Itinerary of China Honeymoon Tour: 15 Days Beijing, Xian, Hangzhou and Shanghai Tour
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Beijing - Xian - Hangzhou - Wuzhen - Shanghai Description :Congratulations! You are get married! Why not experience the true taste of the orient and take an unforgettable honeymoon adventure to China? China has become more accessible over the years so what better way to soak up the rich Chinese culture and heritage than a romantic break here. With so many amazing opportunities for you and your partner to enjoy, China is home to some of the most fantastic and unique sights in the world. Tour Code : CHP-708 Duration : 15 Day(s) / 14 Night(s) Departure Date : |
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Day 1 |
Beijing |
Arrival in Beijing[detail] |
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Day 2 |
Beijing |
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Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City[detail] |
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Day 3 |
Beijing |
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The Great Wall of China, Attraction: Sacred Way - 1[detail] |
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Day 4 |
Beijing |
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Attraction: Hutong without rickshaw, Activity: Learn to make Chinese knot[detail] |
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Day 5 |
Beijing -> Xian |
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Temple of Heaven, Transportation[detail] |
Day 6 |
Xian |
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Terra-Cotta Warriors, Attraction: City Wall by bicycle - 1, Attraction: Dumpling Banquet with Tang Dynasty Show[detail] |
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Day 7 |
Xian |
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Attraction: Photo Taking[detail] |
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Day 8 |
Xian -> Hangzhou |
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Transportation[detail] |
Day 9 |
Hangzhou |
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Attraction: Viewing fish at Flower Harbor - 1, Optional Attraction: West Lake Cruise with Island - 1, Optional Attraction: Leifeng Pagoda - 1, Attraction: Meijiawu Tea Village, Lingyin Temple[detail] |
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Day 10 |
Hangzhou |
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The Xixi National Wetland Park, Optional Attraction: Hangzhou Silk Museum - 1, Attraction: Former residence of Hu Xueyan, Optional Attraction: Huqingyutang Traditional Chinese Medicine Museum, He Fang Street[detail] |
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Day 11 |
Hangzhou -> Wuzhen |
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Transportation, Wuzhen[detail] |
Day 12 |
Wuzhen -> Shanghai |
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Wuzhen West, Transportation, Attraction: Huangpu River Cruise - Night - 1[detail] |
Day 13 |
Shanghai |
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Shanghai Old Street, Yuyuan Garden, Optioanl Attraction: Shanghai World Financial Center - 1, The Bund, Attraction: Tian Zi Fang Center, Shanghai Xintiandi Plaza, Attraction: Shanghai Acrobatic Show - 1[detail] |
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Day 14 |
Shanghai |
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Day 15 |
Shanghai |
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Departure from Shanghai[detail] |
When you land at the capital city of China, Beijing, our local guide will meet you at the airport with a beautiful anadem of flowers to be presented to you, and then escort you to the hotel.
Visits : Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City
Enjoy a leisure morning and buffet breakfast in the hotel. Later set out for today´s tour in the historic Beijing. The guide will show you the grandeur of Beijing by taking you to the sizable Tiananmen Square, the magnificent Forbidden City which was off limits to civilians for almost 500 years. Finish the day with a savory Peking Duck Dinner.
Visits : The Great Wall of China
Again have a late set-out. Today, a walk along the majestic Great Wall stretching about 4000 miles will be one of the highlights and great travel experience for your honeymoon and for your lifetime. You will be allocated with as much time as you like to stroll along this world wonder and contemplate what history left us and you will realize how great people can be and how much they can achieve. Also visit the Scared Road before returning to the city.
Today´s program is to visit the old narrow alleys (hutong in Chinese pinyin) lined with rows of courtyard homes where common people are living. Hutong is a maze of historic alleyways with old single storey traditional courtyard houses, which are now fast disappearing because of the continuous urban construction. In this one hour tour, you can hop on a rickshaw to ride through the narrow alleys as well as visit a local family then walk on the Silver Ingot Bridge (Yinding Bridge) and find out about the different thresholds of the courtyards. Then you will learn to make a Chinese knot. The art of tying a Chinese knot is a national handicraft with a long history and profound cultural connotations. Each knot is woven out of one single silk thread, and given a name in tune with its shape and implied meaning. Our teacher will share some of these skills and you can ask the teacher If you want to take home the finished knot. What happens during the class? 1. Introduction of the history of Chinese knot. 2. Illustration of the method of making a Chinese knot and demonstration by the teacher. 3. Actual practice of making a Chinese knot.
Visits : Temple of Heaven
After a visit to another landmark of Beijing, the splendid Temple of Heaven, built in 15th century, you will fly to Xian, once the largest city in the world and the capital for 11 Chinese dynasties for 1,180 years.
Flight: MU2110 (1300-1505)
Visits : Terra-Cotta Warriors
After enjoying your breakfast take an excursion to see the extraordinary 2,200-year-old Terracotta Warriors which guard the tomb of Chinese first Emperor, Qin Shihuang. The warriors were discovered accidentally in 1974 by farmers while they were digging a well. This archaeological excavation site is a stunning exhibit of more than 7,000 ancient terracotta life-size statues of soldiers, officers, horses, chariots, and other artifacts.
Tonight, a Special Dumpling Dinner is served when enjoying an elaborate Tang Dynasty Stage Show recalling the days when Xian was the largest city in the world.
Today you will have a full day experience of taking wedding pictures as Chinese people do. You could choose 3 beautiful dresses from our studio and go out to take photos on the City Wall, at Drum Tower, at the typical court yard in the north west of China. Before leaving Xi´an, you will get all the photos in one disk to take home. The dresser, the camera man and the driver will offer the private service for only two of you.
In the afternoon you will be transferred to the airport and take flight to Hangzhou, a poetic city with natural beauty.
Flight: HU7813 (1340-1550)
Tonight, we arrange a romantic candle dinner for two of you. After dinner, go to take the spa to relax.
Visits : Lingyin Temple
Today you will go to Flower Harbor Park. Visiting Flower Harbor is a trip into a picturesque poem. You can look at fish, admire flowers, touch trees, listen to birds chirping, and witness the exodus of spring.
Then the day comes to the highlight, the Lake. The best place to discover the beauty of the lake must be in the two causeways over the bridge. So your essential lake cruising tour with rowing boat will be just along the famous Su Causeway.
The next spot is Leifeng Pagoda. On the southern side of Hangzhou West Lake, the tall Lei Feng Pagoda overlooks the lake. Dating back as far as a thousand years, the pagoda was recently remodeled and rebuilt and is now one of the main attractions surrounding the lake.
This afternoon our tour will start from Meijiawu Tea Plantation. Hangzhou as a birthplace of the best green tea Dragon Well Tea in China has its long history of tea culture. You will visit the farmers´ tea plantation to be close to the natural tea trees and you can even go to tea farmers house to talk to them and have a cup of Dragon Well Green Tea. Lunch will be served in the farmer´s house or a restaurant nearby.
Later, we proceed to Guo´s Villa, which is a very small but equist garden.
Visits : The Xixi National Wetland Park
After enjoying your breakfast you will be transferred to Lingyin temple, the biggest Buddhist temple in Southeast of China.
Then we go to the China National Silk Museum by the beautiful side of the West Lake. As the first nationwide silk-themed museum, this museum, dedicated to reflect over 5,000 years of silk development history of China, consists of eight exhibition halls, namely, Prelude Hall, Relics Hall, Folk Custom Hall, Silkworm Hall, Silk Manufacturing Hall, Weaving Hall, Dying Hall and Achievements Hall.
In the afternoon we will go to visit the Former Residence of Huxueyan. Hu Xueyan (1823-1885), a local celebrity, one of the richest and most famous businessmen in Qing Dynasty. He started his business under the support of Governor Wang Youling, in the fields like food, real estate, hock, weapon, silk, medicine; after his success, he donated much money and helped a lot to the Qing government. Because of this relationship, Hu was renowned in the country and was called Hongding merchant. His legendary life was mostly related with the destiny of late Qing dynasty.
Next, we go to Huqingyutang Traditional Chinese Medicine Museum. It was founded by a famous Qing Dynasty official businessman, named Hu Xueyan. It is a court style pharmacy with its building in typical architectural style of the Qing Dynasty, elegant and magnificent.
Finally go to Hefang Street where you may feel like in the Southern Song dynasty 800 years ago when Hangzhou was the capital city.
This morning you will be driven to Wuzhen, which is an ancient water village of Tongxiang City, Zhejiang Province, with rivers and lakes crisscrossed here and there.
After breakfast pay a visit to the west section of Wuzhen. After having lunch you will be transferred to Shanghai. At night, our trip starts with an evening cruise on the Huangpu River, which divides Shanghai into two sections, Pu Dong and Pu Xi, which mean ´east of river´ and ´west of river´ respectively. Local people honor the Huangpu as Mother River, and as you view the lights and spectacle from the deck of your evening cruise, you will understand why. Upon your arrival in Shanghai, the hotel will prepare for you a bottle of wine to show the best wishes to you.
Visits : Shanghai Old Street, Yuyuan Garden, The Bund, Shanghai Xintiandi Plaza
After breakfast, enjoy the classic sights from the Ming and Qing dynasties, when you visit the enchanting Yuyuan Garden and Shanghai Old Street. The garden covers a significant space and includes many halls, springs and other buildings. The visit brings you back to Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1368-1644).
Then we go up to Shanghai World Financial Center. A giant window in the sky, with a commanding view of Shanghai and its future soaring 474 meters above the groud, the 100th floor observation deck provides a specacular view of downtown Shanghai and the Huangpu River.
Then, the tour stops at the Bund on Shanghai waterfront, a showcase of pre-1949 architecture. As the symbol of old and new Shanghai, Bund is the most famous landmark. Four kilometers long, the Bund has long been one of the most important areas in Shanghai, and a must-visit to every visitor.
In the afternoon visit an old street of Shanghai, Tian Zi Fang Center.You will find that the place is dotted with fascinating old local Shikumen Houses which form part of Shanghai´s folk identity. Life goes on in a slow and easy pace in Tian Zi Fang, and in no time you will find yourself engrossed in its rather homely spirit.
After a drive along the former French Concession District, characterized by beautiful, tree-lined streets and weathered European architecture, you will finally be able to stretch your legs in the hottest new entertainment district, Xin Tian Di. The brick buildings on these two-square blocks have been preserved and transformed into trendy clubs, restaurants and boutiques.
Round off the day with a visit the world famous Chinese Acrobats before returning to your hotel to overnight.
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Beijing |
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Xian |
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Hangzhou |
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Wuzhen |
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Shanghai |
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Deluxe Class |
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- Entrance fees as specified in the itinerary
- Meals as specified in the itinerary (B= breakfast, L= Chinese lunch, D= Chinese dinner)
- Experienced English speaking guide in each city
- Air-conditioned private car van for transfers and sightseeing
- Chinese knot making lesson
- Private service for one day Chinese wedding pictures taking in Xian
- Tang Palaces show with dumpling banquet
- 1 candle light dinner and spa in Hangzhou Xixi banyan tree hotel
- tickets for the show " Impression on West lake" in Hangzhou
- West Lake Cruise
- Huangpu River Cruise
- Vip tickets for Shanghai Acrobatic show
- One way meglev ticket
- Domestic flights between Beijing and Xian, Xian and Hangzhou, with airport tax and fuel charge
- Train as specified in the itinerary
- Service Charges & Government Taxes
- Travel Agency Liability Insurance
- International transportation
- Chinese visa
- Round way cable car at Badaling section of Great Wall
- Personal expenses such as: excess luggage charge (please verify your flight documentation), beverages, laundry services, etc.
- Tips or gratuities to local driver and guide
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