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Terra Cotta Warriors
CHINA SAMPLER
Shanghai
2
Hangzhou
To Hong Kong
10 DAYS + FROM $4,099 + Never more than 16 guests OR Travel Privately
Our Distinctive A+R Style
+ Our expert native guide will show you more of China’s most important cities – plus the ancient water towns connected to Shanghai.
+ Sit down to lunch with a Beijing family that’s lived in their home for generations.
+ Join tea farmers in their fields near Hangzhou to learn how fine tea has long been cultivated.
+ Experience the sublime beauty of the Garden of the Master of the Net, designed long ago during the Song Dynasty.
+ Stroll in Shanghai’s trendy Xintiandi district where historic stone buildings have been given new life as boutiques and eateries.
Visit 5 UNESCO World Heritage sites
OUR JOURNEY
DAY 1 | Welcome to Beijing
We’ll be at the airport to escort you to the luxurious Fairmont Beijing Hotel.
DAY 2 | In and around Beijing Marvel at Tiananmen Square, one of the grandest plazas in the world, and then follow in the footsteps of Ming Dynasty emperors as you tour the Forbidden City . Explore by rickshaw through the narrow lanes of a hutong and spend time with a family in the traditional courtyard home where they’ve lived for generations. Tonight, enjoy a Peking Duck banquet with local beer and wine. meals b+l+d
DAY 3 | The Great Wall
Ascend by cable car to explore atop
the Great Wall at Mutianyu. With its many defensive towers and rugged mountain setting, this section of the Great Wall offers a more rewarding experience. Sit down to lunch at the Brickyard Restaurant and then tour the splendid Summer Palace , erstwhile retreat of Chinese emperors. meals b+l
DAY 4 | Fly to Xian
Fly to Xian and visit the Hanyangling
Mausoleum; with its royal tombs, ceremonial sites and numerous other burial pits. Enjoy dumplings, a local favorite, and spend 2 nights in Club Rooms at the Hilton within the city walls. meals b+d
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Xian 2
Both internal flights are included.
Beijing 3
CHINA
Suzhou 1 1
West Lake
PACIFIC OCEAN