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● Roundtrip ●11-Day 4-and 5-star hotel accommodations ● 3Day meals each day ● Deluxe bus tours 6 - 7 Beijing/Shanghai/Suzhou Itinerary Fly to Shanghai, followed by a bus trip to Suzhou for the Lingering Day 1 - YYC/Beijing ● Fluent English-speaking tour guides Entrance Garden,● Tiger Hill, Hanshan fees Temple for and theattractions National Embroidery Check in at Calgary International Airport for an afternoon flight. Your
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Institute to see silk embroidery, a local craft with thousands of years of adventure begins as you cross the international dateline. history. Dinner this evening will include a show featuring traditional Day 2 - Beijing Chinese music. Arrive in Beijing, the Capital of China, by midnight. You will be met at the Day 8 - Suzhou/Hangzhou airport by your tour guide and transferred to the hotel.Day 6 - 7 Beijing/Shanghai/Suzhou Morning tour bus excursion to Hangzhou for a visit to the Economic Day 3 - 4 Beijing Fly to Shanghai, followed by a bus trip to Suzhou for the Lingering Development Zone and the centuries-old Lingyin Temple, featuring a Visit the Tian An Men Square, the largest square in the world, the Hill,64.3 Hanshan Templecarving andofthe National Embroidery foot high camphor-wood Buddha. Palace Museum, also knownYour as the Forbidden Garden, City, home Tiger of 24 al Airport for an afternoon flight. Day 9 - Hangzhou/Shanghai emperors with a total space of 9,999 rooms, and the Summer Palace, Institute to see silkMorning embroidery, a local craft with thousands of years of international dateline. boat cruise on West Lake with relaxing stopover at jewel-like featuring the Long Corridor with painted gallery, Kunming Lake and history. Dinner this pagodas evening include traditional and teawill houses. Afternoon a tourshow bus trip tofeaturing Shanghai. Longevity Hill, Seventeen Arch Bridge and the Marble Boat. Day 10 Shanghai Tour to the Lama Temple and the Temple of Heaven, built in 1420 Chinese music. hina, by midnight. You will be met at the Visit the Yu Garden, a maze of marvelous pavilions, ponds, rocky works A.D., where the emperors prayed to the heavens for a good harvest. Day 8 - Suzhou/Hangzhou and overarching trees. Also visit the Bund, Shanghai’s famous waterfront Day 5 - Beijing nsferred to the hotel. park. Tour the Pudong Economic Development Zone. Bus excursion to the Great Wall, the 4,000 mile long and 2,000 year old Morning tour bus excursion to Hangzhou for a visit to the Economic Day 11 - Shanghai/Beijing/YYC construction is said to be the only man-made structure visible by the naked Development and the centuries-old featuring a Free morning. The afternoon flightLingyin will depart Temple, by 1:30pm for Calgary eye from the the Mingthe Tombs. One of the 13 Ming Emperors' Zone e, the largest square inmoon. theVisit world, where you will arrive at 10:30am on the same day. Tombs is fully excavated and open for exploration.
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