The legendary sights you have come to see are truly unforgettable: the awe-inspiring Great Wall, the gorgeous palaces of Beijing’s Forbidden City and the unique Terracotta Army of Xi’an. Come and enjoy the street China scenes and teeming throngs, the sounds and smells of China, a land of infinite variety and wild Beijing - Xi´an - Shanghai contradictions. 23 November - 1 December 2019 € 2499 DAY 1: DAY 4: After check in at the International Airport of Frankfurt, After breakfast prepare yourself to Terminal 1, meet with your Interra Reisen escort at 2:30pm. climb the steps of the over 5,000 km Flight to Bejing with Lufthansa (05:10pm;17:10h). long Great Wall! From here we pay a visit to the Ming Tombs. After we DAY 2: returned back to our hotel we will have Morning arrival in Beijing (appr. 09:30h; 09:30am), where a special Chinese dinner with Peking our local guide will be waiting for us. After sightseeing we duck. visit the Summer Palace, built for Empress Cixi in the 1880s. The palace and its grounds cover an area over DAY 5: 700 acres of landscaped park, with temples and pavilions, After breakfast and check out, we a theatre, bridges and fountains. Stroll around and don’t depart to the airport and fly to Xi’an. miss the covered walkway, curving for over 800 yards After arrival and a sightseeing tour of the city we will and painted with scenes of southern China. Lunch in a see the walls dating from early in the Ming Dynasty, restaurant. In the afternoon we check into our 4-star hotel. around 1370. Outside the walls the Small Wild Goose Pagoda dates from the late 7th century. It is part of a still-active Buddhist Jianfu temple. DAY 3: After breakfast enjoy the city sightseeing tour and see Every morning the monks toll a huge iron bell, the Forbidden City, which got it’s name from forbidding which resounds over a large part of the city Xi’an. ordinary people in this area for over 500 years. The last Afterwards we visit the Residence of the family emperor and his court continued to live in its palaces Gao and enjoy a Chinese Shadow Theatre. We after the 1911 revolution. Supposedly, there is a total then take a stroll in the Muslim Quarter, of 9,999 rooms. From here we proceed to one of the where some 25,000 people of the Hui world’s largest urban spaces: Tiananmen Square and then minority live. Hotel check in and dinner we visit the Temple of Heaven, where the emperor would in a restaurant. come to pray and make sacrifices for good harvest. After dinner join us for an unique experience to the Chinese DAY 6: Opera, a vivid spectacle of gorgeous costumes, make-up, Happy Thanksgiving! After breakfast we dance and battle scenes. start with our excursion to the Terracotta Warriors. Within two years, three huge Interra-Reisen.de Steinstr. 34 • 67657 Kaiserslautern • Tel.: 0631/350 480 5 • email: [email protected] pits had been uncovered, containing more than 7000 DAY 8: figures of warriors, just over life-size, with hundreds of After breakfast we visit the water village of horses, generally in line of four, interspersed among them. Zhujiajiao including a short boat tour. We then Lunch in a restaurant. After this excursion we fly from Xi’an pay a visit to the Jin Mao Tower. We drive to Shanghai. From the Airport Pudong we will “fly” with with an elevator up to the 88th floor in only the magnetic train Transrapid to Shanghai. Transfer to our 45 seconds. At the highest observation deck hotel and check in. in China we can enjoy a spectacular view of Shanghai. Inside the building you DAY 7: can look down to the lobby of the After breakfast in the hotel we start with the city sightseeing Grand Hyatt Hotel at the 53rd floor. tour. We will see the Yuyuan Garden, a classical Chinese Afterwards free time for shopping and garden of pools, bridges, etc, dating from 16th century. lunch in a restaurant. Then we visit the Old City and Jade Buddha Temple, with its life-sized Buddha carved from a single piece of DAY 9: precious white jade followed by a Harbour boat ride (appr. After breakfast, we check out and 1 hour) and a walk through the little streets of Tianzifang. depart for the Airport of Shanghai. Lunch in a restaurant. In the evening we will visit a famous Our Lufthansa air craft leaves in the Acrobat Show. early afternoon (1:50pm; 13:50h) and arrives at Frankfurt Airport at appr. 7:00pm; 19:00h. IMPORTANT INFORMATION TOUR PRICE INCLUDES: DOCUMENTS: Flights Frankfurt-Beijing, Beijing-Xi’an, Xi’an-Shanghai, Shanghai-Frankfurt, inter- Valid US passport (from December national flights with Lufthansa, national flights with Air China, all airport security 2018, more than 6 months valid) taxes, 7 overnights with buffet breakfast in 4-star hotels (all rooms with private CANCELLATION CHARGES: facilities), 2x dinners and 1x Peking Duck dinner, 4 x lunch, Acrobat show and Chi- uUp to 96 days prior to departure, € nese Opera, all entrance fees according to our program (Summer Palace, Forbid- 300 per person will be charged; 96 den City, Temple of Heaven, excursion to the Great Wall, Ming Tombs, Small Wild – 46 days prior to departure, 30% Goose Pagoda, Gao residence with Shadow Theatre, Terracotta Warriors, Jade of the tour price will be charged; 45 Buddha Temple, Harbour boat ride, Water village Zhujiajiao incl. boat trip, entrance – 35 days prior to departure, 40% fee for the Jin Mao Tower), all transfers, ride with Transrapid, local Chinese guides of the tour price will be charged; 34 in every city, Interra Reisen tour escort. – 30 days prior to departure, 50% EARLY BIRD: book until the 12th of August and SAVE € 100,--per person! of the tour price will be charged; 29 SINGLE ROOM SUPPLEMENT: € 350,-- for 7 overnights. Persons booked on – 21 days prior to departure, 70% share basis must pay single supplement if no share is available. Share basis of the tour price will be charged; 20 means double or triple occupancy. – 16 days prior to departure, 80% SUPPLEMENTARY COSTS: of the tour price will be charged; drinks, personal expenses, tips, visa fee per person appr. € 260 (according to 15 – 3 days prior to departure, 90% of the tour price will be consulate fees from March/2017, may vary). charged; From 2 days until the day of departure, 100% of the tour price will be VISA: charged! NO REFUND FOR NOSHOWS! we are pleased to assist you with your Visa, please call our office.! TRAVEL INSURANCE: CHILDREN ’S PRICE: different travel insurance packages available on our web site with USAA. on request. Please call our office!. INTERRA REISEN is not responsible for lost and stolen articles. 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