| 1° Day |
Departure for Beijing. Overnight on board. |
| 2° Day |
Arrive in Beijing in the morning;
Visit the Tiananmen Square, the largest urban
square in the world;
Visit the Forbidden City, ancient residence of
the Emperors. |
| 3° Day |
Visit the Great Wall and Ming Tombs (the
burial place of 13 emperors of the Ming Dynasty) |
| 4° Day |
Visit Summer Palace, Temple of Heaven, Beijing
Hutong (typical small streets of Beijing) |
| 5° Day |
Visit Beihai Park. Fly to Xi’an and visit the
center of the most important ancient capital of China. |
| 6° Day |
Visit Terra-Cotta Warriors, Huaqing Hot Spring
and Banpo Neolithic Ruins. |
| 7° Day |
Visit the wild Goose Pagoda and city wall. Fly
to Dunhuang. |
| 8° Day |
Mogao Caves, created by the Buddhist monk in
the 4th century. |
| 9° Day |
Go to Liuyuan by coach passing the western part
of the Great Wall, then take train from Liuyuan to
the oasis Turpan. |
| 10° Day |
Ruins of Gaochang City (constructed in 442-460)
Buzukelik Thousand Buddhas Caves (77 caves built
in the Gaochang period) |
| 11° Day |
Visit today’s Turpan center. Go to Urumqi by
coach and visit the urban area. |
| 12° Day |
Go to Tianshan (Heaven Mountains) to see Tianchi
(Heaven Lake, about 100 km from Urumqi);
Fly to Kashgar (the occidental extremity cicy
of China). |
| 13° Day |
Visit the city of Kashgar to see the strong local
characteristics, the Atika Moslem Temple and Appakhojiam Tomb. |
| 14° Day |
Fly to Shanghai via Urumqi. Visit Shanghai center. |
| 15° Day |
Go to Suzhou by train or coach to see the Humble
Administrator's Garden and Lingering Garden with the typical oriental style,
and the urban area with many rivers. |
| 16° Day |
Return from the Shanghai Airport. |
