Day 1 May 2, 2012 Arrival in Urumqi
Arrived at the capital of Xinjiang - Urumqi, which is farthest from the Ocean City in the world. Excellent bilingual tour guides in the airport to greet your arrival, you detail explaining the history, culture and customs of Xinjiang Autonomous Region, then to the hotel.
Breakfast:X
Lunch:X
Dinner:X
Accommodation:Xinjiang Urumqi
Day 2 May 3, 2012 Urumqi
After breakfast, visit the【Tianshan Tianch(packet boat-trip)】,Bogda mountain of serac in the Tian Shan, 1980 m, Tianshan Tianchi mountain lakes - centric, Xuefeng reflected, the scenery picturesque, known as " THE JADE POOL ". Traveling by boat Tianchi, lakes, and serac tree shadow, heady, spread many myths and legends of the beautiful here, for the natural beauty of Tianchi put on a layer color of magic, it is the most prestigious tourism scenic spot in Xinjiang. Then visited Xinjiang Hetian jade Museum.
Breakfast:Breakfast in the hotel
Lunch:Chinese-style lunch
Dinner:Xinjiang roasted whole lamb
Accommodation:Xinjiang Urumqi
Day 3 May 4, 2012 Urumqi - Turpan
After breakfast visit【Museum of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region】,Museum exhibits the 4,000 or 5,000 years ago until the modern times from the Silk Road to explore and collect more than 1000 pieces of precious cultural relics. Then ride the world's vineyards—Turpan,Upon arrival, visitors has more than 2000 years of history, as early as the Tang dynasty had been established as Supreme military and political institutions of the western regions xidu nursing House【Ruins of Jiaohe】,Today, huge architectural history of old glory, immersive, let you having all sorts, where you can look at the snow peak of tianshan mountain, snowy. When you stay at the hotel arrangements with the region welcome ceremony. After dinner, enjoy traditional dance performances (group function).
Breakfast:Breakfast in the hotel
Lunch:Chinese lunch tasting chicken market
Dinner : Chinese-style dinner
Accommodation:Xinjiang Turpan
Day 4 May 5, 2012 Turpan - Dunhuang
After breakfast visit the ancient underground water project-【Karez】, which together with the great wall, Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal known as the three major projects of ancient China, with a total length of about 5,000 km, entitled "China's first" in the world, it is nourishing the Turpan OASIS's main lifeblood. Afternoon visit <<A Journey to the West>> depicted in 【Burning Mountain】, under the Sun is shining a Red Mountain xuanfu daizhe form, such as fly-Dragon, spectacular, you seem to feel outside the furnace next to it. Then visit the world famous 【Grape Valley】to arrange home visits. At sunset, distinguished guests set foot on the train eastward through the stars at 20:30 Gorge, land in Gansu, Dunhuang. Entertainment on the night you can train carriages, drinking and chatting or playing music, or Kara OK yourself singing a song.
Breakfast:Breakfast in the hotel
Lunch: Chinese-style lunch
Dinner: Chinese-style dinner
Accommodation:China Orient Express
Day 5 May 6, 2012 Dunhuang
After breakfast, specially arranged for you on the train Institute of Dunhuang experts and professors explain in detail for you < Dunhuang culture >. 11:30 train arrived in Dunhuang, China's historical and cultural city--, after lunch, visit to the famous 【Mogao Grottoes】, she was hailed as the 20th century's most valuable cultural discovery, Orient "Louvre", she is currently the world's most ambitious scale, of the best preserved Buddhist art treasures, was also named by the United Nations "world cultural heritage". Here will keep you amazed, linger on. Night visit bars night market night market, with its rich folk customs and distinctive local characteristics, known as the Dunhuang "night" and "style of painting". 【Sha Chau night market】 divided into delicacies, arts and crafts, "three bubbles" Cafe and the five major operating regional Deputy, native products, crafts are a wide range.
Breakfast: Orient Express Breakfast
Lunch: Chinese-style lunch
Dinner:Chinese taste snow camel Palm
Accommodation:Gansu Dunhuang
Day 6 May 7, 2012 Dunhuang - Jiayuguan
After breakfast, visit the 【Singing Sands Mountain】. Across the mountains by the fine grain of sand accumulation becomes, when the breeze blows, orchestral music, which got its name. 【Yueya Spring】 when you climb overlooking, sand dunes stand clear ripples, Sha ring going on, people are all nature's magical charm. Specially arranged for VIP【per person to ride a camel to Crescent Moon Spring horse】, walking in the desert, to experience the ancient ambience. Then visited the famous silk carpet technology of Dunhuang. After lunch take China Orient Express train at 3:00pm in Jiayuguan, China Orient Express train arriving in Jiayuguan at 8:00pm.
Breakfast: Breakfast in the hotel
Lunch: Chinese-style lunch
Dinner: Chinese-style dinner
Accommodation: Gansu Jiayuguan
Day 7 May 8, 2012 Jiayuguan - Lanzhou
After breakfast visit the ' impregnable pass under heaven ' 【Jiayuguan】. Jiayuguan is the ancient Silk Road through the pass and things of cultural exchanges along a history of more than 600 years ago, is the great wall in the West end. Then visited the【Cantilever Wall】cantilever wall was built above the ridge at about 45 degrees, the shape of the volley hung upside down, thus named after the "cantilever wall". Then visit 【The First Pier】, also known as the first pier of the great wall, is the great wall of Ming dynasty Western starting point, and Shanhaiguan, Hebei in Bohai Sea shore of "old dragon head" echoed together to build up the Chinese great wall "Dragon" first and last, achievements of the Chinese "Dragon" name. Then visited the luminous wine glass technology. 22:00 take a special train at Lanzhou.
Breakfast: Breakfast in the hotel
Lunch: Chinese-style lunch
Dinner:Chinese taste of flame leg of lamb
Accommodation:China Orient Express
Day 8 May 9, 2012 Lanzhou - Xian
After breakfast, we arrived at 10:00am in Lanzhou, Lanzhou, Han said the "Golden City", known as "city of melons and fruits," said. She is the ancient "Silk Road" town, visit originated in Ming Jiajing years known as the second crane 【Lanzhou water wagon Park】visiting ancient levigation, chess and entertainment. Lunch you will taste the Lanzhou has "a clear, two white, three red, green, four and five yellow" authentic Lanzhou hand-extended noodles. Afternoon sightseeing built in during the 33 "first of the Yellow River Bridge in the world," reputation 【Zhongshan Iron Bridge】, 【Mother of the Yellow River statue】, then you can enjoy the Sheepskin rafts crossing the Yellow River, "to brag, crossed the Yellow River" ancient charm, dinner you will taste the typical Yellow River carp. 10:30pm take a special train at Xian.
Breakfast: Orient Express breakfast
Lunch:Chinese lunch taste of Lanzhou hand-extended noodles
Dinner:Chinese taste of Yellow River carp
Accommodation:China Orient Express
Day 9 May 10, 2012 Xian
Arrival in Xian at 10:00am, after breakfast, visit the 【Xian city wall】, the existing city walls built in the Ming dynasty to seven to 11 years (1374-1378), has been more than 600 years of history, is a late medieval city wall is one of the most famous in Chinese history, is the most complete ancient city wall China's existing architecture. 【Statue of a starting point of the Silk Road】, 【Big Wild Goose Pagoda Plaza】, returned to the hotel. Dinner tour unique in today's China "Las Vegas"-international dance theatre restaurant-【The Tang Dynasty】. Tasting Palace banquet at the same time enjoy the Tang dynasty music and dance.
Breakfast: Orient Express breakfast
Lunch: Chinese-style lunch
Dinner:Tang Palace Le Palace banquets and Tang Le miniature
Accommodation:Shaanxi Xian
Day 10 May 11, 2012 Xian
After dinner, visit【The Terracotta Warriors Museum】. Terracotta warriors and horses is known as "the eighth wonder of the world", "one of the greatest discoveries in the history of 20th century archaeology". In December 1987, UNESCO has the mausoleum (includes terracotta warriors and horses hang) in the "World Heritage". Museum has nearly clay bodyguard, composition step, crossbows, car, riding a four arms, holding weapons in actual combat, physique is different, vivid, is one of the seven wonders of the world. Visit 【Huaqing Hot Spring】, the perennial hot spring water here remains greater than 100 degrees Fahrenheit, amazing. Huaqing hot spring in the Tang dynasty palace, a former imperial concubines for pleasure. Then visited the Xian Mei ceramics Museum.
Breakfast: Breakfast in the hotle
Lunch: Chinese-style lunch
Dinner: Chinese-style dinner
Accommodation: Shaanxi Xian
Day 11 May 12, 2012 Depart Xian
After hotel breakfast, guided tours take you to the airport, with an unforgettable feeling, ending China's Silk Road trip on the Orient Express.
Breakfast: Breakfast in the hotel
Lunch: X
Dinner:X
Accommodation:X
Tour Price per person in US$ |
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$1499 |
$1899 |
$2199 |
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Standard Class |
Deluxe Class |
4 persons sharing one compartment with four beds |
2 persons sharing one compartment with two beds |
2 persons sharing one mahogany compartment with two beds, two compartments sharing a small wash basin |
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Xinjiang Urumqi Haide Hotel or similar ( 5 star ) |
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Tu Ha Petroleum Hotel Turpan or similar ( 5 star ) |
Tu Ha Petroleum Hotel Turpan or similar ( 5 star ) |
Gansu Dunhuang Hotel or similar ( 5 star ) |
Gansu Dunhuang Hotel or similar ( 5 star ) |
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Holiday Plaza Hotel Jiayuguan Gansu or similar ( 5 star ) |
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Xian Shangri-la Golden Flower hotel or similar ( 5 star ) |
Xian Shangri-la Golden Flower hotel or similar ( 5 star ) |