13-Day Silk Road Tour

Our driver and guide will wait for you at the airport terminal exit by holding a welcome sign with your name on it. Then you will be driven to the hotel and have a good rest. The rest of the day is free at your disposal. Accommodation: Beijing

Our guide and driver will pick you up from hotel after breakfast. Then you will visit the famous Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City. After a short sightseeing at Tiananmen Square, you will walk across the Golden Water Bridge and come to the splendid Forbidden City built 600 years ago. After lunch, visit the Temple of Heaven in the afternoon. It’s a royal temple in the Qing Dynasty (1616-1912).
Accommodation: Beijing

Today we will visit 4 sites. At about 8:30am, our guide and driver will pick you at the hotel and begin the trip to the famous world’s heritage, the Badaling Great Wall. Cable car is available if you want to get to the highest point of the Great Wall. After lunch, after we go through the Sacred Way, come to visit Ming Tomb. On the way back to downtown, we will drive you to Bird’s Nest (Olympic National Stadium), where you can have a short stay to take some photos with the huge nest. Accommodation: Beijing

In the morning we will visit the Summer Palace, the best preserved and largest imperial gardens in China. After lunch in a local restaurant, move on to visit the Hutongs. After that, transfer to the airport for your flight to Xian. Upon arrival, met and greeted by local driver and transferred to the hotel. Accommodation: Xian

In the morning, you will visit the world’s eighth wonder, the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum. On the way to the museum, we will visit the pottery-making factory In the afternoon, continue to visit the Small Wild Goose Pagoda Scenic Area. Accommodation: Xian

In the morning, you will visit the Shaanxi History Museum. After that, move to visit the City Wall, the best preserved and the largest military defense city wall in China. Tourists could optionally ride bikes on the city wall top. After lunch, we will wonder over the Muslim Quarter area including the Great Mosque. Accommodation: Xian

In the morning, transfer to Xian airport to take a flight to Dunhuang. Upon arrival, met and transferred to the hotel for check in. After a short rest start Dunhuang tour with the Echoing-Sand Mountain. When you slide down the slope, you can hear the roaring echo of sands, hence the name. Walking for sometime to reach the Crescent Lake, your eyes will be feasted on the crescent-shaped spring surrounded by the endless Gobi desert. Accommodation: Dunhuang

Upon your arrival in Dunhuang train station, our guide and driver will meet you at railway station and drive about 2 hours to the hotel in  downtown Dunhuang. After a short rest in the hotel, visit the Mogao Grottoes, one of the four most famous caves in China. Then you’ll be escorted to the Liuyuan Railway Station for your bullet train to Turpan. Upon arrival, met by local guide at the station and transferred to your hotel. Accommodation: Turpan

Starts today’s tour with Jiaohe Ruins, one of the most important towns along the ancient Silk Road and the largest, oldest and best-preserved earth construction in the world. Then go to visit the Karez Well— an amazing irrigation system which made Turpan a rich oasis. The last stop will be Sugong Pagoda, the largest existed ancient Islamic pagoda in Xinjiang. Then back to hotel. Accommodation: Turpan

Today you will visit three famous sites all together. The first stop will be Gaochang Ruins, the ruins of capital of ancient Gaochang Kingdom which existed from 500AD to 700AD. Then you will go to the Bizaklik Thousand Buddha Cave, a series of caves with thousands of Buddhism murals that show many Buddhism figures, stories, and the social life about 1,500 years ago in Ancient Gaochang Kingdom. The last stop will be the hottest place along Silk Road in China– the Flaming Hill. The temperature in summer could reach 47.8 ℃. After finished the trip in Turpan , drive to Urumqi and check in hotel. Accommodation: Urumqi

Free & easy day till you are picked up from the hotel and transfer for your flight to Shanghai. Upon arrival, you will be transferred to the hotel for check in. The rest of the day is at free leisure. Accommodation: Shanghai

We will spend the morning visiting to the Shanghai Museum and the Yuyuan Garden. After lunch, pay a visit to a silk factory before exploring the Bund area along Huangpu River. From there, we will walking to the hustling and bustling Nanjing Pedestrian Street. Accommodation: Shanghai

Our driver will pick up you from your hotel and transfer to the airport to catch your onward trip.