16-day escorted tour from £2,939
Tiananmen Square
Experience an unforgettable journey combining ancient and ultra-modern man-made sights, and some astounding natural wonders. Tour Highlights & Inclusions • Discover Shanghai – old and sparkling new • Explore Shanghai’s Old City and Yuyuan Chinese Gardens • Visit the Giant Panda Research Centre • Guided tour of Xi’an including the Terracotta Army • Journey to the Great Wall and see the Three Gorges Dam • Visits to Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City and the Summer Palace • Journey to ancient Suzhou, and enjoy a canal cruise and visit to the old city and Silk Embroidery Institute
• A high speed train journey from Chongqing to Chengdu, Chengdu to Xi’an, Xi’an to Beijing and Beijing to Suzhou • 10 nights’ carefully chosen three- and four-star lunch, bed and breakfast accommodation, plus one night on the aircraft • Dinner on eight nights including a ‘Peking Duck’ dinner • Four-night five-star full-board cruise • Porterage included throughout • Return flights to Shanghai, all internal flights, with coach travel and transfers throughout • Fully escorted by a friendly, experienced tour manager
Travel from Shanghai’s glass and steel, before cruising through a land as rich in myth and
legend as in startling, spectacular scenery, as the Yangtze, arrested by the engineering marvel of the Three Gorges Dam, plies its ageless course. Laid-back Chengdu, home to Giant Pandas, ancient Xi’an with its eye-popping Terracotta Army, and centuries old Beijing provide yet more unforgettable sights, before the holiday draws to a close back in Shanghai.
After the startling contrasts of China’s second city, which will include the Bund, the futuristic skyline and ancient gardens, you’ll then fly on to Yichang and the five-star cruise. The timeless Yangtze, fastgrowing Chongqing and Chengdu’s pandas lead on to two nights in Xi’an, where ancient, priceless, Tang Dynasty treasures and the 8,000 terracotta warriors are unforgettable sights.
Yangtze River Cruise
Your Hotels & Cruise
Suzhou’s wonders and the mesmerising sights of the capital and the astonishing ‘Great Wall’ are many of the tour’s most lasting memories. Yangtze River Cruise Ship
Available May, Sep, Nov 2022, Apr to Jun, Sep & Nov 2023 Fly direct (flight upgrades available). Prices from • Heathrow £2,939 (UK connecting flights available – call us for details)
Personalise your holiday • Peking Opera – from £14 • Shanghai Nightscape Cruise – from £18.
Room for Sole Use from £686 Please note: The transfer time from the airport to your hotel is approximately one hour. Visas are required by British Citizens travelling to China. Please see page 198.
Your accommodation includes carefully selected three and four-star hotels and a five-star cruise that will add to the enjoyment of your touring holiday. For full details of the ship please see the website.
Shanghai Ambassador Hotel, Shanghai (nights 2 & 15) Yangtze River Cruise Ship (nights 3-6) Yinhe Dynasty, Chengdu (nights 7-8) Grand Dynasty Culture Hotel, Xi’an (nights 9-10) Beijing Qianmen Jianguo Hotel, Beijing (nights 11-13) Hotel Soul, Suzhou (night 14)
Call us on: 0330 160 7722
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Classic China & Yangtze River Cruise
