15-Day Typical City Tour and Mysterious Lhasa 
            
Destinations: Beijing- Xian- Lhasa- Tsetang- Nyingchi- Shanghai

   
 
  Daily Itinerary Briefings
   
  
1^st Day: Arrival in Beijing
You'll be met upon arrival at the Beijing Capital Airport with comfortable private transfer and check into your hotel. The left hours of the day are for free individual activities or take time to revitalize from the long flight journey.

Accommodation: Holiday Inn Central Plaza  - the best Holiday Inn Hotel in Beijing


2^nd Day: Beijing  (B+L+D)
You will be thrilled the whole day when you visit the Tiananmen Square - one of the largest and grandest city squares in the world; the Forbidden City - the imperial palace of Ming and Qing Dynasties and the Temple of Heaven - which was the royal temple during Ming & Qing Dynasties. The Beijing Duck Dinner is served as Welcome Dinner at a well-known restaurant. The cheering Peking Opera (the National Opera) is scheduled as evening delight after dinner.

Accommodation: Holiday Inn Central Plaza  - the best Holiday Inn Hotel in Beijing


3^rd Day: Beijing  (B+L)
You will be accompanied by our local professional guide to one of the greatest world heritage sites - the Great Wall, Badaling section. Drive to escape the shopping site tourist restaurants near the Great Wall to have a decent meal -Sichuan food, for lunch. The visits continue to the Sacred Road and the Ming Tomb in the afternoon.

Accommodation: Holiday Inn Central Plaza  - the best Holiday Inn Hotel in Beijing
 
  
4^th Day: Beijing - Xian (B+L)
Visit the Qing Royal Garden - the Summer Palace and the lovely pandas in Beijing Zoo, as the grand finale of your Beijing trip. Heading for Xian by flight, upon arrival, your professional tour guide will expect you at the airport with private comfortable airport-hotel transfer. Then you will be transferred to check in at the well selected hotel.

Accommodation: Grand New World Hotel  
 
 
5^th Day: Xian (B+L+D)
You will have a visit to the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum which is said to be the Eighth Wonder of the world. Drive back by highway to downtown to have a decent lunch at a well-known Cantonese cuisine restaurant. Have a visit to the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. In the evening, we arrange the Dumpling Banquet which is unique in Xian; the marvelous Tang Dynasty Music and Dance Show is scheduled afterwards.

Accommodation: Grand New World Hotel   
 
  
6^th Day: Xian  (B+L)
Have a visit to the Provincial History Museum which is one of the best museums in China for the quantity and quality of its collections, and followed by a la carte Cantonese Cuisine lunch at a local famous restaurant. In the afternoon a visit to the City Wall and the Great Mosque is arranged.

Accommodation: Grand New World Hotel   
 

7^th Day: Xian - Lhasa - Tsetang (B+D)
Head for Tibet by flight. If time permits, you will visit the Hanyangling Museum, the Mausoleum of Western Han Emperor Liu Qi on the way to the airport. Upon arrival at the Gongga Airport, your professional guide will meet you with private comfortable airport-hotel transfer and check into your hotel in Tsetang. Dinner is served at your hotel.

Accommodation: Tsetang Hotel
 
 
8^th Day: Tsetang - Lhasa (B+L+D)
Travel to the bank of Yarlung Tsangpo River by car. Then take the ferry with local Tibetans to visit the Samye Monastery which is believed to be the first Monastery in Tibet with a history of over 1,200 years. Drive to Lhasa by car and check into your hotel. The a la carte dinner will be served at the local best Sichuan cuisine restaurant.

Accommodation: ShangBaLa Hotel 


9^th Day: Lhasa (B+L+D)
Make the most of the day by the in-depth religious adventure to the magnificent Potala Palace, the Sera Monastery and the Norbulingka Park. Dinner is served at your hotel so the extra drive and energy will be saved for tomorrow.

Accommodation: ShangBaLa Hotel 


10^th Day: Lhasa (B+L+D)
The escorted tours today will cover some other highlights of Lhasa - the Jokhang Temple, the perfect mixture of Han and Tibetan style both in the architectures and in the rituals of the Religion; the bustling bazaar along the Barkhor Street, the Tibet Museum, the Tibetan Traditional Medicine Hospital and the Carpet Factory. Enjoy your dinner at your hotel.

Accommodation: ShangBaLa Hotel


11^th Day: Lhasa - Nyingchi (B+L)
Head for Nyingchi by coach, en route have a visit to the calm forest and the azalea valley and Mt. Namjabarwa, the 15th summit of the world. Then transfer to the hotel.
 
Accommodation: Nyingchi Hotel


12^th Day: Nyingchi - Lhasa (B+L)
Today you will be taken to visit the Giant Cypress Forest and the Basum Tso Lake. Then drive back to Lhasa city and transfer to your hotel

Accommodation: ShangBaLa Hotel 


13^th Day: Lhasa - Shanghai   (B+L)
Concluded your last stop to visit a Tibetan Family. Then head for Shanghai by flight, our local tour guide will meet you at the port and see off for the flight to Shanghai. Upon arrival, be met and transferred to check in at the hotel.

Accommodation: River Bund Hotel 


14^th Day: Shanghai  (B+L+D)
The whole day tour include the visit to the Shanghai Museum, the Yuyuan Garden, the Bund and a local family. Farewell Dinner is specially arranged at Central Hotel as the fitting finale to your discovery of China, the restaurant Wang Bao He in the hotel has a history of over 260 years and is the best place to serve Shanghai Cuisine. You will enjoy an amazing Portman Acrobatic Show at the Shanghai Centre Theatre.

Accommodation: River Bund Hotel 


15^th Day: Departure from Shanghai (B)
Board your homebound flight. Comfortable hotel-airport transport is arranged according to your flight schedule.

Tour Price (based on per person and shown in US dollars)