China - Silk Road
New York - Beijing – Urumqi - Turpan - Dunhuang - Jiayuguan - Lanzhon - Xian – Mt.Huashan - Xian - Beijing - Shanghai - New York
Duration: 14 days, 14 nights. Season: Year round. Description: Trip to China. Tour package consists of combination of historical, architectural and cultural components.What is included in this tour program?
Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 | Day 8 | Day 9 | Day 10 | Day 11 | Day 12 | Day 13 | Day 14
Day 1 - Beijing
Meeting at the International airport of Beijing.
Transfer and accomodation at the hotel.
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Day 2 - Beijing - Urumqi
Breakfast. |
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Day 3 - Urumqi
In the morning take a cruise on Lake of Heaven, which is
at an elevation of 6435 feet above sea level. It is a beautiful
highland lake, flanked by rugged pines and cypresses, and with
clear waters that reflect the surrounding mountains. In winter,
it provides an ideal alpine skating rink. Afterwards visit the Hill
of Heaven Grassland and Nanshan Grassland.
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Day 4 - Urumqi - Turpan
Breakfast. |
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Day 5 - Turpan - Liuyuan (Dunhuang)
Breakfast.
The visit to the Grape Valley and the homes of local farmers.
Lunch.
Visit the Jiaohe Ruins, Baizeklik Thousand Buddha Caves.
Dinner.
Trip to Dunhuang via Liuyuan by overnight soft-sleeper train.
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Day 6 - Dunhuang
During the Han and Tang dynasties, Dunhuang was a major point |
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Day 7 - Dunhuang
Sightseeing the White Horse Pagoda, and visit the Mogao
Caves - the World Art Treasure House. It is the world's most
important sites of ancient Buddhist culture.
The grottoes, also known as Caves of the Thousand Buddha, preserve
nearly a thousand years of Buddhist cave-temple architecture, clay
sculpture, mural paintings, and manuscripts, dating from the 5 th to
the 14 th centuries. The Mogao Grottoes are carved into desert cliffs
overlooking a river valley about 25km southwest of Dunhuang. The caves
very enormously in size, from tiny single-room cells that served as living
quarters for individual monks to huge, cavernous worship halls housing
monumental sculptures and mural cycles.
Dinner, followed by show program.
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Day 8 - Dunhuang - Jiayuguan - Lanzhou
Take train-trip to Jiayuguan in the morning, which was considered |
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Day 9 - Lanzhou
Arrive in Lanzhou in the morning, tour to
the Baitashan ( White Pagoda Mountain ) and Zhongshan Iron Bridge
the first bridge on the Yellow River, and the Wuquan Shan Mountain.
Dinner.
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Day 10 - Lanzhou
Visit museum, tour to the Liujia Gorge, and |
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Day 11 - Lanzhou - Xian - Mt.Huashan
Fly to Xian, the city where eleven dynasties in the
history once took as the capital.
Transfer to Mt. Huashan after arrival.
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Day 12 - Mt.Huashan - Xian
Breakfast. |
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Breakfast.
Sightsee the Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses, which is
recognized by UNESCO as the eighth wonder of the world.
Dinner.
Returning flight to Beijing.
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Day 14 - Shanghai - New York
Breakfast. |
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