Summary For China Post-Olympic Tour, not only you will have a rare chance to go to the heart of China-Beijing, but also the other main Olympic cities, such as Shanghai, Qingdao, Tianjin and Hong Kong. Moreover, you could taste the most popular food among athletes-Peking Roasted Duck, visit the magnificent Olympic Venues where thousands of athletes show themselves even break the records and buy the Chinese-characteristic souvenir in Xiushui Street. Top China Travel kindly suggest that you could enjoy your stay only in Beijing for about 3 days to one week or we can also combine your Beijing tour to some other visits to Xian, Shanghai and maybe Yangtze River cruises if time permits. Features 1. 29th Olympic Venues Visiting Designed, Covering Beijing and Other Main Olympic Cities 2. Unique Peking Roasted Duck, Peking Opera, Xiushui Street and Acrobatic Show Arrangement 3. Typical and Classic Places of Interesting 4. Fine selected hotels at wide range of choices for your comfort
Day 01 Arrival, Beijing (No meals)
Arrive in Beijing, your gate way city of this tour. Be met at the airport and transferred to your hotel. Free at leisure for the rest of the day.
[ Itinerary Description ]
Beijing, China's capital and a well-known tourist city of the world, offers sights and cultural relics found no where on earth. The city has its own individuality, that's the flavor of Beijing. The quadrangle, small alley, tricycle, boiled mutton, roast duck, Peking Opera, arts and crafts you can see, hear and feel them all only when you come to the city yourself. After a good rest in a comfortable hotel TCT recommended, you are ready for the incoming exciting tour with full energy.
Day 02 Beijing (B/L)
Depart from hotel in the morning to visit Tian'anmen Square and Forbidden City. Then go to the Beijing National Stadium (Bird Nest) and National Aquatics Centre(Water Cube) in the Olympic Park in the afternoon. Peking Opera is your night entertainment.
[ Itinerary Description ]
As the biggest public square in the world, Tian¡¯anmen Square conquers you with its grandeur at the first sight. You are quite glad to begin your first-day tour here. Then you are leaded to Forbidden City. It is the imperial palace for 24 emperors during Ming and Qing Dynasties and the biggest ancient architecture complex in the world. You walk in the museum to see with your eyes, to touch with your hands and fell with your hearts. Thanks to this wonderful visiting, you know how the richest feudal country was and how the top rulers and their concubines lived.
After enjoyed a nice Chinese lunch, the first highlight of your tour will begin. You will have a chance to go to the Beijing National Stadium (Bird Nest) and National Aquatics Centre(Water Cube) in the Olympic Park. The Beijing National Stadium hosted the main track and field competitions for the 2008 Summer Olympics, the opening and closing ceremonies and the men's football gold medal match. As the important role of 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, definitely you have seen it on TV. Now you will see it on live and be conquered again by its magnificent looking. Located west of the Beijing National Stadium (Bird Nest), you will see the National Aquatics Centre(Water Cube). Many people believe Water Cube to be the fastest Olympic pool in the world. It is 1 meter deeper than most Olympic pools. It is improved that the Aquatics Center saw 23 world records broken in the Beijing Olympics. You could have a photo with it now. Whether you could go inside depends on the Chinese government. We will arrange the inside visit as soon as the authority conforms.
At night, it is amazing that you have an opportunity to enjoy the opera of nation- Peking Opera. Skillful performers convey their exact feelings to you through various facial making-ups and featured musical instruments. The Chinese culture is completely revealed. It is so excellent that you couldn¡¯t help applauding again and again.
Day 03 Beijing (B/L)
In the morning drive 75km to visit the Great Wall (Badaling Section) first and Ming Tombs (Changling Tomb), the once lavish burial chambers of 13 emperors of the Ming Dynasty. Peking Roasted Duck is available for your dinner, which is the favorite for most athletes during their life in Beijing.
[ Itinerary Description ]
The Great Wall (Badaling Section) is located in the suburb 75km northwest of Beijing. The highway from Beijing to the Great Wall is smooth and comfortable. The Great Wall is the symbol of China and the wisdom of Chinese people. It is very unbelievable that Chinese succeeded in building such a great architecture with simple tools in ancient time. The construction of the Great Wall began in the 5th century BC. The wall has a total length of 6,700km, traveling up and down over numerous mountains and valleys. Starting in the east at Shanhaiguan Pass, it crosses Hebei Province, Beijing, Shanxi Province, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Shaanxi Province, and ending up in Jiayuguan at Gansu Province. It is said the Great Wall is the only man-made project which is visible from the moon. Badaling Section is one of the best preserved and most accessible parts with the essence of the whole Great Wall.
The Ming Tombs are located in the northern suburbs of Beijing, consisting of 13 tombs of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty after the capital was moved from Nanjing to Beijing. Now there are only two tombs, Changling and Dingling, open to the visitors. The Lingsi Palace in Changling Tomb's second yard as really deserves a visit. This is unique as it is the only huge palace made of camphor wood. The ceiling is colorfully painted and supported by sixteen solid camphor posts. The floor is decorated with gold bricks.
Today's dinner should be a highlight of your tour if you desire to taste the most famous Peking Roasted Duck. From the whole roasted duck to the soup of duck tones, you'll enjoy a banquet of every part of duck. Moreover, the chef shows his skill of cutting the skin of duck on live. Not only your taste is fulfilled but also your eyes are entertained. It is said that over 800 Peking Roasted Duck were eaten by all thousands of athletes from 204 countries.
Day 04 Beijing--Tianjin(B/L)
In the morning, take a half-day Hutong Tour by rickshaw to visit the ancient lanes and alleyways of Beijing. Then you could go to the Xiushui Street to take some souvenir as your friends¡¯ gifts. Be transferred to Tianjin in the afternoon. Be met and transferred to your hotel. Free at leisure for the rest of the day.
[ Itinerary Description ]
If sightseeing at the Forbidden City and Ming Tombs in the past two days is helpful for you in learning about the lives of China¡¯s emperors, the half-day Hutong Tour reflects the lives of ordinary Chinese and the history of Beijing as a whole. You have dreamed of visiting Beijing¡¯s lanes and experiencing life, history and culture first-hand in this city for a long time. The Hutong Tour makes it come true.
Xiushui Street which is famous as a shopping paradise with low prices among the foreigners is waiting your. All stores are along the street with thousands of silk-productions, Chinese traditional man-made arts and costumes. You name it, they have it.
120 kilometers southeast of Beijing, Tianjin is lying in the northeast of North China Plain. It is a municipality in China which is dominated directly by the Central Government. Historical changes in the past 600 years have made Tianjin a unique city with a mixture of ancient and modern in both Chinese and Western styles. You will see a real China among its buildings and peoples. Tianjin is regarded as a bright pearl on the Beijing-Tianjin itinerary.
Day 05 Tianjin(B/L/D)
Have a whole-day city tour of Shi's Courtyard- No. One Residence of North China located in Yangliuqing Ancient Town, Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium which is a new representative of Tianjin since 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and then the symbolic Tianjin TV Tower
[ Itinerary Description ]
Shi's Courtyard was the old residence of Shi Yuanshi, the fourth son of Shi Wancheng, one of the top eight richest in Tianjin during the Qing Dynasty. It was called as the ¡®First Residence of North China'. Now it is open as Folklore Museum of Yangliuqing.
Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium hosted games for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup. It also hosted the Football preliminaries at the 2008 Summer Olympics. It is nicknamed the "Water Drop" because the outside of the venue is designed to resemble a drop of water. Now you will see it on live and be conquered again by its magnificent looking. Whether you could go inside depends on the Chinese government. We will arrange the inside visit as soon as the authority conforms.
Tianjin TV Tower is the only tower on the water in the world and is a good place for sightseeing, food, entertainment and broadcasting and television. It is the second high tower in China.
Day 06 Tianjin--Qingdao(Tsingdao) (B/L)
Be transferred to airport to take a morning flight to Qingdao from Tianjin. Upon arrival, you will go to Qingdao Olympic Sailing Center
[Itinerary Description ]
In the south of the Shandong Peninsula, Qingdao is a beautiful seaside city with red tiles and green trees under blue sky. It boasts a pleasant climate, European-style urban scenery, vast blue seas and undulating mountains. With unique enchanting tourism resources, Qingdao is a famous seaside tourism and holiday resort. In addition, Qingdao is to be the venue of the sailboat competitions of the 29th Olympic Games in 2008.
The Qingdao International Sailing Center for the Games of the 29th Olympiad is located on the old site of the Beihai shipyard by Qingdao's Fushan Bay in China's Shangdong Province. The whole project is comprised of the Land Area, and the Harbor and the Off-shore Section. The projects on land provides the administration and competition management center, the athletes' center, the press center, the logistic and functional center, and other affiliated facilities as well. The Harbor and Off-Shore parts focus on the engineering of the major and secondary breakwater, an embankment, a quay featuring the Olympic Memorial Wall, and the renovation of the shore wall. You could have a photo with it now
Day 07 Qingdao (B/L/D)
Visit the Xiaoqingdao Isle which together with Zhanqiao Pier are the symbols of Qingdao City. Badaguan (or Eight Passes) is also a spot what you would not miss. Moreover, you will have a visit of Chinese first brewery - Tsingtao Brewery Group
[ Itinerary Description ]
To the southeast of the pier in Qingdao Bay, Xiaoqingdao Isle is a solitary islet in the sea with an area of 0.012 square kilometer and an elevation of 17 meters. In Chinese character, Qingdao and Qingdao Isle is the same. The islet is well known for its exquisite rocks and lushly growing trees. You will find there is a white pagoda with the high of 15.5 meters on the islet and looked much more beautiful at night.
Zhanqiao Pier is 444 meters long and 10 meters wide. Walk along the pier, you could enjoy the whole view of the sea fusing with the sky, roaring waves washing the shore and seagulls flying freely. On the northern bank sits the Pier Park, which is very appealing with beautiful flowers and green trees.
Located in the middle part of the city proper, Badaguan is famous for its various types of villas. It is also why it is called the ¡® World Architecture Museum¡¯. Two villas in Badaguan (Flower Stone Building and Princess Villa) are the most well-known.
As the first brewery in ancient China, the Tsingdao Brewery Group was established since 1903. With a development over 100 years, it has set up a national network market and expend to other countries as well. You will see the history of Tsingdao Beer as well as China in this brewery.
Day 08 Qingdao -- Shanghai (B)
Be transferred to airport to take a morning flight to Shanghai from Qingdao. Go to Shanghai Stadium.
[ Itinerary Description ]
Among the big cities in China, Shanghai maintains the look of a Western metropolis. It is fascinating and sophisticated. The city started out in the 4th century as a fishing village and became a town till the middle of the 13th century. After the Opium War, Shanghai was gradually opened as a 'treaty port' in the mid year of the 19th century when it had been opened to the foreign trade and led to its partition into British, French and later Japanese concessions. From that time on, foreigners began to flood into this paradise for adventurers. It was considered as the colonial period with number of the featured buildings and architectures of cosmopolitan by those owners of the concessions which made Shanghai as a fascinating mixture of East and West.
The Shanghai Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Shanghai, China. It is used mostly for football matches. It is probably one of the thirty largest football stadiums in the world, and is the second largest stadium in China after the Beijing National Stadium. It has been used for football preliminaries at the 2008 Summer Olympics. You could have a photo with it now.
Day 09 Shanghai(B/L)
Depart from hotel in the morning to have a whole-day trip of Jade Buddha Temple, Yuyuan Garden, Nanjing Road and the Bund. Acrobatics is your night entertainment.
[ Itinerary Description ]
Today you'll find a Buddhism shrine - Jade Buddha Temple, located in a crowd of Shanghai City. It was first built in 1882 in Jiangwan on the southern outskirts of Shanghai. In order to make it convenient for the adherents to visit , it was bodily moved to Shanghai City at the present sire in 1918. It is named for its two bejeweled white jade Buddha. It receives thousands of visitors and worshipers everyday while keeps its sanctity and charming. Carved from a whole piece of white jade, the sitting jade Buddha statue is translucent with a solemn expression, displaying the excellent skill and extraordinary art of Chinese people. Yuyuan Garden has a lot of stories for it was severely damaged in the 19th century and was restored in 1961. This garden was first built in the 16th century by provincial governor, Pan Yunduan, in honor of his father who was the then government minister. It has many scenic courtyards decorated with baroque rockery, pools, and flora that are all connected by corridors and passageways. The delicate design and exquisite layout of the whole garden reveals a strong impression of 'garden in the garden, whole in the part.' Coming back from the nature, the shopping trip will begin in Nanjing Road which is starts at the Bund and runs westward, with People's Square in the middle. Renown for its bustling and modernization, Nanjing Road earns its reputation as the 'First Commercial Road in China', which is the good shopping heaven for your trip as the same as the Fifth Avenue in New York and Avenue des Champs-Elys¨¦es in Paris. Some of the traditional food and handicrafts of Shanghai can be found here. Then you come to the Bund, the showcase with the old buildings of colonial-era leftover along Huangpu River. The renowned waterfront district is the city's most famous landmark. The word BUND is of Anglo-India origin meaning embankment on the waterfront. It is also the popular site to enjoy the night view of the city.
Shanghai offers colorful leisure and recreational activities with rich contents and creative form. Your night is filled with an interactive old form of art known as the Acrobatics. You are told that those professional performers were trained of as early ad age six or seven so that they play so well and excellent. You are conquered again by Chinese people. Definitely, it is an unforgettable night in your memory.
Day 10 Shanghai -- Hong Kong(B/L)
Fly to Hong Kong by air in the morning. Arrive in Hong Kong and be transferred to hotel.
Originally Hong Kong was a small fishing village. Today, it is one of the world¡¯s most cosmopolitan cities where the East truly meets the West.
Day 11 Hong Kong (B/L/D)
Spend your happy time in Hong Kong Disneyland Park.
[ Itinerary Description ]
Hong Kong Disneyland Park is the 11th Theme Park organized by Disneyland International Cooperation, covering about 40 hectares. It is located on reclaimed land in Penny's Bay, Lantau Island. After years of negotiations and construction, the park opened to visitors on September 12, 2005, Disney attempted to avoid problems of cultural backlash by attempting to incorporate Chinese culture, customs, and traditions when designing and building the resort, including adherence to the rules of Feng Shui.
There are four main parts in the park: Main Street U.S.A, Fantasyland, Tomorrowland and Adventureland. The theme park's cast members use English and Chinese, including Cantonese and Mandarin dialects, to communicate verbally. Guide Maps are printed in both Traditional and Simplified characters, Japanese, and in English.
Day 12 Hong Kong -- Your Home(B/L)
[ Itinerary Description ]
Go to visit Hong Kong Olympic Equestrian Venue in the morning. Feel at leisure until you are transferred to your International flight.
As the last place you will go for your Post-Olympic tour, Hong Kong Olympic Equestrian Venue is not the least. On the contrary, you will experience a total new side of Hong Kong beside its modernization and bustling. There are two venues for the Equestrian events of the 2008 Olympic Games: the Jumping and Dressage events took place at the Hong Kong Olympic Equestrian Venue (Shatin); the Cross-Country test of the Eventing competition took place at the Hong Kong Olympic Equestrian Venue (Beas River). You could have a photo with it now. Whether you could go inside depends on the Chinese government. We will arrange the inside visit as soon as the authority conforms.
Now, it¡¯s your time to bid a fare to this ancient and modern country.
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TCT Optional Local Specialties & Night Shows:
City
Local Specialties
Nights Shows
Beijing
Peking Roasted Duck
Peking Opera
Shanghai
Traditional Dim-sum Banquet
Chinese Acrobatics
TCT Recommended Hotels :
City
Standard Hotels
First Class Hotels
Deluxe Hotels
Beijing
Dongfang Hotel
Holiday Inn Central Plaza
Crowne Plaza
Tianjin
Friendship Hotel
Tianjin Holiday Inn Plaza
Renaissance Tianjin Hotel
Qingdao
Huanhai Gloria Inn Qingdao
Sophia Qingdao International Hotel
Qingdao Haitian Hotel
Shanghai
Pacific Luck Hotel
Golden River View Hotel
Howard Johnson Shanghai
Hong Kong
Not included in the quotation. Contact us if need.
Price Details (per person in US$) :
Standard hotels
First Class hotels
Deluxe hotels
Standard Class Hotels
Low Season
Shoulder Season
High Season
Twin
S.Supp
Twin
S.Supp
Twin
S.Supp
Above 10 pax
1144
246
1227
306
1280
360
6-9 pax
1613
349
1507
375
1556
423
2-5 pax
1856
349
1883
375
1931
423
1 pax
2886
2939
3036
First Class Hotels
Low Season
Shoulder Season
High Season
Twin
S.Supp
Twin
S.Supp
Twin
S.Supp
Above 10 pax
1242
344
1311
391
1383
462
6-9 pax
1613
344
1621
391
1652
519
2-5 pax
1988
481
1996
489
2027
519
1 pax
3150
3166
3228
Deluxe Class Hotels
Low Season
Standard Season
High Season
Twin
S.Supp
Twin
S.Supp
Twin
S.Supp
Above 10 pax
1393
504
1557
645
1802
890
6-9 pax
1876
753
1916
792
2079
956
2-5 pax
2251
753
2291
792
2454
956
1 pax
3686
3765
4092
* High season: April, May, Sep, Oct, & 1-15 Nov; Shoulder Season: Jun & Jul; Low Season: Jan, Feb, Mar, 16-30 Nov & Dec
* S.Supp: Single Supplement
Notice: The rate of hotels in Hong Kong are excluded in the above price.
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