Itinerary of China Tours 2016 - 10 Days Jewish World Heritage Tours in China

• Day 1: Arrival in Beijing
  When you arrive at Beijing Airport, our tour guide will pick you up and transfer to the hotel. You can have a good rest or explore the city on your own for the rest of the day.

 
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  Day 2: Beijing (B, L, D)
  1. Pick you up from your hotel in Beijing, and transfer to visit Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City this morning.
  - Tiananmen Square: The largest public square in the world with a total area of 440,000 square meters.
  - Forbidden City: the largest ancient imperial palaces where 24 emperors, 14 of the Ming and 10 of the Qing, ruled the country from here over a span of nearly 500 years.
  2. After lunch, transfer you to visit the Temple of Heaven in the afternoon. The Beijing Duck Dinner is served at a famous restaurant a lively Chinese Kung Fu Show at Liyuan Theatre.
  - Temple of Heaven: The perimeter of the Temple of Heaven is 6,369 meters with 6 meters high. The temple was the place where the emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties worshipped heaven and prayed for good harvests.
  3.  After this tour, transfer you back to your hotel in Beijing.

 
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  Day 3: Beijing - Harbin (B, L)
  1. Pick you up from your hotel in Beijing, and transfer to visit the Badaling Great Wall.
  - Badaling Great Wall: As its name implies it gives access to every direction. With an elevation of 600 meters it is the most famous and best-preserved section of the Great Wall.
  2. After lunch, take an afternoon flight to Harbin which is the capital of China's northernmost province, Heilongjiang. The guide will pick you up on time and transfer you to the hotel.

 
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  Day 4: Harbin (B, L)
  1. Pick you up from your hotel in Harbin, and transfer to the "Jewish Community" where you can feel the atmosphere of their lives a hundred years ago and see the appearance of the Main Synagogue, the sites of Jewish High School and Jewish Bank.
  - Harbin: In the late 19th century and the early 20th century, Harbin was once the biggest habitat in the Far East for Jews.
  2. Then visit the Harbin Huangshan Jewish Cemetery, also the largest and the best-preserved one in East Asia.
  3. After this tour, transfer you back to your hotel in Harbin.

 
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  Day 5: Harbin - Zhengzhou (B, L)
  1. Pick you up from your hotel in Harbin, and continue to follow the Jewish tracks in Harbin to the New Synagogue, which is the largest Jewish synagogue in East Asia, and see the Harbin Jewish History and Culture Exhibition in it.
  2. Then take a flight for about 2.5 hours to Zhengzhou and check in at the local hotel.

 
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  Day 6: Zhengzhou - Kaifeng (B, L)
  1. Pick you up from your hotel in Zhengzhou, and drive about 2.5 hours to Kaifeng, which hold many Jewish heritages. For the rest of the morning, visit Nan Jiaojing Hutong where the Jews start to live since the Northern Song Dynasty and drop by a local family. (You're advised to tip for CNY50 as an expression of your gratitude and respect to the host after the family visit)
  2. Then visit the Kaifeng Museum.
  3. After visiting the Kaifeng Judaic Exhibition and the Jewish Cemetery, transfer back to the hotel in Kaifeng.

 
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  Day 7: Kaifeng - Luoyang (B, L)
  1. Pick you up from your hotel in Kaifeng, and drive on speedway for 3 hours to Luoyang and check in at the hotel.
  2. On the way, you will visit the world famous Shaolin Temple including Pagoda Forest, where you can also enjoy a marvelous Kungfu performance. Shaolin Temple is the cradle of the Chinese Zen Buddhism and the Shaolin Martial Arts such as Shaolin Cudgel. The Temple embraces many exciting attractions, such as the Hall of Heavenly Kings (Tianwangdian), the Mahavira Hall (Daxiongbaodian), the Pagoda Forest, the Dharma Cave and the Shaolin Temple Martial Art Training Center. Visitors may follow the virtual guide about the Shaolin Temple.
  - Shaolin Temple & Pagoda Forest: Shaolin Temple is reputed to be 'the Number One Temple under Heaven'. The temple is the birthplace of the Chinese Zen Buddhism and the Shaolin Martial Arts such as Shaolin Cudgel.

 
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  Day 8: Luoyang - Shanghai (B, L)
  1. Pick you up from your hotel in Luoyang, and then transfer to visit Longmen Grottoes which is one of the four Grottoes of China and World Cultural Heritages.
  - Longmen Grottoes: One of the three major grottoes in China. There are totally 1,352 caves, 785 niches, more than 97,000 statues of the Buddha, Bodhisativas, and Arhats, and 3,680 inscribed stone tablets.
  2. Then take an afternoon flight to Shanghai and when you arrival at Shanghai pick you up and transfer to the hotel.

 
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  Day 9: Shanghai (B, L)
  1. Pick you up from your hotel in Shanghai, and transfer to visit the Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum (former Ohel Moishe Synagogue).
  - Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum: is the memorial hall for the Jewish refugee in Shanghai and the Huoshan Park where stands a Monument which is also for the memory of the Jewish Refugees.
  2. In the afternoon, stroll along the No.818 lane on Tangshan Road for a visit to the largest Jewish Community in Shanghai, and Road Zhoushan where you can see Jewish-style buildings.
  3. End the day in Tilanqiao Jewish Isolation Region. After this tour, transfer you back to your hotel in Shanghai.

 

• Day 10: Departure from Shanghai (B)
  Pick you up from your hotel and transfer you to the airport and see off. This pleasant Jewish tour ends here.

 

Tour Price (exchange rate: 1US$ = 6.1CNY)