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Imperial China - Your Itinerary
15 days
From: £2085
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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
- Modern first class or medium grade hotels according to the destination.
- 13 Breakfasts, 10 lunches and 4 dinners
- 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 (11 hours 15 minutes).
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 (89 KM/approximately 50 minutes), 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 (193 KM/approximately 1 hour 40 minutes). 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 (386 KM/approximately 6 hours 45 minutes) 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 (309 KM/approximately 4½ hours), 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 (183 KM/approximately 3 hours) 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 (386 KM/ approximately 5 ½ hours) 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 (1 hour 35 minutes) 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 (10 hours 45 minutes), arriving in the afternoon.
Meals: B
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