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Beijing Olympic Games Tour Plus East China Leisure tour

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Tour Code BJOY08
Tour Duration 11 days
Destinations Beijing Olympics Tours / Shanghai / Suzhou / Huangshan / Hangzhou
Operates 2008
Trip Overview This 11 days tour covers 2008 Beijing Olympic competition and east China highlights. Melting pot, Shanghai is a “must sees” in China. Suzhou and Hangzhou reputed as the paradise under heaven. Classical garden in Suzhou and West Lake in Hangzhou are fabulous. Huangshan, famous for its magnificent scenery consists of many granite peaks and rocks emerging out of clouds. This tour will take you unique experience in your life.
Itinerary

Brief Itinerary

Day1 to Day4 Form these 4 days, freely choose one Olympic conpetition from the six olympic tours(BJOY02 - BJOY07) we prepare for you.

Day 4 Beijing flight to Shanghai
Be met & have city tours to the Bund, Nanjing Road.  Evening Shangcheng Acrobatic Show.

Day 5 Meal(s) (B, L, -) Shanghai
Visit Shanghai Museum, Yu Garden, Yuyuan Market & Oriental Pear TV Tower.

Day 6 Meal(s) (B, L, - ) Shanghai to Suzhou by train
Arrive at Suzhou. Be met & have a cruise on the Grand Canal, then visit the Pan Gate, Lingering Garden, The No.1 Silk Factory, and enjoy the Garden Show in the evening.

Day 7 Meal(s) (B, L, ) Suzhou to Yellow Mountain by overnight train
Take a 30 minutes Rickshaw ride then visit Ouyuan,Hanshan Temple,& Tiger Hill, after tour, transfer to railway station for the overnight train to Yellow Mountain.(soft sleep)

Day 8 Meal(s) (B, L, D ) Yellow Mountain
The train arrives at Yellow Mountain around 9:00 o'clock. After lunch , drive to Yellow Mountain ,Take cable car to the top of Mt. Huangshan,tour to Jade valley and other peaks; Stay overnight on top of the mountain.

Day 9 Meal(s) (B, L, - ) Yellow Mountain to Hangzhou by Express bus
Take cable car down from the Mt. Huangshan. Visit Shexian for the unique Paifang architectures, the Ancient Street (laojie) & visit Ink Stone Factory.  Be transferred to bus station for the PM express bust to Hangzhou.

Day 10 Meal(s) (B, L, -) Hangzhou
Cruise on the West Lake, visit the Feilai Peak,the Lingyin Temple and the Six Harmony Pagoda.

Day 11 Meal(s) (B,-,- ) Hangzhou to Shanghai by train
Transferred to the railway station for the train to Shanghai. Arrive at Shanghai, be met and transferred to the airport for your international flight to next destination.

Detailed ItineraryOpen

Day1 to Day4

Day1 to Day4 Form these 4 days, freely choose one Olympic conpetition from the six olympic tours(BJOY02 - BJOY07) we prepare for you.

Accommodations: Featured Hotel

Day 4 Beijing flight to Shanghai

Transfer via: AM flight arranged by DCT
Arrive at Shanghai. Be met & have city tours to the Bund, Nanjing Road. Evening Shangcheng Acrobatic Show.
-The Bund: the former foreign settlement, ranged along with imposing buildings of the colonial period.
-Nanjing Road: the busiest shopping street in Shanghai.

Accommodations: Featured Hotel

Day 5 Meal(s) (B, L, -) Shanghai

Visit Shanghai Museum, Yu Garden, Yuyuan Market & Oriental Pear TV Tower.
-Shanghai Museum: The biggest museum in China, with a collection of over 120,000 pieces of Chinese art & cultural relics. The museum is especially famous for its treasures of bronzes, ceramics, paintings, and calligraphy.
-Yu Garden: It is characteristic of the architectural style of the Ming Dynasty and it used to be a private garden with 400 years' history. In front of the garden, there is a market called Yu Market.
-Oriental Pearl TV Tower: Standing by the Huangpu River with 468 meters high, Oriental Pearl TV Tower is the highest TV Tower in Asia.

Accommodations: Featured Hotel

Day 6 Meal(s) (B, L, - ) Shanghai to Suzhou by train

Transfer via: AM express train (soft seat) arranged by DCT
In the morning, take AM express train (soft seat) to Suzhou. It just takes about 1.5 hours.
Arrive at Suzhou. Be met & have a cruise on the Grand Canal, then visit the Pan Gate, Lingering Garden, The No.1 Silk Factory, and enjoy the Garden Show in the evening.
-Grand Canal: The Grand Canal ranks alongside the Great Wall of China as the country's greatest engineering achievement and it is the longest man-made waterway in world. Cruising on the Canal, you can see the local people's life.
-Pan Gate: Pan Gate is an ancient city gate with land and water entrances. One gate with land and water entrances was quite typical in ancient China. Pan Gate is the only one left.
-Lingering Garden: Suzhou is famous for its the Gardens. Lingering Garden is an elaborate succession of small gardens. Linying in the garden you would marvel this unique architecture art.
-The No.1 Silk Factory: Suzhou is also famous for its silk production. In the factory you can see how the silk is processed from the silk worm to the final woven cloth.
-Garden Show: You can enjoy the traditional Chinese dramas, folk instruments performance and so on in the Garden.

Accommodations: Featured Hotel

Day 7 Meal(s) (B, L, ) Suzhou to Yellow Mountain by overnight train

Transfer via: Overnight train (soft sleep) arranged by DCT
Take a 30 minutes Rickshaw ride then visit Ouyuan,Hanshan Temple,& Tiger Hill, after tour, transfer to railway station for the overnight train to Yellow Mountain.(soft sleep)
-Rickshaw ride: Sitting on the rickshaw through the old town of Suzhou, you will see the small Hutongs, the open markets and the local people's life.
-Ouyuan: one of the famous garden in Suzhou, where you can see the local opera under the Pavilion of the Ou garden.
- Tiger Hill: is one of the most famous sights of Suzhou, Entitled as "the most famous place in Wuzhong", also named "Surging Sea Hill", "Surging Sea Peak".
-Hanshan Temple: It used to be one of ten most famous temples in China where ther are a lot of cultural relics.
Overnight on the train.

Accommodations: Featured Hotel

Day 8 Meal(s) (B, L, D ) Yellow Mountain

The train arrives at Yellow Mountain around 9:00 o'clock. After lunch , drive to Yellow Mountain ,Take cable car to the top of Mt. Huangshan,tour to Jade valley and other peaks; Stay overnight on top of the mountain.
- Mt. Huangshan: known as ""the loveliest mountain in China"", famous for its magnificent scenery made up of many granite peaks and rocks emerging out of clouds.

Accommodations: Featured Hotel

Day 9 Meal(s) (B, L, - ) Yellow Mountain to Hangzhou by Express bus

Transfer via: Express bus by DCT arrangement
Take cable car down from the Mt. Huangshan. Visit Shexian for the unique Paifang architectures, the Ancient Street (laojie) & visit Ink Stone Factory. Be transferred to bus station for the PM express bust to Hangzhou.
Arrive at Hangzhou, be met and transferred to your hotel. Enjoy yourself at the rest of time.
- Shexian Paifang: Paifang, is an archway usually made of fine wood or stone, as memorial and decoration. Shexian county is famous as the ""the Town of Paifang"" and has thousands of arches scattered around. It is the best place to explore the social culture in China's feudal society.
- Ancient Street: Located in the center of the Huangshan City, the Ancient Street was built 700 years ago in the Song dynasty. Its total length is about 1.5 km and the sides of the street are laid with slab stones. There are hundreds of old but well preserved shops, evoking a bygone era in buildings that are simple and elegant. It is a commercial walking street.
- Ink Stone Factory: Ink Stone is the most important part of "Four Treasures of the Study". Because of its solid texture, ink stone can be handed down from ancient times. The Ink Stone Factory in Huangshan is one of the most famous ink stone factories in China, where you can see the whole working process.

Accommodations: Featured Hotel

Day 10 Meal(s) (B, L, -) Hangzhou

Cruise on the West Lake, visit the Feilai Peak,the Lingyin Temple and the Six Harmony Pagoda.
-West Lake: Lying on the west edge of Hangzhou city, West Lake is the symbol of Hangzhou as well as one of the most beautiful sights in China.
-Feilai Peak: situated in front of Lingyin Temple, is famous for its more than 470 stone carvings of Buddhist figures, which dated back from the 10th to 14th centuries.
-Lingyin Temple: Lingyin Temple is one of the ten most famous ancient Buddhist temples in China. It also houses various Buddhist literature and treasures.
-Six Harmony Pagoda:Highly erected by the Qiantang River and to the south of the West Lake, it is a perfect symbol of brick-and-wood structure built in the ancient China. It was first built in 970 AD in the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127). The name "six harmonies" comes from the six Buddhist ordinances, meaning "harmonies of the heaven, earth, east, west, south and north".

Accommodations: Featured Hotel

Day 11 Meal(s) (B,-,- ) Hangzhou to Shanghai by train

Transfer via: AM express train back to Shanghai arranged by DCT
Feel at leisure till be transferred to the railway station for the train to Shanghai.( about 2.5 hours)
Arrive at Shanghai, be met and transferred to the airport for your international flight to next destination.
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