16 days Beijing - Urumqi - Kashgar - Urumqi - Turpan - Dunhuang - Xi'an - Shanghai tour, China tours, tour in China

Tour code:STSR04
Destinations:Beijing, Urumqi, Kashgar, Urumqi, Turpan, Dunhuang, Xi'an, Shanghai
Special Experience:This tour allows you to follow in Chinese ancestor's footsteps and to trace the legendary route taken by Marco Polo. Follow us to go through China's history by visiting famous historical wonders, Buddhism temples, breathtaking Chinese architectures, historical ruins and Great Sunday Bazaar. You surely have a special experience you will never forget.
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Day-To-Day Itinerary

Day 01: TBA - Beijing
Upon arrival in Beijing, our local guide will meet you and escort you to your hotel. As the capital of China, Beijing has a long history with an abundance of historical and cultural heritage-you cannot tear yourself away!
The rest of the day is free at your own leisure.

Day 02: Beijing (B+L+D)
Start your Beijing exploration with first visit to the largest public square in the world: Tiananmen Square. Next, stroll through the largest and the best preserved Imperial Palace in the world: the Forbidden City. In the afternoon, you will take a short drive to the Temple of Heaven, which was built specifically for worship of heaven and prayers for good harvests during the Ming and Qing dynasties.
Enjoy a Beijing Duck Dinner tonight.

Day 03: Beijing (B+L)
After breakfast, drive about one hour to Badaling Great Wall, China's most spectacular sight extending more than 3,700 miles across China and most often visited for China tour. It is one of the best preserved sections and the highest point of the Great Wall.
After lunch you also visit one of the Mind Tombs. Ming Tombs are the general names for the mausoleums of 13 emperors of the Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644), located 50 kilometers north from Beijing City. They were fully recognized by UNESCO's World Heritage Committee in 2000.

Day 04: Beijing - Urumqi (B+L)
Continue to explore the ancient city including the Hutong Trishaw tour in the morning, and then to the exquisite Summer Palace, which was listed as UNESCO's World Cultural Heritage in 1998. With its elegant overall arrangement, magnificent buildings and attractive scenery, the Summer Palace is the most splendid imperial garden in China built in 1750.Take the afternoon flight to Urumqi. Upon arrival, our local guide will meet you and escort you to your hotel.

Day 05: Urumqi (B+L)
In the morning drive about 115km to Heavenly Lake (Tian Chi), nestled in the Tianshan Mountain range. Surrounding the Heavenly Lake are snow mountains, glacier forests and grassland alpine lakes, featuring a vertical natural landscape belt. Next, proceed to South Pasture, located in the Southern Mountains where you will visit local herds.

Day 06: Urumqi - Kashgar (B+L)
Take the morning flight to Kashgar. At the western end of China's Silk Road, Kashgar has been the stopping-off point for travelers for at least 2,000 years.
Upon arrival, our local guide will meet you and escort you to your hotel. Then enjoy wandering the Kashgar Sunday Bazaar. Throughout the streets, tourists can find markets selling various daily- life goods.

Day 07: Kashgar - Urumqi (B+L)
Today, you will tour the largest mosque in China - the Id Kah Mosque, which covers an area of 16,800 square meters. Then pay a visit to Abakh Khoia Tomb (Tomb of Xiangfei), the most magnificent and well-preserved Islamic architectural complex in Xinjiang. First built in 1640, the buildings exhibit Uygur and Arabic architectural styles as well as some Buddhist symbols. After take return flight back to Urumqi. Arrive in Urumqi, our local guide will meet you and escort you to your hotel.

Day 08: Urumqi - Turpan (B+L)
In the morning drive about 380km to Turpan, an oasis stretching across the ancient Silk Road. Along the way, You will visit the Jiaohe Ruins, the best preserved town ruin in China initially built about 2000 years ago. After lunch, also pay a visit to the Karez Well, which is an underground irrigation system that was installed 2,000 years ago. Then you proceed to the Emin Minaret (Sugong Pagoda), the largest Muslim tower in Xinjiang region. Arrive in Turpan in the late afternoon. After checking in the hotel, the rest of the day is free for you to explore the city.

Day 09: Turpan - Dunhuang (B+L+D)
Continue your Turpan exploration with visits the Gaochang Ruins, the largest city ruin in west China.The next stop is the Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves. After lunch, proceed to the Flaming Hill, one of the hottest places on earth. After dinner, you will drive to the train station to take an overnight soft sleeper train to Dunhuang.

Accommodation: an overnight soft sleeper train

Day 10: Dunhuang (B+L)
Upon arrival, our local guide will meet you and escort you to begin your journey to the Echoing-Sand Mountain (Mingshashan), one of the wonders in Dunhuang City. Then take a camel ride to the Crescent-Moon Spring (Yueya Spring).

Day 11: Dunhuang - Xian (B+L)
Today?? excursion will bring you to the Mogao Caves. Praised as "a glittering pearl that adorns the Silk Road", Mogao Caves are the most famous grottoes in China. Then visit White Horse Pagoda, the first Buddhist temple in China. White Horse Pagoda was built in order to pay their respect to those monks who had dedicated their life to the spreading of Buddhism. After lunch, take a flight to Xian. Upon arrival, our local guide will meet you and escort you to your hotel.

Day 12: Xian (B+L)
Enjoy a magnificent day of sightseeing what has been called the 8th Wonder of the World --the Terra Cotta Soldiers Museum, which was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987. Altogether over 7,000 pottery soldiers, horses, chariots, and even weapons have been unearthed there. After lunch, visit the Bell Tower, which is the most well-preserved and best-known one in China and the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, which is one of the most famous Buddhist pagodas in China and initially built in 589.

Day 13: Xian (B+L)
Today the first stop in this pleasant city is Shanxi Provincial Museum showing you more than 370,000 relics including Bronze wares, terra cotta figures, gold and silver wares and murals with three thousand years. And next is the Great Mosque. One of five Muslim sanctuaries in China, the Great Mosque in Xian is the only one open to visitors. Also enjoy strolling along the Ancient City Wall considered as one of the largest ancient military defensive systems in the world.

Day 14: Xian - Shanghai (B+L)
Take the morning flight to Shanghai, the largest and most prosperous metropolis in China and known as the "Paris of the East". Having arrived at noon, after a little freshen up, you will taking some tours includes the Bund, where the great foreign commercial houses and banks built their imposing office buildings before 1930s. Then stroll along the Nanjing Road, which is considered as one of the World's Seven Great Roads in the 1930s and always mentioned in travel guides as a must see of China tour.

Day 15: Shanghai (B+L)
After breakfast, you will tour the elegant classic Chinese garden: the Yu Yuan Garden. Yu Yuan Garden has quite a few scenic courtyards dotted with baroque rockery, pools and flora, all connected by corridors and passageways and cultural relics. Then proceed to Oriental Pearl TV Tower. Finally take a walking tour of the Old French Concession, the area of Shanghai once occupied by French in the mid-19th century.

Day 16: Shanghai - TBA (B)
The tour guide will transfer you to the airport and help you board the plane to your sweet home with unforgettable memories.