Day 1: Melbourne to Shanghai
, Arrive in Shanghai at night and transfer direct to hotel
Day 2: Shanghai
, Shanghai Museum
, Nanjing Road Pedestrians Mall
, The Bund
, Bund Sightseeing Tunnel
, Oriental TV Tower
, Pudong Xinqu (New Development Zone)
Day
3: Shanghai
, Old Chinese City (including Yu Yuan Garden)
, And former Concession areas (including Huaihai Road & Xin
Tian Di)
Day
4: Zhouzhuang
, Typical South Jiangsu water bound village
Day
5: Suzhou
, Humble Administrators Garden
, Wang Shi Garden
Day
6: Nanjing
, Zhongshan Tomb (Sun Yet-Sen¨s Mausoleum)
, Linggu Temple
Day
7: Nanjing
, Nanjing Normal University classes (Calligraphy and Painting)
, Confucious Temple
Day
8: Nanjing
, Nanjing Normal University classes (Folk Music and Martial
Arts)
, Former KMT Presidential Compound
Day
9: Nanjing to Yangzhou (Day trip to Yangzhou)
, Yangzhou old city & gardens
, Traditional neighbourhood visit and lunch with Chinese families
Day
10: Nanjing to Xi¨an
, Old City Wall
, Wild Goose Pagodas
Day
11: Xi¨an
, Terra Cotta Soldiers
Day
12: Xi¨an to Beijing
, Liu Li Chang Cultural Street
, Temple of Heaven & Hongqiao Market
Day
13: Beijing
, Forbidden City & Tian¨An Men Square
, National Museum
, Mao¨s Mausoleum
, Shi Cha Hai (Hutong neighbourhood)
Day
14: Beijing
, The Great Wall
, Ming Tombs
Day
15: Beijing to Melbourne (Depart in the afternoon)
, Wang Fu Jin Shopping Mall
Visiting six major cities of rich cultural heritage with over 20 tourist
attractions in China¨s East, West and North, the tour enables you
to travel through the wonders of ancient Chinese civilisation and
the glory of modern China development.
The
highlights include a number of world heritage sites such as Suzhou
gardens, Xi¨an Terra Cotta Soldiers Beijing Forbidden City and The
Great Wall.
You
will enjoy Hutongs tours in Beijing, the well preserved colonial style
architecture juxtaposed with traditional Chinese Old City in Shanghai,
vernacular dwelling style in the water bound town of Zhouzhuang.
You
will gain a hands-on experience in Chinese calligraphy, painting,
folk music and martial arts in ancient capital of Nanjing. The trip
also offers you opportunities of spending time with Chinese families
to see how they live today in the historic city of Yangzhou.
Please
see itinerary in the brochure for more information and other interests
of participants can be accommodated.