Day One - Entry Beijing - Our guide will pick you up at Beijing airport and drive you to the hotel. You are free for the rest of the day to explore the city.
Day Two -Beijing - Visit the Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City and the Temple of Heaven.
Day Three - -Beijing - One day excursion to Mutianyu Great Wall. Beijing Roasted Duck dinner served at the original, century-old Qianmen Quan Ju De restaurant in the evening.
Day Four - Beijing/Urumqi -Visit Summer Palace in the morning. Take flight to Urumqi and transfer to hotel.
Day Five - Urumqi -Visit Tianchi Lake, local Kirghiz or Kazakh herdsmen families and Xinjian Regional Museum.
Day Six - Urumqi/Kashgar -Take flight to Kashgar and transfer to hotel. Visit the Id Kah Mosque, the Abakh Khoja Tomb and the Bazaar.
Day Seven - Kashgar/Urumqi -Take flight to Urumqi and transfer to hotel.
Day Eight -Urumqi/Turpan - Transfer to Turpan and check in at hotel. Visit the Jiaohe Ruins, the Karez Well and the sugong Pagoda.
Day Nine- -Turpan/Dunhuang - Visit the Gaochang Ruins, the Bizaklik Thousand Buddha Caves and the Flaming Hill. Take an overnight soft-sleeper train to Dunhuang.
Day Ten- Dunhuang - Pick you up on the platform of the railway station and transfer to hotel in Dunhuang. Visit the Echoing-sand Mountain and the Crescent Lake and Morgao Grottoes.
Day Eleven -Dunhuang/Jiayuguan - Transfer to Jiayuguan and check into hotel. Visit the Jiayuguan Pass, the First Fire Tower of Great Wall and the Wei-jin Art Gallery.
Day Twelve - -Jiayuguan/Zhangye - Transfer to Zhangye and check into hotel. Visit the Giant Buddha Temple, the Wood Tower of Sui Dynasty, the Bell Tower and the Drum Tower.
Day Thirteen - Zhangye/Xining -Transfer to Xining and check into hotel. Visit the Dongguan Mosque.
Day Fourteen -Xining - Visit the Ta'er Monastery and Qinghai Lake.
Day Fifteen -Xining/Xi'an - Take flight to Xi'an and transfer to hotel. Visit the City Wall and the Provincial History Museum in the afternoon.
Day Sixteen- Xi'an - Visit the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum. In the afternoon, visit the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. You will enjoy the wonderful Tang Dynasty Dance & Music Show and Jiaozi Dinner at a very nice restaurant.
Day Seventeen -Xi'an/Shanghai - Take flight to Shanghai and transfer to hotel. Visit the Qibao Old Town, the Yuyuan Garden, and the Bund.
Day Eighteen - -Exit - Will transport you to airport for your flight home. Simon Tour service ends.

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