Low cost-high value tour of China
The exceptional-value trip to China has just popped up in the market and seeing is barely believing: 14 days from San Francisco for $2199 or from New York, Washington, D.C. or Chicago for $2,499 per person. This translates to a mere $157-$178 a day. And the price is all inclusive: excellent hotel accommodations, most meals, great guides, a fascinating and fun itinerary and all transportation including transpacific flights. Tell us you can resist.
China Spree’s “China’s Best Treasures” hits all the high notes and some unexpected ones too: Beijing, the Forbidden City and Great Wall; lunch with a family living in a hutong (authentic old neighborhood); Xian to stare awestruck at the Terracotta Warriors; gorgeous Guilin; the Suzhou classical gardens. Ride a “gondola” in one of the Tongli canals and be in the buzz in sophisticated Shanghai, China’s dazzling cultural and financial center. See the extraordinary green undulations of the Long Sheng rice mountain terraces and lunch atop the Dragon’s Spine. Photographers will faint. And ride the Maglev, the ultra high-speed magnetic levitation train.
Enjoy a real Peking duck dinner, nibble through a dim sum banquet, slurp a hot pot lunch, a tea banquet, and scarf down a farewell feast. Elaborate American breakfast buffets in every hotel. And the hotels – - check ‘em out: The Marriott Beijing City Wall, Pullman Shanghai Skyway, Xian Grand Noble, and Sheraton Guilin – all 5-star, offering every comfort and convenience.
And whom do we thank for such an incredible opportunity? The trusty, tightly focused, ever-growing China Spree. For details, please click www.chinaspree.com, then “China’s Best Treasures” tour. Or phone: 866-652-5656 in Washington.
Qinghai -Tibet Railway, highest railway in the world, runs for about 1,242 miles most of which is about 13,000 feet high and surely the high way to go for travel between Lhasa, capital of Tibet (“rooftop of the world”) and Xining, the capital of the Qinghai Province of China. This engineering miracle took half a century to complete from design through construction; and has been rocketing skyward since 2006.
Train rides through this vast and mysterious area of the world of tundra, frozen and not, distant mountain peaks, unspoiled lakes and villages, can ferry up to 4,000 people a day which means this remote area is becoming far less so. Is this good news? Not sure. It will certainly boost Tibet tourism and trade in this corner of the less-Far East.
… and not borrowed from your parents! Consider this: 10-days to devour the highlights of Beijing, Shanghai, Xian and Suzhou for an amazing $1,399 (plus tax), saving more than $1000 if booked independently. This big bargain price includes round-trip non-stop air from San Francisco, 4-star hotels, many meals including daily American breakfasts; evening shows, and in-depth sightseeing with professional guides—which add up to one fabulous deal.
In Shanghai, China’s cutting-edge financial center, sightseeing takes in the skyscraping Pudong, symbol of modern China, and the Bund, the still-throbbing heart of colonial Shanghai. After dinner: the Shanghai Acrobats.