JRSG03 - Back to the Silk Road

Highlights: Beijing, Urumqi, Kashgar, Turpan, Dunhuang, Xi'an, Shanghai.

Days Date Cities Programs Overnight meals
Day01 　 Beijing Arrival in Beijing. Visit Temple of Heaven.  Beijing D
Day02 　 Beijing In the morning visit Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City. visit Drum Tower and walk in Hutongs. Have Lunch at hutong family's. Lhama Temple in the afternoon. In the evening walking in Wangfujing area for local snacks. Beijing L
Day03 　 Beijing Full day tour: Badaling or Mutianyu/Juyongguan Great Wall(excl cable car), Summer Palace, Olimpic sites.  Beijing L
Day04 　 Beijng/Urumqi Flight Beijing/Urumqi. Visit  the Red Hill Park and the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Museum Urumqi no
Day05 　 Urumqi/Kashgar Visit The Heavenly Lake, then fly to Kashgar. Kashgar no
Day06 　 Kashgar Full day trip: the Gaotai Folk Residences,the Abakh Khoja Tomb, Sunday Bazaar (the largest bazaar in central Asia)if it is Sunday. Kashgar no
Day07 　 Kashgar Visit the Id Kah Mosque(the biggest mosque in China) After lunch, you will take the overnight train in softsleeper class to Turpan(15:20/13:17+). train no
Day08 　 Turpan Arrival in the afternoon. Half day tour: the Jiaohe Ruins, built 2000 years ago and later served as the capital city of Uyghur; the Emin Minaret and the Karez Irrigation System (Karez Well). Turpan no
Day09 　 Turpan Visit: the Ancient City of Gaochang, the nearby Astana Ancient Tombs, the Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves. Then go to Dunhuang by overnight train. train no
Day10 　 Dunhuang Day trip: Echoing-Sand Mountain and the Crescent Moon Spring. Dunhuang no
Day11 　 Dunhuang Day trip: Mogao Caves. Dunhuang no
Day12 　 Xi'an Flight to Xi'an.  Visit the City Wall, Great Mosque, muslim quarter. Xi'an  no
Day13 　 Xi'an Visit Terra-cotta Warriors, Big Wild Goose Pogoda. Walking on Culture Street.transfer for flight Xi'an/Shanghai. Xi'an  no
Day14 　 Shanghai One day bus city tour.Visit Jade Buddha Temple.Visit Oriental Pearl TV Tower（open till 21:30), walk around the Bund if there is time. Board the boat on Huangpu River at 18:30 for 1 hr cruise. Shanghai no
Day15 　 Shanghai One day bus to Shanghai Exp or Visit Yuyuan Garden, Shanghai Museum.Then go shopping in Nanjing road. Shanghai no
Day16 　 Shanghai transfer for international departure flight. Shanghai no
           
Including:        
1. Hotel accommodation with daily breakfast based on twin share at 4 star standard hotel except stated otherwise on hotel list 
2. A/C nice coach for all excursions(where bus needed) mentioned; boat, bike, entrance fees for sightseeings as mentioned.
3. All private transfers apt/stn or harbor/htl and vice versa. Private transfer from place to place as mentioned.  
4. Chinese lunch or dinner and English-speaking local guide only where mentioned.    
5. Free of charge for one TL from foreign tour operator in single room.    
6. Domestic flights with airport tax and fuel surcharge: Beijing/Urumqi/Kashgar, Dunhuang/Xi'an/Shanghai    
7. Softsleeper train Kashgar-Turpan-Dunhuang.    
8. Local guide in each place for the whole trip    
           
Excluding:        
1.Other expenses not mentioned. Entrance fees excluded.    
           
Note:           
1.There are daily flights from Xi'an to Dunhuang only during 28 March to 28 Oct.    
2. For softsleeper Turpan-Dunhuang, if there is the special tourist train, it will be no problem to get all softsleeper; but if the 
   travel is not so popular, it may be hard to get all softsleepers.We will return the difference between softsleeper and   
   hardsleeper if we get hardsleeper which is CNY100 per person.    





                


 

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