S-1: 22-Day Standard Tours of Beijing - Urumqi - Korla - Kuqa - Aksu - Kashgar - Hetian - Minfeng - Korla - Turpan - Dunhuang - Xian – Shanghai

Day 01: Arrival in Beijing
Our guide will pick you up at Beijing airport and transfer to the hotel. The rest of the day is on your own to explore the city.

Day 02: Beijing
Visit the Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City and the Temple of Heaven. The Beijing Duck Dinner is served at a famous restaurant followed by a lively Peking Opera performance at the Liyuan Theatre. (B+L+D)

Day 03: Beijing
Visit the Badaling Great Wall. To avoid having lunch at shopping site restaurants, you will be driven to have Sichuan food at a local popular restaurant. Visit the Sacred Way and the Ming Tomb in the afternoon. (B+L)

Day 04: Beijing - Urumqi
Visit the Summer Palace. Take a flight to Urumqi and transfer to the hotel. (B+L)

Day 05: Urumqi - Korla
Drive to Korla. Visit the Tiemen Pass. (B+L)

Day 06: Korla - Kuqa
Drive to Kuqa and transfer to the hotel. Visit the Subashi Ruins. (B+L)

Day 07: Kuqa - Aksu
Visit the Kizil Thousand-Buddha Caves. Drive to Aksu and transfer to the hotel. (B+L)

Day 08: Aksu - Kashgar
Drive to Kashgar and transfer to the local best hotel. (B+L)

Day 09: Kashgar - Karakuri Lake - Kashgar
Drive to the Karakuri Lake and have a visit there. Drive back to Kashgar and transfer to the local best hotel. (B+L)

Day 10: Kashgar
Visit the famous Sunday Market, the Id Kah Mosque and the Abakh Khoja Tomb. (B+L)

Day 11: Kashgar - Hetian
Drive to Hetian. Visit the Yarkant King Mausoleum and the Yingisar Uigur Knife Making. Stay overnight at the hotel. (B+L)

Day 12: Hetian - Minfeng
Visit the Silk Village, hundred years' old walnut tree and Paper Making. On the way to Minfeng, you can visit a local bazaar and the unique minority people's costume in Yutian city. Stay at the hotel in Minfeng. (B+L)

Day 13: Minfeng - Korla
Drive to Korla through the Taklamakan Desert and enjoy the scenery of sand dune. Stay overnight at the hotel. (B+L)

Day 14: Korla - Turpan
Drive to Turpan and transfer to the hotel. (B+L)

Day 15: Turpan
Visit the Bizaklik Thousand Buddha Caves, the Gaochang Ruins and the Flaming Hill. (B+L)

Day 16: Turpan - Dunhuang
Visit the Jiaohe Ruins, the Karez Well and the Sugong Pagoda. Take an overnight soft sleeper train to Dunhuang. (B+L+D)

Day 17: Dunhuang
Pick you up at the railway station and transfer to the hotel. Breakfast is on your side. Visit the Mogao Grottoes and the Dunhuang Museum. (L)

Day 18: Dunhuang - Xian
You will experience a short camel-riding along the Echoing-Sand Dune to reach the Crescent Lake. Take a flight to Xian and transfer to the hotel. Visit the City Wall. (B+L)

Day 19: Xian
Visit the Terracotta Warriors Museum. To avoid having the poor food at the site, you will take highway back to downtown to have lunch at a well-known Cantonese cuisine restaurant. In the afternoon, visit the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. After you enjoy the local speciality, the Dumpling Banquet, you will be entertained with the marvelous Tang Dynasty Music and Dance Show. (B+L+D)

Day 20: Xian - Shanghai
Visit the Provincial History Museum and the Great Mosque. After you enjoy the a la carte Cantonese Cuisine lunch at a famous local famous restaurant, take a flight to Shanghai and be transferred to the hotel. (B+L)

Day 21: Shanghai
Visit the Yuyuan Garden, the Bund and a local family. The farewell dinner is served at Wang Bao He Hotel (4 star), followed by the Portman Acrobatic Show at Shanghai Centre Theatre. (B+L+D)

Day 22: Departure from Shanghai
See off. (B)