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| Sunday October 7th | Arrive at the hotel in Beijing. Explore the Qianmen area, followed by Tian'anmen Square lit up in the evening. |
| Monday October 8th | Morning free, then visit the Temple of Heaven in the afternoon. |
| Tuesday October 9th | Visit Tian'anmen Square on the way to the Forbidden City. Visit the Summer Palace after lunch. Spend the evening at the Beijing Opera. |
| Wednesday October 10th | Drive to the Great Wall. Stop at the Cloisonne Factory on the way back. See Acrobatic display in the evening. |
| Thursday October 11th | Fly to Xi'an. Visit the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, Shaanxi History Museum, then the Great Mosque. |
| Friday October 12th | Morning visit to the Banpo Neolithic Village, followed by the Terracotta Warrior Factory. After lunch visit the Terracotta Warriors themselves. Stop at the Huaqing Hot Springs on the way back. |
| Saturday October 13th | Train to Luoyang |
| Sunday October 14th | Get wet at the Longmen Grottoes, then the White Horse Temple. Get muddy visiting cave dwellings at Liu and Wei villages. |
| Monday October 15th | Get up early to watch Tai Chi in the park. Drive to Kaifeng visiting the Shaolin Temple for a Kung Fu demonstration, the Song Tombs and the Gong Xian Buddhist Caves along the way. |
| Tuesday October 16th | Free day in Kaifeng. Wander around the Dragon Pavillion Park and visit the Iron Pagoda. Overnight train to Tai An. |
| Wednesday October 17th | Arrive in Tai An. Visit a commune at Buyongshong Village. Spend the afternoon ascending Tai'Shan. |
| Thursday October 18th | Get up very early to see the sunrise. After breakfast descend the mountain and drive to Qufu. Travel out to the Han Tombs in the afternoon. |
| Friday October 19th | A day spent visiting the Confucius Temple and Mansion, followed by the Confucius cemetery and forest. Overnight train to Nanjing. |
| Saturday October 20th | Visit the Yangtze Bridge, followed by the Presidential Palace. Lunch in the Confucian Area. Spend the afternoon at Dr. Sun Yatsen's Mausoleum and a Jade Factory. |
| Sunday October 21st | Train to Wuxi. Visit the Yichang Gardens and Lake Tai. |
| Monday October 22nd | Travel along the Grand Canal from Wuxi to Suzhou. Walk round the Lingering Gardens and the Humble Administrator's Garden. |
| Tuesday October 23rd | Drive to Shanghai stopping on the way at Zhouzhuang known as "Oriental Venice". Pop into the Cotton Club in the evening. |
| Wednesday October 24th | In Shanghai. Visit the Jade Buddha Temple and the Shanghai Museum. Lunch in the Old City. See the Yu Yuan Gardens, followed by a walk along the Bund. |
| Thursday October 25th | Fly from Shanghai to Beijing, then onto Heathrow. |