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Imperial China - Your Itinerary
15 days
From: £2345
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What's included:
- Scheduled flights, including all U.K. and overseas airport taxes and applicable fuel surcharges
- The services of an experienced Bales Tour Manager, who takes care of all the tipping on your behalf
- Experienced English-speaking guides, exclusive to the Bales group, for all included sightseeing
- Transportation Private air-conditioned vehicles, exclusive to the Bales group. Rail journeys (where included) are booked in Soft Class (the best class available)
- Sightseeing As detailed, including entrance fees
- Accommodation and meals Modern first class or medium grade hotels according to the destination. Meals as indicated in the itineraries
- Average group size 15 passengers
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Day 1
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 Day 1
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Leave London Heathrow in the afternoon by British Airways to Shanghai.
Meals:
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Day 2
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 Day 2
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Morning arrival and transfer to the Mayfair Hotel. Afternoon tour of Old Shanghai
including the interesting Shanghai Museum and the Yu Garden, followed by time for
you to stroll along the famous waterfront, the ‘Bund’.
Meals:
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Day 3
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 Day 3
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Day at leisure. An optional excursion is available to the picturesque water town
of Zhu Jia Jiao. Evening optional excursion to an acrobatic show.
Meals: B
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Day 4
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 Day 4
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Morning train journey to Suzhou, where our sightseeing will include the
ornamental Master of the Nets Garden and Panmen Gate. Also enjoy a boat trip on
the Grand Canal. Overnight at the Bamboo Grove Hotel.
Meals: B, L
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Day 5
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 Day 5
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Our journey continues by train to Nanjing. Afternoon visit to the Mausoleum of
Doctor Sun Yat Sen. Overnight at the Mandarin Garden Hotel
Meals: B
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Day 6
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 Day 6
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Morning sightseeing of the City Museum and the Confucius Temple Complex.
Afternoon train journey to Qufu where we transfer to the Queli Hotel
Meals: B, L, D
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Day 7
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 Day 7
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Full day sightseeing to the Confucius Temple, the Kong Mansion and the
Confucian family burial ground with its ornate monuments and tombs.
Meals: B, L, D
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Day 8
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 Day 8
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Today we drive to Keifeng, a city with a history of many glorious years as the
Chinese capital. Visit the Iron Pagoda, Dragon Pavilion and the Jewish Quarter before
continuing to Zhengzhou for overnight at the Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza Hotel.
Meals: B, L
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Day 9
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 Day 9
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Morning visit to the Shaolin Monastery, the birthplace of the kung-fu martial
arts, followed by a visit to the White Horse Temple, China’s oldest Buddhist shrine. We
continue to Luoyang for our stay at the Peony Hotel.
Meals: B, L, D
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Day 10
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 Day 10
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Morning visit to the Longmen Caves, hollowed out of a cliff face overlooking
the Yi River. There are more than 1,300 caves containing Buddhas and other religious
figures. In the afternoon, another journey through rural China brings us to the great
imperial city of Xi’an where we transfer to the Sheraton Hotel.
Meals: B, L
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Day 11
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 Day 11
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Today visit the Terracotta Warriors, Wild Goose Pagoda and Bell Tower.
Meals: B, L
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Day 12
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 Day 12
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Fly to Beijing and transfer to the Traders Hotel. Afternoon visit to the Imperial
Summer Palace on picturesque Kunming Lake.
Meals: B, L
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Day 13
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 Day 13
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Full day excursion to see the Great Wall of China at Mu Tian Yu.
Meals: B, L
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Day 14
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 Day 14
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Morning visit to the Forbidden City. Construction of this vast city within a city
began in the early 15th century. Afternoon visit to the Temple of Heaven. In the evening
you are invited to a special Peking Duck Dinner.
Meals: B, L, D
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Day 15
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 Day 15
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Fly by British Airways non-stop flight to London Heathrow, arriving in the
afternoon
Meals: B
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