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Included excursions
" Tiananmen Square " Forbidden City & Temple of Heaven " Kung Fu cultural show " Ming Tombs & the Great Wall " Summer Palace " Big Wild Goose Pagoda &
Terracotta Warriors
WORLDWIDE
" Xian City Walls " City tours of Chongqing & Wuhan " Shibaozhai Pagoda " Lesser Three Gorges " Three Gorges Dam " Viking River Cruises School
Meal arrangements
10 nights full board including a Peking Duck dinner and Dumpling banquet with Tang Dynasty show and 1 night half board
Also included
The Temple of Heaven
" The services of an experienced
YOUR HOTELS BEIJING Guangzhou Hotel Beijing (4-star), 4 nights. The Guangzhou Hotel has a good location in Beijings commercial district, and has health and fitness centres with swimming pools, gymnasium, bowling alley and chess room. There is a cafe and two restaurants. All guest rooms have a TV and telephone. XIAN Tianyu Gloria Plaza Hotel (4-star), 2 nights. Conveniently located just 15 minutes walk from the centre of Xian, this hotel features two restaurants, lounge, bar and cafe, as well as a spa centre. All guest rooms have TV, telephone, air-conditioning, hairdrier and tea/coffee making facilities. YOUR SHIP Viking Century Sky (5-star), 5 nights full board. This five-deck deluxe ship is the most luxurious on Chinese waters and offers spacious, comfortably furnished en-suite cabins. Facilities on board include a gym, sauna, massage rooms, internet cafe, coffee bar and beauty salon. East meets west in the ships restaurant, where both Chinese and western cuisine of a high standard is served.
hazardous, with turbulent waters and boiling rapids. The most dangerous rocks were blasted away and the waters made navigable, but the wonders of half-hidden waterfalls, peculiar caves and mystic legends remain. This afternoon we reach Yueyang where we visit the local primary school, sponsored by Viking River Cruises. DAY 9 Three Gorges Dam Today we visit the site of the Three Gorges Dam, a 2,300 metre-long and 185metre-high masterwork of human engineering designed to tame the waters of the flood-prone Yangtze. The dam will be the largest of its kind in the world with a reservoir the size of Los Angeles. It is due to be completed in 2009, changing forever the breathtaking character of the gorge. DAY 10 Three Gorges We enjoy a morning cruise through the limestone cliffs that create the famous Three Gorges of Xiling, Qutang and Wu. We sail along the Qutang Gorge, perhaps the most spectacular of all with the sheer rock side of Mount Chijia and Mount Baiyan on either side; then leave the ship for a smaller boat to see the Lesser Three Gorges, each with their own distinctive character. After lunch overlooking the gorges we return to the ship to sail through the Wu or Witches Gorge, where pine forests descend to the rivers edge. DAY 11 Shibaozhai Pagoda Sometimes called the Pearl on the Yangtze River, the Shibaozhai Pagoda, built on to a sheer hillside on the banks of the river, is 56 metres and 12 storeys high. Its red wooden tiers were constructed around 400 years ago entirely without nails, and legend has it that the higher you ascend, the better your prayers will be answered. DAY 12 Chongqing & Beijing We disembark in Chonqing after breakfast and have an included tour of the city. We then transfer to the airport for our flight to Beijing for the final night of our holiday. DAY 13 Beijing/UK We transfer to the airport for our return flight.
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" Hotel porterage " Complimentary transfers between your
home and UK airport
Travel Arrangements
Departure Dates & Prices
Holiday Number: ELCN5Y 2008
11 May 30 June 13 September Price Per Person Main deck E & F cabins £2299 £2099 £2499
Deposit £150 per person Prices are based on the shared occupancy of twin or double rooms/main deck E & F cabins with private facilities. Scheduled flights by Lufthansa via Frankfurt between London Heathrow and Beijing; departing at 1150h and arriving back at 2030h.
Regional flights available
Scheduled flights by Lufthansa to Shanghai from: Manchester: departing at 1335h and arriving back at 1710h. Birmingham: departing at 1325h and arriving back at 1705h. Edinburgh: departing at 1335h and arriving back at 1725h. All flights operate via Frankfurt; please note that flight timings mean you may have to wait at Frankfurt airport for your onward flight in either direction please ask our Holiday Booking Advisors for details. All timings are approximate.
EXTEND YOUR STAY
Shanghai 3 nights from £179
After the city tour of Chongqing on Day 12 we fly to Shanghai for three nights at the 4-star Shanghai Hotel with breakfast included each day, plus lunch and dinner on two days. A sightseeing tour of Shanghai is included taking in the Jade Buddha Temple, the Yu Yuan Gardens, the Bund and busy Nanjing Road. There will also be an evening performance by the Shanghai acrobats. We fly back from Shanghai to the UK on Day 15. Single rooms £129. Please speak to one of our Holiday Booking Advisors for further details.
Supplements per person
Single rooms/cabins £840 Upgrade to middle deck C and D cabins £95 (single cabins £1040) Upgrade to upper deck A and B cabins £225 (single cabins are not available) Visas £45 please see pages 253 & 254 Holiday Insurance please see page 258 Please see pages 252-255 for details of items not included in the holiday price and our price policy.
Complimentary travel to the airport FREE taxi, National Express coaching, airport TAXI parking or regional connecting flights
Viking Century Sky The Bund, Shanghai Please see page 186 for details
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