Day 1: Arriving in Beijing

Hotel: Beijing Tailong Plaza Hotel ****

• Transfer from Beijing airport to your hotel
• Leisure time for the rest of the day
• Overnight in Beijing

Day 2: Beijing (B)

Hotel: Beijing Tailong Plaza Hotel ****

• Breakfast at the hotel
• Visit of Tian'anmen Square, the largest city square in the world
• Visit of the Forbidden City, the largest imperial palace in China
• Visit of the Temple of Heaven, where Ming and Qing dynasty emperors used to perform annual ceremonies to pray for good harvests
  
• Experience a Kung Fu show in the evening
• Overnight in Beijing

Day 3: Beijing (B)

Hotel: Beijing Tailong Plaza Hotel ****

• Breakfast at the hotel
• Trip to the Great Wall, one of the seven wonders in the world and China's most famous landmark
  
• Head out to the Ming Tombs, a group of thirteen underground tombs of Ming Dynasty emperors
  
• Experience the Sacred Road
• Overnight in Beijing

Day 4: Beijing to Xian (B)

Hotel: Aurum International Hotel ****

• Breakfast at the hotel
• Visit the Summer Palace, the largest and best-preserved royal garden in China
• Cruise in the Summer Palace
• Transfer to Beijing Capital International Airport
• Transfer from Xian Xianyang International Airport to your hotel
• Enjoy leisure time for the rest of the day
• Overnight in Xian

Day 5: Xian (B)

Hotel: Aurum International Hotel ****

• Breakfast at the hotel
• Visit the Terracotta Warriors and Horses, considered as one of the greatest archaeological findings of the 20th century!
• Visit the Bell Tower, the emblem of Xian city
• Visit the Wild Goose Pagoda
• Enjoy a traditional Tang Dynasty show in the evening--see the dances and songs performed when Xian was the capital of the Tang Dynasty
  
• Overnight in Xian

Day 6: Xian to Lanzhou (B)

Hotel: Xilan International Hotel ****

• Breakfast at the hotel
• Visit the Provincial Museum, well known to be one of the main museums in China which holds numerous unearthed cultural relics of ancient times
  
• Walk around the Ancient City Wall
• Visit the Grand Mosque of Xian
• Transfer to Xian Xianyang International Airport
• Transfer from Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airport to your hotel
• Overnight in Lanzhou

Day 7: Lanzhou--Jiayuguan (B)

Hotel: Jiayuguan Hotel ****

• Breakfast at the hotel
• Cruise from Liujiaxia Gorge to Binglingsi
• Be transferred to the railway station to catch the train to Jiayuguan
• Visit of the Thousand Buddha Caves:  a collection of Buddhist carvings in a canyon along the Yellow River
  
• Transfer to the railway station and take a train to Jiayuguan
• Overnight in Jiayuguan

Day 8: Jiayuguan (B)

Hotel: Jiayuguan Hotel ****

• Breakfast at the hotel
• Visit of the Jiayuguan Pass, well known as "the first and greatest pass under heaven" and a key point on the ancient SIlk Road
  
• Visit a part of the Great Wall
• Visit the Weijin Tomb, built during the Wei and Jin dynasties (between the 3rd and 5th century)
• Visit a museum about the Great Wall
• Overnight in Jiayuguan

Day 9: Jiayuguan To Dunhuang (B)

Hotel: Dunhuang Hotel ****

• Breakfast at the hotel
• Transfer form your hotel to Dunhuang
• Visit of the Yulin Grottoes, famous for their murals and sculptures
• Overnight in Dunhuang

Day 10: Dunhuang To Turpan (B)

Hotel: Tuha Petroleum Hotel ****

• Breakfast at the hotel
• Visit the Mogao Grottoes, the world's richest treasure house of Buddhist sutras, murals and sculptures
• Experience the Echoing-Sand Mountain, well known to literally be an oasis in the desert
• Walk around the Crescent Lake
• Transfer to the railway station and train to Turpan
• Overnight in Turpan

Day 11: Turpan (B)

Hotel: Tuha Petroleum Hotel ****

• Breakfast at the hotel
• Visit of Jiaohe Ancient City known as 'the River City'
• Visit of the Astana Tombs, famous for their terracotta figurines and tomb paintings
• Discover the Flaming Mountain, impressive because of many years of volcanic activity which formed the unique crisscrossing gullies and ravines
• Visit of the Karez Well and Suleiman's Minaret
• Walk around the Tuyugou Village
• Overnight in Turpan

Day 12: Turpan – Korla (B)

Hotel: Loulan Hotel ****

• Breakfast at the hotel
• Transfer by car to Korla
• Walk around the Loctus lake on the way
• Overnight in Korla

Day 13: Korla - Kuche (B)

Hotel: Kuche Hotel ****

• Breakfast at the hotel
• Walk around the Tarim river
• Experience the Diversifolious Poplar Forest Park and discover the Taklamakan Desert
• Overnight in Kuche

Day 14: Kuche (B)

Hotel: Kuche Hotel ****

• Breakfast at the hotel
• Explore the Kizil-Thousand Buddha Caves
• Take in the view around the Tianshan Grand Canyon and the Kizilgaha Beacon Tower
• Visit of the Subash Buddhist Temple ruins and the Kuche Mosque
• Overnight in Kuche

Day 15: Kuche - Kashgar (B)

Hotel: Soft sleeper train

• Breakfast at the hotel
• Exploration the traditional Uyghur town
• Massage time and leisure time for the rest of the day
• In the evening, take an overnight train to Kashgar

Day 16: Kashgar

Hotel: Kashi Tianyuan International Hotel ****

• Transfer from the Kashgar railway station to your hotel
• Enjoy leisure time for the rest of the day
• Overnight in Kashgar

Day 17: Kashgar - Tashkurgan (B)

Hotel: Jiaotong Hotel ****

• Breakfast at the hotel
• Transfer to Tashkurgan
• Experience Lake Karakuli, a huge lake (1,500km) that is about 3,600m above the sea level
• Pass by the Gaici Fort
• Visit a stone city, a unique site with bizarre-shaped stones littered everywhere
• Overnight in Tashkurgan

Day 18: Taxkorgan – Kashgar-Urumqi (B)

Hotel: City Hotel Urumqi ***

• Breakfast at the hotel
• Visit of the Konjirap port, the highest port in the world,
• Transfer to Kashgar airport and flight to Urumqi
• Overnight in Urumqi

Day 19 Urumqi (B)

Hotel: City Hotel Urumqi ***

• Breakfast at the hotel
• Walk around the Southern Pasture: a very beautiful grazing area, with mountains, valleys, fountains, waterfalls, cypress and pine trees.
• Experience the Erdaoqiao Bazaar, the largest Uygur bazaar in Urumqi, where you'll find a bustling market full of fruit, clothing, crafts, knives, carpets and more
• Overnight in Urumqi

Day 20: Urumqi (B)

 

• Breakfast at the hotel
• Transfer to Urumqi Diwopo International Airport and flight back home

 

Please note: the tour can start in any city listed in the itinerary, the price will be adjusted accordingly

 

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