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BEST VALUE VACATIONS
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Yangtze River Best Value Vacations Tour B (escorted)
Tour code: YBVB
14 days … Shanghai, Yichang, Yangtze River, Chongqing, Xian & Beijing |
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Shanghai, the amazing city (3 nights)
Yangtze River, the Three Gorges (4 nights)
Xian, the great terra cotta army (2 nights)
Beijing, the Capital & 2008 Olympic city (3 nights)
City modules to complement your vacation
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| All Inclusive Tour Features |
- 12 nights hotel/cruise accommodation
- Meals: 12 breakfast (B), 10-11 lunches (L), 9 dinners
- Comprehensive sightseeing of each city’s 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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Deluxe hotel and cruise ship upgrade program: (depart US on Monday)
Meals: 11 breakfast (B), 10-11 lunches (L), 9 dinners
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| Detailed Itinerary |
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| Day 1, Tue: Depart Hometown |
| Depart hometown via selected carrier. |
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| Day 2, Wed: Arrive Shanghai |
Arrive Shanghai. Meet and transfer to the hotel.
HOTEL: GALAXY or similar
Deluxe hotel upgrade program:
HOTEL: SKYWAY PULLMAN |
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| Day 3, Thu: Shanghai - Meals (B,L,D) |
| Full-day sightseeing: The Old Town, classical Yu Garden (UNESCO), the Shanghai Museum, Carpet factory & evening Acrobatic show. |
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| Day 4, Fri: Shanghai - Meals (B,L) ***WORLD EXPO (from May 01 – October 31) |
| You will visit the WORLD EXPO (from May 01 – October 31). On other dates, you will visit Zhujiajiao, a river-town near Shanghai, and the Jade Buddha Temple. (Lunch provided only on World Expo days) |
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| Day 5, Sat: Shanghai/Yichang/Yangtze River Cruises - Meals (B,L,D) |
Fly to Yichang. Sightseeing: A unique mountain village of the Peoples Commune, where it takes you time back 40 years ago. Cruise check in and overnight on board.
MV SPLENDID OF CHINA – CITS’S PRESIDENTIAL CRUISE
Deluxe cruise ship upgrade program:
PRESIDENT NO. 1 |
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| Day 6, Sun: Yangtze River Cruise - Meals (B,L,D) |
| Set sail at 8 a.m. Excursion to visit the New Dam construction site. |
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| Day 7, Mon: Yangtze River Cruise (B,L,D) |
| Shore excursion: Offshore cruise to Shennong Steam. |
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| Day 8, Tue: Yangtze River Cruise – Meals (B,L,D) |
| Shore excursion: Shibaozhai. |
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| Day 9, Wed: Chongqing/Xian – Meals (B,L) |
Arrive Chongqing at 9 a.m. & disembark. Sightseeing: 2nd world war & Stillwell Museum and Painters Village. Fly to Xian.
HOTEL: KING DYNASTY
Deluxe hotel upgrade program:
HOTEL: SOFITEL |
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| Day 10, Thu: Xian – Meals (B,L,SD) |
| Full-day sightseeing: the Terra-cotta Museum (UNESCO) and the Ceramics & Pottery Center, popular Dumpling Dinner & Tang Dynasty Show. |
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| Day 11, Fri: Xian/Beijing – Meals (B,L,D) |
Full-day sightseeing: Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City (UNESCO), Summer Palace (UNESCO) including cruise on the Kunming Lake and the Pandas Garden/Panda Sanctuaries for being the UNESCO site.
HOTEL: GRAND CHANG AN or similar
Deluxe hotel upgrade program:
HOTEL: THE REGENT |
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| Day 12, Sat: Beijing – Meals (B,L,D) |
| Full-day sightseeing: Badaling Great Wall (UNESCO), Changling of Ming Tombs (UNESCO) with Sacred Way and the Olympic Site (the Bird’s Nest & the Water Cube). |
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| Day 13, Sun: Beijing - Meals (B,L,SD) |
| Full-day sightseeing: Tai Chi and morning exercises, Temple of Heaven, Museum of China Ancient Architecture & History of Beijing (UNESCO) and Hutong Tour by Pedicab. Evening Peking duck dinner. |
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| Day 14, Mon: Depart Beijing - Meals (B) |
| Departure transfer to airport for homeward flight. |
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| Suggested PRE or POST-TOUR: 4 days Hong Kong or Tokyo (refer to Best value Modules) |
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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. 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.
- Transfers are not included if arrive or depart on different dates. Additional transfer cost as follows:
Beijing - $50 per person (minimum two person)
Shanghai - $60 per person (minimum two person)
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