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Holiday Overview
Holiday Overview
Highlights
- Forbidden City: Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties
- Learn and appreciate Beijing traditional arts, such as Acrobatics Show, Tai Chi and handcrafts including Cricket Fighting, Calligraphy, Paper Cutting
- The Bund: Shanghai's city landmarks
Map & Itinerary
Map & Itinerary
Find winter's delights in Beijing, Harbin, Xi'an and Shanghai, each
offering a different experience and fun for you. Visit landmarks, historical
sites, icons of China, Ice and Snow World, ice lantern show, snow sculpture art
expo... This tour will take you to visit the historical and cultural Beijing
and modern Shanghai by flight. Exploring the Great Wall, Forbidden City in
Beijing and Yuyuan Garden in Shanghai etc. will make you a wonderful experience
of real China.
Holiday Itinerary
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ARRIVE BEIJING
Your experienced CAT guide will meet you at the capital airport. Drive to visit the world’s biggest city plaza, the Tiananmen Square; then walk to the Forbidden City (Gu Gong), the symbol of China. It is the most complete imperial palace in China. After that, transfer to the hotel and enjoy leisure time in lively Beijing downtown.
This evening you may go to watch a Traditional Acrobatics Show, if the time permits.
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Accommodation 4* hotel in Beijing
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Meals D
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BEIJING
After breakfast at your hotel in Beijing, our tour guide & driver will pick you up, and then drive to visit the beautifu lMutianyu Great Wall (80km away from Beijing downtown), which is known for its beautiful surroundings. It is a superb location to appreciate the grandness of the Great Wall as well as to avoid the crowds at Badaling. It was first built in the mid-6th century during the Northern Qi, making it older than the Badaling section.
On the way back to your hotel, you might make a stop at the Beijing Olympic Village to take some photos of the Bird's Nest and the Water Cube from the outside. Bird Nest, also called Beijing National Stadium is a stadium in Beijing. The stadium was designed for use throughout the 2008 Summer Olympics and Paralympics and will be used again in the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics. The Bird's Nest sometimes has some extra temporary large screens installed at the stands of the stadium.
Then drive back to your hotel.
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Accommodation 4* hotel in Beijing
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Meals BL
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BEIJING / FLIGHT TO SHANGHAI
Today, you will get up early to Temple of Heaven, where emperors worshipped and prayed for Harvest during the Ming & Qing Dynasties. Every morning, locals take time to start their day doing Tai Chi, group aerobics, or even group chorus. You may have chance to learn Tai Chi or Chinese Kung Fu, both of which are internal Chinese martial art practiced for its health benefits.
Then head to visit the Drum Tower (Gu Lou) dating from 1420. Ascending the big Drum Tower, you will have a bird's eye view of the surrounding communities of Hutongs and Siheyuan from here. Afterwards, take a rickshaw to visit the most famous Hutongs keeping the original layout in the Shichahai area. And then move on to an ordinary family courtyard home for the Dumpling Making course, and have a self-cooked lunch together. If the time permits, in Hutong, participate in all kinds of cultural and traditional games or handcrafts including Cricket Fighting, Calligraphy, Paper Cutting.
After the tour, our guide will escort you to the airport to take a flight to Shanghai. Met by our tour guide and then transferred to your hotel.
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Accommodation 4* hotel in Shanghai
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Meals BLD
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SHANGHAI
After breakfast at your hotel, our CAT tour guide & drive will pick you up, and then drive to Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center, a must-see for all true Shanghainophiles to witness how Shanghai became a cosmopolitan city from a shabby fishing village.
Then move on to visit the Yu Yuan Garden, a typical private garden in China with nearly 500 years history, located in Shanghai old town. Afterwards, visit the French Concession to appreciate its old French-style villas and special colonial culture.
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Accommodation 4* hotel in Shanghai
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Meals BL
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SHANGHAI DEPARTURE
After breakfast at your hotel, visit the Bund, the emblem of Shanghai, showcasing outstanding foreign buildings in Shanghai and most of which were erected before 1937. Afterwards, enjoy leisure time on your own in Shanghai. You may head to Nanjing Road, the first commercial pedestrian street and one site for shopping in Shanghai. After the tour, escorted to the airport for your flight back home after spending 5 days in amazing Beijing and Shanghai!
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Meals B
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Price Policy
Tour Price Policy
Additional details
1. Before you pay deposit to book the tour, we haven’t made any reservation yet. The train, flight tickets and the hotel may different from the itinerary listed.
2. The visiting order of the scenic spots in the itinerary may change according to the traffic condition and other unforeseen things.
3. Tourist insurance is a must before going, please provide us the confirmation of insurance company when sign up.
The price includes
1. Entrance Fees: to scenic spots as listed in the itinerary
2. All the activities fee mentioned in the itinerary: Hutong rickshaw in Beijing; Sichuan Opera show in Chengdu;
3. Private Transfers: Transfers between airports, hotels and scenic spots while sightseeing during the trip by private air conditioned vehicle with a driver.
4. Meals: All meals as indicated in the itinerary (B-breakfast, L-lunch, D-dinner), include Peking duck dinner in Beijing; Hot pot dinner in Chengdu.
5. Guide: As outlined in the itinerary an English-speaking guide and driver will be provided in each city, who will remain with you throughout your time in that city. A new guide and a new driver will meet you at each city on your tour, to provide you with the best local knowledge available
6. Hotel: hotel fees are based on two people sharing one room with king-size bed. All hotels as listed in the above itinerary serve daily western or Chinese breakfast
7. Internal flights
** Day 11/ Flight from Yichang to Shanghai (based on economy class);
8. Trains
** Day 04/ High speed train from Beijing to Xi’an (based on 2nd class);
** Day 06/ High speed train from Xi’an to Chengdu (based on 2nd class)
** Day 06/ High speed train from Chengdu to Chongqing (based on 2nd class)
9. Arrangements: the tour cost includes planning, handling, operational and communication charges
10. Travel Agency Liability insurance
The price does not include
1. International airfare or train tickets to enter or leave China
2. China entry visa fees
3. Excess baggage charges
4. The medicine for the sickness or accident while on the way
5. Personal expenses: expenses of a purely personal nature such as laundry, drinks, fax, telephone calls, optional activities, sightseeing or meals which are not included in the tour itinerary
6. Meals: any meals which are not specified in the tour itinerary
7. Single room supplement
8. Please notice that the price will be much higher during the festival of Labors’ Day, National Day, spring festival
9. Tips to tour guide and driver (recommended USD10-15/guest/day).
10. Tourist accident insurance. NB - you are strongly suggested to buy travel and health insurance before you start out from your home country.
Payment conditions
To confirm your reservation, you must pay a deposit of 30% of the total amount due via the payment link that your local agent will share. The balance is due 30 days prior to departure. The quoted exchange rate is valid for the next 7 days – if the deposit is not paid within this time, the quote will be re-calculated.
Terms and conditions for cancelation
i. Cancellation of the Tour by CAT (local agent):
CAT reserve the right to cancel the postpone tour at any time up to the date final payment is due under the following condition: in our opinion, health and/or safety factors related to conditions in China would make the tour inadvisable. And in this case, all money paid by the participants will be refunded. If the tour is postponed, CAT will offer all those who have signed up the opportunity to have the same tour for a later time, but the price may be changed according to the season. We will notify you of any change, and give you a reasonable period
of time to make your decision. Consumers may, but are under no obligation to, take the tour under these new terms. After final payment has been made, we may cancel the tour only if, in our opinion, health and/or safety factors related to conditions in China would make the tour inadvisable. Since cancellation in this case involves factors which may arise suddenly and are entirely outside our control, including but not limited to natural disasters, civil unrest and epidemic disease, we cannot guarantee a full refund in this case. This is because payment will already have been made to finalize the arrangements and reservation.
ii. Cancellation of the Tour by Consumer:
Any cancellation must be made by sending an email to the local agent. The cancellation fee varies according to how many days prior to departure the cancellation is made:
· More than 30 days prior to departure: 5% of the total holiday cost
· Between 30 and 22 days prior to departure : 25% of the total holiday cost
· Between 21 and 8 days prior to departure : 50% of the total holiday cost
· Between 7 and 3 days prior to departure : 75% of the total holiday cost
· Less than 3 days prior to departure and after the departure date: 100% of the total holiday cost
All cancellations must be in writing and will be effective upon receipt by CAT. No refund will be made to those participants who break the journey regardless of the portions of the package unused. If, owing to serious illness or injury, the participant withdraws from the tour, a refund will be subject to the consent of the local travel agent.
No refund will be made to those participants who have failed to secure valid travel documents such as passport or visas.
