Home: Tibet Tours With Hotels

12 Days Beijing Lhasa Chengdu and Shanghai tours

◆Tour Code ◆Departure: Daily ◆Duration: 12 days ◆Itinerary Details ◆Tour Cost ◆Payment Methods ◆Quotation includes and excludes ◆Vehicles pictures of this tour ◆Tour Inquiry and Reservation ◆Important Note

Attractions : Lhasa / Trekking / Samye Monastery / Shigatse / Lhasa

Itinerary Details

Day 1 Place & Transport:Arrive in Beijing, Flight not included Today's Activities:Airport to Hotel Transfer (Beijing) Detailed Itinerary:

Day 2 Place & Transport: Beijing Today's Activities: The Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square, Temple of Heaven, Lizexiang Pearl Store Meals: Breakfast, Chinese Lunch at Traditional Mongolia Restaurant(Lunch) - The Forbidden City: The Imperial Palace, home to 24 Emperors between 1420 and 1911. Great squares, halls and gates contrast with the intricate networks of side halls, gardens, courtyards and quarters for those who lived in this 'city within a city'. The exhibitions, both permanent and temporary, are also absolutely fascinating. Expect to spend at least 2-3 hours, wear good walking shoes and protection from the weather. - Tiananmen Square: The world's largest city square and enduring symbol of China's national pride, surrounded by many imposing buildings including the Heavenly Gate (entry to the Forbidden City), Museums, government buildings and Chairman Mao's Mausoleum. - Temple of Heaven: Situated in the southern part of the city, the temple of heaven covers the total area of 2,700,000 square meters. The temple was built in 1420A.D. It is the place where emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties would offer sacrifice to heaven and pray for good harvests. The main buildings of the temple including the Circular Mound Altar, Imperial Vault of Heaven and Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest.The surrounding gardens are full of interesting activities, particularly weekend mornings. - Traditional Mongolia Restaurant: This traditional Mongolia Restaurant brings Mongolia's long and distinguished cultural and literary history offering live performances of Mongolian music and the unique opportunity to dine in a traditional Mongolian yurt(tent). Experience the passion of our traditional customs! - Lizexiang Pearl Store : China's freshwater pearls are celebrated throughout the world. See how they are produced including some of the latest technology, and learn how to spot a fake. The outlet also offers a range of items produced from pearls and pearl oysters which goes far wider than jewellery.

Day 3 Place & Transport : Beijing Today's Activities:Mutianyu Great Wall(with round way cable car), Cloisonne Factory Meals:Breakfast, Chinese Lunch at Xin Shuang Quan Restaurant(Lunch) - Mutianyu Great Wall(with round way cable car): This less-crowded section of the Great Wall is a about 2.5 hours' drive from downtown Beijing. A cable car takes you to a good section (avoiding a very steep climb), where you can walk along the wall, through the watch towers and enjoy superb views as it snakes across the hills and mountains. You can return by cable car, walk down or walk along the wall for about an hour to descend by chairlift. Wear good walking shoes and protection from the weather. - Xin Shuang Quan Restaurant: Xin Shuang Quan Restaurant is near Great Wall of Mutianyu section. This garden style restaurant serves farmhouse dishes, specializing in rainbow trout, sturgeon and salmon. Its use of natural ingredients and fabulous taste will leave you with great memories. - Cloisonne Factory: Cloisonne is an intricate and detailed process, dating back over 700 years, to produce fine enamel on a copper base. You can watch the workers at all stages of the process to see how these beautiful objects are produced. There’s a showroom attached for those who would like a souvenir of the visit, big or small, and all objects are guaranteed. Tel: 010-69620914 Address: No.488, Wujia villege, Huanrou town, Beijing City

Day 4

Place & Transport:Beijing to Lhasa, Train No. T27 (Beijing West Railway Station - Lhasa Railway Station) Dep 21:30 - Arr 20:00 Today's Activities: Hotel to Train station Transfer (Beijing), Beijing Olympic Green, Hutong Tours in a Rickshaw, Summer Palace Meals: Breakfast, Chinese Lunch at Beijing Ba guo bu yi Restaurant(Lunch) - Beijing Olympic Green: Located at the north end of the central axis of Beijing City, Olympic Green hosts 50% of the competitions in the Olympic Games. With a large area of 1215 hectares, it contains a 760 hectares green forest, National museum, exhibition area, Olympic Village and Olympic competition avenues. Approximately 31 venues are used in Beijing Olympics, including National Stadium, the Bird's Nest and National Aquatics Center. - Hutong Tours in a Rickshaw: A maze of historic alleyways and old single storey traditional courtyard houses, now fast disappearing. Dotted around the hutong are the Drum and Bell Towers, Tea House, and local people's houses. Your tour includes a visit with a local family. - Summer Palace: Much-loved summer retreat of the Imperial families, the lovely landscaped gardens, halls, pavilions and corridors are set around the lake and rivers in natural harmony. You can expect to spend 2-3 hours here. Renovations (complete in 2010) mean that an individual section or building may be closed at any one time, but this is a huge site. Wear good walking shoes and protection from the weather. - Beijing Ba guo bu yi Restaurant: Ba Guo Bu Yi is located in Xizhimen next to the Beijing Youth Palace at No. 68 Nanxiao Road. It serves some of the heartiest and most authentic Sichuan fare in town with its traditional Chinese style decorations. Favorite dishes include mapo dofu (tofu braised in chili oil with brown peppers), dandan noodles in spicy peanut-sesame-garlic sauce, lazi jiding (chicken smothered by chilies), steamed fish served with chili-oil sauce and huiguorou (twice-cooked pork).

Day 5 Place & Transport: Overnight train

Day 6 Place & Transport : Overnight train to Lhasa Meals: Train station to Hotel Transfer (Lhasa) - Tashilunpo Monastery: Painted in red and white, the buildings in the kloster stand closely together in terraced rows, offering a grand and majestic view. Tashilunpo Kloster represents the Tibetan super architecture art in the Last Tibetan spirit. The Kloster attracts thousands of Buddhists and tourists from domestic and abroad to travel and worship every year.

Day 7

Place & Transport : Lhasa Today's Activities : Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple, Barkhor Street Today's Activities:Breakfast, Chinese Lunch at Lhasa Kitchen(Lunch)

- Potala Palace: Former winter home of the Dalai Lama, a vast, awe-inspiring maze of corridors and stairs leading through countless rooms of richly decorated statues, tombs, murals and antiques. You will climb past the White Palace into the Red Palace, where the file of pilgrims offering silk scarves, coins or yak butter to burn in the shrines combine to make this an unforgettable experience. Note: you need to be fit for the long stairways. - Jokhang Temple: Smaller and more manageable than the Potala, this 4-storey, golden-roofed temple is at the heart of a rich and living Tibetan Buddhism. Many locals pray here regularly; the Temple is surrounded by Barkhor Street and thronged with pilgrims and visitors. Yak butter lamps burn in front of rich statuary that includes the Sakyamuni Buddha brought to Tibet by Princess Wen Cheng in the 7th Century. - Barkhor Street: Watch the pilgrims, wearing local dress from many different parts of Tibet, as they circle clockwise around Jokhang Temple with prayer wheels, or prostrate themselves near the front gate. Join the locals and visitors to shop for local goods at the colourful stalls, or relax in a coffee shop or tea house to enjoy the passing parade. - Lhasa Kitchen: Lhasa Kitchen is near the Jokhang Temple. It is decorated by merging Tibetan style with Indian, Nepalese, Chinese and Italian architecture. It serves a variety of styles of food.

Day 8 Place & Transport : Lhasa Today's Activities : Sera Monastery, Norbulingka, Drepung Monastery Meals : Breakfast, Chinese Lunch at Steak House Restaurant(Lunch) - Sera Monastery: It is known as one of the three greatest monasteries of Tibet. As one of the three main monasteries of Lhasa, it is here that the monks "famous daily debates" take place. - Norbulingka: Norbulingka means "Jeweled Garden". It was constructed as a summer palace for the Dalai Lama and later served the whole governmental administration. - Drepung Monastery: Drepung Monastery lies in west of Lhasa under Mt. Gambo Utse, clustered round by the black mountain, its white grand buildings shining under the sunlight. Built in 1416, it is considered as one of the largest monasteries in the six principle monasteries of Gelu Sect in China. Drepung Monastery used to be the living palace of Dalai Lamas before the reconstruction of Potala palace (after the 5th Dalai Lamas was bestowed by Qing emperor Qianlong). The grand Shonton Festival is hold in the early part of August every year. That is the busiest day there with crowds of people. It is an opportunity to enjoy the atmosphere of this festival. - Steak House Restaurant: Steak House is near the Potala Palace and serves mainly Western and Tibetan cuisine. Surrounded by the alluring landscape, it is a great dining experience while traveling in Tibet.

Day 9

Place & Transport : Lhasa to Chengdu, Flight No. TBA Today's Activities : Hotel to airport Transfer (Lhasa), Airport to Hotel Transfer (Chengdu) Meals : Breakfast, Chinese Lunch at Steak House Restaurant(Lunch) Day 10 Place & Transport : Lhasa to Chengdu, Flight No. TBA Today's Activities : Du Fu Thatched Cottage, Jinli Old Street, Panda Breeding and Research Centre Meals : Breakfast, Chinese Lunch at Shu Long Restaurant(Lunch) - Du Fu Thatched Cottage: The poet Du Fu lived in Chengdu for years. In the west suburbs of the city, he built for himself a thatched hut and wrote a lot of poems here. The poet's thatched cottage is an important scenic and historic spot in Chengdu. - Jinli Old Street: Once the commercial heart of the old kingdoms this ancient street has been fully restored in traditional Sichuan style. Picturesque, bustling, and cheerful, you can sample local arts and craft, traditional Chinese goods, food and delicacies, and even a Starbucks, local style. - Panda Breeding and Research Centre: 10km north of Chengdu this beautifully laid-out 230 hectare park is home to giant pandas, the endearing red, or lesser panda, and other endangered species. Visit the nursery to see the highly successful breeding program, and the many enclosures among lakes, bamboo groves and shady walkways, to view the pandas at rest and play. There's a wealth of information, a panda museum, and of course the engaging animals themselves. - Shu Long Restaurant: It is just near the Panda Breeding and Research Center. And the environment and its dishes are suit for the foreign guests. Day 11 Place & Transport : Lhasa to Chengdu, Flight No. TBA Today's Activities : Du Fu Thatched Cottage, Jinli Old Street, Panda Breeding and Research Centre Meals : Breakfast, Chinese Lunch at Shu Long Restaurant(Lunch)

- Wu Hou Temple: The Marquis of Wu, Zhuge Liang (181-234) was the outstanding military strategist immortalized in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and in the saying wise as "the Marquis of Wu". Peaceful and attractive gardens surround several halls, including one dedicated to his memory and another to that of his emperor Liu Bei, some impressive statues, a small museum, a famous Tang Dynasty stele and the classic red wall leading to Liu Bei's tomb. A delightful complex. - Wenshu Monastery: This large Zen Buddhist temple is a lively and attractive complex. The exquisitely decorated halls house a fascinating collection of artworks, statues and curios. The vegetarian restaurant is deservedly popular, as are the teahouses, a great spot to enjoy the busy crowd of worshippers. - Chenmapo Beancurd Restaurant: The tradition of Chenmapo beancurd can be traced back to 1862. This dish gained its name simply due to the fact that the beancurd was first cooked in a special way by a cook with visible smallpox on her face, known as 　"mapo" in chengdu dialect .Now mapo beancurd has a world-wide reputation. The popularity of Mapo beancurd comes from ist well-known taste and smell 　of the tender beancurd cooked in spicy ingredients everyone is impressed by it spicy, hot, aromatic, tender qualities. Its name entered as a famous Chengdu food in .

Day 12

Place & Transport : Lhasa to Chengdu, Flight No. TBA Today's Activities : Du Fu Thatched Cottage, Jinli Old Street, Panda Breeding and Research Centre Meals : Breakfast, Chinese Lunch at Shu Long Restaurant(Lunch)

- Wu Hou Temple: The Marquis of Wu, Zhuge Liang (181-234) was the outstanding military strategist immortalized in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and in the saying wise as "the Marquis of Wu". Peaceful and attractive gardens surround several halls, including one dedicated to his memory and another to that of his emperor Liu Bei, some impressive statues, a small museum, a famous Tang Dynasty stele and the classic red wall leading to Liu Bei's tomb. A delightful complex. - Wenshu Monastery: This large Zen Buddhist temple is a lively and attractive complex. The exquisitely decorated halls house a fascinating collection of artworks, statues and curios. The vegetarian restaurant is deservedly popular, as are the teahouses, a great spot to enjoy the busy crowd of worshippers. - Chenmapo Beancurd Restaurant: The tradition of Chenmapo beancurd can be traced back to 1862. This dish gained its name simply due to the fact that the beancurd was first cooked in a special way by a cook with visible smallpox on her face, known as 　"mapo" in chengdu dialect .Now mapo beancurd has a world-wide reputation. The popularity of Mapo beancurd comes from ist well-known taste and smell 　of the tender beancurd cooked in spicy ingredients everyone is impressed by it spicy, hot, aromatic, tender qualities. Its name entered as a famous Chengdu food in .

Tour Cost

The only difference between luxury class and standard class is the hotel options, everything else for the tour, like the vehicle, tour guide and food will be the same.

Payment (We have 5 payment methods) (1)Pay cash to our tour guide upon pickup (USD and Chinese currency are both acceptable) (2)Pay cash to our office in Beijing. Click here for our office address. (3)Pay us through Paypal by credit cards. Paypal incurs 5% service fee. (4)Pay us via Western Union at least 1 week before tour date. (5)Transfer payment to bank account of our company at least 2 weeks before tour date. Tour Reservation To customize or book please email us on info@chinatravelcompass.com or phone our English speaking booking hotline on +8610 5979 6302 or (+86)13910057873 Quotation includes: --Air-conditioned private car or van, --Admission fee, --English-speaking tour guide, --Typical Chinese lunch, --Hotel pickup and drop-off, --Hotel expense, --Fuel, highway tax and parking cost. Quotation Excludes --Personal expense, --Tips to the tour guides and drivers. Friendly Notcie from China Travel Compass 1. The above tour is tailored for you exclusively. You will use private vehicle, driver and English-speaking tour guide. 2. Lunch is not refundable if you do not need it. 3. The sunshine is very strong in summer. Sunglass is helpful. 5. You will walk a long distance with our tour guide. Soft and comfortable shoes are helpful. 6. Chinatravelcompass.com lists the exact cost of each person from 1 to 10 persons. This will help you to lower cost if you have more people. 7. If you want to skip any of the scenic spots as listed in the detail itinerary, the price will be deducted accordingly. Important Note: 1. We will buy Travel Accident Insurance in advance, so please provide full name on passport of all travelers. 2. Once we have the above information,, we will start arranging your tour according to your request. Confirmation will be sent to you when all tour details are arranged.