- Tour Code:SHF-EXPO-P3L3 +Print +PDF
- Tour Name: Shanghai City, Expo Site and Wuxi 3-Day Tour
- Market Price: $195
- Our Price:$175
- City: Shanghai Tours -> Wuxi Tours
- Highlights:
- This 3-day classic tour includes China's two classic cities, Shanghai, a modern metropolis, and Wuxi, a small city implying Chinese culture with Chinese characteristics. In Shanghai, besides enjoying Shanghai's top attractions, you can visit Shanghai Expo Park to appreciate the pomp of Shanghai 2010 Expo and feel the vigor and dynamics of this metropolis.
Day 1 Shanghai
- Activities:
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- Our tour guide will pick you up at your Shanghai hotel and you will be driven to visit shanghai most famous and beautiful scenic spots---- City God Temple, Yuyuan Garden, Xin Tian Di Entertainment Complex, Nanjing Road, Oriental Pearl TV Tower, The Bund.
After visiting these famous sights, you will be driven to your hotel.
-City God Temple: The City God Temple of Shanghai is a temple in the old city of Shanghai, China, and is today the central feature of a large retail and entertainment district. It originated as the Jinshan God Temple, dedicated to the spirit of Jinshan, or "Gold Mountain", an island off the coast of Shanghai. It was converted into a City God Temple in 1403, during the Yongle era of the Ming dynasty.
-Yuyuan Garden: A traditional Chinese park decorated by beautiful pavilions, miniature lakes, bridges and rockeries. Yu Garden is not only a famous classical garden in South China, but also a major historic and cultural site under state protection.
-Xin Tian Di Entertainment Complex: It is a state-of-the-art warren of upscale shops, bars and restaurants based on the theme of "where old meets new". Here you find the oddly complimentary combination of the traditional houses of old Shanghai (the 'Shikumen') hosting ultra modern restaurants, bars and shops. The exterior of these shikumen style houses of 1920's Shanghai have been tastefully restored, whilst inside they have been fully renovated to accommodate the tastes of the modern Westerner.
-Nanjing Road: Shanghai's main shopping street, enjoying the fame as "the No.1 commercial street of China", also it is one of the most prosperous streets in Asia.
-Oriental Pearl TV Tower: Standing by the Huangpu River with a height of 468 meters high, Oriental Pearl TV Tower is the highest TV Tower in Asia (up to the last floor to see Shanghai scenery).It is a new landmark of Shanghai in 21st century. Day 2 Shanghai
Wuxi Shanghai- Activities:
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- Today Our tour guide will pick you up at your Shanghai hotel and you will be driven to Wuxi. Our tour guide will show you around the most well-known attractions in Wuxi—Linshan Giant Buddha, Three Kingdoms City and Fan Gong Palace . After the tour, you will be driven to Shanghai.
-Linshan Giant Buddha：Located in the Maji Mountain area, the Lingshan Grand Buddha is one of the most renowned tourist attractions in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, together with the nearby historic Xiangfu Temple, a thousand-year old Buddhism temple. With more than 80 meter high, the Grand Buddha is a bronze Sakyamuni standing Buddha and was built at the end of 1996.
Lingshan Grand Buddha lies in the Small Lingshan named by the famous Great Monk Xuanzang in Tang Dynasty. The Buddhas are made of tin, bronze, created, and completed according to the record of the Buddhist Scriptures Tathagata 32 Images.
Standing solemnly at the site of famous Tang Dynasty Xiangfu Temple, the Grand Buddha is pleasing to tourists, widely looking at all the living creatures. The left and right hands have hand print with wishing the world happy and welfare and the character on the Buddha's front chest represents solemnity and virtue. With the nearby Lake Taihu and a beautiful range of hills, the Lingshan Buddha is a symbol of Wuxi and attracts visitors nationally and internationally.
-Three Kingdoms City: Located in the southwest suburb of Wuxi City is the Three Kingdoms City, which is one of the CCTV Television Bases, and a renowned tourist attraction. The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, a historical TV series, was filmed there. The title, Three Kingdoms, refer to Wei (220-265), Shu (221-263) and Wu (229-280) which were the three rival powers during the period of Three Kingdoms.
-Fan Gong Palace: The Wuxi Fangong Palace of Mt. Lingshan, a haven of Buddhist culture integrating Dongyang woodcarving, Dunhuang mural painting, and Yangzhou lacquer and cloisonné enamelware for the first time in China, opened to visitors on the first day of 2009.
Located on the east side of Mt. Lingshan and faced to Taihu Lake to the south, it has an area of 70,000 sq.m. and is one of eight major cultural projects in Wuxi. Day 3 Shanghai
- Activities:
- Today our tour guide will pick you up at your Shanghai Hotel, and you will be driven to visit Shanghai Expo Park. In the afternoon, you will be driven back to your hotel. The tour ends.
Quotation:
Group Size
1 person
2 persons
3 persons
4 person
5 persons
6-9 persons
Tour Class
Standard
$575.00
$325.00
$245.00
$215.00
$190.00
$165.00
The above rates are valid from May to October 2010, excluding expo peak days (May 01 – 03, Oct. 01 – 07, Oct. 25- Oct.31).
If there are more than 10 travellers (including 10), please enquire us for discount.
Price Inclusions:
1. Private transfers for the itinerary listed above;
2. Outstanding English-speaking tour guide;
3. Air-conditioned vehicle with driver;
4. Standard day expo admission ticket;
5. Entry tickets of attractions as listed in the itinerary;
6. Meals as specified in the itinerary;
Price Exclusions:
1. Your Shanghai hotel accommodation;
2. Meals not mentioned in the itinerary;
3. Gratuities to the guide and the driver;
4. Any service not clarified in the itinerary;
5. International Airfare or Train Tickets to enter or leave China.
6. Personal Expenses;
7. Single Room Supplement;