15 Days China Taoism Pilgrimage Adventure Tour

Tour Route: Beijing, Taishan, Qingdao, Xian, Wudang Mountain, Wuhan, Nanchang, Shanghai
15 Days China Taoism Pilgrimage Adventure Tour

One of the Five World Palaces & China Cultural Treasury-Forbidden City,World First Natural/Cultural Heritage-Mountain Tai,World Heritage & Taoist Birthplace & Danxia Landform-Longhu Mountain,Visiable Competitive Price & VIP Quality Guarantee

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Private Tour
Day 1 Arrival in Beijing

After you arrive in Beijing, our local guide will pick you up and then drive to hotel for a good rest.

Meals:
Day 2 Beijing

Private escorted tour to Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City, the Summer Palace, Peking duck dinner at night.

Tiananmen Square
The largest city square in the world (440,000 square meters), it has great cultural significance as several key events happened here in history.

Forbidden City
With an area of 74 hectares, this rectangular imperial palace is the world's largest palace complex. It has stunning 9,999 rooms, 6-meter-deep moat and a 10-meter-high red wall.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 3 Beijing

Private escorted tour to the Great Wall, and have a photo stop at the main venues of Beijing Olympic Games.

Great Wall
It is a series of stone and earthen fortifications stretching more than ten thousand miles from west to east on the boundless area of Northern China. It is seen as a major architectural miracle in the world.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Day 4 Beijng to Taishan

Visit Temple of Heaven, and then visit the famous Taoist Monastery – White Cloud Temple. Take an afternoon train to Taishan.

Temple of Heaven
With an area of about 2,700,000 sqm, Temple of Heaven was built in 1420 A. D during the Ming Dynasty, was used to pray for the Heaven by Emperors for good harvest.

Mountain Tai
Mount Tai is one of the "Five Great Mountains". It is associated with sunrise, birth, and renewal, and is often regarded the foremost of the five. Mount Tai has been a place of worship for at least 3,000 years and served as one of the most important ceremonial centers of China during large portions of this period.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Day 5 Taishan to Qingdao

Take a cable car up and visit Dai Taoist Temple and other attractions. Then transfer to take an express evening train to Qingdao. Be met and transfer to hotel.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Day 6 Qingdao to Xian

Full day excursion to Lao Mountain, the holy mountain for Taoists, and drive back to visit the Pier. Then transfer to take flight to Xian. Be met and transfer to hotel.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Day 7 Xian

Drive to visit Louguantai Temple, which is regarded as “No. 1 Holy Place of Taoism”. Then drive back to visit Shaanxi History Museum.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Day 8 Xian

Transfer to visit the famous Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses Museum, and visit the old city wall and have a walk at old city quarters.

Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses Museum
The Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses are the sight not to be missed by any visitors to China. They are the most significant archeological excavations of the 20th century. It is a cultural and history symbol of China, which is around 1.5 kilometers east of Emperor Qin Shi Huang's Mausoleum in Lintong, Xian, Shaanxi Province.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Day 9 Xian to Wudang Mountain

Take an express bus to Taoist Wudang Mountain where Oscar Winner “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” was filmed. After lunch, visit the Golden Summit.

Wudang Mountain
In years past, the mountains of Wudang were known for the many Taoist monasteries to be found there, monasteries which became known as an academic centre for the research, teaching and practice of meditation, Chinese martial arts, traditional Chinese medicine, Taoist agriculture practices and related arts.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 10 Wudan Mountain to Wuhan

Visit South Cliff Palaces, Purple Heaven Palace, then transfer to take train to Wuhan. Be met and transfer to hotel.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Day 11 Wuhan to Nanchang

Visit Hubei Provincial Museum, Yellow Crane Tower. Take an early afternoon train to Nanchang. Be met and transfer to hotel.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Day 12 Nanchang

Full day excursion to Dragon and Tiger Mountain (Longhu Shan). Drive back to Nanchang to fly to Shanghai.

Dragon and Tiger Mountain
it is a famous Taoism mountain with a long history. 16 km (about 9.94 miles) south of Yingtan City, Jiangxi Province, the mountain has been noted as the 'Residence of Celestials' and 'Blest Earthly Abode' because of its beautiful scenery. As a cradle land of Taoism, Dragon and Tiger Mountain has been regarded as a Holy Land to which many pilgrimages are made every year.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Day 13 Nanchang to Shanghai

Transfer to take an express train to Shanghai, be met and transfer to have lunch and visit the Bund and Nanjing Road, acrobatic show at night.

Bund
The Bund, which locates in the eastern part of Huangpu District and runs along the western bank of the Huangpu River, centres on a section of Zhongshan Road (East-1 Zhongshan Rd.) within the former Shanghai International Settlement. The most famous and attractive sights

Nanjing Road
Nanjing Road, which is the main shopping street of Shanghai in China and one of the world’s busiest shopping streets, contains two sections, Nanjing Road East and Nanjing Road West. It starts at the Bund in the east and ends in the west at the junction of Jing’an Temple and Yan’an West Street.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 14 Shanghai

Drive to a nearby water town - Zhujiajiao to witness the traditional life at Yangtze Delta, then visit Yu Garden and nearby shopping areas.

Zhujiajiao
Located in a suburb of Shanghai city, Zhujiajiao is an ancient water town well-known throughout the country, with a history of more than 1700 years. Covering an area of 47 square kilometers, the little fan-shaped town glimmers like a bright pearl in the landscape of lakes and mountains.

Yu Garden
Located in the Anren Street of Shanghai, Yuyuan Garden was finished in 1577 by a government officer named Pan Yunduan of the Ming Dynasty for his parents as a place for them to enjoy a tranquil and happy time in their old age.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Day 15 Shanghai departure

Transfer to airport and fly to your next destination.
Service ends.

Meals: Breakfast
Travel Period 2-5 travelers 6-9 travelers
Dec.1- Feb.28 US$2997 US$2744
Mar.1- Nov.30 US$3328 US$3024

1. The price is based on stay in China four star hotels. If you want to deduct, upgrade or downgrade the hotel, please indicate this while sending the inquiry.
2. You will enjoy more discounts if there is more people join the tour.
3. Prices may vary according to your travel time and are higher in the high season, e.g. Qingming Festival Holiday (Apr. 4 - 6, 2020 ), Labor's Day Holiday (May 1 - 3, 2020) ,Dragon Boat Festival Holiday (Jun. 25 - 27, 2020) and National Day Holiday (Oct 1- Oct 8, 2020).

1.Private transfers airport/hotel/airport;
2.Private tours escorted by an English-speaking guide;
3.Accommodations at Four star hotels with daily breakfast;
4.Meals specified in the itinerary as B=breakfast, L=lunch, D=dinner;
5.Admission fees.
6.Train ticket of Beijing-Taishan, Taishan-Qingdao, Wudang Mountain-Wuhan,Wuhan-Nanchang, Nanchang-Shanghai; Airfare of Qingdao-Xian, Express bus of Xian-Wudang Mountain.

1.International flights or trains; 
2.Visa arrangement; 
3.Excess luggage charge (the luggage allowance at economy class is twenty kg); 
4.Personal expense; 
5.Any meals not specified as "B, L or D". 
6.Gratuities to guides and drives.

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It is flexible to change the duration, attractions, starting and ending cities according to your interests. Also the tour can be extended or shorten as your preference, just let your trip consultant know.
All of the tour packages exclude the international airfares. We suggest you can book it one your own. You can compare the price between OTAs (Expedia, Priceline, Sky scanner...) and the airlines. When you have a confirmed date, set alarm and compare it always.
As the China Visa, we cannot apply for you as we are an China inbound travel company. However, we can send you our invitation letter with our company's official seal to you after you booked the tour from us, which could assist you to get China Visa from China embassy easily. Usually, we suggest you to apply the visa about one month or one month and a half before your travel date.
For the breakfast, it is offered by the hotel you stay, usually Chinese and Western buffet breakfast. As for the lunch, we offer 80RMB per person for a standard Chinese meal at a nice tourist restaurant. If you want to order other kind of meals, such as vegetarian, Muslim meals, Indian Meals, please let your trip consultant know. Dinner usually will be left for you to choose the food you prefer. Our guide will help you to balance each meal such as your taboo, your preference and avoid repeated food. You have to pay for the extra cost if you want to take better or more. The meals on Yangtze Cruise are fixed Chinese and Western Buffet.
All the hotels can be replaced by your favorite ones or you can book your own hotels. And the hotel room we offered here usually is standard with twin beds. If you want to have king-size bed room or suite, please let your trip advisor know. Besides, all the accommodation are quoted on two persons sharing one room. The room supplement must be paid if you want to have a single room.
* Most hotels we offered in our tour package have WIFI in the lobby, and some of which have WIFI in hotel rooms. If you need the WIFI in your room, please make sure with your trip advisor.
We have non-shopping private tour and tour with carefully selected shops. For tour with shops, the price will be lower, and you will enter one or two shops in every tourist city. The shops could be jade, silk, pearl, Chinese tea etc., all of which have strong China's character and is worthy to buy. Each shop will take you around 45 minutes. We promise there is no compulsory consumption at all. You get the situation in your hands.
* Department stores, supermarkets, boutiques, hotel and restaurants in most cities of China do accept the credit card with the sigh of MasterCard, VISA and JCB. However, it does generate commission charge. Please check the regulations with your bank manager.
All domestic flight we offered is the economic class, which you can carry one hand-on luggage no more than 5 kg for free. The total of free registered luggage is no more than 20kg. Excess luggage will charge you some extra fees, be aware of that. The free registered luggage allowance in China domestic train is 20kg.
The insurance provided by us is called Travel Agencies' Liability Insurance, which covers accidents occurring during the activities arranged by travel agency. It does not cover mishaps or physical problems occurring outside the guided tour period or caused by clients themsevles, so we highly suggest you purchase the full coverage travel insurance from your country of origin.
For group of 1-4 passengers, recommend US$ 4-8 per tourist per day for guide, and US$ 2-5 per tourist per day for guide; for group of 5 and above, recommend US$ 2-5 per tourist per day for guide, and US$2-4 per tourist per day for driver. Besides, we highly recommend you to tip every day to encourage better service from them in the next coming days. However, if you have genuine reason not to tip, don't.
Usually, the deposit of tour package accounts for 30% of the total quotation, and the balance should be paid 30 days before your tour date. Payment methods we accept include Bank Transfer and PayPal, Credit Card and so on. More details you can check the Payment Guide page. Moreover, Children who are less than 12 y/o have their own discounts, please contact with your trip advisor.

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