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5 Days tour to Shanghai and Hangzhou

shanghai classic scenery spots and beautiful tour to Jade Buddha Temple, Six Harmonies Pagoda Lingyin Temple, West Lake and Red Carp Pond in Hangzhou.
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Itinerary

Day 1: Arrival in Shanghai
Sightseeing: the Bund/ Nanjing Road
Our guide will pick you up at Shanghai airport and transfer to the hotel. Visit the Bund, the former foreign settlement, ranged along with imposing buildings of the colonial period and the Nanjing Road which is the busiest shopping street in Shanghai.

Day 2: Shanghai (B+L)
Sightseeing: Shanghai Museum/ Yuyuan Garden/ Oriental Pear TV Tower

Today you will visit Shanghai Museum which is the biggest museum in China, with a collection of over 120,000 pieces of Chinese art & cultural relics. Then transfer you to Yu Garden. It is characteristic of the architectural style of the Ming Dynasty and it used to be a private garden with 400 years' history. In front of the garden, there is a market called Yu Market. After lunch you will visit Oriental Pearl TV Tower Standing by the Huangpu River with 468 meters high, Oriental Pearl TV Tower is the highest TV Tower in Asia.

Day 03: Shanghai – Hangzhou by train (B+L)
Sightseeing: Jade Buddha Temple/ Six Harmonies Pagoda

Visit the Jade Buddha Temple, which is one of the main tourist highlights in Shanghai and it's also one of the most active temples in China. If you're lucky, you can watch the monks serving a ceremony in a side room. Take a soft seat train to Hangzhou and transfer to the hotel. Visit the Six Harmonies Pagoda, highly erected by the Qiantang River and to the south of the West Lake, it is a perfect symbol of brick-and-wood structure built in the ancient China. It was first built in 970 AD in the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127). The name "six harmonies" comes from the six Buddhist ordinances, meaning "harmonies of the heaven, earth, east, west, south and north".

Day 04: Hangzhou (B+L)
Sightseeing: Lingyin Temple/ West Lake/ Red Carp Pond

Visit the Lingyin Temple (Temple of Inspired Seclusion) is one of the ten most famous ancient Buddhist temples in China. It also houses various Buddhist literature and treasures. After the temple, visit the West Lake, Lying on the west edge of Hangzhou city, West Lake is the symbol of Hangzhou as well as one of the most beautiful sights in China. The Red Carp Pond, Originally it was a private garden near Huajia (Flower) Hill, hence the name Flower Harbor. In the year 1699 Emperor Kang Xi of the Qing Dynasty visited West Lake and wrote "Viewing Fish at Flower Harbor," which was later inscribed on a stone stele standing near the pond.

Day 05: Hangzhou – next destination (B)
Enjoy your free time till transfer you to airport and see you off.

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Price

Person12-56-9
Price per person( USD $ )5 Star1331723570
4 Star1048582428
3 Star876504351

Price list

Price Includes:
a. Entrance fees to all the scenic spots as listed above in the itinerary
b. Hotel accommodations with breakfast as specified (If there is no Western breakfast available, we have to arrange Chinese one instead)
c. All meals as specified in the itinerary. B=Western or Chinese breakfast, L=Chinese lunch in a local restaurant, D=Chinese dinner in a local restaurant
d. Professional local guides and drivers in each destination city
e. Private Transfers between airports, docks, hotels and scenic spots while sightseeing in each destination city by the private air conditioned car or van
f. Luggage Transfers between airports/docks and hotels
g. Arrangements for the planning, handling, operational and communication charges
h. Government taxes.

Price excludes:
a. Visa fee
b. International or domestic air and train tickets
c. Excess Baggage Charges
d. Meals which are not specified with "B", "L" or "D".
e. Personal expenses such as drinks, laundry, tips to guides or drivers, FAX, telephone, excess baggage charges
f. Gratuities, tips to guides and drivers
g. Personal loss, illness or damages incurred during your trip

Remark : Quotations listed are valid excluding the periods of Chinese holidays and special events.

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