Beijing/Baoding/Zhengding/Shijiazhuang/Handan/Anyang/Zhengzhou/Dengfeng/Luoyang/Sanmenxia/Xi'an
1. Duration:10 Days/9 Nights
2. Traveling by road instead of by air or by rail will provide you a unique way of learning about China.
3. Operating on a join-in guaranteed departure basis, and are conducted in English. Fixed departure dates, and no changes of itinerary permitted
Day 1 Beijing
A tour of Tian'anmen Square, the world's largest public square, and Palace Museum, known as the Forbidden City.
Dinner at a restaurant.
Accommodation at Grand View Hotel (4-star) or similar class hotel.(D)
Day 2 Beijing
A full day excursion to the Great Wall, one of the most amazing feats of human labor. After lunch, a drive to the Ming Tombs along the Sacred Way with giant marble figures and animals guarding the tomb area for deceased emperors of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644AD). In the evening you are treated to a delicious Beijing roasted duck dinner.
Accommodation at 4-star hotel.(B+L+D)
Day 3 Beijing
Your sightseeing this morning is the Temple of Heaven, the largest temple complex in China. After lunch, tour of the Summer Palace, a former summer resort for the royal family. Dinner at a restaurant.
Accommodation at 4-star hotel.(B+L+D)
Day 4 Beijing 150km(2hrs) Baoding 137km(2hrs) Zhengding 15km Shijiazhuang
Arrive in Baoding. Visit Zhili Governors Office, the only best preserved provincial office of the Qing Dynasty. Lunch at a restaurant.
Leave for Zhengding to visit the Longxingsi Complex, Huata Pagoda and Chenglingta Pagoda.
Leave for Shijiazhuang where dinner is served.
Accommodation at Hebei Grand Hotel (4-star ) or similar hotel in Shijiazhuang.(B+L+D)
Day 5 Shijiazhuang 188km(2hrs) Handan 60km(1hr) Anyang 183km(2hrs) Zhengzhou
Leave for Handan in the morning. In Handan have a sightseeing tour of Wuling Congtai Terrace, the symbol of Handan and watch a Taiji boxing performance. Lunch at a restaurant.
Arrive in Anyang, capital of the Yin and Shang dynasties (1766-1154BC). Visit Museum of the Yin Ruins, Fuhao Tomb (A middle-size imperial tomb where a heroine named Fuhao was buried.) and Wenfeng Pagoda, a 38.65 meters high umbrella-shaped tower building. Arrive in Zhengzhou. Dinner at a restaurant.
Accommodation at Red Coral Hotel (4-star ) or similar class hotel in Zhengzhou.(B+L+D)
Day 6 Zhengzhou 90km(2hrs) Dengfeng 70km(1.5hrs) Luoyang
Boating in the Yellow River scenic area. Visit Henan Provincial Museum.
Leave for Dengfeng after lunch.
In Dengfeng. Visit Shaolin Monastery, the founding temple of the Buddhist Chan Sect and the birthplace of Shaolin Kungfu, and Pagoda Forest. Watch martial arts performance.
Leave for Luoyang where dinner is served.
Accommodation at Luoyang Grand Hotel (4-star ) or similar class hotel.(B+L+D)
Day 7 Luoyang
Visit Longmen Grottoes, a world cultural heritage, and Art and Craft Factory.
Visit Museum of Ancient Tombs.
Dinner at a restaurant.
Accommodation at 4-star hotel.(B+L+D)
Day 8 Luoyang 130km(2hrs) Sanmenxia 244km(3hrs) Xi'an
Leave for Sanmenxia in the morning.
Visits to ruins of Chart-and-Horse Tomb of Ancient Guo State in the Spring and Autumn Period, and cave dwelling courtyard (7 kilometers away from the city of Sanmenxia).
Leave for Xi'an after lunch.
In Xi'an, the great ancient capital and the eastern end of the Silk Road. Visit the life-sized terra-cotta warriors and horses buried for 2,200 years in the first emperor's necropolis, and the Bronze Chariots, the first and largesst imperial mausoleum in China, also a world heritage site.
Dinner at a restaurant.
Accommodation at Tangcheng Hotel (4-star ) or similar class hotel in Xian.(B+L+D)
Day 9 Xi'an
Out for a visit to Huaqing Hot Spring Palace . After lunch, visit the Greater Wild Goose Pagoda and Ancient City Wall, the largest and the most complete ancient city wall well-preserved in China.
Dinner at a restaurant.
Accommodation at 4-star hotel.(B+L+D)
Day 10 Morning departure for your onward journey.
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