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Day 3
Destination: Beijing
Accommodation: Days Inn Forbidden City Beijing *** (Deluxe Room)
Services & Highlights: Cloisonne Factory, Mutianyu Great Wall(with round way cable car), Sacred Way
Meals: Breakfast, Chinese Lunch at Xing Shuang Quan Restaurant(Lunch)
--Xing Shuang Quan Restaurant: Xinshuangqun Restaurant is located in Mutianyu Village near the Mutianyu Great Wall. Xinshuangqun’s can accommodate about more than 300 people and specializes fresh fish. Its specialties include the Huairou specialty rainbow trout, sturgeon, salmon and other many other varieties. These appetizing foods will leave you good memories and you will enjoy the enchanting scenery in the green garden while dine.
--Cloisonne Factory: Cloisonne is an intricate and detailed process, dating back over 700 years, to produce fine enamel on a copper base. You can watch the workers at all stages of the process to see how these beautiful objects are produced. There’s a showroom attached for those who would like a souvenir of the visit, big or small, and all objects are guaranteed.
Address: No.488, Wujia villege, Huanrou town, Beijing City
--Mutianyu Great Wall(with round way cable car): This less-crowded section of the Great Wall is a pleasant drive 90km NE of Beijing. A cable car takes you to a good section (avoiding a very steep climb), where you can walk along the wall, through the watch towers and enjoy superb views as it snakes across the hills and mountains. Walk along the wall on your own interest and return by cable car. Wear good walking shoes and protection from the weather.
--Sacred Way : An attractive tree-lined walk which leads to the Ming Tombs, this is bordered by 12 sets each of animal and human statues, and includes the attractive Great Red Gate, housing a stele on the back of a tortoise, and marble memorial archway.  

Day 4
Destination: Beijing
Accommodation: Days Inn Forbidden City Beijing *** (Deluxe Room)
Meals: Breakfast 

Day 5
Destination: Beijing to Xi'an
Travel: Air China CA1209 (Beijing Capital Airport - Xian Xianyang Airport) Dep 10:30AM - Arr 12:25PM (Economy class)
Accommodation: Xi'an Citylion International Hotel *** (Standard Room)
Services & Highlights: Hotel to airport Transfer (Beijing)
Meals: Breakfast

Day 6
Destination: Xian
Accommodation: Xian Citylion International Hotel *** (Standard Room)
Services & Highlights: Chongde Handmade Pottery Factory, Terracotta Warriors, Great Mosque, The Wild Goose Pagoda, Muslim Quarters of Xi'an
Meals: Breakfast, Chinese Lunch at A Wa Shan Zhai Restaurant(Qinling Branch)(Lunch)
--Chongde Handmade Pottery Factory: Chongde Handmade Pottery Factory was built in 1985, it mainly manufactures the copy of terra-cotta warriors and Jing De porcelain. The replicas of Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses are based on the reals in the museum. There are Armor-Clad General, Kneeling Archer, Emperor Qingshihuang and chariots.
Tel: 029-83577031
Address: No.2 East Chanhe bridge, Hua Qing Rd., Xian.
--A Wa Shan Zhai Restaurant(Qinling Branch): A Wa was established in 2004, mainly specializes in Hunan and Sichuan cuisine. A Wa provides delicacy by using the material from xancin, obtaining a nationwide reputation from customers. It would be a nice choice to dine while traveling some famous resorts such as terracotta warrior and Huaqing Hot Spring which are nearby.
--Terracotta Warriors: Discovered accidentally in 1974, this incredible army of over 7000 soldiers, archers, horses and chariots in full battle array has guarded Emperor Qin's tomb since 210BC. Each figure is unique, and the painstaking repair and excavation continues in 3 pits which are protected inside huge hangars. 1.5 hours from Xian, there is also an excellent museum and film about the history of the vaults. Photos (no flash) are allowed. Wear comfortable walking shoes.
--Great Mosque: In the heart of Xian's Muslim quarter, close to the city centre, this is one of the largest Islamic mosques in China. Remarkable for the combination of Chinese architecture with Islamic practice, the courtyards align from east to west facing Mecca. The pavilions, halls and gateways are wonderfully decorated, and this is an active place of worship for the Hui descendants of Silk Road traders and travelers.
--The Wild Goose Pagoda: Big Wild Goose Pagoda was first built in 652 in the Tang Dynasty. Xuanzang, a prominent Buddhist scholar of the time, planned to have a huge stone pagoda built to house the Sanskrit Buddhist scriptures he had brought back from India, but the plan fell through because it was difficult to find the needed stone and the cost was prohibitive. He decided instead to build a mud pagoda reinforced with bricks, but the mud pagoda was not strong and the construction was not done properly. The pagoda collapsed not long after it was built. It was rebuilt between 701 and 704 on the order of Empress Wu Ze Tian.
--Muslim Quarters of Xi'an: The Muslim quarters lies 100 meters west of the Bell tower.

Day 10
Destination: Hangzhou to Guilin
Travel: China Southern Airlines CZ3266 Dep 10:35PM - Arr 0:30AM (Economy class)
Accommodation: Guilin Osmanthus Hotel *** (Standard Room)
Services & Highlights: Six Harmonies Pagoda, Lingyin Temple/ Monastery of the Hidden Souls, Yuefei Temple, Meijiawu Tea Plantation, Hotel to airport Transfer (Hangzhou)
Meals: Breakfast, Chinese Lunch
--Six Harmonies Pagoda : The Liuhe Pagoda is located on the north bank of the Qiantang River in the south of Hangzhou City.The Liuhe Pagoda is one of the famous ancient pagodas in our country and forms the wonderful sceneries of Hangzhou together with "the ten sceneries of the West Lake".
Highly erected by the Qiantang River and to the south of the West Lake, it is a perfect symbol of brick-and-wood structure built in the ancient China. It was first built in 970 AD in the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127). The name "six harmonies" comes from the six Buddhist ordinances, meaning "harmonies of the heaven, earth, east, west, south and north"
--Lingyin Temple/ Monastery of the Hidden Souls : Lingyin Temple is one of the ten most famous ancient Buddhist temples in China. It also houses various Buddhist literature and treasures situated in front of the Temple, and is famous for its more than 470 stone carvings of Buddhist figures, which dated from the 10th to 14th centuries.
--Yuefei Temple: It is located beside the Yuehu Lake at the northwestern cornor of the West Lake. The Yue Fei’s Temple, which was built in the year 1221, has Zhonglie Temple, Qizhong Ancestral Temple and Yue Fei Grave inside.
In order to memorize our national hero, the temple was built .
--Meijiawu Tea Plantation: Tea village is seated at the hinterland of West Lake Park and it boasts the most important tea production basis. Here you are in an original natural environment, just relax your feelings and enjoy the special tea culture, taste the fragrant tea while appreciating the beautiful village scenery.
Note: The most famous product of Hangzhou is tea, and you have the chance to enter a tea plantation, see its manufacture, and even pick the tender tea leaves in April or May. After the plantation tour, the girls will show you the Chinese way to make and drink tea. Usually it is quite strong, so if you are not used to tea in your daily life we suggest a little taste at first. Previously clients have been known to experience discomfort from drinking too much.

Day 12
Destination: Guilin to Sanya
Travel: China Southern Airlines CZ6399 Dep 8:40PM - Arr 9:50PM (Economy class)
Accommodation: Cactus Resort Sanya *** (Deluxe Ocean View Room)
Services & Highlights: Li River Cruise, Hotel to airport Transfer (Guilin)
Meals: Breakfast, Chinese Lunch
--Li River Cruise: A cruise along the Li River between Guilin and Yangshuo is an unforgettable experience. As you take in the stunning scenery there's something interesting to see at almost every bend in the river. Between spectacular limestone peaks you'll see graceful bamboo groves, farmers tending rice paddies, and lumbering water buffaloes pulling carts or cooling off in the river. You may see fishermen gliding along on their narrow bamboo rafts, and if you're very lucky you might see one of the famous fishing cormorants. Boats depart from various wharves, according to the height of the river at different times of the year.
--Cactus Resort Sanya ***

Servizi:
- Pernottamento in camera doppia con prima colazione in hotel 3 stelle.
- Pasti: vedi programma
- Transfer: Hotel to airport Transfer (day 5), Hotel to airport Transfer (day 7), Hotel to Train station Transfer (day 9), Hotel to Train station Transfer (day 10), Hotel to airport Transfer (day 12), Hotel to airport Transfer (day 16)
- Visite: quelle in programma
- Trasferimenti interni (aereo o treno)

COSTO (per persona in euro*):

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L'itinerario sopra riportato può essere personalizzato su richiesta. E' possibile apportare variazioni sulla lunghezza del viaggio e quindi diminuire o aumentare il numero di località da visitare, diminuire il numero di servizi.
Servizi minimi: pernottamenti e trasferimenti tra località oppure i soli pernottamenti nel caso di soggiorno in una sola località.