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Silk Road Tour

Beijing / Xi'an / Jiayujuang / Dunhuang / Turpan/ Urumqi / Kashigar (14 days) Ref: SR14

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Your Holiday Price Includes
  • All internal transportations in China
  • 14 nights accommodation in a 4* hotels with private facilities in Beijing, Xian and Urumqi, basic hotels in other places in this itinerary
  • All meals in mainland China
  • Comprehensive sightseeing with all entrance fees
  • English speaking guide
  • Baggage handling
  • Chinese visa for group departure
  • All airport taxes

great wall
Great Wall

xian
Xi'an Warriors

mogao
Mogao Grottoes

free market
Kashigar, Free Market

kashigar
Kashigar

Day 01 Beijing
On arrival in Beijing, you will be met and transferred for the afternoon tour of the Temple of Heaven. Two nights stay in Beijing.
Day 02 Beijing
Full day tour to visit Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, and the Great Wall at Badaling. Peking Duck Dinner has been arranged.
Day 03 Beijing/Xi’an
Transferred to the airport for your domestic flight to the Ancient city of Xi’an for an overnight stay. Take the afternoon tour to visit the Terracotta Warriors.
Day 04 Xi’an/Jiayuguan
Morning tour to visit the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, and the City Wall. Transfer to the airport for the flight to Jiayuguan for a two night stay.
Day 05 Jiayuguan
Visit the Western end of the Great Wall at Jiayuguan Pass and Fortess which has over 600 years history. In the afternoon, you will visit the Great Wall Museum.
Day 06 Jiayuguan/Dunhuang
Take the 250 mile (400km) coach journey from Jiayuguan to Dunhuang. Stay in Dunhuang for two nights.
Day 07 Dunhuang
Visit the Mogao Grottoes in the morning and Local museum in the afternoon.
Day 08 Dunhuang/Turpan
Morning visit the famous Mingsha (Humming Sand) Desert and Crescent Moon Lake, coach transfer to the station for the overnight train to Turpan.
Day 09 Turpan
Arrive in the morning, you will be met and transferred to your hotel for breakfast. Visit Gaochang Ancient City, which until early in the Ming dynasty was a thriving town on the silk road, today it has been reduced to a 20 hectare (50 acre) stretch of broken walls and deserted fields. Astana Ancient Tombs and Flaming Mountain, a mountain made famous by the classical Chinese mythological novel, Journey to the West.
Day 10 Turpan/Urumqi
Morning take 125 mile (200 km) coach journey from Turpan to Urumqi, In the afternoon visit the Heavenly Lake, a natural lake fed by thawing snow. Day 11 Urumqi/Kashgar
Transfer to the airport for the afternoon flight to Kashgar. You will be met on arrival and transferred to your hotel for 2 nights stay.
Day 12 Kashgar
Visit the Bazaar in the morning. Kashgar is the venue of the Tomb of Apak Hoja (Fragrant Lady), a massive elegant building created in 1640 in a typical Islamic style and the Idkad Mosque, China’s largest Islamic mosque dating back more than 500 years.
Day 13 Kashgar/Urumqi
Take flight to Urumqi. Visit the Hongshan Park and Xinjiang Museum in the afternoon. One night stay in Urumqi.
Day 14 Urumqi/Beijing
Transferred to the airport for flight to Beijing, afternoon is at leisure in Beijing.

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Silk Road Tour

No. of Pax SR14
Price
Single Supplement
6 – 9 person
£2,339
£310
2 – 5 person
£2,659
£330
1 person
£3,549
N/A

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