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Historical China Adventure with Tibet Buddhism, Small Group

9 days
From Beijing to Lhasa
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Historical China Adventure with Tibet Buddhism, Small Group - Agate Travel
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An experienced guide will be with you for the entire tour
Guided in English
Group Size 2 - 18
Age range 1 to 99
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Highlights

  • 100% No Shopping Stops & Small Group Size of 2-18 People
  • Must-see sights in Beijing: Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City & Great Wall
  • Admire the giant Terracotta Army & ancient City Wall in Xi’an
  • Full insight visits to the sacred Potala Palace in Tibet
  • Enjoy the Acrobatic Show & Tang Dynasty Music and Dance

Itinerary

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  1. Introduction
  1. Day 1 Arrival in Beijing & Airport Pick-up
  2. Day 2 Beijing: Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Temples & Opera Show
  3. Day 3 Beijing: Mutianyu Great Wall & Rickshaw Hutong Tour
  4. Day 4 Panda House & Summer Palace; Beijing Fly to Xi'an
  5. Day 5 Xi'an: Terracotta Army Museum, Giant Wild Goose Pagoda & Dance Show
  6. Day 6 Xi'an to Lhasa by Flight
  7. Day 7 Lhasa: Drepung Monastery, Norbulingka Park & Sera Monastery
  8. Day 8 Lhasa: Potala Palace & Jokhang Temple
  9. Day 9 Departure from Lhasa
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Where You'll Stay

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Operated by

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Number of tours

454

Age Range

1 to 99 years old

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Customer Reviews

  • jessica
    · October 23rd, 2024
    We were very happy with the overall experience the guides were excellent and the drivers too
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  • Carl
    · November 3rd, 2019
    This is a great tour that packs a lot in. Time flies as you see so much although you won't spend long at many of the sites. My favourite bits of the itinerary were: - The Great Wall at Mutianyu (Beijing) we took the chair lift option which meant we could ride the toboggan back down. - Terracotta Warriors (Xian) half day - Li River Cruise (Guilin) - Huangpu River Cruise (Shanghai) which luckily turned into an evening cruise as we couldn't get on the earlier one. Those are the highlights but there are so many other things such as the Tang Dynasty Dancing and Dumpling Dinner and Summer Palace in Beijng and Reed Flute Caves in Guilin. In particular Guilin so picturesque and Shanghai so modern. We were lucky with our first two guides, Tina (Beijing) and Celine (Xian) who were both excellent. Autumn in Guilin and Mindy in Shanghai were good too. Autumn stayed with us to help us find and order food in the evenings so a couple of long shifts for her. Celine helped arrange a birthday cake for one of our younger travellers. Included meals were excellent. Full banquets usually in local restaurants but we really enjoyed the home cooked lunch as well. Food was plentyful. We even enjoyed the set meal box on the cruise. Hotels were generally of a good standard. Check-in at The Great Wall Hotel in Beijing was really slow though and trying to find a table for breakfast was difficult and located a fair distance away from where the restaurants are (need to get the subway to reach them) The hotel in Guilin was the worst one, the rooms being some distance away from the lift and lobby and small bathrooms. The hotel in Shanghai was excellent. It was nice touch that we got framed photo souvenirs of our trip from Beijing although I think both myself and my sister should have received one each as we paid for single supplements. Some feedback I'd give would be that they need to let us know about the optional night tours that are available on the website/ itinerary before we come out so that we can budget properly. There was a night visit for the Big Goose Pagoda in Xian with the musical fountain light show which we would have liked to have gone to didn't go to due to the weather. We found that the night cruise in Guilin was expensive as the premium we paid for the guide to buy the tickets and come onboard with us was excessive. We could have just walked to the ticket office and bought the tickets ourselves. The night tour of Shanghai was just as expensive but at least that included a coach to drive us around as well as the guide. Having said that, we could have used the subway and got around ourselves and because it started so late, we didn't see much. It is worth going up Jin Mao Tower. Overall, we had a great time on this trip and would recommend Travel China Guide.
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  • Scott
    · March 30th, 2025
    One of the most magical trips. The whole experience was beyond memorable. Thank you to all the amazing guides and drivers.
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9 days
Historical China Adventure with Tibet Buddhism, Small Group
From Beijing to Lhasa

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