GENERAL INFORMATION

6 Tips for your Holiday

EXPERIENCE HONG KONG 4

Hong Kong Accommodation Hong Kong Sightseeing Hong Kong Highlights - Suggested Itinerary

MACAO 11

Macao Accommodation Macao Discovery - Suggested Itinerary

EXPERIENCE CHINA 14

Beijing Accommodation Beijing Sightseeing

Shanghai Accommodation Shanghai Sightseeing

Xian Accommodation and Sightseeing Chengdu Accommodation and Sightseeing

TOURING CHINA 22

Wendy Wu Tours China Private Touring

CRUISING 28

Royal Caribbean

General Information

Accommodation Ratings

To assist with the selection of your accommodation we have created our own rating system allowing you to compare each property. These are personal ratings offered by our people from their own experience and should therefore be used as a guide only. These ratings may alter throughout the year due to a change of circumstances.

Moderate accommodation with a reasonable range of rooms and facilities, with rooms furnished to a comfortable standard.

Superior standard of accommodation with a wide range of rooms and facilities, and a higher standard of service.

First Class accommodation with an excellent range of facilities and services. Accommodation in this rating is considered among the best in the country.

A half star is noted when the level of service and facilities falls between two grades. Grading accommodation can be quite subjective and generally speaking the standard and services will be in line with the price paid. Please check with your travel consultant to ensure you get the accommodation to best suit your needs.

Closest MTR/Subway/Metro Station

Child Policy: Please note bedding configuration varies between properties and in some cases with different room types within a property. Some hotels also offer family bonuses and specials. Your travel consultant will help you choose the hotel to best suit you and your family’s needs.

HONG KONG, MACAO & CHINA

2 While there are some similarities between Hong Kong, Macao & China, there are mainly differences as big as night and day. In Hong Kong, you’ll be dazzled by the stunning harbour and feel energised by a combination of the urban, the rural and the water. You’ll have easy access to Western shops and a modern transport system. Macao retains an old-world charm, with a unique Chinese and Portuguese heritage. Among Macao’s treasures is the UNESCO World Heritagesite, “The historic centre of Macao”, the area boasts impressive architecture and temples. China is the world’s most populous country and in the bustling cities, it certainly feels it. It has vast landscapes of mountains, deserts and grassland too, each with a dialect of Mandarin and is home to historical sites thousands of years old that are a wonder to behold. Hong Kong runs on Cantonese and English conversations, has more freedom when it comes to internet use and offers a world of exquisite, mouth-watering international dining options. These should be on your itinerary, and with them being neighbouring countries, make sure you visit all three and spot the differences for yourself.

2 / HIT THE SHOPS Put Hong Kong’s Temple Street Night Market on your list as it’s a mix of traders, talent and fortune tellers. Weave from vendors to opera singers, and endless festivity. Nanjing Road is the world’s longest shopping street at six kilometres and is Shanghai’s main shopping area, home to parks, People’s Square, museums, galleries and opera houses. Shanghai also has the pedestrianised Xin Tian Di Street filled with boutiques and restaurants and since western influence is rife, big US chain stores amidst it all. 3 / FOR THE KID IN ALL OF US Hong Kong Zoo opened in 1871 and includes the city’s lush botanical gardens, located on the Northern slope of Victoria Peak. Admire an inner-city sanctuary framed by skyscrapers and then head to the playground and aviaries. As with Disneylands everywhere, kids and adults love them! Indulge in a whimsical holiday when you venture to Hong Kong Disneyland or Shanghai Disneyland, or why not make your mark at both! 1 / FOOD GLORIOUS FOOD Glazed and syrup-coated, Chinese cuisine will have you salivating at the thought of it, especially traditional Peking duck. Attracting an almost cult-following, it’s best enjoyed in Beijing - with lashings of sweet bean sauce. With a little nod to its British past, Hong Kong delivers one of the best high teas in Asia at the renowned Peninsula Hotel. Whether you’re at a sizzling side-street wok or in a traditional Pastelaria on the well-known Rua do Cunha (Food Street), there is much of Macao’s mouthwatering cuisine to savour. Don’t leave China, mainland or otherwise, without eating your own weight in dumplings. Try Xiaolongbao in the Jiangnan region (and Shanghai especially) which are unbeatable. Steamed in small bamboo baskets they’re lightly ‘soup-filled’, so you get a good dose of meat as well as jus. 6 TIPS FOR YOUR HOLIDAY

5 / EXPLORE THE WATERWAYS Areas can take a on a whole new persona when seen from the water. Add in night when the lights can guide you and it is different again! Hong Kong’s Star Ferry has been operating for over 120 years and is a cheap way see knockout views of Victoria Harbour, especially come nightfall. Suzhou, a city west of Shanghai, is best known for its canals, bridges and waterways. Dubbed the ‘Venice of China’, it’s defined by ornate gardens and Asian pagodas. In Shanghai, the Huangpu River divides the city into two parts: Puxi to Pudong. You can get between them via Shanghai’s century old ferry boats. The sweeping skyline views are breath-taking.

4 / VIEW FROM THE TOP At night the skyline of Shanghai sparkles like an enormous fairground. Make a beeline for the Bund’s Bar Rouge, while the dazzling views from Hyatt’s VUE bar are only matched by an equally stunning décor. In Hong Kong you’ll want to enjoy incredible 360-degree views of Victoria Harbour from the 100th floor of Hong Kong’s tallest building - the International Commerce Centre (ICC). On the other side of the harbour, visit a free-of-charge Hong Kong viewpoint on the 55th floor of IFC Tower 2.

6 / HIT THE STREETS Hutongs are a type of alleyway typical to northern China, and particularly Beijing. They’re also the best way to experience ‘Old Beijing’ at its traditional best. A relic that time forgot, get lost in a China built centuries past, amongst crooked old houses and children chasing rickshaws down the street. From traditional Asia to a street influenced by a very western concept: Las Vegas, Macao’s Cotai Strip boasts multiple hotel-casinos all lining the Cotai section of Macao. As glitzy as its US cousin, the lights never go out here. And then there’s Hong Kong come nightfall. If you consider this city busy by day, it really revs it up a gear from dusk. There’s a distinct ‘work-hard, play-hard’ ethic here, and tourists are fully encouraged to partake. Dine, dance or simply enjoy the raucous ambience, but sleep is not an option.