SILK ROAD Highlights one
SILK ROAD HIGHLIGHTS TOUR 01
Beijing - Urumqi - Turpan - Xi'an - Shanghai 12 Days
ITINERARY
Day01 Beijing
Arrive in Beijing
Day02 Beijing
Visit the People's Square, the Forbidden City, the Summer Palace.
Day03 Beijing
Visit the Great Wall, the Ming Tombs.
Day04 Beijing - Urumqi
Fly to Urumuqi, the capital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, enjoy the local flavour at dinner.
Day05 Urumqi - Tianshan Mountains
This morning drive to Tianshan Mountains, visit the Heavenly Lake. In the afternoon, drive back to the city and visit the Xinjiang Museum, where we can see three exhibition halls, for folk customs of minorities, historical relics, the ancient corpses.
Day06 Urumqi - Turpan
In the morning drive to Southern Mountains, a beautiful grassland, visit kazak yurts and talk with kazaks there. After lunch in the city, drive to Turpan, which is famous for grapes and hami melons. Visit the ancient irrigation system - karez on the way. After dinner you can enjoy the Uygur dancing and singing under the grapes' trellis.
Day07 Turpan -Urumqi
The half day tour of the ruins of Ancient City Gaochang, Ancient Astana tombs. Beziklik thousand Buddha Grottoes, the Flaming mountains. In the afternoon, visit the ancient Uygur architecture - Emin minerret. Drive to Urumqi.
Day08 Urumqi -Dunhuang
Fly to Donhuang, the highlight of the silk road will bring you to Mogao Grottoes, known as the "Treasure House of the Eastern Art", best preserved in China as well as in the worldwide. Then visit Mingsha Hill and the Crescent Moon Lake in the afternoon.
Day09 Dunhuang - Xi'an
Catch the morning flight to Xi'an, visit Ancient City Wall of Ming Dynasty, Big Wild Groose pagoda.
Day10 Xi'an
Visit the wonder of the world - the Emperor Qinshihuang's Terracotta Warriors in the morning, the city sightseeing of Xi'an: the Bell Tower, the Drum Tower in the afternoon.
Day11 Xi'an - Shanghai
Fly to Shanghai, visit the Bund, Yu Garden.
Day12 Shanghai
Leave Shanghai for your hometown.
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