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Day 1: Beijing |
Arrive
at Beijing, be met and transferred
to the hotel. After lunch, visit
the Tiananmen square, the largest
city square in the world. Then
go to the Panjiayuan Antique Market,
the largest flea market in Beijing.
Have dinner and overnight at the
hotel. |
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Day 2: Beijing/Urumqi
/Kashgar |
Have
breakfast at the hotel. Transfer
to the airport and take flight
to Urumqi. Upon arrival, be met
and transferred to the hotel.
Then take a city tour in Urumqi
,which is the capital of the Xinjiang
Uygur Autonomous Region and the
most inland city in the world.
Visit the Xinjiang Museum. In
the nightfall, take flight to
Kashgar. Have lunch and dinner
in the city. Overnight at the
hotel. |
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Day 3: Kashgar
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Have
breakfast at the hotel. Visit
the famous Sunday Market, Owing
to its favorable position, countless
merchants from many parts of the
world would go to Kashgar, so
it was also known as the pearl
on the Ancient Silk Road. Bazaars
are the focus of activity nearly
every day, with stalls dotted
here and there, and crowded streets.
Have lunch and dinner in the city.
Overnight at the hotel. |
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Day 4: Kashgar/ Urumqi |
Have
breakfast at the hotel. Visit
the Abakh Khoja Tomb, Five kilometers
(3.1 miles) northeast of Kashgar,
an ancient Islamic building nestles
among poplar trees. In the evening,
take flight to Urumqi. Have lunch
and dinner in the city. Overnight
at the hotel. |
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Day 5: Urumqi - Heavenly
Lake/ Turpan |
After
breakfast, drive to Heavenly Lake,
In the middle of Bogda Peak, 110
km (68miles) east of Urumqi. Continue
drive to Turpan. Have lunch and
dinner in the city. Overnight
at the hotel. |
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Day 6: Turfan |
After
breakfast, visit the Flaming Mountains.
Which is very popular thanks to
a classical novel, The Journey
to the West by the Ming Dynasty
(1368-1644) writer, Wu Chengen
and its charming hero-- The Monkey
King. Enjoy the Uigur’s
music and dances in the evening.
Have lunch and dinner in the city.
Overnight at the hotel. |
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Day 7: Turpan/Liuyuan |
After
breakfast, visit the Ancient City
of Jiaohe, One of the worlds architectural
wonders hides in Yarnaz Valley,
10 kilometers (6.2 miles) west
of Turpan. In the evening, take
night train to Liuyuan railway
station at Dunhuang. Have lunch
and dinner in the city. Overnight
on the train. |
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Day 8: Liuyuan/Dunhuang |
Have
breakfast. Upon arrival, be met
and drove to Dunhuang. Excursion
at Crescent Lake. About 6 kilometers
(3.73 miles) south of Dunhuang
city, and surrounded by the Echoing-Sand
Mountain, Crescent Spring can
be called a natural wonder in
the Gobi Desert. Have lunch and
dinner in the city. Overnight
at the hotel. |
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Day 9: Dunhuang |
After
breakfast, visit the Mogao Caves,
a shrine of Buddhist art treasures,
25 km (15.5miles) from downtown
Dunhuang on the eastern slope
of Mingsha Shan (Mount Echoing
Sand). Have lunch and dinner in
the city. Overnight at the hotel.
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Day 10: Dunhuang /Lanzhou
/ Xiahe |
Have
breakfast, transfer to the airport
and take flight to Lanzhou. Upon
arrival, be met and drive to Yongjing
port, then take boat to the Bingling
Grottoes (Bingling shiku), also
known as the Bingling Temple (Bingling
si), are a series of Buddhist
caves that are situated on a not
easily accessible cliff face,
some 80km from Lanzhou. Have lunch,
continue to drive to Xiahe. Xiahe
is a tiny, bustling town centered
in a valley of the Ganan Tibetan
Autonomous Prefecture, southwest
Gansu.Have dinner and overnight
at the hotel. |
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Day 11: Xiahe / Sangke |
Have
breakfast, drive to the Sangke
Grassland and visit the Tibetan
village. Have lunch on the way.
Visit the Labrang Monastery, which
is located at the foot of the
Phoenix Mountain northwest of
Xiahe County in Gannan Tibetan
Nationality Autonomous Prefecture,
Gansu Province. Have lunch and
overnight at the hotel. |
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Day 12: Xiahe / Lanzhou/
Xi'an |
After
breakfast, return to Lanzhou.
Have lunch on the way, promenade
at the riverside of Yellow river,
then visit the Beishan Park, enjoy
the panorama of Lanzhou. Have
dinner, transfer to the railway
station and take night train to
Xi'an. Overnight on the train. |
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Day 13: Xi'an |
Arrive
at Xi'an in the morning. Be met
and drove to the Terracotta Warriors
and Horses which is around 1.5
kilometers east of Emperor Qin
Shi Huangs Mausoleum, Lintong
County, Shaanxi province. Have
lunch during the visit. Enjoy
the famous Dumpling Banquet as
dinner, overnight at the hotel.
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Day 14: Xi'an/Beijing |
Have
breakfast, free at leisure in
the morning. Take flight to Beijing
in the afternoon. Upon arrival,
be met and transferred to the
hotel. Have dinner and overnight
at the hotel. |
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Day 15: Beijing |
Have
breakfast. Transfer to the airport
and take flight to your next destination.
Tour ends. |
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more information about our China
Tour "Mysterious
Silk Road Adventure",
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