China Longevity By Rail - 8 Day Tour
 
Beijing & Xian
Hotel Category
From: Los Angeles
or San Francisco
From:
New York (JFK)
3 Star Accommodation:
$2210
$2210


Beijing: Taiwan Hotel
Xian: Dynasty Hotel

4 Star Accommodation:
$2229
$2229
Beijing:
Capital Xindadu Hotel
Xian:
Grand New World Hotel
     

5 Star Accommodation:
$2366
$2366
Beijing: New Otani Changfugong Hotel
Xian: Hyatt Regency Hotel

Highlights of Each City:
Beijing: Tian'anmen Square Imperial Palace Great Wall Ming Tombs Acrobatic Show
Temple Of Heaven Summer Palace Health Spa Old Beijing Hutong Tai Chi Class
Peking Duck Dinner
Xian: Qing Dynasty Terracotta Warriors Old City Wall Bell Tower Provincial Museum

Day by Day Itinerary with Arrangements:
Day 1
Airport
Transfer Hotel
Beijing - Your guide will meet you upon your arrival at the Beijing International Airport .The guide will give you a briefing on Beijing and your following day's itinerary on the way going to hotel by air-conditioning bus. Your Tai chi Teacher will greet you with the briefing of Tai Chi and present you with a set of Silk Dress of Tai Chi after you check in the hotel. The first class will be given under the condition if your time is available. This activity might be switched to next morning if it is missed. Healthy Dinner at Hotel Restaurant with featured menu specializing in low calorie. You will stay overnight in hotel.
Day 2
Meals: B,L,D
Hotel
Beijing - Your First (or second) Tai Chi Class will be given before breakfast in the hotel. Your tour in the morning will be the excursion to Tian'anmen Square and the Imperial Palace Museum (Known as the Forbidden City.) Vegetarian Lunch will be in the well - known Gong De Lin Vegetarian Restaurant. In the afternoon, you will visit the Temple of Heaven Park, where the Emperors prayed for good harvest every year. The buildings show the typical style of Chinese architecture. Dinner is arranged at Fangshan (imperial food) Restaurant outside of the temple. You will enjoy Acrobatic Show(1.5 hrs.) after dinner. You will be back to hotel around 9:30 p.m., stay overnight in hotel.
 
Day 3
Meals: B,L,D
Hotel
Beijing - You will have Tai Chi Class at early morning (1 hr.) before Breakfast in the hotel. It will be a long day tour for you to go to the Great Wall at Badaling which is 47 miles northwest of the city. Over an hour's drive you will be at the famous defense work built more than 2,000 years ago yet still in very good condition. Lunch will be at Siwei Restaurant on the way to next scenic spot. In the afternoon you will go to visit the Ming Tombs, the royal cemetery where 13 Emperors of the Ming Dynasty were buried. Many precious excavations unearthed are on display in the exhibition hall. On the way driving back to downtown you could take a nap so that you will be up to your next destination, Peking Duck Restaurant to taste the delicious Peking Duck. You will be back to hotel around 10 p.m. for a sound sleep, stay overnight in hotel.
Day 4
Meals: B,L,D
Train
Beijing - Xian ( By Overnight Train) You will have Tai Chi Class (1 hr.) before breakfast in the hotel. You will go to have Hutong Tour in the morning by taking rickshaw for a 2 hrs. En-route to visit 700-year-old Drum Tower; Yingding Bridge, Old quadrangles inhabited by Beijing residents. Lunch will be arranged at Sichuan Restaurant next door to your tour terminal, Prince Gong's Residence. In the afternoon, you will visit Lama Temple, the biggest Buddhist Temple with Tibetan style in Beijing. Dinner will be arranged at a local Chinese restaurant or early Taken-away Dinner will be provided for you if train leaves before 6 p.m. You will take the overnight train to Xi' an (by Soft Berth) in the evening, overnight on train.
Day 5
Meals: B,L,D
Hotel
Xi'an - On early morning you will arrive in Xi'an, which had been once the ancient capital of over 10 dynasties in Chinese history and the start point of the Silk Road. After arrival, you will take air-conditioning bus to the Qin Dynasty Terracotta Warriors. In this Archaeological Museum you will see with your own eyes at those underground 6,000 life-size terra-cotta warriors and horses for the first emperor of the Qin Dynasty (221 B.C. - 206 B.C.). The excavation was done in 1974. This incredible excavation had become one of the 7 wonders in the world. Chinese Lunch will be at Friendship Restaurant nearby the museum. In the evening, you will enjoy the Dinner Show of Tang Dynasty Singing and Dancing Performance. It will be another unforgettable experience for you .You will be back to hotel around 10 p.m. to complete this long day tour, stay overnight in hotel.
Day 6
Meals: B,L,D
Train
Xian - Beijing (By Overnight Train) Before your breakfast in hotel, you could either practice your learnt Tai Chi in the gymnasium room in hotel if available or your local guide will take you to the nearby garden where local Chinese people are doing Tai Chi. Afterwards, you will have a full day tour in this city, visiting the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, Bell Tower ,the Provincial Museum and Ancient City Wall ,from which you can have a bird's-eye view of the city center. You will take the evening train to Beijing (On Soft Berth ) either after dinner at local restaurant or bring your taken-away dinner with you, overnight on train.
Day 7
Meals: B,L,D
Hotel
Beijing - You will arrive in Beijing in the early morning and immediately go to have breakfast and stopover in hotel so that you could fresh up for your second trip to Beijing. You will go to the most beautiful Summer Palace where the imperial family used to spend leisure times in the past and lived in summer as Summer Resort. You will enjoy the Imperial Lunch at Restaurant of Listening to Orioles inside of the Summer Palace. After lunch you will go back to the hotel for the last Tai Chi Class. A ceremony for granting the Certificate of Tai Chi Class by the teacher will be processed. You will also be presented with CD of Taichi so that you could keep on practicing after you go back home. Fare Dinner will be arranged at Hot Pot Restaurant with Healthy Menu. You will be back to your hotel around 9 p.m., stay overnight in hotel.
Day 8
Meals: B
Airport Transfer
Flight
Beijing - Home (By International Flight) Breakfast in hotel, you will be free for leisure in the morning if your scheduled flight back home in the afternoon, or our tour company will transfer you to the airport in the morning accordingly for your flight back home. Bon Voyage!
Package Includes: Round-Trip Airfare on Singapore Airlines
Restrictions May Apply | Free Stopover in Singapore is Permitted
Rates are Per Person Based on Twin Occupancy | Taxes & Fuel Surcharge Not Included

Service Inclusion: Round Trip Domestic Transportations | Hotel & Institute Accommodation
Daily Meals | Transfers | Sightseeing Tours | Tai Chi Training Course with Relative Necessities
English Speaking Guide as Indicated in the Itinerary | Admission Fee

Special Offer: 1 Night Free Accommodation is Offered in Singapore if Outbound Travel is on
SQ11 from Los Angeles or on SQ15 from San Francisco

Offer Valid Until December 31, 2006

From LA or SFO - Surcharges Apply for these 2006 Travel Period:
June 6 - Aug. 20, Dec. 6 - 12, Dec. 24 - 31 Add $200 Per Person & Dec. 13-23 Add $400 Per Person

From NY - Surcharges Apply for these 2006 Travel Period:
June 6 - Aug. 20, Dec. 6 - 12, Dec. 24 - 31 Add $300 Per Person & Dec. 13-23 Add $500 Per Person
 
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