Fabled Silk Road

Itinerary

Day 1 Arrive Beijing
• Explore fascinating Beijing at leisure.

Day 2 Beijing (B/L/D)
• Visit historic Tiananmen Square and Forbidden City.
• Visit a historic Hutong by pedicab.
• Tour the magnificent Summer Palace.
• Enjoy performance of the “Legend of Kung Fu Show”.

Day 3 Beijing - Great Wall (B/L/SD)
• Tour the tombs of the Ming Dynasty emperors.
• Visit China’s 2,000-year-old Great Wall.
• Drive by the Olympic Site.
• Enjoy a delectable Peking Duck dinner.

Day 4 Beijing - Xian (B/L/D)
• Visit the spectacular Temple of Heaven.
• After lunch fly to 3,000-year-old Xian.
• Visit the Tang Paradise and enjoy a water show.

Day 5 Xian (B/SL/SD)
• Visit site of the 2,000-year-old Terra Cotta Warriors.
• Enjoy a Dumpling Banquet lunch.
• Visit the Great Mosque and walk through the
• Enjoy Tang Dynasty dinner show.
• See the sparkling City Wall that’s lit up at night.

Day 6 Xian - Dunhuang (B/L/D)
• Visit the new underground Yangling Museum.
• Fly to Dunhuang, an important stop on the Silk Road.
• Tour the Old City at leisure.

Day 7 Dunhuang - Turpan (B/L/D)
• Visit the magnificent Mogao Grottoes.
• Tour picturesque Crescent Moon Spring in Gobi Desert.
• Visit Ming Sha Hill and take a camel ride.
• Take the overnight train ride to Turpan.

Day 8 Turpan (B/L/D)
• Tour Turpan, renowned for its wonderful crops of grapes and melons.
• Visit historical ruins of Jiaohe and Gaochang