Day 1

To Beijing
Upon Arriving Beijing, be met and transferred to your hotel with private car and English speaking tour guide.

Day 2
Beijing To Chengde
Transfer via: am train
Be met & transferred to train station for the train to Chengde, a historic mountain resort, 250km. northeast of Beijing. In the afternoon, visit Summer Resort in the afternoon.

- Summer Resort was an imperial summer garden for Emperors of the Qing Dynasty. There are some stone bridges in the garden, such as: Shuixie Bridge, which is a stone beam bridge with a waterside pavilion built on the floor.

Day 3
Chengde To Beijing
Transfer via: pm train
Visit Puning Temple, and another Putongzongcheng Temple. Be transferred to railway station, take the train back to Beijing. Upon arrival Beijing, be met & transferred to your hotel.

- Putuozongcheng Temple: The temple is patterned after Potala Palace of Lhasa. It is also called the Lesser Potala Palace.

Day 4
Beijing
City tour to Tian’anmen Square, Forbidden City,Temple of Heaven,Summer Palace. Evening Martial Arts Performance.”Soldier” on the Great Wall

- The Tian’anmen Square: The largest city square in the world.
- The Forbidden City: The largest imperial palace in China during the Ming and Qing dynasties with a history of around 600 years.
- The Temple of Heaven: The place where the ancient emperors used to pray for the God’s bless of the whole nation.
- The Summer Palace: The largest and best-preserved royal garden in China with a history of over 800 years.
- Martial Arts Perfomance: You don’t have to be a martial arts enthusiast to appreciate the incredible feats of strength, with fists, feet, swords, and other weapons. Kungfu expert display their kicks, punches and use of weapons with uncanny speed, power and agility.

Day 5
Beijing
Full day trip to the Great Wall and Ming Tomb and Sacred road.Have a famous Peking Duck Banquet for dinner.

- The Great Wall: One of the seven wonders in the world and the symbol of China.
- The Ding Tomb: The only underground tomb of the thirteen tombs of the emperors in the Ming Dynasty.
- The Sacred Road: The way guarded on both sides with stone statues by which the ancient emperors went to hold a memorial ceremony for the ancestors.
- Roasted Duck at Qianmen Quanjude : In the evening, enjoy the Peking Roasted Duck which is renowned as the most delicious food of Beijing.
Feature: as the nickname implies, this is one of the oldest restaurants in the capital, dating back to 1864, and they serve great Peking duck.

Day 6
Beijing
Visit The Summer Palace and take a cruise there, the Lahma Palace and Hutong.
- The Summer Palace: The Summer Palace in Beijing is an outstanding expression of the creative art of Chinese landscape garden design, incorporating the works of humankind and nature in a harmonious whole.
- the Lahma Palace: Yonghe Lamasery, a Yellow Hat Tibetan lamasary and one of the city’s finest and most celebrated temples.The buildings encompass the Han, Mongol, Manchu and Tibetan architectural styles and the brilliance of the blue, green and gold detail on the sharp red pagodas is simply stunning.
- Cruise in the Summer Palace: The largest and best-preserved royal garden in China with a history of over 800 years.you can cruise on the lake
- Hutong : Hutong is a kind of alleyway peculiar to Beijing. Surrounding the Forbidden City, many of these small windy alleyways were built during the Yuan (1206-1341), Ming(1368-1628) and Qing(1644-1908) dynasties. In the prime of these dynasties the emperors, in order to establish supreme power for themselves, planned the city and arranged the residential areas according to the etiquette systems of the Zhou Dynasty. The typical buildings in Hutong are quadrangles-a compound with houses around a square courtyard. A tour to the Hutong will be escorted a visit to a local family, having a cheerful talk with the family member to see how life goes on within these traditional architectures. And also we will visit one primary school in the Hutong, knowing more of Beijing and its people. And also we will visit one primary school and a flee market in the Hutong, knowing more of Beijing, its people and distinctive culture.

Day 7
Beijing To Lhasa
Transfer via: am flight
Be met & transferred to airport, take the flight to Lhasa Transfers from the airport to the hotel. In Local Family, Beijing
Arriving at Lhasa Gongar Airport, be met and transferred to your hotel. Take a rest to acclimatize yourself to the high latitude.

Day 8
Lhasa
Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple and Barkhore Street.

- The Potala Palace: Perched upon the Marpo Ri Hill, 130 meters above the Lhasa valley, it is the greatest monumental structure in Tibet.
- The Jokhang Temple: It is the spiritual center of Tibet.
- The Barkhor Street: The Barkhor is the oldest street in Lhasa as well as the center of old Lhasa and remains very traditional. It is a place where Tibetan culture, economy, religion and arts assemble.

Day 9
Lhasa
Tsepung Monastery and Norbulingka.

- The Tsepung Monastery: It is one of the biggest monasteries in Tibet.
- The Norbulingka Park: Norbulingka means “Jeweled Garden”. It was constructed as a summer palace for the Dalai Lama and later served as the whole governmental administration.

Day 10
Lhasa To Xian
Transfer via: Flight from Lhasa to Chengdu, connecting from Chengdu to Xian on our arrangement.
Flight to Xi’an, ancient capital for 11 centuries,and the ancient gateway to the Silk Road full of Chinese legend.

Day 11
Xian
Xi’an’s rich history comes alive on a visit to the greatest archaeological finding of the century: the army of terra cotta warriors and the bronze chariots entombed in vast underground vaults at emperor Qin’s tomb. Other monuments on your tour include Big Wild Goose Pagoda and Bell Tower.

- The Big Wild Goose Pagoda: The pagoda where widely renowned Master Xuanzang (Monk Tripitaka) stored his classics brought from India.
- The Bell Tower: The emblem of Xian city.

Day 12
Xian To Luoyang
Transfer via: am train
You are arranged to visit the Provincial Museum, the Huaqing Hot Springs and the City Wall. Later in the afternoon, be transferred to the airport for the flight to Luoyang.upon arrival Luoyang, be met & transferred to your hotel.

- The Provincial Museum: One of the main museums in China which holds numerous unearthed cultural relics of China.
- The City Wall: An extension of the old Tang Dynasty structure boasting the most complete city wall that survives through Chinese long history.
- Huaqing Hot Springs: For centuries emperors had come here to bathe and enjoy the scenic beauty, and it has been a favorite spa since the Tang dynasty.

Day 13
Luoyang To Zhengzhou
Visit Shaolin Temple, Longmen Grottoes. Be transferred to Zhengzhou, stay tonight in Zhengzhou.

- Shaolin Temple: The cradle of Chinese Kong Fu.
- Longmen Grottoes: More than 100,000 images and statues of Buddha and his disciples were carved into the cliff walls on the banks of the Yi River, 16km south of the city in 494 AD.

Day 14
Zhengzhou To beijing/other city
Transfer via: flights
Be transferred to airport, take the flight to Beijing, connect the flight for back home.
The tour ends.

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