China Clasica

 

Day 01 San Juan New York - Beijing (IM) - Board Delta Airlines flight from San Juan to JFK.  Then Board China Eastern Airline MU588 leaves JFK at 16:35pm. Cross the International Dateline and lose a day. You'll recover this day on your return trip.

Day 02 Arrive Beijing (D) - Arrive in Beijing at late in the evening. Meet your local guide and transfer to your hotel. FEITIAN HOTEL BEIJING WWW.FEITIANHOTEL.COM.CN

Day 03 Beijing (BLD) - After breakfast you visit the Tiananmen Square. the world's largest public square. Followed by forbidden City with 9,999 rooms.

Day 04 Beijing-Xian (BLD) - Visit the Great Wall of China at the Badaling section. The wall was begun in the 5th century BC to keep out foreign invaders. Construction continued for centuries, eventually linking up the walls of the former independent kingdoms. The Great Wall meanders through China's northern mountain ranges from the Yellow Sea to the Gobi Desert — a distance of over 3500 miles! Visit Temple of Heaven. Fly to Xian in the evening. Days Hotel & Suite XinXing www.daysinn.cn

Day 05 Xian (B.L.D) - A whole day trip to see the 6,000 life-size Terra Cotta Warriors Museum which is the 8th Wonder of the World. In 1974, peasants were digging a well and uncovered what turned out to be the major archaeological discovery of the 20th century: an underground vault of earth and timber that eventually yielded thousands of life-sized terra cotta soldiers and their horses in battle formation. /Tang Dynasty Show in the evening.

Day 06 Xian (BLD) - Visit Ancient City Wall. Xi’an is one of the few cities in China where old city walls are still visible. History Museum with classical Chinese style. It was opened in 1992. The collection is chronologically arranged and includes materials housed in the Provincial Museum, though many objects have never been on permanent display before.

Day 07 Xian-Suzhou (BLD) - Fly to Shanghai airport and drive to Suzhou, called by Marco Polo the “Venice of the Orient” is a 2,500-year-old city renowned the world over for its traditional gardens, ancient canals and silk production. In 1997 Suzhou’s classic garden was designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site. Visit the Silk Spinning Mill, where you will learn how silk is created from the mulberry-munching silkworms to produce thread and fine cloth. take a boat ride on the Grand Canal. WWW.METROPARKHOTEL.COM

Day 08 Suzhou- Shanghai (BLD) - you visit the Garden of the Master of Fishing Nets, which is considered by many, the finest of all Suzhou’s gardens. In the afternoon you travel by motor coach to Shanghai, China's largest and most dynamic city with a population of 18 million. WWW.AMBASSADORHOTEL.SH.CN

Day 09 Shanghai (BLD) - Your tour begins with a leisure walk along the waterfront promenade of the Bund, landmark of Shanghai. Afterwards, you visit People's Square and the Nanjing Road, the busiest shopping center in Shanghai. In the afternoon You visit Shanghai Museum, an unique and inspiring piece of architecture, home to more than 120,000 cultural relics of ancient China, including a priceless collection of jade, bronze, ceramics, paintings, furniture, etc. Then visit the heart of old Shanghai at the 16th century Yuyuan City Bazaar. After dinner, you attend an unforgettable performance of the Shanghai Acrobatic Show in the evening.

Day 10 Shanghai-New York (B) - Be transferred to the airport for MU 587 leaves Shanghai at 11:30am and arrive New York JFK at 14:15pm the same day. Board Delta Airlines flight from JFK to San Juan.