start our tour to China visiting the world's largest public square - Tiananmen Square. Then, proceed to The Forbidden City, the palace home for the Ming and Qing Dynasty Emperors for over 500 years. After lunch, visit the Temple of Heaven, where the emperors came to pray for a good harvest. After dinner, enjoy an Acrobatics Show or the amazing show, "The Legend of Kung Fu".
Day 4 Beijing (AB, L, D)
Today's highlights include an excursion to the Great Wall, an astonishing feat of engineering and one of the World Heritages listed by UNESCO. We then visit the Summer Palace, the largest and best-preserved imperial garden in China. A stop will be made for you to take pictures of The Bird's Nest, also known as the "The National Stadium" and the National Aquatics Center, also known as the "Water Cube". Enjoy a walk along Wang Fu Jing Street and for dinner enjoy a welcome banquet featuring a traditional "Beijing Roast Duck" dinner.
Day 5 Beijing - Xi'an (AB, L, SD)
Board a morning flight to Xi'an, the historic city that has been the capital for 13 of China's imperial dynasties. Take an afternoon city tour to the Shaanxi Provincial Museum and the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, which had become the emblem of Xi'an City, and built in 652 during the Tang Dynasty. Enjoy an Imperial Dumpling Banquet and then attend a "Tang Dynasty Show", which performs the original music and dancing of the Tang Dynasty.
Accommodations at Grand New World Hotel (4*) or similar.
Day 6 Xi'an - Shanghai (AB, L, D)
In the morning, visit the life-size Terra-cotta warriors and horses, which guarded the emperor's burial site for over 2,000 years. Return to the airport for a flight to Shanghai. Upon arrival, you will be met by our "Asia Journeys" local representative and escorted to your hotel.
Accommodations at Shanghai Hua Ting Hotel (5*) or similar.
Day 7 Shanghai (AB, L)
Enjoy a tour to the Shanghai Museum, which houses 120,000 cultural artifacts, The Yu Garden, a famous classical garden located in Shanghai's colorful and bustling Old Town, the Old Shanghai Bazaar and the Jade Buddha Temple built in 1882, famed for its rare cultural relics and porcelain artworks carved with whole white jade. You will also visit the Bund, Shanghai's famous waterfront and the symbol of Shanghai. Walk along the Bund, the western shore of the Huangpu River. Then see China's first and foremost most famous shopping street, Nanjing Road, which starts at the Bund in the east and ends at the junction of Jing'an Temple and Yan'an West Road in the west. Dinner is on your own.
Day 8 Shanghai - West Coast (AB)
After breakfast, you will be transferred back to the airport for your flight back to the USA.
 
 

All Inclusive Features:

• Round-trip transpacific airfare from San Francisco
• All intra-China air/land transportation
• 6 nights accommodation, double occupancy
• All meals as indicated in itinerary
• Sightseeing cultural activities and performances as specified in itinerary
• Round-trip transfers between airport and hotel, baggage handling, hotel taxes and service charges

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