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6 Days Beijing Xian Essence Tour by High Speed Train

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$ 540

Duration: 6 days

Destinations:
Beijing - Xi'an
>> Forbidden City
>> Mutianyu Great Wall
>> Summer Palace
>> Terracotta Warriors

Departure date: As you prefer

Availability: Whole year

Tour Code: CTG-31

Travel Route of 6 Days Beijing Xi'an Essence Tour by High Speed Train
Forbidden City, Beijing
Mutianyu Great Wall Steps, Beijing
Cheerful Visitors Cruising on Summer Palace Lake, Beijing
Terracotta Warriors Army, Xi'an
Come and Take Your Photo on Ancient City Wall, Xi'an
Tang Dynasty Show White Sleeve, Xi'an
Bell Tower at Dusk, Xi'an

Tour Description

When it comes to Beijing and Xi'an, which tourist attractions will hit you? The Forbidden City, or Terracotta Warriors? ...

This is a selection of Beijing and Xi'an highlight scenic spots that one can enjoy in full 6 days with the experience of taking the high-speed train. Apart from harvesting a visual feast of great sights and historical heritages (Forbidden City, Mutianyu Great Wall, Summer Palace,Terracotta Warriors, Ancient City Wall, Muslim Quarter), you can taste various delicious local snacks and have a closer look at Chinese culture.

Visiting the highlights of gorgeous capital - Beijing and ancient city - Xi'an within nearly one week

Experiencing the super-high-speed train from Beijing to Xi'an (only about 5 hours, helping you squeeze more time for sightseeing)

One-stop service, incl. tour guide, hotels, meals, transportation, attraction admissions and insurance, etc

Daily Itinerary
Accommodation
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Day 1 Arrival in Beijing
Day 2 ~ Day3 Beijing
Day 4 Beijing-Xi'an
Day 5 Xi'an
Day 6 Xi'an and Departure
Package Details

Day 1 Arrival in Beijing

Today's Activities

Welcome to Beijing, and our guide will greet you at the airport and accompany you to the hotel. The rest of the day is yours to have a good rest.

If you like, you can head for Wangfujing Snack Street by yourself to have a taste of different local snacks in the evening, as well as experience Beijing's nightlife. Snack-stalls in the night markets are always popular and busy destinations. You are able to taste some Sugarcoated haws in person, not just seeing them from Chinese TV series.

Highlights


Sugarcoated haws	Beijing Snack - Pancake	Nightview of Wangfujing Pedestrian Street

Day 2 Beijing (Breakfast, Lunch)

Today's Activities

Today you will first visit the vast Tiananmen Square. Located in the heart of modern Beijing, the world's largest city square is an enduring symbol of China's national pride and a symbol of China in the world. It is embraced by many magnificent buildings including the Heavenly Gate (entry to the Forbidden City), Museums, government buildings and Chairman Mao's Mausoleum.

Passing through the Tiananmen Gate, you will enter the splendid Forbidden City, the previous home to emperors of Ming and Qing Dynasties. This "city within a city" is a World Heritage Site, renowned for its impressive royal architectures, with great square, halls and gates contrast with intricate halls, gardens, courtyards and quarters, and imperial legends. Forbidden City is a must-see to take a glance at Emperors' life.

Your next stop will be the Summer Palace, the best preserved and the largest imperial gardens in China and one of Beijing's premier attractions. You can explore the lake on boat and appreciate the royal parks.

Good point for self-funded activity: the well-known Beijing Roast Duck for dinner.

Highlights


Tiananmen Square	Grand Eaves of Forbidden City	Summer Palace Seventeen Hole Bridge

Day 3 Beijing (Breakfast, Lunch)

Today's Activities

After breakfast, we will drive you to Mutianyu Great Wall by car, nearly taking you 1.5 hours. Not as crowded as the nearby Badaling Great Wall or Juyongguan Great Wall, Mutianyu Great Wall is the superior place to enjoy the superb views of the Great Wall. This section of the Wall is fully restored, there are hand rails to help you up on the very steep parts. So as to avoid a very steep climb, you can take the cable car to the top of the wall and back down again.

In the afternoon, you will drop by Changling Tomb, where Zhu Di, the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, and his queen were buried together. It's the first and largest one of the 13 Ming Tombs, and the best preserved royal cemetery in China.

Good point for self-funded activity: appreciating the Chinese Kung Fu Show or Peking Opera in the evening, presenting you a grand visual feast.

Highlights


Rolling Mutianyu Great Wall	Cable Cars on Mutianyu Great Wall	Visitors Photo in front of Changling Tombs

Day 4 Beijing-Xi'an by High-Speed Train (Breakfast, Lunch)

Today's Activities

The Temple of Heaven is your first stop today, which is the imperial altar for ancient emperors to worship the god of heaven. In ancient time, only the princes and dukes are accessible to it but now it is open to the public, so you can see citizens performing morning exercise or practicing Tai Chi in the park now. If you are interested in Chinese Tai Chi, you can learn to play with the locals. And if you are lucky enough, you will come across the worship performance at the Temple of Heaven.

Xiushui Street, also named "Silk Street", is a cluster of the goods with Chinese characteristics. Apart from the traditional Chinese handicrafts, antiques, calligraphy, carpets...etc., there are aslo full of modern goods now. If you are a good bargainer, you can purchase the top-quality goods with the lowest price at here. It's the bargain hunter's paradise.

After the visit, you will be transferred to take the high-speed train to another ancient capital-Xi'an. Our local tour guide will meet you at the station and escort you to your hotel.

Highlights


Ceremony at Temple of Heaven	Xiushui Street Shopping	Xiushui Street Inside

Day 5 Xi'an (Breakfast, Lunch)

Today's Activities

Today's excursion starts with the incredible Terracotta Warriors. You will not only be attracted by thousands of life-size, vivid terracotta warriors in battle formation and bronze chariots and horses, but also be astonished that every figure differs in facial features and expression, clothing, hairstyle, and gestures. After the discovery of Terracotta Warriors, you will continue your journey to the Mausoleum of the Qin Emperor.

Then you can enjoy the cultural relic exhibitions and chiming show at the Bell Tower, a classical building with carved beams and painted rafters.

The Muslim Quarter is a fascinating area where you can find various ethnic shops. You can taste many attractive snacks and buy some interesting souvenirs which will not make you disappointed. It offers you a good insight into how the Muslim and Chinese components have integrated as well.

Good point for self-funded activity: enjoying the Tang Dynasty Show in the evening. It includes two parts: the fabulous music and dance performance and chinese dumpling banquet, both indulging your eyes and tongue! This marvelous show vividly reflects the ancient royal singing and dancing of the Tang Dynasty about 1400 years ago.

Highlights


Terracotta Warriors Chariot Army	Pretty View around Terracotta Warriors Museum	Joyous Muslism Quarter Vendors Welcome You

Day 6 Xi'an and Departure (Breakfast, Lunch)

Today's Activities

After breakfast, you will tour the Small Wild Goose Pagoda, which was built in the year 707 AD during the Tang Dynasty. Climbing the pagoda not included. And you will take a rough travel of the Xi'an Museum. Xi'an Museum is well known for its cultural treasures displayed in the exhibition hall.

You will head for Xi'an Ancient City Wall next. It is the best-preserved existing ancient city wall in China. Very well preserved and in excellent condition. There are some excellent shows in different time every day , such as, Antique City Wall Gate Opening Ceremony, Acrobatics Show. If you are available to arrive there in the show time, it's a good chance for you to take a closer glimpse of Chinese culture. Riding bicycles on the city wall not included.

Good time always flies fast. Then, you will be transferred to the train station or airport to your next destination.We believe you will love China and keep forever memories about China in your whole life.

Highlights


Small Wild Goose Pagoda	Old City Wall Armed Soldiers Performance	City Wall with Red Lanterns

Package Details

Tour Package Includes:
Dining: 5 breakfasts, 5 lunches	Admissions: Entrance fees to all scenic spots listed in itinerary
Train Tickets: Beijing - Xi'an (High-Speed Train)	Hotels: Accommodation in Beijing and Xi'an
Tour Guide: Local experienced English-speaking guides	Car Driver: Experienced licensed drivers
Vehicle: Private air-conditioned car, offering Round-trip transfers	Luggage Transfers: A hand for your heavy luggage
Insurance: Travel Agencies Liability Insurance	Government taxes & Service charges
Tour Package Excludes:
- Other optional attractions/ tours/ meals and international flights	- Tips for tour guides and drivers.

Hotels in Beijing

Crowne Plaza Hotel Beijing: Located in the golden business area of Wangfujing, the hotel only takes 10 minutes to Forbidden City and Dongfang Square. With stylish guest rooms and newly renovated Crowne Plaza Club floor – Crowne Plaza Beijing has anticipated every need while providing easy access to business, commercial districts and historical landmarks.

Sunworld Hotel Beijing: Situated on the intersection of Wangfujing Avenue and Dengshikou Street, Sunworld Hotel Beijing is close to many famous historical and cultural landmarks, including the Forbidden City.
Guest rooms and suites are designed with a traditional and refined style. From servies to amenities, the hotel strives to make your stay a pleasant experience.

Days Inn Forbidden City Beijing: With its courtyard style, the hotel has retained its charm of the ancient time but as well merged in contemporary architecture and designs.
The hotel is near the famous Tian'anmen Square and Wangfujing Business Street. It takes about 20 minutes from Capital International Airport (24km) and 5 minutes from Beijing Railway Station (3km).
The hotel provides guests clean and comfortable service and amenities.

Hotels in Xi'an

Sheraton Hotel Xi'an: Located near the 600-year-old City Wall and close to the city centre, Sheraton Hotel is just 35 minutes from Xi'an Xianyang International Airport.
With first-class amenities, facilities and family-friendly services, Sheraton Xi'an Hotel will make you feel at home.

Grand New World Hotel Xi'an: Located within the Ancient City Wall and styled in an extraordinary mix of tradition and modernity, the hotel is just 4km from the railway station and 45km from Xianyang International Airport. The large Parkson shopping centre is close by, while the Terracotta Warriors Museum is about 35km from the hotel.
The hotel provides a satisfying range of contemporary accommodation together with business services and recreational facilities.

City Hotel Xi'an: The hotel is located in the centre of Xi'an city and just near the well-known Bell Tower, Drum Tower and Ancient City Wall.
The hotel offers a total of 137 well-appointed guestrooms for guests' comfortable living space. The elegant and magnificent restaurants serve delicious flavor of many varieties.

Meals in the Package

This package includes 5 breakfasts and 5 lunches,
-- Breakfasts offered by hotels: just start your happy tour after having breakfast in the morning, especially for deluxe class, buffet breakfast is available;
-- - It supplys lunch according to different classes of tour, such as deluxe in city-famous restaurants and tourist in popular tourist restaurants;
-- Dinner option is open to you, you could find your favorite place to eat, or take our recommendations.

We promise worry-free dining quality, plus flexible choices regarding your preference. Any special requestment please tell our trip advisors directly. Other recommendations are as follow:

Beijing

As the capital of China, Beijing boasts many good restaurants with featured cuisines. Our package takes you to have A La Carte dinner at Great Northeast Restaurant, Gold Palace Restaurant and Tang Yuan Restaurant, leading you to grasp the essence of Chinese classic cuisines.


Dining Hall of Great Northeast Restaurant	Main Hall of Tang Yuan Restaurant

Xi'an

Xi'an features distinctive cuisines of China Northwest, such as various-shaped Chinese dumplings and other wheaten food. Muslim Quarter gathers lots of delicious local food like Rou Jia Mo and shish kebabs, etc..
(1) Here we highly recommend Chinese Dumpling Dinner, which also named "Jiaozi", typically consist of a ground meat and/or vegetable filling wrapped into a thinly rolled piece of dough, which is then sealed by pressing the edges together or by crimping. As a must-try for visitors, it serves with Tang dynasty show. And it belongs to an [add on] item in the tour.
(2) Friendship Restaurant at Terracotta Museum, is famous for the noodle-stretching performance. You can also enjoy the delicious local cuisine here, such as steamed cauliflower, pork and small bamboo shoots, bean curd with celery, etc.
(3) One of the best places to sample the dumpling is Defachang Restaurant. Here you can experience Xian's famous "Dumpling Banquet" where you get to feast on many different types of dumplings that come in a variety of shapes, sizes, colors and flavors. For example there are tiny pearl dumplings, dumplings made from black rice and fruit-filled dumplings.
(4) Muslim quarter is a fascinating area where you can taste many authentic Islamic snacks, like beef or mutton Rou Jia Mo (Chinese Hamburger), northwestern style noodles, Yangrou Paomo and many other attractive snacks that will not make you disappointed. The restaurants and eateries here are serving their food in budget prices.


Chinese Dumpling Dinner	Local Cuisine at Friendship Restaurant

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Dining Hall of Defachang Restaurant	Snack Street in Muslim Quarter

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Hi, Sara.

Thank you for your email. We had a wonderful time in China and were very pleased with the service we got from your company. We liked the food, accommodation, drivers and tour guides. I also want to say Thank you to you for your very efficient and friendly service.

Thank you kindly,

Customer: Ms. Cunningham

Destinations: Beijing - Xi'an

Hi Libby,

We have arrived home this morning tired but very happy to have visited your beauitiful country.

The level of service that was provided by Suky and Choury was excellent ,the drivers where very competant and we were all impressed with their courtesy and kindness, particularly to the older and younger members of our group, i know we were made to feel welcome andvery relaxed the whole time.

Regards

Customer:Mr. Peake

Destinations: Beijing

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