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China highlights and Tibet
Beijing - Lhasa - Beijing 8 days Itinerary: (B=breakfast, L=lunch, D=dinner) Day01 Arrival in Beijing (L) Pick up and transfer to hotel, in the afternoon visit Summer Palace, which was built in 1153 in northwest of Peking. I t is an outstanding example of imperial gardens in classical Chinese style, housing tens of thousands of precious cultural relics. Overnight in 3 star hotel Day02 Beijing (B/D) Visit Tian'an Men square, which is probably the biggest one of its kind in the world, and the Forbidden City and the Temple of Heaven, Tonight you will have Peking Duck dinner. Overnight in 3 star hotel.
After breakfast, excursion to the Badaling Great Wall. After lunch drive to Ming Tombs to visit the Underground Palace of Dingling. In the evening you will visit Peking Opera. Overnight in 3 star hotel. In the early morning transfer to airport and fly to
Tibet, upon arrival at Gonggar Airport, pick up and transfer to Lhasa(3650
m) with about 1 1/2 hours’ driving (100km), in the afternoon rest
and acclimatize. Day05 Lhasa (B/L
Day06 Lhasa (B/L) In the morning visit Drepung monastery the sacred land of Gelukpa sect., which was created in 1416 and the second, third and fourth Dalai Lama once resided in. In the afternoon visit Sera monastery, which was created in 1419 and has always been an important Buddhist seminary. As rose are planted everywhere in the monastery, it is also called “the court of wild rose”. Today still 200 lamas live in there. Overnight in 3 star hotel. Day07 Flight Lhasa - Beijing ( B) Transfer to airport and fly to Beijing, pick up and transfer to hotel and then free time. Overnight in 3 star hotel. Day08 Departure from Beijing (B) Self transfer to airport and departure from Beijing. China highlights & Tibet
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In the morning visit Potala
Potala, which was
originally constructed in 637 by Songtsen Gampo, the first king of the
united Tibet, and later expanded and served as the winter residence of the
Dalai Lamas as well as the religious-political nexus of traditional Tibet.
In the afternoon visit Jokhang temple, the center of the Tibetan Buddhism
and the sacred land of Buddhist followers where innumerable pilgrims come
for worship everyday. The temple, built in 647, is the earliest
wood-and-masonry structure still existing in Tibet. 