China's Golden Triangle
(2011-2012)

This is a shorter version of our popular 12-Day “The Middle Kingdom” tour (Refer to our First Class Travel Category). This tour is competitively priced for those who can only manage a shorter vacation and who are looking for an unbeatable value China travel package.

This lately modified itinerary features inclusive tours and all intra-China air transportation. In respond to our clients' feedback, we replace the 11-hour overnight train ride from Beijing to Xian with a 1 ½ hour flight, and make all previous optional tours included features. Further, we select hotels with central location in all three cities so you can catch the sights and sounds of local life with ease.

The exciting journey starts in Capital Beijing to discover its imperial treasures. We walk on the Great Wall of China, tour the “Forbidden City”, roam in the Summer Palace, and marvel at the Temple of Heaven. We have a home-cooked lunch at a local family home, we savor the famous Peking Duck, we tour the disappearing “Old Beijing” on a pedicab...

We continue our journey to China's heartland at the ancient Xian to admire the 7,000 life-sized Terra-cotta Warriors and the mausoleum of Emperor Qinshihuangdi. We learn the history of China, sample the royal Dumpling Banquet, and reinvent our dream of China's glorious Tang Dynasty watching a stage show.

We tour the futurist Shanghai and experience the life and sounds of this vibrant metropolis—this is the future of China! We make a side trip to the canal towns of Suzhou and Tongli, to visit their classic gardens, silk and embroidery..At the end of the trip, we take the world's fastest maglev train to the airport for your homebound journey.

This tour is well planned, modestly priced and well operated to bring you an unbeatable vacation value in the cold winter.