A journey worth discovering
The experience
Signature China | Great Wall & Warriors, a 9 days tour from Beijing to Jinshanling, Gubeikou and 4 destinations.
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An itinerary overview showing the order of destinations.
Day by day
Dinner (Beijing's celebrated roast duck and creative interpretations of local cuisine at Hemu Gui within the 700-year-old Hong'en Temple)
Welcome reception and dinner at Hemu Gui temple
Paper-cutting workshop (available to prebook on request)
Hong'en Temple Houhai Lake
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner (Dumpling-making dinner with a local family)
Transfer (Beijing, China - Jinshanling, China)
Guided tour of Forbidden City Eastern Route and Qianlong Garden Tiananmen Square visit Dumpling-making dinner with local family
Forbidden City Qianlong Garden Tiananmen Square
Breakfast, Lunch (Freshly prepared lunch with local farmers at Xiliang Brick Tower), Dinner (Home-cooked feast at Mr Zhou's guesthouse)
Great Wall walk at Jinshanling from East Gate to Xiliang Brick Tower Lunch with local farmers at Xiliang Brick Tower Home-cooked dinner at Mr Zhou's guesthouse
Second optional hike to Gubeikou section of Great Wall
Great Wall at Jinshanling Xiliang Brick Tower Great Wall at Gubeikou
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner (Live cooking demonstration by local chef at hotel)
Transfer (Jinshanling, China - Simatai, China), Transfer (Simatai, China - Great Wall at Simatai, China)
Great Wall walk at Simatai section with cable car ascent Lunch at local restaurant Tai Chi instruction by local master at Jinshanling section Live cooking demonstration dinner at hotel
Great Wall at Simatai Great Wall at Jinshanling
Breakfast, Lunch (Generous shared meal of northern Chinese home cooking at the Brickyard heritage hotel)
Transfer (Jinshanling, China - Beigou, China), Transfer (Beigou, China - Beijing Qinghe Station, China), Train (Beijing, China - Pingyao, China), Transfer (Pingyao Station, China - Pingyao Old Town, China)
Visit to village elder's home in Beigou Lunch at the Brickyard heritage hotel
Beigou village The Brickyard
Breakfast, Dinner (Dinner featuring Pingyao's famed sliced noodles)
Tea ceremony introducing China's black and green teas Dinner featuring Pingyao's famed sliced noodles
Visit to Liang Village's fortified manors and ancient alleyways with master artisan Geng Baoguo (9.30am-3.30pm, includes lunch) Wander Pingyao's ancient battlements, stone-paved lanes, and visit Rishengchang Exchange Shop and Shuanglin Temple (9am-12pm) Explore Wang Family Courtyard's grand courtyards, ornate halls and stone-carved alleyways (9am-12pm) Traditional Mian Su folk art workshop—shaping colored dough into symbolic figures (2.30pm-4.30pm)
Liang Village Pingyao Ancient City Wall Rishengchang Exchange Shop Shuanglin Temple Wang Family Courtyard
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner (Sophisticated Shaanxi cuisine at 13 Dynasties Restaurant)
Train (Pingyao, China - Xi'an, China)
Walk along Ming-era city wall Visit to Muslim Quarter and Great Mosque Dinner at 13 Dynasties Restaurant
Xi'an City Wall Great Mosque of Xi'an Muslim Quarter
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner (Farewell dinner at Ming Jia celebrating Shaanxi's culinary traditions)
Transfer (Xi'an, China - Terracotta Army, China), Transfer (Terracotta Army, China - Xi'an, China)
Guided tour of Terracotta Army with senior archaeologist Mr Shen Lunch at family-run restaurant near Terracotta Army Farewell dinner at Ming Jia
Terracotta Army
Breakfast
Transfer (Xi'an, China - Xi'an Airport, China)
Linger over tea or final stroll through Xi'an's historic streets (subject to departure time)
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From USD 7,745.00 per person
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