China 2012 Professional Speaker Showcase & Expedition Daily Itinerary

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China Dream Tour Itinerary

Specially Prepared and Customized

For:

Bernadette Vadurro

&

Rhonda Faught

Speakers Group Tour


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Tour Itinerary

Beijing, Shanghai(9 days)

April 1April 9,

2012

Day 1 (Apr 1) ARRIVE BEIJING

Arrive Beijing airport, where you will be met by your guide and transfer to

the beautiful garden-style hotel:Jianguo Hotel. Jianguo Hotel Beijing isfamous for its unique decoration and design, adjacent to the Beijing

diplomatic quarter, in the heart of Beijing Central Business District, just 1

minute walking from the metro and 5 minutes walking from the famous

Xiushui Market (Silk Market). By car, 10 minutes from Tiananmen Square

and numerous historical sights and 30 minutes from the Beijing Capital

International Airport.

The rest of the day is at leisure to relax and do as you like.

Welcome to Beijing! You can learn some interesting facts about Beijing

from theBeijing pageon our website!

Day 2 (Apr 2) BEIJING (B, L, SD)

This morning you are going to wake up in the magnificent 800 year old

Capital city of Beijing! When you arrive at Tiananmen Square and are

standing in the middle of the largest square in the world, you will really want

to pinch yourself. Thats right, you are in China!

You will follow the meridian line of this ancient city and enter the majestic

Forbidden City, which has been a monument to classic Chinese architecture

for over 500 years.

In the afternoon you will explore an authentic Chinese Imperial gardenthe

Summer Palace. It is a summer resort built exclusively for the Emperor and
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Empress. You are going to enjoy the legendary scenery originally reserved

only for the Imperial family!

Tonight you will savor the most authentic Peking DuckDinner at DadongRestaurant in Beijing; a great way to finish an unforgettable day!

Day 3 (Apr 3) BEIJING (B, SL, D)

A full-day excursion takes you seventy kilometers (112 miles) northeast of

Beijing to the Mutianyu Great Wall. Mutianyu section of Great Wall used

to serve as the northern barrier defending the capital and the imperial tombs.

First built in the mid-6th century A.D., the Mutianyu section of the Great

Wall is older than the Badaling section. In 1569, during the Ming Dynasty,

the Mutianyu section of the Great Wall was rebuilt and even today mostparts of it are still well preserved. The Mutianyu Great Wall has the largest

construction scale and best quality among all sections of Great Wall.

Mutianyu is the grandeur and yet less visited section of the Great Wall. You

will take a cable car up to the top of the wall where you can walk through

history.

Enjoy your lunch at a localSchool House! You can visit the art workshops

there during lunch time.

The Great Wall was an extraordinary 4,000-mile-long fortification built to

thwart barbarian invasions. A walk along a section of this enormous edifice

is definitely a not to be missed experience!

After dinner, you will take a rickshaw tour through old downtown Beijing.

These historic narrow alleyways are called Hutongs. You will really be

amazed by this peek into the everyday life of the real Beijingers! You are

going to enjoy a face-to-face visit with a local family there. So prepare your

list of questions that you want to ask, and anticipate a genuine warmwelcome from your host!

This evening, you will enjoy the fantastic Legends of Kung Fu Show after

dinner!

Day 4 (Apr 4) BEIJING (B)
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Business presentations at hotel conference room; morning and afternoon

sessions.

Day 5 (Apr 5) BEIJING / SHANGHAI (B)

This morning, you will fly to Shanghai.

Welcome to Shanghai! Cosmopolitan Shanghai is considered to be the most

Western-styled Chinese city. Established early in the last century, it is the

financial and commercial center of China today. You will be impressed by

the skyline of this stunning metropolis.

You will be picked up by the guide and taken to your hotel.

Stay overnight at beautiful Sino-French joint venture hotel:Best Western

New Century Hotel.It is at the cross of Li Yang Road and Si Ping Road in

the Bund business and financial area. It enjoys a favorable geographic

location and convenient traffic. It is 2 km about 5-minutes-drive from the

Bund. The New International Expo Center is 20-minutes-drive.

You can learn more about Shanghai from theShanghai pageon our website:

Day 6 (Apr 6) SHANGHAI (B)

Business presentations at hotel conference room; morning and afternoon

sessions.

Day 7 (Apr 7) SHANGHAI (B, SL, D)

This morning, you will stroll along the signature area of Shanghai, the Bund.

While standing on the Bund, Chinas most famous waterfront stretching

about a mile along the Huangpu River, you will see the contrast of both theold and the new world! The older buildings finished at the beginning of last

century, contrasting with the modern Oriental Pearl Tower; the tallest TV

tower in Asia.

Then, you will get chance to be in the Observation Lounge on the highest

building in the worldShanghai International Financial Center, and
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have a birds eye view of this sophisticated cosmopolitan city from the

Observation Lounge. According to CNN: The Shanghai World Financial

Center observation deck is pretty high. Just how high? Tallest in the world

kind of high. At almost half a kilometer in the air, the 55-meter Skywalk 100observation corridor spans the top of the square gap at the summit of the

Shanghai World Financial Center. With angled glass walls that make you

feel as if you are leaning over the edge and see-through floor panels, it's a

highly hallucinatory experience. A softer option is the Skywalk 97 at a mere

439 meters with a glass roof that opens up.

Today, you will enjoy a special Dim Sum lunch.

This afternoon, you will visit the best museum in China: Shanghai Museum!

Shanghai Museum is a very modern design, and has an extensive collectionof all aspects of Chinese art from ceramics to jades, furniture, costumes to

paintings, and more.

You are also driving to Pudong New Territory, to appreciate the beautiful

skyline of Shanghai!

In the evening, after dinner you will enjoy the fantastic stunts of the

Acrobatic Show!

Day 8 (Apr 8) SHANGHAI /SUZHOU/SHANGHAI (B, L, SD)

Today you will have a day trip to Suzhou by private coach. On the way you

will get a chance to appreciate the beautiful country scenery.

Suzhou is a port on China's Grand Canal. Bordering on Shanghai to the east,

Zhejiang Province to the south, Lake Taihu to the west and the Yangtze

River to the north, Suzhou enjoys a mild, humid climate and is easily

accessible by water, land and air. Suzhou, as the silk capital, is also famous

for its elegant and charming gardens, decorated by the traditional building oftall white perimeter walls.

This morning, you are going to visit two very beautiful and classical gardens,

called: The Lingering Garden and The Garden of Master of Nets.Then you will visit the Silk Factory where you can appreciate the silk

manufacturing process step by step and enjoy some shopping there.


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After lunch, you will enjoy the famous Shantang Street! Its like steppinginto the old Suzhou, which has over 1200 years of history. You will be

fascinated by the old street full of life and energy. In between the elegant old

bridges, a boat ride on the ancient Grand Canal will refresh you with itshundreds of years of history you will feel like you are going back in time!

Tonight, you will drive back to Shanghai and enjoy your farewell dinner in

China!

Day 9 (Apr 9) SHANGHAI / US (B)

After breakfast, you will be picked up by your guide and taken to the

Maglev station, where you will take the Shanghai MaglevTrain (high

speed train) to Pudong International Airport for your flight home orextension tour.

B = Breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner and SD = Special Dinner (Peking

Duck Dinner, Farewell Dinner, etc.).

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