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BEST VALUE VACATIONS
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CHINA BEST VALUE VACATIONS - SILK ROAD TOUR
Tour Code: SBV
14 days
Beijing, Urumqi, Turpan, Karshiga, Dunhuang, Xian, & Shanghai |
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Beijing, the Capital & 2008 Olympic city (1 night)
Urumqi, gateway to Silk Road (2 nights)
Turpan, the Oasis (1 night)
Kashigar, the popular Sunday market (2 nights)
Dunhuang, the Mogao Grottos (2 nights)
Xian, the great terra cotta army (2 nights)
Shanghai, the amazing city (2 nights) |
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| Tour Features |
- 12 nights hotel accommodation
- Meals: 12 breakfast (B), 11 lunches (L), 10 dinners
- Comprehensive sightseeing of each citys highlights
- Professional English speaking tour guide service in each city
- Domestic airfare within China
- Roundtrip airport/hotel transfers in each city
- Hotel & airport taxes and service fees
- Optional-Choice of airlines with lowest airfare
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| Pricing |
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- Special US domestic add-on fare available from your home city (from $100 to $300).
- Weekend (Fri,Sat,Sun) surcharge $50 each way (applicable to Trans-Pacific flight only).
- Above SAMPLE AIRFARES are for your reference only and are based on all major Transpacific carriers. It is inclusive of Transpacific airfare and airfares between China and Asia. The exact airfare will be quoted at the time of booking. US departure taxes, foreign airport taxes, security charges and fuel surcharges of $250 to $400 are not included.
- Land prices are inclusive of all domestic airfares within China, including airport taxes and service fees.
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| Detailed Itinerary |
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| Day 1, Mon: Depart Hometown |
| Depart hometown via selected carrier. |
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| Day 2, Tue: Arrive Beijing |
Arrive Beijing. Meet and transfer to the hotel.
HOTEL: GRAND CHANG AN or similar |
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| Day 3, Wed: Beijing/Urumqi Meals (B,L,D) |
Fly to Urumqi. Your flight will fly over the world's two largest deserts, valleys and canyons. Afternoon sightseeing: Nansha Grassland, visit the minority families of Kazakstanian, Uzbekistanian and Kyrgyzatanian. Visit their yurts and sample the milk tea and snacks.
HOTEL: HOI TAK |
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| Day 4, Thu: Urumqi Meals (B,L,SD) |
| Full-day sightseeing: Drive 120 km northeast to Heavenly Lake. Cruise on the lake and drive around the lake by golf cart. Visit the Provincial Museum (2000 years mummies), the Red Hill Park and the Bazaar. |
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| Day 5, Fri: Urumqi/Turpan Meals (B,L,D) |
Drive to Turpan. Turpan is an Uighur town set in a large oasis surrounded by desert and dry mountains. Full-day sightseeing: the mysterious death city-the ruins of Jiaohe, Ancient Karez - the underground water supply & irrigation system and its Museum and the grape valley.
HOTEL: OASIS |
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| Day 6, Sat: Turpan/Urumqi/Kashigar Meals (B,L,D) |
Morning sightseeing: Sugong Pagoda, the Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Grottoes, lunch with a local family. Return to Urumqi and fly to Kashigar.
HOTEL: QINIBAGH or similiar |
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| Day 7, Sun: Kashigar Meals: (B,L,D) |
| Full-day sightseeing: Witness the Sunday Morning Moslems Pray at the open square, the Sunday Bazaar, which is the largest outdoor market in the Mid-Asia, the tombs of Fragrant Concubine and the Old Town of Kashigar. |
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| Day 8, Mon: Kashigar/Dunhuang Meals (B,L,D) |
Fly to Dunhuang. Afternoon sightseeing: Mogao Grottos (wonder of the world), the grottoes, also known as Caves of the Thousands Buddha, preserve nearly a thousand years of Buddhist cave-temple architecture, clay sculpture, mural paintings, and manuscripts, dating from the 5th to 14th centuries. Over 426 caves are very enormous in size and contain numberless clay sculptures and more than 45,000 square meters of mural paintings, all are national treasures.
HOTEL: DUNHUANG VIP BUILDING |
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| Day 9, Tue: Dunhuang Meals (B,L,D) |
| Full-day sightseeing: Two hours drive across the desert to Yumen Guan (the west terminal of the Great Wall built in Han Dynasty 2,100 years ago), the Moon Lake & Sander Sand by riding camels to view the sunset. |
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| Day 10, Wed: Dunhuang/Xian Meals (B,L,D) |
Fly to Xian. Transfer to hotel. Afternoon sightseeing: Big Wild Goose Pagoda & the Bell Tower.
HOTEL: AURUM INTERNATIONAL or similar |
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| Day 11, Thu: Xian Meals (B,L,SD) |
| Full-day sightseeing: the Terra-cotta Museum, the Bronze Chariots, the Provincial Museum, popular Dumpling Dinner & Tang Dynasty Show. |
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| Day 12, Fri: Xian/Shanghai Meals (B,L,D) |
Fly to Shanghai. Transfer to hotel. Afternoon sightseeing: the Bund, Yuyang Garden, Old Downtown & Acrobatic Show.
HOTEL: GALAXY or similar |
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| Day 13, Sat: Shanghai Meals (B,L,D) |
| Morning sightseeing: The Shanghai Museum, People Square, Nanjing Road and Xintiande. |
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| Day 14, Sun: Depart Shanghai/Hometown Meals (B) |
| Departure transfer to airport for homeward flight. |
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| Suggested PRE or POST-TOUR: 4 days Hong Kong or Tokyo. Additional nights in Beijing or Shanghai (refer to Best Value Modules). |
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