CHINA PANORAMA-HONG KONG
12-15 DAYS
1ST DAY YOUR COUNTRY -HONG KONG
Meeting at Athens airport and through another city we land at Hong Kong. One of the most impressive cities of the world. A place where the poor alterates the rich and the realism the superstition. It was English colony from middle of 19th century till 1997 and then it was returned to China. Hong Kong is an exciting tourist pole.
2nd DAY – HONG KONG
Arrival and check in ,in our hotel.Free rest of the day for a first individual acquaintance with the city.You can see the commercial street Nathan Road, the waterfront with the view of skyscrapers where the tower of international trade is situated. Also you can visit the night market in Temple street. Overnight.
3rd DAY – HONG KONG
Morning city tour during which we will pass under the sea tunnel to Viktoria, the capital city and from the hill we watch the view and the whole Hong Kong.We will also stop at Aberdin and Repals coast ,with countless Buda’s statues and Chinese mythology forms.Overnight.
4th DAY– HONG KONG-CANTONA-GUILIN
A pleasant journey by train will lead us to Cantona, the south capital city.We will visit the Buddhist temple of 6 trees Banian, the imposing Tsen mansion with the Folk art museum, the Samian island,and the open market Tsin Ping. Later we will go to the airport and we will fly to Guilin,one of the most famous destinations of the city.It is known and unique with hundreds of green hills and mountains aged 300 million years and crossed by Li river .Inhabitants are occupied mainly with rice cultivation .Arrival at the hotel,check in and overnight.
5th DAY-GUILIN
Today we will have an exciting experience, with a barge we will cross part of the river .At the end of the cruise we will visit the lovely village Yangsuo and the open market with Folk Art, Antiques, Paintings, silks.We return to our hotel by bus.
6th DAY-GUILIN-XIAN
Today we visit the cave and the crystal palace of dragon king. Transfer to the airport and flight to Xian, one of the most important cities of ancient world. The silk road started from here and foreign ambassadors and merchants brought their religions and foreigner cultures. Check in and visit to the walls of Ming dynasty,16km long, as well as Buddhist monastery with the 7 storey pagoda of the great goose, the only building from Tang dynasty which is saved in the city.Overnight.
7th DAY-XIAN
It was capital city for 11 dynasties. Here in 1974 a surprising discovery was made which we will visit:the museum of 6000 terra cotta warriors in life size ,who are guards at the palace of Tsin Si Huang Ti. At night, after dinner we will watch the famous performance of dance and music of Tang dynasty.
8th DAY-XIAN-BEIJING
Transfer to airport and flight to the capital city of China, Beijing. A modern city, center of political, cultural, and international relations, here lies the central government with the ministries, national associations and organizations,foreign embassies and multinational companies. Arrival , check in and overnight.
9th DAY-BEIJING
We start with the historical square of Tien An Men, the biggest square of the world. We see the magnificent buildings around it as Mao Che Tung’s mansion, parliament buildings, national museum, granite obelisk with carving the long march of Mao with the red army at the north. At this square ,Mao announced the creation of China.Then we will walk towards the ‘Forbidden city .’We will walk also in the picturesque streets of Beijing in order to get to know it a little better. Later we will visit the summer palace . Last visit for today will be the Temple of Heaven, the unique circular structure of China. At night we will watch Beijing’s opera .Overnight.
10th DAY- BEIJING
Great wall, the only visible project from space, the glory of Chinese. Later we visit the Sisanling necropolis.At night we will enjoy the delicious Beijing duck.Overnight.
11th DAY-BEIJING-HANGZHOU
Transfer to the airport and flight to Hangzhou ,one of the ancient China ‘s capital, and today a dynamic economic center .After our check in we take a boating in idyllic lake Xihu . Overnight.
12TH DAY
Today we go to Xitang, an ancient city of China in which 9 rivers are converged. There are no modern buildings but only architectural treasures made between 1300 and 1900 A.D. We will admire the small and very old houses in its narrow streets. Later we start for Sanghai, the city-lighthouse in the path of modernization of China. After dinner we watch a performance of the worldwide famous Acrobats of Shanghai. Overnight.
13TH DAY
Today we will visit by bus Suzhou, the city of water, rice and silk, which is built on 14 canals with 350 stone bridges and 12 big pagodas. It is a center of great cultural importance. We will see the museum of silk and we will learn some secrets on the way they work on it and how they make fabrics and quilts .Later we will, enjoy our boating through the canals next to the rows of old houses. Overnight.
14TH DAY-SANGHAI – YOUR COUNTRY
First we visit mandarine ‘s Yu gardens. They were constructed for Pan family and needed 18 years to be finished. Then we will continue to jade Buda ‘s temple .Here is stored the most beautiful, probably, statue of Buda in all Asia. At the end we go to the skyscraper ,Jin Mao Tower, 420,5 meters high. It is the second higher building in China. The view of the whole city from up there is unique. At the end we go to the airport and we arrive tomorrow in Athens through a stopover.
15th DAY- YOUR COUNTRY
