17 days marvels of silk road

includes: beijing, xi'an, lanzhou, dunhuang, turpan, urumqi & shanghai

d1 arrive in beijing. greeted by our attentive local guide at airport and transfer to your hotel.

d2 visit the tiananmen square, the largest square in the world, then move on to visit the forbidden city, which has been the royal palace for more than 500 years, with 800 buildings and 9000 rooms. after lunch, go to visit the summer palace, which is a beautiful royal garden with a big lake. a famous beijing duck dinner is arranged in the evening.

d3 full day excursion to the great wall at mutianyu, with cable car go up and down the wall. on the way back, visit the ming tombs. beijing opera in the evening.

d4 after breakfast, visit the magnificent temple of heaven, where qing emperors prayed for good harvest. after lunch, take a flight to xi'an, meet and transfer to your hotel. a traditional chinese dumpling banquet in the evening.

d5 visit the well preserved old city wall and the provincial museum with a nice chinese buffet lunch at the tang dynasty palace. afternoon visit the world famous terra-cotta warriors and horses. a traditional imperial singing and dancing show in the evening.

d6 take a morning flight to lanzhou, the capital of gansu province, transfer to your hotel, then go to visit the white pagoda mountain park and the provincial museum.

d7 a full day excursion to the famous binglingsi grottoes with a boat ride of over 50 km along the yellow river.

d8 take a morning flight to dunhuang, visit the world culture heritage - mogao grottoes, which has 492 caves with murals, painted clay figures, and more.

d9 visit the dunhuang museum and the model of song dynasty, after lunch, go to visit the mysterious crescent spring surrounded by the singing sand dunes. enjoy the camel-riding there.

d10 today we will drive for 2 hours to the train station in liu yuan, and then take a train with soft sleeper to turpan.

d11 arrive in turpan in the early morning, then go to visit gaochang ancient city, and the astana-karakhoja tomb, after lunch, visit the thousand buddha caves in bizaklik, and the grapevalley.

d12 in the morning, visit the old city of jiaohe, and the sugong pagoda. after lunch, drive 4 hours to urumqi.

d13 a full day excursion to the heavenly mountain with a boat ride on the heavenly lake, come back to urumqi in the late afternoon and take a evening flight to kashgar, the border city.

d14 take a leisure time at the prosperous bazaar in the morning, after lunch, go to visit the largest idkah mosque and the apakh hoja tomb.

d15 visit the silk roadmuseum and the minority kindergarten to enjoy the children's nice dance performance. after lunch, take a flight back to urumqi, then go to see the exhibition of ethnic customs.

d16 take a morning flight to shanghai and transfer to your hotel, then go to visit the jade buddha temple, the bund, and the nanjing road which is the best known shopping street in china. after dinner, enjoy the famous acrobatic show.

d17 after a relaxed breakfast in your hotel, we will transfer you to airport and see you off.