CHINA

Beijing - Xi'an - Luoyang - Beijing

Duration: 9 days/ 8 nights

ITINERARY

Day 1.  Arrive  in Beijing, transfer to the Red Wall Hotel ****. Time to have a rest. Light lunch in Chinese restaurant. Excursion to the Tian'anmen Square, visit Forbidden City (Gugun Palace). Back to the hotel. Free time. Overnight at the hotel.

Day 2.  After breakfast excursion to the Ming Tombs (1368 - 644). Lunch. Visit the Great Wall. Back to the hotel. Free time. Overnight at the hotel.

Day 3. After breakfast you'll go to the Temple of Heaven. Peking Duck lunch. Visit Yonghegong Lamasery, the largest functional lamasery in Beijing. Back to the hotel. Free time. Overnight at the hotel.

Day 4. After breakfast check-out. Excursion to Yiheyuan Park (Summer Palace). Light lunch in Chinese restaurant. Free time before departure transfer to the train station. Departure to Xi'an by train.

Day 5. Arrive in Xi'an city, that is 3000 years old. Arrival transfer to the hotel. Accommodation at the Lee Garden Hotel****. Breakfast.  Excursion to the Xi'an City Wall. Visit Stele Forest Museum. Lunch. Visit Great Wild Goose Pagoda. Historical Museum of the province. Dinner. Back to the hotel. Overnight at the hotel.

Day 6. After breakfast excursion to the Terra - Cotta Warriors and Horses.  Lunch. Excursion to the Banpo Village Ruins. Bell and Drum Towers. Walking along an ancient  antiquarian street. Dinner. Back to the hotel. Overnight at the hotel.

Day 7. After breakfast check-out. Departure transfer to the train station. Departure to Luoyang City, second ancient capital of China, home of peony.  Lunch on the train. Arrive in Luoyang. Arrival transfer to the hotel. Accommodation at the Luoyang Grand Hotel****. Excursion to the White Horse Temple which is over 2,000 years old, honored as the 'Founder's Home' and the 'Cradle of Buddhism'. It's one of the first Buddhist temples appeared in China. Dinner. Back to the hotel. Overnight.

Day 8. After breakfast visit Longmen Grottoes which have been survived for about 1,400 years, the over 2,100 grottoes have tens of thousands of statues of Buddha and more than forty Buddhist pagodas as well as a large number of stone stables. These grottoes, together with the Yungang Grottoes in Datong and the Mogao Caves in Dunhuang, are the three major cave clusters in China. Gate of a Dragon. Lunch. Visit Shaolin Monastery. Forest of Pagodas. Show of U-Shu masters is to be paid optional (8 EUR). Dinner. Transfer to Zhengzhou. Departure transfer to the train station to leave for Beijing. 

Day 9. Arrive in Beijing. Breakfast. Transfer to the airport.  

Included: accommodation acc the programme (twin std at 4-star hotels),  meals acc the programme, guide and transportation for the excursions and transfers as per itinerary, entrance fees to the museums and sights of interest; visa support, train tickets inside the China.

Not included: tips to the drivers, guides and luggage supporters;  taxes at the airport.

Prices are in EUR per person.

Please check the price of a tour during booking because it can be changed without notice. Exact price is confirmed at the time of booking.

You are welcome to Beijing, China!